2020 ISA Annual Meetings

Dear Soling sailors, Next Saturday October 17 we will be hosting our Annual Meetings, for the first time a virtual one. We welcome all sailors to attend the meeting, mainly only country representatives and committee members get to vote and speak, but you may get your minute of fame. The meeting will hosted at 1730hs UTC time (at the registration link you can verify the accurate time at your place by click at the time zone link). To attend the one you must pre-register first at t ...  read more

National Soling 2020 at the Cercle de Voile d’Angers (CVA)

In this very special year, when very few sailing events were able to take place, the Cercle de la Voile d’Angers (CVA) was nevertheless able to organize the National Soling 2020 on the Maine river. Eleven crews took part in this event, under the sun but with little wind. This small river (the smallest in France!) has hosted CVA sailboats since 1898 and Solings for fifty years. Its configuration makes it a terrain full of traps and surprises, making navigation extremely technical. It calls f ...  read more      

Annapolis Soling Fall Bowl OCT 24 and 25

Severn Sailing Association will host the Soling Fall Bowl in Annapolis on October 24 and 25, 2020. We invite Soling sailors to join us. There will be 5 races over two days. A few boats will be practicing and tuning on the water on Thursday and Friday before the regatta. There will not be any formal socializing at the club site, but there are several restaurants nearby to have lunches and dinners with your team. The club’s Covid policy is this: Temperatures will be taken each morni ...  read more

Wednesday Evenings Finale

On the 30th of September the finale was planned for the Wednesdayevening regatta’s on Lake Kralingen. Despite the stricter corona measures, the start was still allowed. The clubhouse had to be closed though, and the weekly dinner of Ed prior to the race was not possible. Instead we had some fries together on the shore. It was a real Lake Kralingen wind: 2 BFT and wind shifts of 30/40 degrees. Four boats appeared at the start this final evening. The first race was won by NED 33, 2nd NED ...  read more

Wednesdays evening sailing in Rotterdam

Wednesdays evening sailing in Rotterdam, Lake Kralingen, 23th of September 2020 In Rotterdam (Holland) on Lake Kralingne, every Wednesday evening are a lot of sailors busy with their sailing boats. Several classes are present and of course many Soling sailors are also present at the KZC yacht club. Holland has had an Indian summer of 2 weeks, but just on Wednesday the Indian Summer was finished. Between rain showers the regatta was sailed. 2 short speed races were started, before the darknes ...  read more

Great attendance at the Paris Open

Despite the current situation, Parisiennes took the time to sail their traditional Paris Open event, crowding the river Seine with Solings who fiercely challenge the winds and the river current. The crowd who missed the participation of French class secretary François Gombeaud, who suffered a big crash with his Soling two weeks ago and was at the gossip news everywhere in the French nautical publications, a true example on how J Skis are quite dangerous if not handled properly. Luckiest n ...  read more

Training Weekend at Hellevoetsluis

Last weekend, a training weekend was planned for the Dutch teams on the Haringvliet near Hellevoetsluis. On Saturday, 5 Dutch teams were present. Unfortunately, we weren’t allowed to use the crane due to the strong wind (> 6 bft). Theo de Lange and Gabor Helmhout were present to coach the teams and give directions that day. So, they decided to give some theoretical lessons. These were about sailing up- and downwind with a lot of wind. Especially how to trim the spinnaker is these conditions.  ...  read more