Saturday, January 16, 2016

YC Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series III Preview

J/70s sailing off Monte Carlo, Monaco casino (Monte Carlo, Monaco)- The third act of the YC Monaco’s Sportsboat Winter Series is taking place from January 15th to 17th on Hercules Bay in front of the famous municipality along the Italian/ French Riviera.

The 35+ teams participating from seven countries (Monaco, Italy, United Kingdom, Russia, Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland) will begin to focus on their training for the upcoming Primo Cup Trophee Credit Suisse that runs over Valentine’s Day Weekend.

The first two weekends of the Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series have produced very close racing.  So close, in fact, that the winners of the last regatta in December were determined on a tie-breaker. The top three in the last event were Sweden’s Ingemar Sundstedt on ROCAD RACING, Monaco’s Irina Travadel sailing with her crew on LIBECCIO and the German BREZE team led by Oliver Oczycz.  Watch out for crews like Italy’s Mario Beraha on SASHA GREY, the German UNITED DOMAINS team skippered by Julian Autenrieth, and the top German Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga team, TRE MARKELLER helmed by Claas Lehmann, to be in the hunt for podium finishes.

The next events hosted by YC Monaco include:
    Feb 12-14- Primo Cup Trophee Credit Suisse
    Mar 4-6- Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series- Act 4
    Mar 18-20- Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series- Act 5
    Jul 2-3 Challenge Inter-Banques Trophee ERI

For more YC Monaco J/70 Winter Series sailing information