EVENT GUIDE INVITATION FOR THE 51 ST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHARK24 CLASS.

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1 EVENT GUIDE INVITATION FOR THE 51 ST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHARK24 CLASS

2 Lake Traunsee Dear Shark24 Sailors!...is waiting for you! The Sailing Club Ebensee is ready to host the Shark24 World Championship 2016 from May 7 th until May 10 th. Lake Traunsee is well known in the sailing world. Hosting the RC44 Austria Cup five times in a row, the world s best sailors, such as Russell Coutts, Terry Hutchison, Paul Cayard and Ray Davis sailed there and elected the lake as the best competitive RC44 tour stop. Since 2013 the GC32 Class is sailing on Lake Traunsee for the GC32 Austria Cup. An international high class sailing event with world class sailing Teams like Alinghi, Oman Sailing and Spindrift and a multifaceted supporting program. In the morning hours the famous Oberwind will provide perfect sailing conditions for early birds. At noon the wind shifts to north direction, again a thermal breeze which is called Niederwind. The date of the Shark24 World Championship fits perfectly to set it as highlight of the annual Traunsee Week (May 5 th -8 th ) a sailing event of several day s duration taking place at Lake Traunsee, hosting 15 boat classes all over the lake. Due to this fact and the successful partnership of the five sailing clubs in the cities of Gmunden, Altmünster, Traunkirchen and Ebensee, Lake Traunsee is the perfect spot for running the Shark24 World Championship. The well proved cooperation of the organizing authority (SCE) with PROFS as the professional organizer of the Traunsee Week and as service provider for sales, sponsoring and marketing and the media part of this European Championship will be covered and will guarantee a maximum output to all media, both national and international. We would like to invite you to this festival of Sailing! Lake Traunsee is ready for you and the Shark24 World Championship! With sportive regards, Franz Lackerbauer, President SCE Gottlieb Pesendorfer, Chairman SCE Christian Feichtinger, PROFS Sailing

3 Shark24 World Championship Provisional Timetable Thursday, May 5 th :00 7:00 Arrival I Measurement Friday, May 6 th :00 12:00 Arrival I Measurement 1:00pm Welcome 2:00pm Practice Race 6:00pm Sailors Party (Schloss Orth) Saturday, May 7 th :00am 1 st Start evening Club Dinner Shark Sunday, May 8 th 2016 Monday, May 9 th 2016 Tuesday, May 10 th 2016 Regatta Pastaparty (tbd) Regatta Club Dinner SCE with music Regatta (2:00pm last start) Prize Giving Ceremony For further information visit

4 Sailing Club Ebensee Founded in 1975 Clubhouse reconstruction and moorings extension in the late 90 s Ebensee was declared as the Upper Austrian high performance training center in 2000 Based in the southern part of Lake Traunsee More than 200 members Ebensee is known as one of the most wind-safe sailing hotspot in Austria SCE placed itself over the years as a competitive sailing club World Championships H-Boot 2002/2012 Tempest 2011 Shark Topcat 2011 Topper 2009 Soling Masters 2013 European Championships Asso 2000 Contender 2006 Main venue of the Traunsee Week Sailing area for RC44 Austria Cup & GC32 Austria Cup SCE Ebensee Contact Details Trauneck 9, A-4802 Ebensee office@scebensee.at T: +43 (0) Web:

5 Travel Guide Exit Motorway A1 in Regau Highway A1 (Salzburg-Linz-Wien) EXIT Regau B145 towards Ebensee EXIT in Ebensee turn left SCE Trauneck

6 Accommodation Ebensee at Lake Traunsee Ebensee is set on the south banks of Lake Traunsee between this spectacular land of towering mountains and emerald green lakes. Plenty of cultural highlights and attractions await the competitors. Are you nosy about the winds? Be patient Hotels Hostel Camping There are several accommodations for the competitors and their companions. They reach from bed and breakfast up to 4**** hotel. For all campers there are camping areas close to the sailing clubs available. Contact PROFS Mag. Katharina Wiesenberger T: Tourist Information T:

7 Lake Traunsee With thermal breezes, lake Traunsee will provide challenging sailing conditions. Generally there are 3 wind directions. 1. From 5 am to 10 am the south wind offers ideal conditions with the famous Oberwind. 2. At approximately 11 am the wind direction changes to Niederwind by 180 degrees to north and will blow constantly till late afternoon. 3. In case of low pressure and/or rain most of the time the general weather situation implicates wind from the west. According to the experience of the Traunsee Week the whole lake can be split into 3 race areas.

8 Race Areas Race Area North With strengths up to 20 KNT s Challenging sailing conditions South wind starts around 5 am and stops at 10 am Top sailing conditions between Gmunden and Ebensee After deep pressure systems sometimes strong south wind Race Area - West Only at low pressure and/or clouds and rain Wind direction from 270 degrees west Wind strengths vary from 5 to 25 KNT s Race Area - South The general wind direction on Lake Traunsee is from 0 degrees north Wind speed up to 20 KNT s North wind starts around 11 am and stops at 6 pm

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10 Media TV Detailed and actual pre-information Professional picture and movie material Press conferences Excellent media coverage TV (tbc) ORF Sport Bild ORF Upper Austria ORF Sport + BTV RADIO (tbc) Radio Upper Austria Life Radio HOMEPAGE: FACEBOOK:

11 PROFS Contact Information PROFS Consulting GmbH Zur Werft 13 A-4802 Ebensee T: +43 (0) Mail: F: +43 (0) Web: Business Operation Consulting Event Multimedia Public Relations Sponsoring Projects Traunsee Week since 2004 GC 32 Austria Cup since 2013 RC44 Austria Cup Omega Sailing Classics ERSTE BANK Ice Hockey League since 1999 Austrian Basketball League since 2006 I Allianz Swans Gmunden since 2005 Wassersportarena Traunsee since Fistball World Championships 2005 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships 1996 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships Class 1 Powerboat Austrian Grand Prix 2003 FIS Cross Country Sprint Weltcup Linz 2002 Bank Austria Tour (Österreich Rad Rundfahrt)