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Hamburg, Germany/ Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy)- This weekend the best sailing clubs from all over Europe will gather together for the finale of the SAILING Champions League in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy. For three days, 3. Best Sailing Club” in front of the fantastic scenery of the hosting club, the YC Costa Smeralda (yes, the same club that just hosted two major regattas in a row- Maxi 7. Maxi- yacht Worlds and the AUDI J/7. Worlds)! A maximum of 4. J/7. 0 boats on the northeastern coast of Sardinia. First practice- races on Wednesday will help the teams to get familiar with the sailing area before the races will take place Friday to Sunday. The weather forecast promises light winds with summer- time temperatures of 2. Celsius. The favorites are the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (NRV) from Hamburg who won Act 1 in St. Petersburg, the Segelclub Mattsee (SCM) from Austria, winner of Act 2 in St. Moritz, and certainly the Deutsche Touring YC (DTYC) from Bavaria. The defending champions from 2. Nord Stream Race and are placed at the top of the German Sailing Bundesliga. Among the participants are further top- class teams like Cape Crow YC, Swedish Champions and winner of the Nord Stream Race 2. Royal Norwegian YC, winner of the SAILING Champions League in 2. YC Costa Smeralda. As the technological partner of the SAILING Champions League, SAP will provide spectators worldwide with a professional livestream. Races will be commentated and explained for everyone by sailing experts and sailing reporters. All races will be broadcast live via the internet Saturday and Sunday from 1. CEST. Results and live stream can be found here American YC Fall Series Preview(Rye, NY)- Starting this weekend, the American YC will be hosting the first of its two- weekend Fall Series Regatta for a range of IRC/PHRF handicap classes as well as one- design classes for J/7. J/8. 8s, J/1. 05s, J/1. J/4. 4s. For the J/7. J/7. 0 North American Championship hosted by American YC. In the fourteen- boat fleet for the AYC series will be notable teams such as Scott & Alex Furnary’s ANY COLOUR, Dan Goldberg’s BAZINGA, Andrew & Melissa Fisher’s BUTTON FLY, Carrie & Ed Austin’s CHINOOK and Mike Zupon’s LOKI. The J/8. 8s have a robust turnout of nine boats, many of whom have been class leaders in the past two years on the 8. Incredibly, virtually all teams have posted at least a podium finish in a J/8. Handicapping this event would be as effective as posting odds for the next 7. San Andreas fault- e. Those crews participating include Iris Vogel’s DEVIATION, Kevin Marks’ VELOCITY, Doug Newhouse’s YONDER, Al Minella’s ALBONDIGAS, Ken & Drew Hall’s NEVERMORE, John Pearson’s RED SKY, Elizabeth Barry’s ESCAPE, Doug Mc. Keige’s JAZZ, and Mike Bruno’s WINGS. The thirteen- boat J/1. Bruce Stone and Nicole Breault on the mighty GOOD TRADE. Chasing them hard will be American YC’s Junior Big Boat Team on YOUNG AMERICAN, Duncan Hennes & Za/Lib Jelliffe on ARETE, Paul Beaudin’s LOU LOU, and Richie Palmer’s TOLO. The octet of J/1. Carl Olsson’s MORNING GLORY, John Greifzu’s GROWTH SPURT, Bill Rogers’ BIG BOAT, and Jonathan Rechtshaffer’s EMOTICON. With seven J/4. 4s on the line, things will always be close amongst the evenly matched boats all sporting identical class- supplied sails. As a result, “who’s on first” is always a great discussion, as it all comes down to which crews are dialed into the conditions for the day (or weekend). Like other J/classes, the 4. Such teams include Len Sitar’s VAMP, the US Coast Guard Academy’s GLORY, Don & Dick Rave’s RESOLUTE, Jim Bishop’s GOLD DIGGER, and Bill Ketcham’s MAXINE. In PHRF 1 class, two veteran J/1. David & Maryellen Tortorello’s PARTNERSHIP and Paul Strauch’s ANDIAMO. They will be challenged by Bill Ingraham’s J/1. TENEBRAE and Neil Hindle’s J/1. MUSKOKA. The ten- boat strong PHRF 2 class will see Aleksandr Tichter’s J/2. AKULA dueling with Jason Viseltear’s J/8. UPSETTER for class honors. Finally, the Leukemia Cup Navigators Course has two J/crews on the race track, including John & Corinne Forster’s J/9. SALTIRE and Jim Wilson’s J/1. LIBERTY. For more American YC Fall Series sailing information. J/Sailing News. The Sun Never Sets on J's Sailing Worldwide. The world’s largest ever sportboat regatta took place this past week. Building upon its extraordinary growth and popularity over the past four years, the remarkable ascent of the J/7. With 1. 