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Monday, July 21, 2025

F50-SailGP - Great Britain Sail Grand Prix, Portsmouth GBR, Final with SUI in third

Team Switzerland on the SailGP podium for the first time! ---- Sébastien Schneider SNG and his team finished the GBR Sail GP in an excellent third place behind Emirates GBR and the winner New Zealand. And there could have been even more! The Swiss got off to a promising start, neck and neck with Emirates GBR on the way to the first windward mark, secured the inside lane, rounded first, and remained in contention for the lead until the fifth leg, while eventual winner New Zealand lagged behind them. However, towards the end of the race, technical problems arose on board Schneiter's F50, which ultimately led to their retirement. See Final Replay from 1:08:00. ---- - After the seven fleet races, Dylan Fletcher GBR's Team Great Britain was in first place, one point ahead of Peter Burling NZL's Team New Zealand and 5 points ahead of Team Switzerland, which meant that Sébastien Schneiter qualified for the final race for the first time. ----- All news, the results with fleet details, and the Day 2 Replay.. ----- The Tour website..

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Monday, July 21, 2025

Olympic Classes - Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta 2025 - Final Day

All five classes were able to sail the planned 18 and 15 races, respectively, at the 2025 Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta, in mostly perfect conditions. ----- In the 49ers, Nevin Snow/Ian MacDiarmid USA won with a 5-point lead over Keanu Prettner/Jakob Flachberger AUT. ---- Vilma Bobeck/Ebba Berntsson SWE remained in first place in the 49ersFX with a 9-point lead over favorites Paris Henken/Helena Scutt USA. ---- In the iQ-Foil Men Windsurfers, the Chinese took the first six of seven places, with Kun Bi CHN ahead of Jingye Huang CHN in first place. ----- The results are almost identical in the iQ-Foil Women Windsurfers, with Wenqi Li CHN winning ahead of Zheng Yan CHN, but the rankings of the six Chinese women were interrupted by Bryn Muller USA in fourth place. ---- Ten bullets and a second and a third place as discard results prove the dominance of John Gimson/Anna Burnet GBR in the Nacra-17 Mixed ranking. Never worse than third, Laura Farese/Matthäus Zöchling AUT follow 10 points behind in second place. ---- No Swiss participants in these classes. --- - All results, the video clip collection (scroll down), and the event website, not updated today, as usual.

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Saturday, July 19, 2025

Olympic Classes - Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta 2025 - Part two/Race Day two

All five classes sailed their program yesterday in California. ---- Keanu Prettner/Jakob Flachberger AUT replace Nevin Snow/Ian MacDiarmid USA in first place in the 49er class. ---- Vilma Bobeck/Ebba Berntsson SWE extend their lead at the top of the 49ersFX class. --- - Jingye Huang CHN overtakes his teammate Kun Bi CHN in the iQ-Foil Men Windsurfers. Wenqi Li CHN leads by a large margin in the iQ-Foil Women Windsurfers. --- - In the Nacra-17 Mixed, husband and wife John Gimson/Anna Burnet GBR (ranked 1/2/1 yesterday) hold first place, 5 points ahead of Laura Farese/Matthäus Zöchling AUT (2/1/2 yesterday). --- - No Swiss participants in these classes. ---- The video clip collection (scroll down) contains several clips from the above five classes, which give an impression of the sailing conditions off Long Beach. --- - All results and the event website.

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Olympic Classes - Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta 2025 - Day three

Yesterday, all classes were again able to sail three races at the Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta 2025. ----- In the only event with Swiss participation, the ILCA-6 Women, Hannah Snellgrove GBR maintains her 14-point lead over Eve McMahon IRL after nine races. The day's best performer, Agata Barwinska POL (ranks 5/3/4), displaced Maud Jayet SUI/SNG, who had a bad day (ranks 6/22/13), from third place. The Swiss sailor is now seven points behind the podium. ----- In the 470 mixed class, Justin Callahan/Lara Dallman-Weiss USA have taken the lead. In the kitefoilers, Toni Vodisek SLO in the men's and Jessie Kampman NED in the women's increased their large lead. Michael Beckett GBR is now in first place in the ILCA-7 men's. ---- - Here is a live race link. ----- The latest news and video clips. ----- All results and the event website.

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Monday, July 14, 2025

Olympic Classes - Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta 2025 - Day two

Yesterday, three more races were sailed at the Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta 2025 in California. ----- In the only event with Swiss participation, the ILCA-6 Women, Hannah Snellgrove GBR dominates after six races with a 19-point lead over Eve McMahon IRL. Maud Jayet SUI/SNG follows in third place, three points behind, just ahead of Maria Erdi HUN. ----- Nikole Barnes/Ryan Squires USA are in the lead in the 470 mixed class. In the kitefoilers, Toni Vodisek SLO is in first place in the men's competition and Jessie Kampman NED in the women's. George Gautrey NZL leads the ILCA-7 men's competition. ----- Here is a live race link. ----- In the 49er, 49erFX, Nacra-17, and iQFoil men's and women's windsurfing classes, there were too few entries, so no races will be sailed. ----- All results and the event website. No current news has been published yet, but there are some initial video clips.

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Sunday, July 13, 2025

Olympic Classes - Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta 2025 - Day one

Yesterday, the first three races of this top event, which is part of the Olympic Grand Slam 2025 Circuit, took place at the Olympic 2028 venue in California. The entry lists are rather small, except for the Kitefoilers and ILCAs. However, this event is very important for the US athletes, who are well represented in all classes. As the first rankings show, some athletes did not start, for example the kite favoriter Maximilian Maeder SGP. ---- All results and the event website. No current news has been published yet.

