This year the event-proven Circolo Vela Arco had been selected as the venue for German nationals at Lake Garda on October 3rd-6th. Christian Schäfer reports.
Although the boatpark chat was whispering of more mild breezes in autumn time, the Lake Garda wind machine was not shy in delivering the trademark conditions even at the end of the sailing season in the Northern hemisphere.
The great regatta in Campione was held to mark the end of summer on Lake Garda. Paula Penco reports.
Back for a third time, the A-Cat French Nationals will take place in Maubuisson from the 23rd to the 26th of October. In 2017, we had 49 competitors enter the event ; in 2018, 56 did, for the 2019 edition we expect over 60 competitors to meet in this exceptional sailing site with all it's logistic facilities. Jean Darnaude reports.
A couple of weeks on, the dust and smoke has settled and dispersed, the sailors will be resuming their lives, and may will be back at work, but possibly with a new image on their computer desktops, and a lucky few ones are still roaming the currently sunny British Isles as we speak. So, this is a good time to reflect on what was witnessed on the waters of Britain’s Jurassic coast and at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Centre.
This year again the Belgian national took place at the lake de l’Eau d’Heure, Phil Muyzers reports
23 participants including 15 French. Saturday at 13h, kicked off for 5 races back to back in a cool north wind between 4 and 10 knots.
Evening meal for the sailors with starters, main dishes, desserts, wines, beer, coffees and a little water!
Sunday at 10 am, The samer North wind plus rain and 3 races were run.
The champion is Michel Warlop followed by André Casanova and Eric Girardin.
The NOR is available for the German Nationals at Arco, Garda 4th-6th October
Information and entry under http://www.circolovelaarco.it/regate-lago-di-garda/german-a-cat
Andrew Landenberger and Mischa Heemskerk became the 2019 ‘A’ Class cat World Champions on Friday at WPNSA in great style. Sailing in almost Champaign sailing conditions of sun and 14-17 knot wind, the pair dominated their respective divisions with 8 bullets each in a superbly run regatta and under the control of David Campbell-James and his race team.
Day 5 of the ‘A’ Cat Worlds was another early start, but for the Open fleet this time. David Campbell-James, our favourite PRO, is keen to get a full 12 race series in, as we think he may have a little money on doing it! So, it was two Open races followed by 3 Classic fleet races and Weybiza was set to deliver again.
It was an early start for the Classic sailors at the World ‘A’ Cat Championships at WPNSA on Wednesday. The PRO, David Campbell-James, wanted to get them 2 races, before the Open fleet’s 3 later in the day, and a building wind was forecast. However, in the end the wind didn’t materialise quite as advertised, but they got a very sailable 8-10 knots, building slightly as the day progressed. This could be the first Worlds regatta that has completed the whole 12 race series for many years. But, then this is Weymouth, and one of the World’s top sailing event venues because of the wind conditio
The third day of competition at the Worlds really just continued where the last one left off. David Campbell-James was keen to get the race numbers evened out and back on track for a full series as we’d promised Weymouth could deliver. Day three saw 3 open fleet and 1 Classic fleet races in a light 5-8 knots, getting underway after a 2hr postponement.
