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blu26 – Racing calendar and activities 2010


For the season of 2010 the blu26 Class Association has planed the following races:

May 22nd / 23rd: blu26 Zugersee Cup, Zug
June 3rd / 4th: Uristier Cup, Flüelen
June 19th / 20th: Tag & Nachtregatta, Zurich
October 9th / 10th: Herbstpreis, Zurich
November 6th / 7th: Bluboats Cup, Hilterfingen

Besides these fleet racing activities, part of the blu26 fleet will be participating in various Match Races throughout the year. The following events promise excitement for sailors and visitor/viewers: 

May 12th – 15th: Match Race European Championship, Hard, Austria 
May 27th – 30th: VOLVO Match Race Zug (qualification event for St. Moritz Match Race) September 1st – 5th: St. Moritz Match Race, Lake St. Moritz 
October 1st – 3rd: German Match Race Championship, Tegernsee, Germany 

blu26 – New construction yard and distributor

Bluboats is happy to announce its new partnership with Dynamic Elements. Located in North Germany near Kiel, this yard has been producing several sailing yacht classes to highest German standards. Apart from producing the blu26 it will act as distributor for Bluboats within the region of North Germany. The first blu26 to leave the new yard will be launched in early May 2010.

“The collaboration with the managers and skilled regatta sailors Jan Duken and Alexander Berg proves the potential we have in this new setup. We believe that we will continue to produceblu26 yachts to highest quality standards and bring the class and its size in new dimensions with this team”, says Bluboats Designer Christian Bolinger.

For any further information click here.

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blu26 – Wintertraining Lake Garda

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The blu26 Wintertraining took place at lake garda during four days. Intensive training sessions were held by professionals Christian Scherrer, Eric Monnin and Stephan Eder in perfect conditions with a lot of sunshine and great winds. The positive Feedback and the good atmosphere among the five teams present will lead to a continuance in 2011.

Pictures by Stephan Eder / sailingcenter.de

blu26 – Foundation of the blu26 International Class Association


On Tuesday the 19th of January 2010 at the Yacht Club Zug a group of enthusiastic blu26 sailors have founded the blu26 International Class Association.
The association has the goal to promote the blu26 class, to organise regattas and to unite owners and crews. Daniel Lucchini has been elected as the president of the class, Joëlle Müller as the treasurer and Mark Griesmaier as the secretary. Christian Bolinger and Christian Scherrer will lead the technical commission.

For more information please write to info(AT)blu26.org and soon the class website will be online as well under www.blu26.org 

blu26 – Bluboats Cup 2009

After a great weekend of sailing at the automn regatta in Zurich, the Bluboats Cup in Hilterfingen on lake thun is coming up. The weekend of 7th/8th November, between ten and twelve blu26will take place in this season end regatta.
The team of bluboats and Archimedes Bootbau is looking forward to a great event and competitive racing.
If you like to follow the regattas on a motorboat or if you need any further information, please contact us here.

Bluboats Cup, Hilterfingen 7./8. November

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blu26 – Automn Regatta in Zurich

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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.

bluboats – Interboot in Friedrichshafen


We are looking forward to meet you at the Interboot boat show in Friedrichshafen from the 19th to the 27th September. You will find us in hall A3 at booth 104A.

Besides the brand new blu26 with a teak deck at our booth, we will display on the open air grounds one of the boats which have participated in the St. Moritz Match Race.

We are looking forward to your visit!

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

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blu26 – Adam Minoprio wins the St. Moritz Match Race

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The New Zealander Adam Minoprio and his team win this years edition of the St. Moritz Matchrace ahead of the Mirsky Racing Team from Australia and are crowned King of the Mountain.
Minoprio triumphed in the first to score two point final. Ian Williams defeated Phillippe Presti in the small final with a 2-0 win.

During the six days of sailing on the lake of St. Moritz, the sailors faced different conditions in which they proofed to be convinced by the blu26.

More information, pictures and videos on the St. Moritz Web.
Picture by Loris von Siebenthal / myimage.ch

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