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Sunday, July 13, 2025

Offshore - TransPac 2025, Los Angeles - Honolulu, Winner 'Lucky'

The traditional Transpacific Race from Los Angeles, California to Honolulu, Hawaii, set off in three waves last week. Last Friday, 'Lucky', an 88-foot Juan K-designed yacht owned by Bryon Ehrhart, crossed the finish line in first. She completed the 2,225-mile course in 5 days, 21 hours, 23 minutes and 49 seconds—the fifth-fastest elapsed time in race history. ----- The Newsletter, latest edition, the Race Tracker, and the Event Website.

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Sunday, July 13, 2025

J/70 - Sailing Champions League Final, Kiel GER - July 11-13, 2025

The Sailing Champions League Final has been underway in Kiel, Germany, since yesterday. After 14 qualification regattas, Mühlenberger SC GER was in the lead ahead of Tonsberg Seilforening NOR and Bandholm Sejlklub DEN. The Richmond Yacht Club USA, with Lucy Wilmot, Chris Weis, Patrick Wilkinson and Adam Corpuz Lahne, was ranked 13th. ----- The qualification regattas are underway and the scoreboard is continuously updated online. The event website.

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Monday, July 7, 2025

TP52 - World Championship 2025 - Cascais POR - Final results

With just a one-point lead, Doug DeVos' American Magic Quantum Racing USA defended its first place in yesterday's two races – finishing 8th and 7th in a field of 11 – to claim its eighth TP52 World Championship title. Jean-Luc Petithuguenin's Paprec FRA – finishing 5th and 6th on the day – was in contention right up to the end. Takashi Okura's Sled USA – 6th/9th – also secured third place on the podium. Once again, conditions in Cascais were perfect, with strong winds and big waves. A study of the rankings and the final report show just how close and spectacular big boat racing can be.

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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Star - Starboat Class European Championship 2025 - Viareggio ITA - June 11-14, 2025

The 2025 Star Class European Championship officially opened yesterday evening in Viareggio ITA. Racing begins today, Wednesday, June 11, with the first start scheduled for 1:00 PM, and runs through Sunday, June 14. Seven races are planned across the week. ----- 68 Starboats, among them 5 Swiss participants, are on the Entry List. ----- The Opening News and Event Website.

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

TP52 - Galicia 52 Super Series Royal Cup - Final results

After 10 races, 'American Magic Quantum Racing' of Doug DeVos USA won the second Act of the 2025 Super Series season. 'Platoon Aviation' of Harm Müller-Spreer GER followed in 2nd, with an 11 point deficit. Another 5 points behind finished 'Alkedo' of Andrea Lacorte ITA. ----- First in the 52 Super Series 2025 Intermediate Leaderboard after two events is also 'American Magic Quantum Racing' (Doug DeVos USA), ahead of 'Sled' (Takashi Okura USA). ----- The News with final results

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Monday, June 9, 2025

F50-SailGP - Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix, Day 2

Challenging conditions prevailed on day two, with the three further qualifying races and the Final, characterized by gusty and shifty winds of around 28 km/h, gusting to 35 km/h, and a choppy sea state. ----- After his win at the San Francisco SailGP, Team Spain of Diego Botin has recorded back-to-back event wins after spectacularly beating New Zealand and France in New York’s winner-takes-all shootout. -----Team Switzerland of Sébastien Schneiter finished in 7th place. ----- The Day two report, and the results.

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Sunday, June 8, 2025

F50-SailGP - Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix, Day 1

Light and fickle conditions prevailed on day one of the SailGP New York Act. ----- Team Spain of Diego Botin finished the day on top of the leaderboard after three races with a comfortable five-point lead. Tied in position 2 follow Team Denmark and Team France. ----- The Day one report, and the results.

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Sunday, June 8, 2025

5.5 Metre - 2025 World Championship - Sopot POL - June 4 -13, 2025

Since 1961, the Scandinavian Gold Cup has been held at the start of the 5.5 Metre World Championship, with one representative from each participating nation. The winner is the boat that is first to achieve three victories. ----- After seven races, Switzerland (Jürg Menzi/Jürgen Eiermann/Christof Wilke TYC) won ahead of Norway (Kristian Nergaard) and Poland (Przemyslaw Gacek). ----- A video summary of day 3 and the results. ------ A maximum of 10 World Championship races will be sailed from June 9-13. The entry list and the [URL=5.5worlds.org/]event website[/URL .

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Monday, June 2, 2025

Various classes - Dutch Youth Regatta 2025 – Final results

16 Swiss sailors competed in this year's Dutch Youth Regatta. ----- The clear winner in the Optimists after 7 races was Ties de Ruiter WVHB ahead of Nicholas Koekkoek GWV/DVB and Maud de Bie BEL/RBSC. The best of the 12 Swiss sailors among the 118 participants is Dimitri Wälchli RCO in 19th place. Loukas Schwyter YCA in 53rd and Felix Bättig YCA in 63rd are in the top half of the fleet. ----- Carla Bättig YCA is in 4th place among the 26 Optimist Benjamin sailors. ----- All rankings of the 11 participating classes, without other SUI boats.

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Offshore - Antigua Sailing Week 2025, April 26th - May 2nd

53 yachts registered in the 56th edition of the popular Antigua Sailing Week. The only Swiss participant Jakob Oetiker ZSC and his team on a Moorings 44.3 took first place in the CSA Bareboat category. ----- The event website, the Facebook Page, all Resulate and a video summary.

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