03
August
2008
Head of METROPOL Group, President of the Guardianship Board of the Fund for protection of Lake Baikal M. Slipenchuk took part in the ceremony to award the winners of the International yachting regatta on Lake Baikal “Windswept”
On August 3 the International yachting regatta on Lake Baikal
“Windswept” finished in the port of Turka (Republic of Buryatia).
The organizer and the title partner of the regatta was the Fund for
protection of Lake Baikal, which provided the prize fund for the
event. The yachting regatta on Baikal was held in the framework of
III International conference “Priorities and peculiarities of
development of the Baikal region” with the support of the Sailing
Sport Federation of Irkutsk region and Charity foundation for the
support of Navy “Cruiser “Varyag”.
17 yachts from Russia, Great Britain, Germany, France and Japan
took part in the “Windswept” regatta.
The regatta began on July 30 in the settlement of Listvyanka
(Irkutsk region). The first stage of the race ended near the Olkhon
Island. After 154 miles across Baikal the yachts U-turned at the
village of Tankhoi and headed to the southern end of Olkhon. The
second state of the race began on August 2. Participants had to
sail 52 miles from Zagli Bay to Khoboi Cape (northern point of
Olkhon Island) and to Turka port. By that moment seven yachts had
withdrawn from the race, as the storm in the lake damaged some
boats and tore some sails apart. On the night from August 2 to 3
the yachts used the tail-wind and arrived in the port of Turka
several hours before schedule.
The gala ceremony to award the winners of the International sailing
regatta of cruising yachts “Seven Winds” was held on August 3 in
the framework of celebrations of Baikal Day in the settlement of
Gremyachinsk in Pribaikalsky district of the Republic of Buryatia.
During the ceremony all finalist yachts lined up in front of
Gremyachinsk. The results of the race were announced to a
multi-thousand audience. Head of METROPOL Group and President of
the Guardianship Board of the Fund for protection of Lake Baikal,
President of the Charity foundation for the support of Navy
“Cruiser “Varyag” M. Slipenchuk awarded the winners of the
International yachting regatta on Lake Baikal “Windswept” with
monetary prizes from the one-million ruble prize fund, which was
unprecedented for Baikal regattas. The winners also received
special cups.
