TITULO SECCIÓN I GS 1 SUMMARY GS3 THE RACE · 3RD EDITION OF THE BARCELONA WORLD RACE THE ADVENTURE BEGINS! 04 THE EDUCATIONAL RACE · EXCITEMENT REACHES THE SCHOOLS! 08 · COOPERATIVE WORK IN THE CLASSROOM 13 HUMAN BEING · THE IMPORTance of a good night’s sleep 16 · THE BALANCED DIET OF THE SAILORS 19 · THE PIONEERS 24 MAIN DOSSIER · LOS PROTAGONISTAS DE LA BARCELONA WORLD RACE 28 SAILING · THE PROTAGONISTS OF THE BARCELONA WORLD RACE 38 · GREEN ENERGY ON BOARD 40 · THE STRATEGY IN A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD 42 PLANET SEA · ANTARCTICA, NATURAL RESERVE FOR PEACE AND SCIENCE 44 · CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SOUTH POLE 49 · AN OCEANOGRAPHER BEHOLDING THE MYSTERIES OF THE SEA 51 PRACTICAL GUIDE · SPORTS WITHOUT LIMITS 54 · THE SEA TEACHES 56 · PROPOSALS RELATED TO THE SEA 58 EDITORIAL Commitment to education and science The latest edition of the Barcelona World Race, organised humanistic and technologic Scientific Research (CSIC). The by the Barcelona Foundation for Ocean Sailing (FNOB), disciplines applied to and act of turning the IMOCA 60s into returns to the city. On this occasion, the event is developed during the Barcelona “scientific vessels” with sensors strengthening its commitment to the world of education, a World Race. that measure aspects such as the commitment most clearly evidenced through the school- Both initiatives serve to salinity, temperature and presence centred programme “Following the Barcelona World Race”. disseminate the scientific of microplastics in seawater Along these lines, in hopes of consolidating the race as a projects conducted by the race consolidates the Barcelona World tool to enhance education and help spread knowledge, in cooperation with specialised Race not only as a leading sporting we created the “Barcelona World Race Ocean Campus”. institutes like the Quirón Teknon event, but also as a race that is an Teachers and students will have access to a university Hospital and the Institute of impetus for scientific education, platform of open classes (MOOC) based on the scientific, Marine Sciences of the Council of training and research. Guide to following the race no. 3 Collaborators: Edifici El Far Part of the educational program- Eric Villalon, Luis Valdés; Jordi Published by: c/ Escar, 6 08039 Barcelona me Following the Barcelona Griso; Victòria Pons, Eduard Barcelona Foundation for Ocean Tel. (+34) 93 221 74 57 World Race 2014-15 Estivill, Pitu Martínez, Anna Sailing (BFOS) Piñero Prat, Javier Vilallonga www.fnob.org www.barcelonaworldrace.org Coordination: President (BFOS): Ana Vico Cover photo: Maite Fandos With the support of: Pharmaton Kiddi Mireia Perelló Editorial staff: Design: General Director (BFOS): No. of copies: Legal : Deposit: Cristina Puig, Santi Serrat, Ana Vico Albert Casas Andor Serra © C.L.A. 180º 160º 140° 120° 100° 80° 60° 40° 20° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° 120° 140° 160° 180° 4 GS I THE RACE THE 3RD EDITION OF THE 60° BARCELONA 60° WORLD RACE ASIA EUROPA The 3rd edition of the Barcelona World Race is here! On BARCELONA 31 December 2014, the best oceanAMÉRICA sailing racers will be SALIDA/ LLEGADA competing once again, as will someDEL young NORTE racers seeing how 40° Strait 40° their dreams come true. Gibraltar The teams are getting ready to circle the globe in tandem non-stop on board the fastest boats: the IMOCA 60s. Do you want to share this adventure with the sailors? Below is all the information you need to know to follow them closely. Trópico de Cáncer 20° 20° Upcoming departure ALISEOS 31/12/2014 Ecuador 0° Don’t miss… 0° The departure The game CALMAS On 31/12/2014 at 1.00 pm from the beac- Make your own boat and compete in the AMÉRICA EQUATORIALES hes of Barceloneta. virtual race starting on 31/12/14. DEL SUR ÁFRICA 20° The exhibit The Barcelona World Race Interpretation 20° From 12 December to 12 January, come Centre OCEANÍA visit the tent of the race and the boats at Trópico de Capricornio Portal de la Pau. Do you want to know more about the Barcelona World Race? The website ALISEOS The Barcelona World Race Interpretation Everything you want to know about the Centre gives you the opportunity to visit its per- 40° race: news, sponsor emails, videos, manent exhibit and complement the visit with 40° photos, etc. specific workshops on weather, nutrition and technology. Come visit it. Moll de Llevant, s/n cape Horn DOUBLE-HANDED The demands of a trip around the 60º world mean the crew must have 60° exceptional camaraderie. In addition to their knowledge of sailing, technology, weather, mechanics and electronics, they must be able to live together in a very small space, to work as a team and to endure extreme sailing conditions for a long period of time. It’s likely that the most united crew with the best