District 9  Regatta Report

Wed May 24th, 2006 through Sun May 28th, 2006

Christian Kienzle and Martin Frei in the big wind

Christian Kienzle and Martin Frei in the big wind

Int. Schweizermeisterschaft Swiss GP

 

The first day of racing at the Zuger Yacht Club on Thursday, May 25 was abandoned due to lack of wind.

Reports and photo by Christoph Schumacher:
Friday began slowly but with a promising wind prognosis. The fleet was towed out around noon in individual motorboat convoys. After approximately two hours the first harbingers of the west wind showed up. When this proved increasingly constant, smiles came to the sailors' faces. What began as a gentle Lüftchen, increased to a 5b-and up local wind. In Böen “Sächsi” were measured.

The race committee completed three races, the first race taking place on the short course because of the still light wind. The fresh wind brought some material damage as a mast break was reported. Otherwise sailors enjoyed fantastic conditions.

Saturday:
Weak wind prevailed but a race was finished. The search for wind in the more southern part of the lake was unsuccessful - rain and clouds prevailed. A wind from the south rose around 4 pm, which was perfect for a race. From a match-race viewpoint the tactics of the teams Marazzi/Huter and Stegmeier/Stermeier were interesting. The concentration on controlling the opponent did not lead however to good results. Third overall and first in this race was Walder/Korevaar.

Sunday:
Marazzi/Huter are the Swiss champions in the Star. Which was apparent during three days of sailing became clear on Sunday: Flavio Marazzi and Etienne Huter could defend the title.

Against all wind prognoses for Sunday, just before noon a west wind arose, which increased in the afternoon up to four Beaufort.

The two favorite boats Marazzi/Huter and Stagmeier/Stegmeier were into sailing duels. Different from yesterday, these duels paid off and Marazzi/Huter triumphed today in the last race and won overall. The brothers from Thun, Daniel and Beat Stegmeier finished second, Urs Hunkeler and Piet Eckert of the Luzerner yacht club Tivoli were third.

Approximately 40 boats sailed in the championship, among them also six German crews; Von Linde/Fürer were the best German team, finishing ninth. The top Zug Yacht Club team was Weiss/Kottmann at 18th overall.

For the host Zug Yacht Club the Swiss championship was a large organizational effort. Approximately 60 volunteers helped out daily: They organized the racing, provided for the physical well-being of the sportsmen and guests and ensured a smooth operational sequence. “We had a very inspired and efficient team. The outstanding infrastructure in our club house and the harbor facility contributed animportant part to it,” said Marco Barile, in chage of logistics. Also the yacht club president Heinz R. Jufer is content: “It particularly makes us happy that after 45 years a Star Swiss championship could so successfully be held again on the Zugersee.” The president of the yacht club added: “We would like to thank all sponsors, who made this event possible, above all UBS and the Volvo dealer Walter Carpenter AG in Hagendorn . Without their large commitment such a Swiss championship would be not conceivable.”


