(Udligenswil, 10.10.11)
Just one week after the Bavaria Cup, the next blu26 was held in Zurich: the “Herbstpreis” regatta.
In contrast to the conditions one week before in Bavaria, the weather was wet, cold, and there was only very little wind.
In spite of the the bad weather, seven boats showed up for the regatta. After four races, Nathalie Keller on “Romano & Christen” was able to claim victory, followed by Beat Müller on “blunote” und Wim Rossel on “Badrutt`s Palace”.
The final results.
From September 30 to October 2, 2011 the first Bavaria Cup was sailed on Lake Tegern. Nine teams from Germany and Switzerland were there for an exciting regatta weekend.
After seven races in beautiful weather and excellent wind conditions, Mitja Meyer and her Alster Matchrace Team won the regatta. Congratulations! 2nd and 3rd were the Swiss teams of Beat Müller and David Menti.
Picture by Tom Gonsior
The final results, the video and further pictures taken by Tom Gonsior.
The 50th Interboot boat show in Friedrichshafen (GER) will be open from September 17 to 25, 2011. Bluboats will be present with two blu26’s. One you can find at our booth (no. A3/203), the other one on the “IBN Aktionfläche”. There you can also enjoy presentations and talks by Christian Scherrer and Christian Bolinger, and profit from their expertise.
We’re looking forward to your visit!
St-Moritz Match Race 2011
During an almost perfect week of sailing, 12 teams battled it out at the St. Moritz Match Race. The level was high and the races exciting. Unfortunately the wind picked up too late on the last day, so the finals had to be cancelled.
Torvar Mirsky and his team were the winners of this year’s St. Moritz Match Race.
Der Final Matches mussten abgebrochen werden. Torvar Mirsky und sein Team gewannen somit das diesjährige St. Moritz Match Race.
St-Moritz Match Race 2011
The prestigious St. Mortiz Match Race starts on wednesday with the first Round Robin. The event unites the best Match Race Sailors and takes place from August 31st to September 4th. The skippers compete on six provided blu26 boats for points in the Match Racing World Championship and a total purse of 150,000 Swiss francs.
Action will be guaranteed!
The Promo Video
For any further Information check the Event Website, or the Website of the World Match Racing Tour.
Three blu26 teams showed up at the Marina Fallenbach to participate in this year’s edition of the legendary Uristier regatta. The “Racer 2” fleet was quite impressive, with 25 boats competing.
In good wind conditions two races were sailed on Saturday. Team “Vodoo Child” with Dani Lucchini was the best blu26 finishing 2nd and 3rd.
On Sunday Lake Uri was at its best with good weather and an excellent breeze. After four general recalls two more races were sailed. After a bad race in race three “Vodoo Child” was able to get the gun in the last race!
Congratulations to Dani Lucchini and his team who finished 4th in the overall ranking!
Christa Kuster finished 12th, and Oliver Hausmann 24th.
Overall Results.
picture by Martin Tschupp
On the weekend after the Swiss Match Race nationals, 22 teams were on the starting line off Immensee to sail the 2011 Goldschäkel regatta. Among them were nine blu26 teams.
At the first mark Markus Bohren on SUI 02 already had a clear lead, followed by Peter Müller on his Corbeau. Chasing them was a group of blu26`s with “Romano & Christen”, “Blu(t)druck” and “Vodoo Child”. Even though Bohren was passed before the finish and had to therefore leave line honors to Peter Müller, he won the Goldschäkel trophy convincingly after time correction. Secondblu26 was “Romano & Christen” with Oli Wolfensberger followed by Christian Bolinger on “Blu(t)druck” and David Menti on “Vodoo Child”.
The long distance race counts double for the blu26 Zugersee Cup ranking.
On sunday, the first up-and-down race was started just before noon. Markus Bohren won ahead of “Vodoo Child” and “Romano & Christen”. With a little less wind one more race was sailed and won by Christian Bolinger with Hans Klenk on “Blu(t)druck”.
