Category : blu26

After having sailed the Bluboats Cups in Constance (GER) the yearly ranking of the blu26 Class has been decided. For this ranking, the best three results out of the four regattas were counted. The four regattas were Lake Zug, Lake Tegern, Lake Zurich, and Lake Constance.

Beat Müller (ZYC) on “blunote” is taking home the challenge trophy (a half model of a blu26). Second in the ranking, and only 0.7 points behind, is the team of “Voodoo Child” with skippers Dani Lucchini and David Menti, followed by Markus Bohren and his team, who won the last regatta in Constance (GER).

The results.

Skipper Markus Bohren from the Yacht Club Zug secures the victory at the Bluboats Cup 2011 on Lake Constance together with his team on “blutwo”. Second were Beat Müller and team from the Zurich Yacht Club on “blunote” and Matias Bühlerand team on “Voodoo Child”.

The Student’s Sailing Club Constance (Schüler Segel Club Konstanz, SSCK), the youth section of the Constance Yacht Club, together with the “Jugend Regatta Förderverein” have organized the first blu26 regatta on Lake Constance, on the weekend of November 12 and 13, 2011. Thirteenblu26s were on the starting line and sailed five races in light winds.

On Saturday the weather was excellent with blue sky and sunshine. The wind was coming from an easterly direction with almost 5 knots. Race officer Felix Somm made the best out of the conditions, and three decent races were sailed in the bay of Constance. With a bullet in the first race the team on “Voodoo Child” showed what it came to Constance for. The next two races were won by “blutwo” from the Yacht Club Zug. The teams on “blunote” from Zurich and “bluone” with skipper Remco Sol from the Royal Dutch Yacht Club also showed a solid performance, with top three scores in all three races. With these four boats still in a position to win, the fleet returned to the harbor for some Glühwein and an Apéro, followed by a relaxed dinner in the club house of the Constance Yacht Club.

On Sunday a maximum of two races were possible. The first race was won by team “Voodoo Child”. The second race was started immediately after the first. The wind did not seem to be too stable, so the race committee shortened the race. Luckily, the wind stayed long enough to finish that race. It was won by “blutwo” who also won the regatta. Congratulations!

Am Sonntag waren nochmals 2 Wettfahrten möglich. Die erste Wettfahrt konnte vom Team “Voodoo Child” gewonnen wurde. Sofort im Anschluss wurde mit dem gleichen Wind erneut gestartet. Nach dem ersten Kreuzkurs drohte der Wind wieder einzuschlafen, erholte sich aber nochmals und so konnte noch ein fünfter verkürzter Lauf – gewonnen durch das spätere Siegerteam “blutwo” – ins Ziel gebracht werden.

The results and more pictures from Claudia Somm.