Sandeq Race XI (17- 25 August 2008)
Time 2008 (14-17 October 2008)
Sandeq Race
XI (2008)
Race Schedule:
17 Agustus 2008
ETAPE I (Mamuju - Deking)
18 Agustus 2008
Etape II (Deking - Malunda)
19 Agustus 2008
Etape III (Malunda - Majene)
20 Agustus 2008
Lomba Segitiga Majene
21 Agustus 2008
Etape IV (Majene-Polewali)
? Agustus 2008
Lomba Segitiga di Polewali
? Agustus 2008
Etape V (Polewali - Ujung Lero)
25 Agustus 2008
Etape VI (Parepare - Barru)
27 Agustus 2008
Etape VII ( Barru - Makassar)
Unfortunately FMS (this
website) only received very little information about this year's
race. The only fact that has been confirmed on 25 August is that the
boats will arrive 27 August in Makassar.
This year's race should have 52 teams competing. Each team
is said to exist of 8 sandeq sailors.
Every year eagerly awaited by Indonesia’s traditional fishermen as
well as the international sail sports community, the annual race for
traditional sandeq outrigger sailing boats starts 17 August in Mamuju
and ends in Makassar. For the participants this world-class 300
nautical miles sailing race is the most important event of the year:
Winning The Race is the dream of many sandeq sailors.
A century old-tradition, these unbelievably fast blue-water
outrigger vessels have been competing in local races in the Mandar
area of South Sulawesi, about 300km to the north of Makassar, the
peninsula’s capital; only after the first Majene-Makassar race was
held in 1995 did these spectacular sailing events came to the notice
of the broader public. Today the Sandeq Race is one of the
Archipelago's main nautical events: A full 10 days of racing and
cultural events attracts tens of thousands of people all along the
coastal course of the race, including yearly increasing numbers of
tourists, academics and international sailing professionals who
follow The Race as spectators, researchers or participants. Not
surprisingly, the Sandeq Race meanwhile became topic of dozens of
reports, features, articles and films in national and international
printed and electronic media.
In recent years two Traditional Schooners of SongLine Cruises
followed the complete Sandeq Race. SongLine Cruises will offer a
program for travelers interested in a cultural experience among
Indonesian people that seldom see tourists. For more information
please visit
http://www.songlinecruises.com.
Time 2008
"Tourism Indonesia Mart
& Expo"
date:
14-17
October 2008
place: Celebes
Convention Centre, Makassar
Some inforrmation from Time 2008's website
www.pasarwisata.com:
Indonesia’s archipelago of over 17.000 islands provides you with
countless destinations to cater to the well-heeled, five-star
tourist to the easy-going, backpacking traveler. Yes, Indonesia
gives all Buyers and Sellers over 17.000 reasons why all should be
at TIME 2008. After twelve successive staging, TIME 2008 aims at
linking the two of you to bring the wonders of the Indonesian
archipelago to the traveling world.
Organized by the Indonesia Promotion Board (ITPB), Garuda Indonesia
and this year hosted by Makassar Regional Province and its tourism
industry, this great travel event showcase world’s fastest-growing
tourism area under one roof with qualify products aimed at every
market. This diverse nation of over 200 milion people offer
everything from value for money tour packages to the more exotic
eco-tourism, a world-class tropical underwater world, international
class hotels and convention venues, and for the more adventurous – a
journey to the habitat of the fearsome komodo dragons and more.
For Buyers, Sellers from throughout Indonesia stretching over 5000
kilometers eastward from Sabang on the northern most tip of Sumatera
to Merauke in Irian Jaya – will fill the 150 booths in TIME 2008.
You will have the best opportunity to sample the entire national
travel destination at one single stop.
Indonesia has quality products targeted at almost every market
niche. The variety and innovative of the products on offer was stand
out feature of this year’s line up will be even bigger & better,
offering everything from trekking up Irian Jaya’s snow capped
mountains, to the bull racing of Madura Island, the exotic culture
of the Minangkabau people and Nias Island’s formidable surf.
For Sellers, ITPB and all of infrastructure supported has marketed
TIME 2008 to the world. To ensure quality participation, TIME 2008
will be publicized worldwide at the ITB Berlin, ATM Dubai, and
widely in the Indonesia and regional media. Official invitation were
sent out to 3000 prospective buyers internationally and Sellers
throughout Indonesia. Buyers are expected from Australia, Belgium,
Canada, China, Eastern Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea,
Malaysia, Middle East, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore,
Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA, and many more.
If you couldn’t get your product to all these countries in one year,
TIME 2008 is your platform to meet buyers from these rich markets!
