Norddeutscher Regatta Verein Crowned 2017 German Sailing League Champions(Berlin, Germany)- The 2017 Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga championship (DSBL) was characterized by remarkable “roller-coaster” scorelines by all clubs and the resulting anxiety-ridden finale in Berlin. After comfortably leading the series with just 20 pts going into the finale, it appeared the last event would just be a coronation for Deutscher Touring YC to win the series, an almost anti-climactic event. And, all other clubs would just be competing for the balance of the podium, such was the consistency of German’s leading club for the entire season, sailing on the fleet of matched J/70 one-design sailboats.
In what could only be described as one of the most shocking, chaotic outcomes in the history of the DSBL, the entire top of the leaderboard for the season series was “flip-flopped” in one regatta!
Winning the Berlin event with a very strong performance was the Lindauer Segler-Club with mostly top three scores to win by a comfortable margin of 8 pts, with a total of 36 pts for 15 races. A surprisingly good effort was put on by Chiemsee YC, winning a tie-breaker on 44 pts each over Dusseldorf YC. Then, rounding out the top five were Norddeutscher Regatta Verein in 4th place with 45 pts and Wassersport Verein Hemelingen with 48 pts.
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a result, the DSBL series experienced an eye-opening outcome. By
virtue of finishing 4th in Berlin, Norddeutscher Regatta Verein won the
2017 edition of the German J/70 Sailing League. The six regatta series
(Prien, Lindau, Kiel, Travemunde, Glucksburg, Berlin) was a story of
steady, but rocky, improvement for the NRV team. Their regatta tallies
of 10-2-1-9-2-4 were enough to be crowned German DSBL champions with a
total of 28 pts. After going into the final regatta with a comfortable lead, it was Deutscher Touring YC that must be crying into their 1-liter beer steins! After posting a 4-6-6-1-3 in the first five regattas, the famous Oktoberfest may have influenced their thinking. A 16th place in the last regatta may have left a sour taste in their mouths, dropping them into 2nd overall with 36 pts.
Nearly eclipsing their brothers for the worst performance in a finale were the Segel-und Motorboot Club Uberlingen. After winning the first regatta in Prien, their team was happily in 2nd place for the season going into the finale. However, like their DTYC colleagues, no one seemed to figure out how to sail on the
flat lake in Berlin, adding a 13th to their tally to drop to third overall for the season with a 39 pts total.View the German J/70 sailing video summaries here:
https://www.facebook.com/SegelBundesliga/videos/865806976927234/
https://www.facebook.com/SegelBundesliga/videos/866510640190201/
German J/70 Youth Sailing League Finale
After the “open” DSBL championship was completed on Saturday, the youth league held their finale on the same boats and same venue on Sunday. The “youth league” was comprised of five regattas, 143 races, 32 competitors, 66 races, 276 nm of races sailed, with the highest recorded speed of 17.5 kts! Taking 2017 league honors was Berliner YC, followed by Bayerischer YC in second place and Munchner YC in third to round out the podium. Follow the German J/70 Sailing League (Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga) For more German J/70 Sailing League information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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