Steinbach Soling European Championship the main event of the year

With the recent frustration after 6 days and no winds at Lake Chiemsee, teams started to focus on their next events, but what is worst for me here writing this article, after spending a few more days at the German Bavarian lakes, was to see the sun and wind again at the Chiemsee, Starnbergsee and inclusive the Attersee on Sunday and Monday. Really unfair to many travelers from so far that sat around waiting for wind during the Worlds… and now they have the chance to meet the wind at the flat w ...  read more

50 Anniversary OOGG of 1972 - event info released

50 Years Olympic Games anniversary, just released the event information details. The Organizing Authority - Kiel Yach Club will use manage2sail platform, the same recently used at the 2022 Worlds. The Dutch fleet that just made 800 Km. both ways to Chiemsee are already looking forward for an event at the Sea, before the Europeans 2022 of the class that will have its launch at the end of this week where about 50 boats are expected most that recently have returned frustrated to their homes  ...  read more

No chances to a World Championship at Chiemsee

After the 4th day, no regattas were raced, despite this Friday the Race Officer today attempted to do a race in real light westerly wind that after the upwind started to fade away and before boats could round the leeward mark the race were already abandoned, there was some waiting at the water but nothing came in, and about 1pm all boats returned to the harbor. Unfortunately, the lake was a mirror, and 1630 the race committee had to regret and inform that no World Championship was possible, a ...  read more

Only the Bacardi party at the Worlds

After a thunderstorm during the night, again the skies were shining at Chiemsee, but clouds all around and no wind, sometimes the breeze started but from the Southwest, not enough accordingly to the Race Committee headed by Kai Schrieber. Sailors were playing Volleyball, chatting at the restaurant terrace, but tireless Ludwig Beurle (AUT 102) a fierce promoter of the Zipfer Trophy was around with his typical folder, the Zipfer beers as tip, and the ready in hands entry forms … he already co ...  read more

Instead racing , one more training day

Chiemsee offered a great morning weather, no rain, a nice sun, Weiss Würst for breakfast and beer, the Opening Ceremony where Tina Lutz the silver medallist in 49erFX for Germany and the godmother of the 2022 Soling Worlds declared open the event after all the official introductions, including the special thanks and goodbye to Jean Pierre Marmier, Soling Class IM since 1968, finishing his last appointment at World Sailing during 2022. After the skipper's meeting where Race Officer K ...  read more

Practice race and the Sun

While inspection continues, the last boat to be inspected was AUT 135, the youth in the class coming from the lake nearby in Austria (Attersee), the Race Committee decided to try out the practice race at 1400hs, it was a wild guess in the morning that with fog and clear clouds over the Alps, any storm could approach the lake, also the temperature below 10 degrees didn’t look promising… But 20 to 25 boats were in the water and about 14hs were out sailing in a soft breeze of 4 to 6 knots, ...  read more

The Inspection continues at the Worlds in Chiemsee

The weather was cold and rainy in the morning and Solings were still on their way into Chiemsee, and today the measurers rotated themselves, those in charge of Sails found themselves with a bit of free time, and those who were at the hull stage found most of the problems. The inspection brought the attention to many little details, three rudders, all of them painted and re-painted were too thick and had to be sanded out, amongst one of these it was the boat that was silver at the last Olympic ...  read more