(Lucerne, Switzerland)- The Urnersee lived up to its reputation as a windy sailing area, providing the best sailing for the Swiss J/70 Sailing League season so far with up to 20 kt winds over the weekend of racing for the eighteen teams in attendance.
The
Société Nautique de Genève team (skipper Nicolas Anklin, with crew of
Bryan Mettraux, Mathieu Fischer and Alexis Mégevand) dominated this
second round of the National Sailing League. The Geneva team won 6 of
their 9 races. The duel for second place was won the Regattaclub
Oberhofen team (skipper Stefan Seger and crew of Simon Brügger, Elianne
Böni and Jürg Aeschlimann ) with a runaway victory in their last race,
enabling them to beat the third place team of YC Bielersee.As undisputed winners of this great sailing event, SN Geneve team also take over the lead for the overall Swiss J/70 Sailing League series in a tie-breaker at 31 pts each. Now sitting in second overall on the tie-breaker countback is Bordée de Tribord - La Neuveville, with Regattaclub Bodensee in third with 35 pts.
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