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blu26 – Bluboats Cup 2010: Victory for Vaucher

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On the weekend of the 6th and 7th of November 2010 twelve blu26 gathered for the annual Bluboats Cup in Hilfterfingen on Lake Thun. On Saturday 5 races where sailed in light breezes and with wonderful fall weather. On Sunday the wind increased from the West to 25 knots and another 3 fast and action filled races where held.

The team of Michel Vaucher with SUI 16 came out on top at the end of the series.

Final results after 8 races without discard:

1. SUI 16 Michel Vaucher 16pts
2. SUI 02 Markus Bohren 26pts
3. SUI 05 Felix Somm 32pts
4. SUI 21 Marcel Walser 34pts
5. SUI 03 Matthias Keller 47pts
6. SUI 08 Thomas Ruchti 53pts
7. SUI 01 Phillip Koch 55pts
8. SUI 19 Giorgia Hauser 56pts
9. SUI 06 Gianpietro Cerletti 78pts
10. SUI 04 Andreas Etter 81pts
11. SUI 07 Thomas Grob 82pts
12. SUI 09 Michael Gerber 83pts

The event was held, like in the previous years, by Bluboats in cooperation with Archimedes Bootbau. As well as the fast and competitive sailing, the post race social activities where enjoyed by all the participants. The blu26 class is looking forward to an exciting season 2011.

Pictures by Michael Hilti

blu26 – German Match Race Championship 2010

The best German Match Racers meet from the 1th to the 3rd of October at the Tegernsee for the German Match Race Championship 2010. The competitors will race on 6 blu26 yachts for the title of the German Match Race Champion. The Championship is organized by the Yacht Club Bad Wiessee in cooperation with the Sailingcenter am Tegernsee the South German Bluboats partner.
For more information click the event-website.

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bluboats – Interboot in Friedrichshafen

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We are looking forward to meet you at the Interboot boat show in Friedrichshafen from the 18th to the 26th of September. You will find us in hall A3 at booth 202.

Together with our partners from the sailingcenter Tegernsee and Dynamic Elements we will display a brand new blu26 with a teak deck at our booth.

We are looking forward to your visit!

For more information on the Interboot Fair: www.interboot.de

blu26 – St. Moritz Match Race

The prestigious St. Mortiz Match Race starts tomorrow with the first Round Robin. The event unites the best Match Race Sailors and takes place from September 1st to 5th. 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!

For any further Information check the Event Website, the Website of the World Match Racing Tour or follow the races on the Live-Blog.

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blu26 – Match Race Training in Altnau

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The Youth Racing Association organized a Match Race training in Altnau from July 16th to 18th. The sixteen participants were taught the basics of the duels on the water by competent experts Christian Scherrer and Felix Somm. Superb weather and wind conditions on Friday and Saturday enabled the participants to spend instructive hours on the water. As there was no wind on the Sunday, the taken video footage was analyzed. For further information (only in german) andphotos please refer to the links.

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blu26 – Christening SUI 19 in St. Moritz

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On Friday July 2nd, SUI 19 was delivered and handed over to the Badrutt’s Palace Hotel and the Sailing Club St. Moritz. The boat, named „Badrutt’s Palace“ shall be at the use of guests of the Hotel, sailing students and racing affine members of the Club. Furthermore, the boat shall be used to take sail with guests during the St. Moritz Match Race.

The Bluboats team is thrilled to have a boat on one of the most attractive lakes in Europe and wishes the new owners fair winds at all times.

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blu26 – VOLVO Match Race Zug 2010

2011 3 -6 Juni Volvo Match Race Cup Zug, Schweizer Meisterschaft,Rangliste des Volvo Match Race Cups Zug 1. Jérôme Clerc, Bryan Mettraux, Elodie.Jane, Mettraux und Denis Girardet (Société Nautique de Genève) 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)

2011 3 -6 Juni Volvo Match Race Cup Zug, Schweizer Meisterschaft,Rangliste des Volvo Match Race Cups Zug
1. Jérôme Clerc, Bryan Mettraux, Elodie.Jane, Mettraux und Denis Girardet (Société Nautique de Genève)
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)


The annual Match Race Zug was held as a qualification event for the top class St. Moritz Match Race and was sailed on blu26. Amongst the ten invited skippers were thoroughly established match racers, as well as well known names from the Swiss sailing scene, including olympic sailors Flavio Marrazzi und Nathalie Brugger. Despite lousy weather, a complete round robin could be sailed in varying conditions. Eric Monin and his team therein defeated Jerome Clerc, hence qualifying for the St. Moritz Match Race.

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blu26 – blu26 Zugersee Cup 2010

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On the weekend of May 22nd / 23rd six blu26 competed at the blu26 Zugersee Cup. On Saturday the participants sailed a long distance race in sunny weather but difficult and shifty wind conditions, fighting for the ‘Goldschäkel’ trophy. Conditions were superb on Sunday and enabled five races. At the top of the fleet Markus Bohren and Thomas Grob were fighting for victory. Markus Bohren and his team of youth sailors won the event by two points.

final results after 7 races (1 long-distance race (counting double), 5 Up-and-Down), one discard:

1. SUI 02 Markus Bohren, YCZ, 11pts
2. SUI 07 Thomas Grob, YCZ, 13pts
3. SUI 03 Beat Müller/Alexa Bezel, ZYC, 18pts
4. SUI 05 Nathalie Keller, ZYC, 22pts
5. SUI 04 Christa Kuster, SCOZ, 24pts
6. SUI 06 Wicki Apholt, YCZ, 28pts

blu26 – Ebler wins the Match Race Europeans in Hard, AUT


After a busy week in Hard, Mads Ebler and Eric Monnin faced each other in the finals for the european title in Match Racing. After five thrilling races, Mads Ebler from Denmark defeated Monnin with 3 wins. The feedback from the competitors on the blu26 boats was very positive, even in the sometimes light air conditions.

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