(Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy)- The SAILING Champions League and the
Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) are pleased to announce their
collaboration for an event in 2015. YCCS will organize and host the
SAILING Champions League Final in its European home waters in Porto
Cervo, Sardinia, from 18th to 20th September 2015.The YC Costa Smeralda is awaiting delivery of a new fleet of eight J/70s at the end of this month that will be used for the SAILING Champions League Final. The fleet will also be used in the future for inter-club events, team racing and will be available to YCCS members.
Riccardo
Bonadeo, YCCS Commodore is looking forward to the inaugural edition of
the regatta in Porto Cervo: “We are very pleased to be part of this
exciting new format which encourages competitive racing between clubs
and in which we see great potential. As hosts of the final of the
SAILING Champions League, it will be an honour for us to welcome an
international fleet of teams representing clubs from all over Europe to
the waters of the Costa Smeralda.”Joachim Hellmich, Project Manager of the SAILING Champions League is excited about the first visit of the SCL in Porto Cervo: “The YCCS was the first club that was thrilled to host an SCL event in 2015 and we decided to partner with them right away at the premiere in Copenhagen in October. So we are very pleased to bring the SCL to Porto Cervo at the unique location of the YCCS.”
YC Costa Smeralda is expecting 32 clubs from the 14 nations. Nations with a National Sailing League as of the summer 2015 include: Austria, Denmark (two leagues), Finland, Germany (two leagues), Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. For more SAILING Champions League sailing information
