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Volvo Ocean Race - Una etapa para entrenar lo impredecible

by Volvo Ocean Race on 12 Sep 2014
Nick Dana, Dave Swete, and Matt Noble on the bow changing sails before incoming weather on the horizon during Team Alvimedica's trans-Atlantic training session from Newport, Rhode Island, USA, to Southampton, England. Amory Ross / Team Alvimedica
Mañana viernes a las 13:00 horas dará comienzo la Etapa 0 de la Volvo Ocean Race, no puntuable pero fundamental para la flota, pues permitirá practicar maniobras de seguridad como el cambio de la pala del timón o la de hombre al agua, el mayor temor de cualquier tripulante de vuelta al mundo.

Alicante, 11 de septiembre. En teoría es sólo una prueba no puntuable previa al comienzo de la Volvo Ocean Race el próximo 4 de octubre, pero una de 330 millas, que reunirá a la flota al completo en el agua, y que servirá además, para probar los protocolos de seguridad y de crisis a bordo. Es la Leg 0 o Etapa 0, que dará comienzo mañana viernes a las 13:00 horas frente a la playa alicantina del Postiguet, para, tras pasar por la Albufereta y la Isla de Tabarca, poner rumbo a Palma, y volver.

'La Etapa 0 es vital tanto para la organización como los regatistas,' explicaba el director de la Volvo Ocean race Jack Lloyd. 'La seguridad es fundamental para nosotros, pues esta regata es suficientemente arriesgada de por sí. Por esta razón queremos asegurarnos de que todas las tripulaciones sepan exactamente qué tienen que hacer si las cosas van mal, como, por ejemplo, si alguien cae al agua.'

Probablemente el mayor temor de los tripulantes de vuelta al mundo.

La maniobra de hombre al agua es una de las que practicarán, procedimiento que en medio del océano puede resultar muy complicado. 'Las corrientes en algunos puntos del planeta son de 7 metros por segundo', explica Gonzalo Infante, director del Race Control o control de regata. Así mismo, la temperatura del agua en lugares como el Índico Sur no pasa de 5 grados, y puede causar la muerte por hipotermia en 12 minutos. El cambio de la pala del timón será otro de los protocolos que ejercitarán los siete equipos.

Aunque no puntúa, el tripulante italiano de Team Alvimedica Alberto Bolzan considera esta etapa previa un paso fundamental para la flota. 'La Leg 0 permitirá praticar cambios de velas, la táctica, y ver cómo van los otros equipos. Este mes puede ser decisivo para todos. Estamos trabajando cada día de seis de la mañana a 10 de la noche. Aprovechamos cada minuto del día'.


Se prevé que la flota cubra las 330 millas de recorrido en algo más de dos días, tras los cuales sólo quedarán tres semanas para la primera regata costera de la Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15. Será el próximo 4 de octubre, en Volvo Ocean Race

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