Eight blu26 raced in the Automn Regatta at the Yacht Club Zurich the last weekend. Franz Buhmann and his team even took the journey from Germany to race in Zuerich.
Two races in shifty and difficult conditions could be sailed with a lot of sunshine on Saturday. Stronger winds from the north-west on Sunday enabled the fleet of eight blu26 to sail another 3 races.
The blu26 fleet proofed to be very competitive and only the last race on Sunday decided the winner. With a win in the last race, the team of Christian Scherrer with Aaron Teuscher, Rico Hasler and Martin Rosenberger took victory in the series with their SUI 05 ‘cinque blu’. The team of Markus Bohren finished second in front of Thomas Grob.
Results after 5 Races with one discard:
1. SUI 05 – Christian Scherrer SCStM, cinque, 6 Punkte
2. SUI 01 – Markus Bohren YCZ, bluone, 9 Punkte
3. SUI 07 – Thomas Grob YCZ, blustar, 14 Punkte
4. GER 12 – Franz Buhmann LSC, sailingcenter tegernsee, 15 Punkte
5. SUI 04 – Daniel Lucchini SCPF, betty blu, 16 Punkte
6. SUI 03 – Beat Müller ZYC, blunote, 20 Punkte
7. SUI 10 – Christian Bolinger SKM, Romano & Christen, 22 Punkte
8. SUI 09 – Michael Gerber ZYC, Eloise, 23 Punkte
After a successful automn regatta, the blu26 class is looking forward to their end of season event Bluboats Cup in Hilterfingen on November 7th/8th.