GER 339 Lippert, Giesecke and Rikwald on fire in the high Alps!

After winning the German Championship at Leipzig, the team from the VSaW Donald Lippert, Tim Giesecke and Sven Kikwald marked their presence at the Italian Championship also the Alpen Cup. Their astonishing record taking all bullets home prepare them to face the traditional Erich Hirt Preis next week at Starnbergsee with just a target ahead, occupying the kingdom throne from Bavarian windsniffer Burschi Haist and team. At Reschensee the final day at the Italian Championship had some similarit ...  read more

The Berliners on their way to the Alpen title

At Reschensee the wind this Saturday was more like it is usually a South ranging from 14-18 knots, at the beginning the right side favored stablishing the 1st race, meanwhile with the sun rotating the things started to level and by the third race no side had significant effect. GER 339 with Lippert, Giesecke and Rikwald had no contest, sailed perfectly each race achieving three bullets and shooting ahead in the leaderboard. The next fight at the races was then amongst GER 11 with Dietzel, ...  read more

Great scenary at the Italian Championship

Wonderful sun, great weather astonishing scenary with glaciers on the background welcomed the Soling teams taking part at the Italian Championship being held at Sudtirol, the event also being the Italienische Meisterschaft und Alpen cup since the lake Reschensee is located in the German speaking part of Italy. Two races were held today with 4-8 knots north wind, the one had a quite low intensity to what normally blows at the lake. The abnormal wind created extra work for the race committee ...  read more

CAN 1 Bill Abbott, Joanne Abbott and Matthew Godfrey North American Champions

The last day of the North American Championship started slow, ugly and even cold to be summer, the wind from South wouldn’t stablish with a light intensity of 4 to 6 knots, flat water. After about an hour waiting finally it started, amazingly both ends paid and three boats arrived close at the weather mark, first the Californians USA 794 Andy Folz, Josh Lippitt and Alex Yakutis showing a boost of speed, followed on same side by USA 853 Matias Collins, Peter Norman and James Watson and lose ah ...  read more

A perfect sailing day at the North American Championship in Kingston

Two beautiful races with a nice blow from 12 to 17 knots with some swells starting to build, and very close racing. The only problem was the new self-positioning marks... they are too small, impossible to be seen, once at the second race even with some Etchells ahead rounding the same mark almost all Solings ended up overstanding the first weather mark. The first race won by CAN 230 Ross Findlater, John McNeil and Gord Devries had a close fight with CAN 1 Bill Abbott, Joanne Abbott and Matthew ...  read more

A Championship valid despite the rain

A complete different wind blew right in front of the Portsmouth Olympic Harbor, this time coming from the South, it was light breeze that allowed the Solings start their racing right went it was scheduled (1100 hs. ), the start had CAN 233 with Tom Freeman, Dave Valdestra and Steve Donker returning to clear their early start and shooting to the right side of the course, while the fleet battle in the middle left section of the course, despite CAN 1 with Bill Abbott, Joanne Abbott and Matthew God ...  read more

Two races at the North American Championship

The heat wave was gone and clouds came into Kingston, with a nice East to Northeast wind that came 12 to 14 knots at the first race, the one went to left but it came back to the right, CAN 230 with Ross Findlater, John McNeil and Gord Devries all the way to the left took the best of the first beat rounding first to not lose the lead and take the first bullet of the event. CAN 1 Bill Abbott, Joanne Abbott and Matthews Godfrey finished second, the first time in a Soling for the young Matthews. L ...  read more