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Wintertraining Lake Garda March 14th to 17th

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The first highlight on the water this year will be held from March 14th to 17th. For the fourth time Bluboats will be organizing a blu26 regatta clinic on Lake Garda, in cooperation with the sailingcenter Tegernsee. During four days we will be practicing and learning on the water and in the class room, lead by professional sailor Christian Scherrer and Stephan Eder. In addition to the on-the-water training, the video analysis, and the theoretical part of the clinic, the social and culinary aspects will also be kept in mind. For more information click here.

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bluboats cup 2012 – Victory for Voodoo Child

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Third place at the last regatta on this year’s blu26 regatta calendar, at the autumn regatta (Herbstpreis) of the Zurich Yacht Club, was good enough for the Voodoo Child Team with Skipper Dani Lucchini and David Menti to bring home the victory in this year’s overall ranking of theblu26 Class.

For the overall ranking the best four results out of the five regattas are counted. The five regattas were held on Lake Constance, Lake Zug, Lake Lucerne, Lake Tegern, and Lake Zurich.
The Voodoo Child Team was the clear winner of this year’s overall ranking and received the Bluboats Cup Trophy on Sunday. On 2nd place was the Giachen Racing Team from the Engadin with skipper Stephan Hawranke, and on 3rd place was the women’s team Romano & Christen with skipper Christa Kuster.
In total there were 23 blu26s competing for the Blueboats Cup 2012.

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St. Moritz Match Race – King of the Mountain

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After a crazy week with all possible weather conditions (including snow), Keith Swinton was crowned King of the Mountains at the St. Moritz Match Race. The Swiss teams skippered by Jerome Clerc and Eric Monnin finished 9th and 10th.

blu26 class regatta calendar 2012

After a great season start on Lake Garda with the regatta clinic early march, the blu26 class will now start it’s racing season mid april with the Sportboot Cup on Lake Constance. The blu26class regatta calendar 2012 counts seven events in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. For the first time a class championship is part of the calendar. It will be held in Zug form the 26th to the 28th of may 2012.

The bluboats cup, the yearly overall class championship, does count five regattas. One regatta result can be discarded, only the results of the class championship in Zug can’t be discarded.

For all the dates and further informations please visit the blu26 class website.

Date Event Location
01.03- 04.03.12 Regatta clinic Lake Garda Brenzone
14.04- 15.04.12 Sportboot Cup Kreuzlingen (BBC)
26.05- 28.05.12 blu26 Zugersee Cup Zug (BBC/CC)
30.06- 01.07.12 Uristier Flüelen (BBC)
25.09- 26.09.12 Training Tegernsee Bad Wiesee GER
28.09- 30.09.12 blu26 Tegernsee Cup Bad Wiesee GER (BBC)
06.10- 07.10.12 Herbstpreis II Zürich (BBC)
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blu26 regatta clinic on Lake Garda

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Seven teams showed up for the blu26 winter regatta clinic which was held for the third time in Acqufresca on Lake Garda. The 28 sailors from Germany and Switzerland were coached by Christian Scherrer, Stephan Eder, and Florian Hornsteiner. With wind conditions ranging from light to medium, various training sessions were sailed. In addition, both boat handling and settings were analyzed using the video footage of the day. As in previous years, the clinic was also a good opportunity to connect with other blu26 sailors and enjoy the delicious italian cuisine. The Bluboats / Sailingcenter Team would like to thank all participants and is looking forward to next year!

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Wintertraining Lake Garda March 1st to 4th

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The first highlight on the water this year will be held from March 1 to 4. For the third time Bluboats will be organizing a blu26 regatta clinic on Lake Garda, in cooperation with the sailingcenter Tegernsee. During four days we will be practicing and learning on the water and in the class room, lead by professional sailor Christian Scherrer and Stephan Eder. In addition to the on-the-water training, the video analysis, and the theoretical part of the clinic, the social and culinary aspects will also be kept in mind. For more information click here.

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First blu26 in Montenegro

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On Friday 16th of December the first of three blu26 was launched at Porto Montenegro Marina in Tivat. A wonderful place and a great new home for the newest blu26 fleet. The boats will be used for regattas, events and charter organized by the Porto Montenegro Yacht Club. More news about the place and marina under: www.portomontenegro.com

blu26 no 30 fresh out of the mold

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The hull of boat number 30 came alive early this week at Winner Yachts in Enkhuizen. This is the first dutch blu26. The boat will be finished for Düsseldorf boat-show starting 21. of January and will be on display on the bluboats booth (16/A41).

See you there…

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bluboats cup 2011 – Close victory for blunote

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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.

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bluboats cup 2011 – Markus Bohren wins on blutwo

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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.