In the overall ranking, Markus Bohren (SUI 02) won the blu26 Zugersee Cup, followed by Christian Bolinger (GER 23) and Oli Wolfensberger (SUI 21).
The blu26 team would like to thank all the volunteers and participants!
It is especially worth mentioning that some participants had to come a long way, from Lake Constance, Germany, or even the Netherlands.
The ranking list.
pictures by YCZ
Jérôme Clerc and his team from the Geneva Regatta Training Centre (Centre d’Entraînement à la Régate – CER) have won the Swiss champion title during the Volvo Match Race Cup Zug. Thanks to this result, they are directly qualified for St. Moritz Match Race, the World Match Race Tour Swiss stopover.
Zug, June 6, 2011 – The final of the Volvo Match Race Cup took place last week-end in Zug. The event saw the victory of Jérôme Clerc’s team, ahead of Alain Stettler Eric Monnin and Marcel Walser.
The final took place in light conditions. Jérôme Clerc and his team (Bryan Mettraux, Elodie-Jane Mettraux and Denis Girardet) took the best start and controlled their opponent throughout the race, winning the title convincingly.
“We stared really badly”, commented Jérôme Clerc. “We lost our first three matches and had to win everything after this. That’s what we did! The semi-finale against Eric Monnin’s team was really intense. We won 2-0 and were very pleased with this. Then we competed in the final and kept one boat length ahead of our opponent throughout the race. It was very tense!”
The team from the CER started the season in style, winning events in the Decision 35 Class. They now confirm their talent on other supports. Thanks to this victory, they will compete this summer in St. Moritz Match Race (August 30 – September 4), the Swiss stopover of the World Match Racing Tour, against the world’s best specialists.
Volvo Match Race Cup Zug and Swiss Match Race championship final results :
1. Jérôme Clerc, Bryan Mettraux, Elodie Jane, Mettraux und Denis Girardet (SNG)
2. Alain Stettler, Bruno Zeltner, Chris Rast und Danielle Gamache (Regattaclub Oberhofen)
3. Eric Monnin, Marc Monnin, Julien Falxa und Jean-Claude Monnin (Yacht Club Immensee)
4. Marcel Walser, Fabio Müller, Beat Müller und Rico Hasler (Zürcher Yacht Club)
5. Roger Stocker, Robert Hürlimann, Mark Griesmeier und Olivier Lüthold (Zürcher Yacht Club)
6. Natalie Keller, Livia Naef, Lea Tschudi und Theresa Lager (Zürcher Yacht Club)
7. Lorenz Müller, Robert Hartmann, Matthew Hall und Martin Calmon (Bieler Yacht Club)
8. Lukas Erni, Christian Sprecher, Pascal Abegg und Stephan Rupp (Regattaclub Oberhofen)
pictrues by Jürg Kaufmann
The blu26 International Class Association has been founded in January 2010. The goal of the class association is to support and foster national and international activities in the blu26 class.
With the launch of its own website at www.blu26.org, an important step has been made to ensure efficient communication among its members and friends.
In addition to the website, the blu26 presence on Facebook has been renewed. The new page “blu26 – bluboats” will be maintained and used both by the class and bluboats Ltd.
You can find these new resources at:
blu26 International Class Association
Facebook page “blu26 – bluboats”
Matchrace Kreuzlingen 2011
Lukas Erni and his team wins the final of Volvo Match Race Cup held in Kreuzlingen 29.4. to 1.5.2011 against the EFG Team of Alain Stettler. Both teams there fore qualify for the final of the Volvo Match Race Cup in Zug, the official Swiss Match Racing Championship of Swiss Sailing 2. to 5. of June 2011. The Printus Team from lake Constance with Tino Ellegast moved in to third place defeating the all female team of Nathalie Keller.
Photos, results and further information under www.matchrace-bodensee.com.
pictures by Tobias Störkle
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