For the Act 1, held from 12 to15 December, a lot of teams will be lining up to take the start fighting from the beginning of the Series. Let’s start teams presentation.
HUBEX team skippered by Kirill Frolov was 5th last season and is aiming for podium in the TIC Series 2024-2025. Mikhail and Maksim Sheremetyev, Pavel
Sysoev will be in team staff.
Mikhail Sheremetyev: The TIC Winter Series in Bodrum is very interesting in many aspects. Firstly, this is a location where there are several options for ther acing distance: you can get out where the wave is bigger, or make the distance closer to the shore, where the gusty wind comes in. In this point, Turkish races are interesting and quite comfortable and warm in climate for the winter period.
Another advantage of the location is that the stable wind all the time. Last season, it did not happen that any day fell out completely because of the calm. The wind is mostly strong in Bodrum. For the facilities, there are quite good hotels in this location, all sailors live in one place. It is only two minutes on foot from the hotel to the boats parking, so everything is very convenient and comfortable. There is no need to remove the mast between the stages. Many Russian crews take part in the series, each of which can claim the first place, and there are several good rivals from Turkey. This year, I suppose, will come more crews, also of a good level, so I think the TOP-12 will be very decent. The battle for the podium will be serious. The winter series is a great help to keep fit, and last year showed that we entered the summer already well prepared, and the season turned out to be full, without long breaks."
HUBEX team skippered by Kirill Frolov was 5th last season and is aiming for podium in the TIC Series 2024-2025. Mikhail and Maksim Sheremetyev, Pavel
Sysoev will be in team staff.
Mikhail Sheremetyev: The TIC Winter Series in Bodrum is very interesting in many aspects. Firstly, this is a location where there are several options for ther acing distance: you can get out where the wave is bigger, or make the distance closer to the shore, where the gusty wind comes in. In this point, Turkish races are interesting and quite comfortable and warm in climate for the winter period.
Another advantage of the location is that the stable wind all the time. Last season, it did not happen that any day fell out completely because of the calm. The wind is mostly strong in Bodrum. For the facilities, there are quite good hotels in this location, all sailors live in one place. It is only two minutes on foot from the hotel to the boats parking, so everything is very convenient and comfortable. There is no need to remove the mast between the stages. Many Russian crews take part in the series, each of which can claim the first place, and there are several good rivals from Turkey. This year, I suppose, will come more crews, also of a good level, so I think the TOP-12 will be very decent. The battle for the podium will be serious. The winter series is a great help to keep fit, and last year showed that we entered the summer already well prepared, and the season turned out to be full, without long breaks."