MedCup Carthagena

With its mountainous shoreline, the new Spanish venue of Carthagena looks set to create some fresh challenges for the 14 TP52s racing in Round 5 of the 2008 Audi MedCup Circuit. The fifth event on the circuit might be about to produce one of those ‘It’s not normally like this here…’ weeks, with an unknown sailing area and new wind patterns for the teams to get their head around. Official racing begins with windward-leeward races on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and a double-points coastal race on Thursday of up to 50 nautical miles. Current predictions are for the breeze to build to 14-16 knots and become more northerly later in the week. ‘The weather forecast at the moment from Tuesday changes to 40-60 degrees,’ reported Ariane. The planned race area will be set west of the Port of Carthagena, towards the point of Cabo Tinoso.