DTYC Lead German J/70 Sailing League Series!

(Glucksburg, Germany)- It could not have been a more exciting weekend for the 1st and 2nd Sailing League J/70 Germany Sailing Leagues in Glücksburg. For the 2nd league, it was all or nothing; because the weekend decided which four clubs were going to be promoted to the 1st league in 2018!

The four happy climbers into the 1st league after the weekend’s sailing were Itzehoe SC, Flensburg SC, the Academic Sailing Association Warnemünde, and the Blankeneser SC.

"Our goal was not to finish any of the events worse than the fifth place. We succeeded! So, we are at the top of the table and we are very happy about participating in the 1st league," enthuses Christian Soyka, skipper of Itzehoe. Soyka’s crew included Moritz Burmester, Ole Harder and Oliver Lewin.

1st Sailing League Report
In the first sailing league, Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee won the event in Glücksburg. The Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (NRV) and the Deutscher Touring YC (DTYC) took second and third place. Before the Grand Finale, the DTYC leads the overall season series table ahead of the NRV and the Segel-und Motorboot Club Überlingen.

The team from Bavaria still has a chance to defend their championship title from last year and there is no question it will be close, tough racing in Berlin.  Just six point separate the top three teams after five events in the season series- Prien, Lindau, Kiel, Travemunde, & Glucksburg.

The Grand Finale will take place from the 1st to 3rd of November in Berlin.

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