Two races at the Zipfer Trophy on its first day

The traditional event held at the UYCAs on lake Attersee, sponsored by the famous Austrian beer company started with the right foot although the weather forecast didn’t promised enough. Two races were accomplished by the IRO Gert Schmidleitner, both windward / leeward courses of two laps and a mini reach to finish. The first race started with winds from 7 to 10 knots from the North – Northwesterly and the second race the wind increased up to 13 knots but it suddenly went down for r ...  read more

Manac'h, Denis and Benon wins at the Voiles de Légende

It was a wonderful weekend for the 2026 edition of Les Voiles de Légende in La Baule, alongside the magnificent classic and metric yachts, a great turn out for the Solings that were able to enjoy beautiful races at La Baule Bay. This year, sunny weather and a light breeze of 6 to 14 knots made it possible to hold 11 races over three days for the nine boats in attendance. There was a fierce battle for the top spots between three local boats—FRA 198 (helmed by Jean Marie Le Guillou s ...  read more

GER 311 Geisler, Behrendt and Blum won in Starnberg

This past last weekend the traditional Erich Hirt Preis took place at the Bayerische Yacht Club at the Northern side of Lake Starnberg right at the base of the Alps in the Bavarian region of Germay. The winning team coming from Lake Eder a central region in Germany took its early lead on Friday with three bullets sailed in a light typical lake breeze from 5 to 11 knots from the west, a well-known wind in Starnberg. On Saturday due to storm only one race was sailed and won by GER 323 helmed by ...  read more

Disaster strikes the Madrid based fleet

Friday, July 24, raging wildfires in Spain continued to move towards the Spanish capital bringing more destruction. The fires moved quickly and ferociously into the Embalse de San Juan towards the yachting facilities of the Real Club Nautico de Madrid. At the same time, sailors were largely preparing for holiday traveling to potentially distant locations. Many boats were hauled out awaiting the next racing season. Sadly, 14 of 16 Solings caught fire and were destroyed as well as much of the  ...  read more

Erich Hirt Preis 55th anniversary

55 years of the Erich Hirt Prize. The regatta at the Bavarian Yacht Club was first held in 1971 and was known then as the Soling Cup. Following the death of Erich Hirth (in a road traffic accident), the regatta was renamed the Erich Hirt Prize. The event is renowned not only for the beautiful Bavarian Yacht Club that hosts it and the super escenary at the northern base of the German Alps, but also for the Soling Class celebration, which has been organized for many decades by the sailors it ...  read more

ESP 146 helmed by Elosegui sailing with Juanra and Cuco Spanish Champions

The Real Club Náutico de Madrid hosted and starred in the 2026 Copa de España de Soling - VI Memorial Adrián Dupuy, held from 12 to 14 June on the Pantano de San Juan reservoir. The team ESP 146 helmed by Carlos Elósegui sailing with Juanra Jiménez and Cuco Gómez claimed overall victory in a fleet of 12 crews from Spain and Italy, further cementing the RCNM’s position as the leading Soling club in the country. Six races were completed across the first two days  ...  read more

Only one racing day at the Italian Championship

It was enough to crown ITA 259 helmed by Bruno Maffezzoli sailing with Pierfrancesco and Alessandro Maffezzoli. The event held at the Circolo Vela Bellano on Lake Como started slow with rain and some difficulties from the Race Committee to set the marks under the rain, making the day to be lost without races. But it all was compensated during the night with a nice dinner at Trattoria al Ponte bringing smiles back to each sailor’s face. On Sunday the typical weather emerged and the first ra ...  read more