75 boats registered to sail the AUDI J/7. Worlds in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, hosted by the eponymous YC Costa Smeralda, the sailors were looking forward to fantastic sailing in the playground of the rich and famous in Europe. They were not disappointed, with a stunning conclusion on the final day of racing. Meanwhile, in northern Europe, unaffected by the mistral conditions be- deviling the AUDI J/7. Worlds in Sardinia, the Danish J/7. Sailing League held their league finale in Skovshoved, Denmark on the Baltic Sea. Over in the Americas, the famous Rolex Big Boat Series took place on San Francisco Bay, hosted by St Francis YC, in typically epic Bay sailing conditions for one- design fleets of J/7. J/1. 05s, J/1. 20s and both PHRF and ORR handicap classes. Read on! The J/Community and Cruising section below has many entertaining stories and news about J/Sailors as well as cruising blogs about those who continue to enjoy the Caribbean and the South Pacific, staying warm while others are trying to stay warm up north. Check them out! More importantly, if you have more J/Regatta News, please email it or upload onto our J/Boats Facebook pag Below are the summaries. Regatta & Show Schedules: Sep 1. J/2. 4 World Championship- Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Sep 2. 2- 2. 4- J/FEST San Diego- San Diego, CASep 2. J/8. 0 Atlantic Telegramme Regatta- Lorient, France. Sep 2. 3- 2. 4- American YC Fall Series I- Rye, NYSep 2. Oct 1- J/2. 4 European Championship- Lake Balaton, Hungary. Sep 3. 0- Oct 1- J/7. East Coast Championship- Deltaville, VASep 3. Oct 1- American YC Fall Series II- Rye, NYSep 3. Oct 1- Cleveland 2. Regatta- Cleveland, OHOct 7- 8- Storm Trysail Intercollegiate Big Boat- Larchmont, NYOct 9- 1. J/7. 0 North American Championship- Rye, NYOct 1. J/8. 0 Crouesty Cup- Crouesty, France. For additional J/Regatta and Event dates in your region, please refer to the on- line J/Sailing Calendar. USA’s Duncan Crowned AUDI J/7. World Champion! Italy’s Noe' Tops Corinthians Division(Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy)- In more ways than one, the 2. AUDI J/7. 0 World Championship, hosted by YC Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo, will go down in history as one of the most memorable. For starters, it was the largest fleet of sportboats ever assembled for a World Championship- 1. Then, over three days of measurement, seven boats were rejected and another six boats simply disappeared and withdrew from the regatta. As the teams started to practice on Sunday, it was evident the forecasted “mistral” was going to be much stronger than expected; by Sunday evening winds were a steady 2. West. The mistral was the central theme for the next three days, blowing out Monday’s practice race with 6. Straits of Bonifacio (between the southern cape of Corsica and the northern points of Sardinia), then steady 3. Tuesday and Wednesday. Overcoming a wide- variety of challenging weather conditions for the next three days was none other than the American team led by Peter Duncan on RELATIVE OBSCURITY. Peter’s crew of Jud Smith, Willem van Waay and Victor Diaz de Leon, simply showed their transom to the fleet more often than not for the six races sailed, compiling an amazing record of 3- 1- 1- 2- 1- 3 for 8 pts net to easily win Peter’s first J/7. World Championship. Another impressive performance was the Corinthians Division winner- Italy’s Gianfranco Noe sailing WHITE HAWK, sailing with his son- Emmanuele and crew of Giuliano Chiandrussi, and Samuele Semi. Their scorecard of 2. Corinthians win, but also placed them 1. Open division! Day 3- Thursday. After three days of mistral, the fleet was quite anxious to go sailing. After the mandatory 0.
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