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EUROSAF CHAMPIONS SAILING CUP CONCLUDE SUCCESFULLY The Fith and Final regatta in the 2003 EUROSAF CHAMPIONS SALING CUP concluded today in La Rochelle - France. Throught the series, which commneced in Italy on Lake Garda, back in May, over 55 nation...

EUROSAF Open Match Race Final day

EUROSAF Match Racing, European Open Championship, 2013 Sails of the White Nights – National Congress Palace Cup Andrew Arbuzov is crowned EUROSAF Open Match Racing Champion 2013 and winner of the Sails of the White Nights – National Congress Palace...

Match Racing Europeans 2013

EUROSAF Match Racing, European Championships, 2013 EUROSAF announce the Notice of Race for the Women’s European Match Racing Championship, to be held in Gdynia, Poland, plus the addition of a new event for European Universities. EUROSAF is deligh...

ECSC Announcement

With the first regatta in the EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup now finished, attention turns to Medemblik in The Netherlands, where the Delta Lloyd Regatta commences on 21st May Organised by the European Sailing Federation (EUROSAF), in association wit...

2013 EUROSAF MR Open European

EUROSAF publish the Notice of Race for the 2013 Open European Match Racing Championship and confirm details for two other Match Racing European Championships At the same time announcing the formation of a specialist match racing group within EUROSAF...

2013 Youth Sailing European Championship

2013 EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship The Notice of Race for the 2013 EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship, has been published. This is the second occasion on which the combined classes continental championship of Europe has bee...

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2013 EUROSAF EXCHANGE MEETING IN STOCKHOLM

Snow and strong winds welcomed the delegates to the 2013 Race Officials' Meeting in Stockholm over the weekend of 5th & 6th December. Despite the inclement weather, some 20 countries were represented in person, whilst others were present via proxy: all were seeking to acquire places for their race officials at major sailing regattas around Europe in 2014. In excess of 100 places were on offer at various championships, ranging from the multi-class European Youth Championship, to several match racing events and the four regattas making up the EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup in 2014. Also in the programme, for the first time this year, is the third edition of the EUROSAF 2K Club Championship of Europe, the highlight of the seasons' racing in this rapidly growing keelboat team racing discipline.

The meeting is possibly unique in sporting circles, because decisions are made using a bidding process, which can get quite noisy at times. When more than one country bids for the same event, as frequently happens, the chairman of the meeting will decide on who should be successful by looking at the number of places 'donated' to the programme by the competing bidders and also reviews the number of events for which they have already successfully bid. Surprisingly, despite the competitive nature of the meeting, the contestants never come to blows and the whole meeting is conducted in an atmosphere of warmth and friendship. Those present also take advantage of being together to share information, knowledge and experiences of the past sailing season and to discuss new ideas in the process of officiating at sailing regattas. In 2013, for the first time, all the results of the meeting were published in real time onto the new EUROSAF Race Officials' website, about which more information will be published in due course. The website will be found at http://raceofficials.eurosaf.org

On Saturday evening the Swedish Sailing Federation provided all the delegates and their partners with a traditional Swedish style Christmas dinner, which was enjoyed by all who were present.

In 2014 the Race Officials' Meeting will be held the last weekend in November, in Monaco, where we hope there will be no snow!

EUROSAF CHAMPIONS SAILING CUP CONCLUDE SUCCESFULLY

The Fith and Final regatta in the 2003 EUROSAF CHAMPIONS SALING CUP concluded today in La Rochelle - France.

Throught the series, which commneced in Italy on Lake Garda, back in May, over 55 nationshave entered teams and some 1.500 teams have competed.

The Results of both the final in La Rochelle and the overall series will be found on the series website http://championscup.eurosaf.org

The Nations Cup for the most successfullt country across all five regattas was won by Great Britain.

Sailors from around the world are invited to compete in the fifth and final leg of the EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup, which takes place in La Rochelle from 9^th – 13^th October.

The finale of the first ever EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup Series, The SEMAINE OLYMPIQUE FRANCAISE, will be run in La Rochelle, France, from 9^th to 13^th October 2013, just one week after the famous Boat-Show Le GRAND PAVOIS. After several successful events in 2013, including the Finn World Master in May and 470 World Championships in August, the SOCIETE DES REGATES ROCHELAISES and the FEDERATION FRANCAISE DE VOILE are prepared to welcome the best teams and sailors from EUROPE and other continents, to the waters of La Rochelle for the last major Olympic classes regatta of the year in Europe.

Last Updated on Saturday, 07 December 2013 17:09

A lack of wind brings a disappointing end to a fantastic week of competitive sailing here in Tavira, were the youth champions of Europe have been crowned and awarded their medals and trophies.

Having enjoyed such a fantastic week of good winds and sunshine, the wind really let us down on this the last day of competition, although we still had the sunshine to enjoy. The medal races had been scheduled to start at 12.00, but there was not even 1 knot of wind at the designated time, so postponement was followed by postponement. Patience is a virtue learned by sailors at a young age, and waiting for the wind is as much part of the sport as revelling in a strong breeze.

As fleet racing comes to an end and we move towards the medals races, some sailors are looking confident to win gold, while others still have a lot to do. It will be an interesting day on Friday.

Yet another glorious day greeted the athletes competing in the EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship, but this time the wind was not so kind, initially blowing lightly from the north and then slowing coming around to the south west, at the same time increasing a little in strength. It was, however, not an easy wind to read, which was reflected in some of the results. Because of the changing wind, the start of racing was delayed a little, but not as much as was feared earlier in the day, when the forecast suggested it might be a late afternoon start.

After three days of exciting racing, the leaders are beginning to emerge from the fleets, as the EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship passes the halfway stage and France edge into the lead in the Nations’ Cup Team Trophy.

A third day of perfect sailing conditions is making this championship one to be remembered not just by the competitors, but also by the volunteers who are organising the racing. Today the winds have been in the region of 10 – 15 knots and the sunshine continues to pour down from wonderful clear blue skies. A fantastic advertisement for Portugal and the Algarve.

Fantastic sailing conditions for the first day of competition at the EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship.

After a splendid opening ceremony yesterday evening, right in the heart of Tavira, the first day of racing dawned with absolutely clear blue skies and winds in the region of 10 knots, forecast to increase up to 18 knots during the afternoon. By late afternoon all classes had completed three races, allowing sailors and officials alike to enjoy the wonderful late afternoon weather.