Pre-PWC and Ecuadorian Nationals Bototillo 2014

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72 Pilots Confirmed
72 Pilots total registered

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120 Pilots max allowed
16 Countries presented
✅ All certified wings allowed
🏆 FAI Status = CAT 2 🏅

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Prize funds and scoring categories

Overall
Campeonato Nacional
Female
Sport Pre PWC
Sport Campeonato Nacional

Contacts

General questions
- Juan Carlos , Morán Reinoso
- 593996097482
- paravolarecuador@hotmail.com

Event info

Pre-PWC and Ecuadorian National Bototillo 2014 will be held in Guayaquil, Ecuador from 22d to 29th November, 2014 with no reserve days. This place has already hosted pre-PWC in previous years. This time again we expect intersting competition with flights over beautiful valleys of Ecuador. Guayaquil is the biggest city and also is one the main places of interest of the country.

"All You Need is Ecuador": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fi88GBOHOA&list=PLKhjsCfEL2v0EYvVgCkf0qMf26Yh46fFg

Flying site

Bototillo - a famous flying site in Ecuador - is located 10 km W from the city of Guayaquil - the capital of Guayas province.
It's a green hill mounting over a vast puppulated valley. Usual cloud base is around 1600. Average thermals +3+4 m/s. It's a place were many local competions were held. The longest flight made from this start was straight line 93 km. The take off is privately run.

Take off: 330m ASL 2°10'34.75"S, 80° 0'25.81"O (-2.17632, -80.00717)
Height above valley is 325m.
Wind: South-West (10km/h).
The slope is covered with carpet and stones. The launch ground is big enough for simultaneous taking-off of 120 pilots. No power lines, no cables or any other hazards.
There is a little of space for parking official and visitors’ cars.
There is no water on take-off.

Watch the flying site video:
https://vimeo.com/70995270
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG3-YAPr8A8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOn0pH7wS8I

Selection and entry fee

The requirements for a pilot to enter this competition are:
• to hold valid FAI and pilot license.
• to prove the airworthy of his glider.
• maximum number of participants is 120.

Entry fee

Entry fees: 150.00 EUR or 200.00 Dollars from July 1, 2014 until October 1, 2014
After Oct. 2 the value is 180.00 Eur or 240.00 Dollars

Entry fees to be paid by bank transfer or Pay Pal Account.

registration refunds only until November 10th

Pay pal Account: titosmoran@yahoo.com
Click here to get to Pay Pal

Bank account of Juan Carlos Moran

Corresposal Bank
Wells Fargo Bank - New York
Codigo ABA: 026005092
Swift: PNBPUS3NNYC

Beneficiary Bank:
Banco de Guayaquil S.A Guayaquil- Ecuador
Codigo ABA: 026005092
Swift: GUAYECEGXXX
Account: 20001912321514

Beneficiary Account:
Juan Carlos Morán Reinoso
Number Account: 580803-0.

The Entry fee includes:
• transport to the take-off and retrieve on the main route for all the registered pilots during all competition days,
• upload of turnpoint’s GPS coordinates,
• GPS tracklog download,
• LIVE TRACKING or gps coordinates
• Helicopter standby
• color map,
• ID card,
• lunch package, water
• competition shirt,
• free access to all championship events and parties,

Prize fund and scoring categories

1,2,3 in Overall
1,2,3 in Women Class
1,2,3 In Sport Class (A-B-C)
1,2,3 Campeonato Nacional Botillo 2014
1,2,3 Campeonato Nacional Bototillo 2014 Categoria Sport (A-B-C)

General schedule

Saturday November 22, 2014
from 16:00 Opening ceremony:
18:00 - 20:00 Registration
20:00 Mandatory safety meeting:
Sunday, November 23, 2014
8:30 First competition briefing:
Sunday, November 23 - Saturday, November 29, 2014
Contest flying days
Saturday, November 29, 2014
19:00 Prize-giving and closing ceremony:

Daily schedule

08:00 - Headquarters open
08:30 - Protest result deadline
09:00 - Transport to take-off
10:20 - Meet Director / Task and Safety Committee meetings
10:40 - Pilots briefing / Task definition
12:00 - Take-off window opens
16:00 - Scoring office opens at the main Headquarter
18:00 - Safe landing report deadline
20:00 - Scoring office closes
21:00 - Provisional results
22:00 - Complaints deadline or 1 hour after 1st provisional results

Accommodation and Activities

http://www.nucapacha.com/

How to get here

The HQ will be located in Urbanizacion Terra Nostra.

See photos in event info section.

Guayaquil is the biggest city in the SW of Ecuador.

For its size, Ecuador has an especially impressive array of interesting sites, cities, and places to visit. The high Andes beckon with stunning vistas, colorful indigenous markets, and scenic colonial neighborhoods. The eastern lowlands offer Amazonian ecolodges to top off your Ecuador adventure. Western Ecuador boasts the exciting port city of Guayaquil, rare dry forest habitats, and serene beaches. Then there are the Galapagos Islands. Located more than 900 kilometers from the coast, these fabled islands are part of Ecuadorian territory and the jewel of Ecuadorian tourism. The Galapagos are on the bucket list of nearly every world traveler and those who make their way to this volcanic archipelago find their expectations surpassed by their experience.

Web: http://www.destinationecuador.com/

Ecuador , Guayaquil , Vía La Costa, Urbanizacion Terra Nostra
Guayaquil Ecuador

Plane

The nearest airport is José Joaquín de Olmedo aiport of Guayaquil.
Web: http://www.tagsa.aero/
The airport is located in the northeast part of the city, adjacent the new international bus terminal.

Car

You can rent a car at the airport to get to Bototillo
http://www.tagsa.aero/en_alquilercarros.html
Take off is located at about 20 km from the airport.