(Zurich, Switzerland)- The 2016 Swiss J/70 National Sailing League
Champion was won by the Regattaclub Bodensee, from St Gallen, after a
hotly contested season. The St. Gallen crew from RCB included Massimo
Soriano, Lea Rüegg, Stephan Zurfluh and Jonathan Rutishauser. Taking
second was the Société Nautique de Genève. With a fantastic second half
of the season, Société Nautoise Rolloise secured third place on the
podium.
Over
five regattas, the twelve best Swiss sailing clubs fought to be on the
podium all season long. The first round in April in Locarno (Act 1) went
to the Regattaclub Bodensee (RCB) from Lake Constance, which laid the
foundation for their championship title. In May in Neuchâtel (Act 2),
the Geneva team won and opened the head-to-head race between Lake
Constance and Lake Geneva. In Act 3 at the Société Nautique de Genève,
the Regattaclub Bodensee once again defeated their rival from Lake
Geneva. In Act 5, RCB continued to expand their lead with a 1st place,
with the Genevan’s taking fourth place. In the finale, Geneva had to
win with RCB more than four places behind them, an unlikely outcome
given the performance of RCB over the course of the season. In short,
that is what happened, but with RCB clinching the Swiss J/70 Sailing
League Championship by taking 4th while their colleagues from Geneva
placed 6th.
Simultaneously,
the duel for third place was epic. Société Nautique Rolloise (SNR) and
Regattaclub Oberhofen (RCO) were fighting each other all weekend
knowing the final place on the podium was of huge significance for each
club- e.g. “bragging rights” for the upcoming 2017 season. The RCO team
had to beat the team from SNR Rolloise- with skipper Olivier de
Cocatrix. In the end, SNR won the coveted bronze by taking 2nd in the
final regatta and winning the tie-breaker over RCO. Rounding out the
top five for the Swiss J/70 Sailing League was RCO in 4th and Yachtclub
Bielersee in fifth place. More
sailing photos here on Flickr For
more Swiss J/70 Sailing League information