rapport will have the best chances of winning. MERIDIANO DE GREENWICH ANTÁRTIDA 180° 160° 140° 120° 100° 80° 60° 40° 20° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° 120° 140° 160° 180° 180º 160º 140° 120° 100° 80° 60° 40° 20° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° 120° 140° 160° 180° THE RACE I GS 5 60° 60° FROM BARCELONA TO BARCELONA The Barcelona World Race is a course of 25,000 nautical miles (46,300 km) along ASIA theEUROPA great circle, the shortest route on the face of the Earth. After setting sail from BARCELONA Barcelona, the boats pass through the SALIDA/ LLEGADA AMÉRICA Strait of Gibraltar to sail down the Atlantic DEL NORTE Ocean, leaving the capes of Good Hope, 40° 40° Leeuwin and Horn on port side and Antarctica on the starboard side. The boats then sail back up the Atlantic to the finish, the Port of Barcelona. The rules require participants to respect the safety gates, the virtual coordinates designated Trópico de Cáncer by the organisation to keep the boats 20° 20° ALISEOS from descending into dangerous areas due to the presence of floating ice. Ecuador 0° 0° CALMAS AMÉRICA EQUATORIALES DEL SUR ÁFRICA 20° 20° OCEANÍA Trópico de Capricornio ALISEOS cape of Good cape Leeuwin Hope 40° 40° THE FORMULA 1 OF THE SEAS The IMOCA 60 is one of the fastest 60º monohulls in the world. It is made out of 60° carbon fibre, which is a durable lightweight material allowing the boat to sail at high speeds and withstand nearly all ocean conditions. The vessel has a single mast, can carry 10 sails on board and has a sail area of up to 600 m2 when sailing downwind. The inside is very basic. The nerve centre of the cabin is the navigation station with all the navigation devices, but there is also a bed, a stove and a sink. Apart from the area where food is stored, © ALBERT CASAS there’s nothing else! MERIDIANO DE GREENWICH ANTÁRTIDA 180° 160° 140° 120° 100° 80° 60° 40° 20° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° 120° 140° 160° 180° 6 GS I THE RACE THE RACE IN DEPTH DID YOU KNOW THAT… Well-prepared studied weather conditions along the course will help them better IMOCA plan the route. Poor planning may Stands for International Monohull Open Clas- delay them for many days on high ses Association, the organisation that creates seas. the rules for the class that bears its name and sets the international calendar Following the Clipper Route The course follows the traditional route fo- llowed by the clipper ships in the 19th century which passes the capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin and Horn. This is not a coincidence, because marine surface currents, wind and © MIREIA PERELLÓ waves show that, in the sea, the shortest route is not always the one that covers the Many boaters agree that a race shortest distance, but the one in which condi- does not start when you cross the tions allow for the best sailing. starting line, but rather months beforehand when you have to © Yvan ZEDDA Line-crossing ceremony prepare and test everything: A baptism ritual is usually held when you the boat, the sails, onboard cross the Equator for the first time. It used technology... Moreover, the crews to be customary on all British navy ships for must practice, participate in Extreme conditions sailors who crossed the Equator for the first qualifying heats and take training In a round-the-world race like the time to undergo a baptism ceremony. This courses on different topics. In Barcelona World Race, racers sail consisted of covering the novices with tar, short, a race can be won largely over 10,000 miles in the area of throwing them in the air and making them before the departure. the Roaring Forties, where water walk the plank with their eyes covered until temperatures reach 4ºC and low- they fell into the sea. Some crews start a specific pressure systems follow upon one physical preparation programme another creating strong winds You can live the same day twice before the race begins in and huge waves. Even though The longest day of the race is when racers anticipation of exhausting situations the race takes place during the cross the Greenwich Meridian, when they live on board. Participants must also austral summer, it snows often and the same day twice. This is the longest day, consider psychological preparation the humidity inside the boat can because when they cross the meridian, they and how to manage rest. reach saturation, making the cold start the same day all over again. This has led very intense and the discomfort to interesting situations in other competitions, exhausting. like some racers celebrating Christmas Day twice. The earrings of pirates and sailors Tradition has it that whoever passed Cape Horn could put an earring in his left ear, which is the side on which he passed the Cape from the west (port side).