(Lake Geneva, Switzerland)- It was sunny weather and an optimal north
wind of force 2 to 4 for the 40 races this past weekend for the Swiss
Sailing Super League that was raced on Lake Geneva. As both host and
the home team, the Societe Nautique de Geneve clearly dominated the
three days of competition. The Genevan’s won most of their races and
won the fourth stage with just 41 points! The Yachtclub Bielersee
narrowly secured second place in front of the St. Gallen team of the
Regattaclub Bodensee.On Friday, the SN Geneva team (Guillaume Rigot, Marc Stern, Nicolas Kaufmann and Mathieu Fischer) set the stage for their victory. After four straight wins, they were already leading the intermediate standings with a solid lead. Four more victories were added to this on Saturday, just like Sunday, thus allowing SN Geneva to win twelve of its twenty races in total. A high-level, very slick performance by the Genevan’s, a level that none of the other competitors could match.
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the other hand, the other spots on the podium were fiercely contested.
On Saturday night, after 28 races, six clubs from second to seventh
place had just a three-point spread between them! In second place, the
winner of last year, the Regattaclub Bodensee, was one point in front of
Bordee de Tribord- La Neuveville. Behind them, followed the Yachtclub
Bielersee, the Zürcher Yachtclub, the Société Nautique Rolloise and the
Regattaclub Oberhofen, the leader of the league's intermediate
standings.On the third day of racing, the presence of perfect conditions in the morning enabled the first race to be launched shortly after 10am and then another 12 races, bringing the total to 40 races for the entire event.
Lorenz Müller, a regular on the circuit, managed to win four races on Sunday with his team from YC Bielersee; they managed to break away from their pursuers and take second place. At the end of the competition, YC Bielersee and RC Bodensee were tied at 48 pts each, the tie-breaker going to YC Bielersee on countback. It was a well-deserved second place for the Bielersee crew, considering that top Swiss skipper Julian Flessati was racing for Regattaclub Bodensee! Follow the Swiss J/70 Sailing League on Facebook here For more Swiss J/70 Sailing League information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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