(Porto Cervo, Italy)- The SAILING Champions League with 32 clubs from 14
nations are battling in Porto Cervo from the 18th to 20th September,
hosted by YC Costa Smeralda on the gorgeous island of Sardinia. The most
successful clubs in all the national sailing leagues in Europe are
battling for this honor in a brand new fleet of J/70’s.The first European “SAILING Champions League” event was sailed in October 2015 in Copenhagen, and won by Royal Danish Yacht Club, less than one point ahead of the Italian Club, Circolo Canottieri Aniene, followed by Oman Sail, Royal Norwegian Yacht Club and Norddeutscher Regatta Verein.
Qualifiers for this year’s event in Porto Cervo were the top two yacht clubs from the established national leagues in Europe. Sailors, clubs and sailing enthusiasts from all over Europe are looking forward to this second edition of the SAILING Champions League, which is a new and trend-setting club competition from 18th to 20th September 2015 at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo.
As
technology partners of the SAILING Champions League, SAP and Vodafone
provide the necessary equipment for professional live broadcasting. The
German software company SAP has been supporting international sailing
for over four years and makes the complex sport "visible, understandable
and a real experience" for sailors and spectators. The
telecommunications company Vodafone is also increasingly involved in
yachting, offering the community the chance to experience events that
can be difficult to access.Alongside the 'Race Management App' for the race committee, the 'SAP Sailing Analytics' including a live overall ranking, GPS tracking with 2D and 3D analysis as well as different statistics (for example boat speed, number of maneuvers, position in relation to the perfect course) will also be used in Sardinia.
Therefore, everyone who cannot attend the event in Porto Cervo can still follow the exciting races online. The live broadcasting will be complemented by cameras on the water, on land and on the boats on Saturday and Sunday. For the onboard perspective, SAP and Vodafone are testing smartphones sending live pictures via 4G LTE technologies from the water into the studio ashore. With the extremely fast Vodafone data processing network with 4G LTE technologies, large data volumes can be transferred to the studio ashore despite the huge distance. Thanks to the cooperation with Vodafone, broadcasting of live streams will be easier than ever in the future.
A
team of seven people from SailTracks will be taking over the live
broadcasting in Porto Cervo for SAP. Marcus Baur, two-time Olympic
participant in the 49er class for Germany, and the Olympic trainer
Richard Parslow from Great Britain will comment on the event.The innovative format of national sailing leagues and the SAILING Champions League are offering SAP an ideal platform to transmit club regattas for the clubs, fans and spectators. Currently, SAP is the technology partner of six national leagues – Denmark, Germany, Finland, Austria, Norway and Sweden – providing their software solutions and is an integral part of the “sailing league” format. The premiere of the SAILING Champions League last year in Copenhagen showed what modern live coverage of league events can look like, making the events more attractive for the organizers of the international sailing leagues. For a J/70 SAILING Champions League preview, check out this sailing video For more SAILING Champions League sailing information
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