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The International Waterbike Regatta is a yearly event that doesn't
involve just waterbike competitions. And this is also why people love to
come back every year. It's definitely one of the best events when it comes
to combining sports, partying and meeting lots of nice people from
different countries (used language is English). People that are interested
in what boat you designed, what's so smart about it, which team players
were involved, how long it took to realise the whole idea and... about
what you eat for breakfast.
Three teddy bears at breakfast, healthy food for a
good start of a racing day. (click to enlarge)
Besides the competition on the water, the IWR includes a
complete arrangement. Starting from shaking hands at the arrival everything is
taken care of. And the team from Genoa did well. In Genoa a biiiig party tent was the place to be for meals
and fun.
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Lunch in the big party tent.
(click to
enlarge)
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1 hungry waterbiker, with this look!
Shall I give
him a little more?
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Quite a task,
feeding 150 people hungry from the races.
Everybody was fed and looked after for. And when boats sunk... (noo!!!)
the rescue team came into action.
(If somebody knows the team and name of the boat please send me a
message. Until then this line remains.. so if you happen to know.. )
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Donatella, Trieste Waterbike Team
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This beautiful on the left hand side is Italian
made. Yes! I am talking about the boat! But I can imagine some
confusion. As you can see the side hulls are very slender. The idea
behind it is to gain stabilizing without ' sticking' too much to the
water and generate a minimum of wave resistance. This tri-maran boat
is named Donatella.
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I was able to catch the whole team while they all sat
still. The team from Berlin, Germany, is very active, not only on the
water but also on shore. Their own team mates are the major focus to drink
a beer with and to fight with (of course everyone else is invited). They
appear to have two
"protein-carbohydrate-fat-reduction-engines".. (just two?) to
produce their strong (but untrained) manpower. But that's not their only
secret. They have an impressive controllable pitch propeller.
Waterbike Team Berlin, with the Rumpur
The Team from Zagreb and some organisers from the Genoa
team. The nicely shaped boat behind is the TVRDI from Zagreb. TVRD means
"hard" and TVRDI means "harder". It's a fiber
reinforced plastic trimaran with paddle-wheels made from wood and
aluminium:
Zagreb waterbike team and their TVRDI
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And they took a whole bus with people from Berlin to
the IWR. Amazing! So many supporters that like waterbikes! The
team from Athens, Greece, participated with their Anemos. If I am
correct this is a new boat:
Anemos, team from Athens
Trieste Waterbike Team had quite an impressive
amount of team members. Please note that their boat, L' Ordegno, is
laying behind:
Trieste Waterbike Team, Italy
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And we were lucky King Neptune and his companions paid a
visit to the IWR also. He baptized two waterbikers which was quite a
ceremony.
King Neptune and his companions
(click to enlarge)
Article part 1,
part 2, part
3,
results,
boats, price
giving, party
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