Star
Place Boat Skipper Crew Sail #: Fleet 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
1 Ali Baba   Marazzi Flavio   Huter Etienne   SUI 8138   TB   1.0 2.0 2.0 13.0 3.0 1.0 9
2 SUI 7990   Stegmeier Daniel   Stegmeier Beat   SUI 7990   TB   6.0 1.0 1.0 12.0 2.0 2.0 12
3 SUI 7925   Hunkeler Urs   Eckert Piet   SUI 7925   LUV   4.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 1.0 3.0 18
4 Premier Cru   Walder Jeannot   Korevaar Hans   SUI 8019   ZU   7.0 8.0 4.0 1.0 19.0 11.0 31
5 Virus   Scheidegger Kurt   Scheidegger Markus   SUI 7969   TB   8.0 5.0 18.0 3.0 11.0 7.0 34
6 SUI 7983   Hunziker Beat   Nagelisen Vincent   SUI 7983     2.0 6.0 12.0 23.0 8.0 8.0 36
7 SUI 7948   Christen Christoph   Christen Daniel   SUI 7948   TB   10.0 7.0 7.0 4.0 9.0 9.0 36.0001
8 Artecchino   Ryffel Juerg   Fuellemann Cyrille   SUI 7891   Rap   3.0 11.0 3.0 16.0 5.0 43.0 [DNC] 38
9 GER 8160   Dr Florian Von Linde   Fuerer Andreas   GER 8160   ZuW   43.0 [DSQ] 13.0 5.0 11.0 7.0 6.0 42
10 Fram   Gautschi Christoph   Koenig Juerg   SUI 8257   Bod   5.0 10.0 8.0 22.0 6.0 14.0 43
11 SUI 8085   Zimmermann Lorenz   Steffen Tobias   SUI 8085   LUV   43.0 [OCS] 17.0 10.0 10.0 18.0 5.0 60
12 Gulietta   Timm Roman   Huber Kaspar   SUI 7582   ZU   9.0 12.0 11.0 20.0 14.0 17.0 63
13 SUI 7578   Friderich Marc   Degen Benno   SUI 7578   TB   12.0 16.0 17.0 2.0 20.0 18.0 65
14 GER 7573   Eiermann Juergen   Pinke Thomas   GER 7573     14.0 3.0 43.0 [DNF] 7.0 4.0 43.0 [DNC] 71
15 Jaguar   Kappes Klaus   Rutz Steffen   GER 7944   UB   21.0 15.0 21.0 28.0 10.0 4.0 71.0001
16 Suleika   Gubler Hannes   Gouda Alex   SUI 8161   ZU   24.0 18.0 14.0 19.0 13.0 16.0 80
17 Leporello   Wyss Daniel   Braun Moritz   SUI 7645   ZU   43.0 [OCS] 14.0 27.0 18.0 17.0 12.0 88
18 SUI 7703   Weiss August   Kottman Norbert   SUI 7703     28.0 22.0 22.0 9.0 25.0 13.0 91
19 GER 7820   Ogertschnig Julius   Forschner Andreas   GER 7820   UB   43.0 [DNF] 21.0 30.0 5.0 15.0 21.0 92
20 SUI 7752   Sulzer Hansruedi   Marty Rene   SUI 7752   Rap   18.0 26.0 24.0 8.0 16.0 30.0 92.0001
21 Kalafati   Infanger Urs   Von Holzen Alex   SUI 7532   LUV   30.0 20.0 23.0 14.0 27.0 10.0 94
22 Two Non Blonds   Spiegel Felix   Sauter Beat   SUI 7776   BSL   22.0 9.0 20.0 26.0 23.0 22.0 96
23 Abbiamo   Eigenmann Rolf   Glanzmann Roger   SUI 7571   Bsl   23.0 19.0 16.0 29.0 21.0 19.0 98
24 SUI 7723   Maurer Heinz   Honegger Res   SUI 7723     11.0 24.0 9.0 15.0 43.0 [DNC] 43.0 [DNC] 102
25 Estella   Winkler Oliver   Guinand Marc   SUI 7075   ZU   27.0 29.0 25.0 36.0 12.0 15.0 108
26 SUI 7716   Gericke Markus   Waser Beat   SUI 7716   LUV   17.0 25.0 13.0 32.0 43.0 [DNC] 26.0 113
27 SUI 7223   Eisold Gogi   Wuetherich Stephan   SUI 7223     15.0 27.0 43.0 [DNS] 21.0 34.0 23.0 120
28 Star Chaser   Kienzle Christian   Frei Martin   SUI 7627   UB   16.0 31.0 32.0 43.0 [OCS] 22.0 24.0 125
29 SUI 7591   Birrer Kuno   Guentert Robert   SUI 7591     26.0 23.0 31.0 27.0 31.0 20.0 127
30 SUI 7735   Fuchs Oliver   Steinen Heiri   SUI 7735   LUV   20.0 43.0 [DNS] 28.0 31.0 24.0 25.0 128
31 De Marc   Nussbaum Colin   Naef Ueli   SUI 7257   Sem   25.0 32.0 15.0 30.0 33.0 27.0 129
32 Carpe Diem   Rossner Hansreudi   Osterwaldner Marina   SUI 7896   LUV   43.0 [OCS] 33.0 26.0 17.0 28.0 29.0 133
33 SUI 6747   Moret Lorenzo   Moret Fabia   SUI 6747     29.0 28.0 35.0 24.0 35.0 32.0 148
34 Dollar Suico   Erzberger Peter   Worbs Benjamin   SUI 7717   TB   19.0 43.0 [DNF] 19.0 25.0 43.0 [DNC] 43.0 [DNC] 149
35 Palinuro   Lautenschlager Alexander   Ruegg Heinz   SUI 7470   Sem   32.0 30.0 29.0 35.0 29.0 31.0 151
36 Largo   Gmuender Peter   Gmuender Sissi   SUI 6580   ZU   33.0 34.0 33.0 34.0 26.0 43.0 [DNC] 160
37 Vignette   Muenger Werner   Dietiker Walter   SUI 7107   Sem   31.0 35.0 34.0 33.0 32.0 33.0 163
38 SUI 7143   Melliger Hansruedi   Melliger Christine   SUI 7143     35.0 43.0 [DNF] 43.0 [DNS] 37.0 30.0 28.0 173
39 Mutzli   Ammann Ueli   Seeger Martin   SUI 7167   Sem   13.0 43.0 [DNF] 43.0 [DNS] 43.0 [DNS] 43.0 [DNC] 43.0 [DNC] 185
40 GER 7616   Traub Jochen   Schmitt Ralph   GER 7616   UB   34.0 43.0 [DNS] 43.0 [DNS] 43.0 [DNS] 43.0 [DNC] 43.0 [DNC] 206
41 SUI 7326   Schuermann Lucas   Etlin Ralph   SUI 7326     36.0 43.0 [DNS] 43.0 [DNS] 43.0 [DNS] 43.0 [DNC] 43.0 [DNC] 208
42 Starling II   Stoeckli Hans   Erbe Axel   SUI 8133   Rap   43.0 [OCS] 43.0 [DNF] 43.0 [DNS] 43.0 [DNS] 43.0 [DNC] 43.0 [DNC] 215

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