Prime Matter
Full steam ahead! Islas Canarias Puerto Calero, a brilliant present and a promising future They get off one boat to hop on to another, and there is an excess of enthusiasm in each of the competitions where they put themselves to the test. In just a few years, Islas Canarias Puerto Calero has been climbing positions in the competitive world of sailing, as confirmed by them winning the Portugal Trophy, the first event of the Audi MedCup Circuit, in the GP42 Series which took place in May in the waters of Cascáis (Portugal). The Portugal Trophy was the GP 42 debut in a season which we predict will be intense and in which the Canarian team will combine for the second season in a row their participation in both the circuits of reference for world sailing: Audi MedCup and RC44 Championship Tour. The team started the2010 season in February, in Dubai waters, participating in the Al Maktoum Sailing Trophy, in the match race category, followed by the RC 44 Austria Cup, and followed by Portugal, where they repeated their win of last year.
U n eq uipo c anario Nombre Puesto José Antonio Calero Armador José Mª Ponce Patrón Daniel Calero Project Manager Gustavo Martínez Doreste Táctico Alicia Ageno Pulido Navegante Alfredo Morales Trimmer de Mayor Carlos Hernández Trimmer de Génova Domingo Manrique de Lara Trimmer de Spi Francisco Díaz Hinestrosa Piano Óliver Ortega Palo Gonzalo Morales Quintana Proa
The team owned by José Antonio Calero from Lanzarote is solid and with an impressive list of tiles, and is part of the Canary Islands Water Sports Scuderia. A winning team which one more year believes in a totally Canarian crew, with Olympic champions, successful skippers, and those privy to the secrets of the sea and the wind. “The professional values of sailing, the importance of teamwork and at the same time the nautical conditions offered by the Canary Islands for practicing this sport”, are some of the ideas highlighted by project manager, Daniel Calero, who is very satisfied with the whole team. The Islas Canarias Puerto Calero boat main sponsor is the Tourism Council of the Government of the Canary Islands, whose aim is to promote the Canarian Archipelago as the nautical destination par excellence of the western world. Puerto Calero, their second main sponsor, is a marina in Lanzarote, which in its 25 years of history has gone all out to adapt to the latest innovations of the sector while continuously supporting high level nautical events.
SHIPS
GP 42: Model Grand Soleil 42´Race, from the well-known naval architecture studio Botin&Carkeek, who created emblematic ships such as the Caixa Galicia, Zurich, Quebramar. Built out of carbon in the best shipyards of Spain, its measurements are: Length 12.8 m; draught 2.6 m; and breadth 3.90 m RC 44: One Design following a model by Russel Coutts and Andrej Justin. Similar to those of the America Cup, but with their own characteristics and performance. Length 13.35 m - 43.8’; draught 2.90 m - 9.5’; and breadth 2.75 m - 9’.
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