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Bukovel Radiosailing Cup 2016

Details: Published: 25 December 2016; Hits: 672

This year for the first time one of the regattas of Europe Cup series was held in Ukraine. It was in Bukovel on 8-9 of October.

The forecast was cold weather and snow, and maybe it scared some competitors and they didn't come. However, in fact there was a comfortable weather, mainly sunny, and all those who have come, enjoyed well this event.

10 competitors from Austria and Ukraine took part. The wind was light and shifty. First day we held 8 races. The battle was very tight between austrian and ukrainian leaders. Manfred Wolfinger with his new boat Quark dominated in downwinds, but when the wind became near to zero, Scalpels accelerated better than swing rig in upwinds. So, after first day, standings were as follows:

Next day we had 3 more races in Marblehead class. Austrian team improved their results, so finally the results became as follows:

My 2nd place let me have good points in overall Europa Cup 2016 score table, and I saved my 1st place in overall. For the first time Ukrainian sportsman wins this prestige competition.

Manfred Wolfinger takes 2nd position in overall,

Gerald Oberreiter - 3rd.

Full scoring table for Europa Cup 2016 is available here

After lunch brake we had match-races in Dragon Force 65 class.

Here Austrian team was on the top, taking all the podium:

1. Manfred Wolfinger

2. Gerald Oberreiter

3. Silvio Schedenig

Igor Denisyuk from Pereyaslav-Khmelnitskiy was the only one junior at these competitions, but he showed good skills competing to seniors in both classes and his 1st place junior prize has been earned by good job!

The event atmosphere was warm and friendly. We thank very much to Bukovel resort, providing us with the venue and their great support.

Photos and videos of the event

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Tenrater IRSA Worlds 2016, Limone Sul Garda, Italia

Details: Published: 26 October 2016; Hits: 775

For the first time our sportsmen took part in a top ranking IRSA event.

IRSA Tenrater worlds were organized first time in this millennium. Last IRSA worlds in this class was held in 1999 in Singapore.

Our team consisted of 3 leading skippers in this class - Andrii Kadantsev (UKR 242), Timur Kishubaiev (UKR 134) and Andrii Koval (UKR 35). All three had Janusz Walicki's boat Partner, but some small modifications had to be done with the boats to comply with IRSA rules.

3 days from 1 to 3 of October, in a quickly changing conditions from A to top C rig, but mainly with the waves, we tried to compete with the best skilled world sailors. It was really harder than our usual competitions in this class. Only when the wind was lighter and the waves were smaller our boats had some advantage and we could be at the top of the fleet. However, if you fall down to bottom fleet for some reason, it is really hard to return back, because the skippers are quite good in every fleet from A to C and sometime it is harder to be between first 6 in C fleet, than to be between first 6 in B fleet. In A fleet the concurrence was so tight, that every small mistake can bring you instantly from top to the bottom of the fleet. In these conditions, we had lack of experience, often touching marks and making some pity mistakes.

However, it was a big experience for us. Andrey Kadantsev was the more lucky of us, by ending 7 last races in fleet A. His overall place was 22. I had only one really good race - the first seeding, where I came 4th and appeared the 2nd race in fleet A for the first and last time)). Then I was mainly in B fleet, sometimes falling down to C. Overall position 32. Andrei Koval was mainly in C fleet, by finishing in overall at 42 place from total 47 competitors.

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Regatta in Orfu 2016

Details: Published: 02 September 2016; Hits: 853

26-28th of August traditional radiosailing regatta in F5-E/IOM and Marblehead classes took place in Orfu, Hungary.

First day F5-E/IOM races were held by 33 competitors from Hungary, Austria, Slovakia and Ukraine. They competed in 2 heats by HMS system with 4 boats promoted. Wind was light, shifty and quite unpredictable. 5 races were held with one discard.

Photos of 1st day

Photos of 1st day by Wéber Viktor

Photos of first day by Kálmándy Ferenc

I sailed my Fractal 2 always in fleet A, some times had chances to be between first 3 boats, but missed them. Kseniia sailed her Britpop and almost always (except after 2 race) stayed in fleet A. I think this is a very good result for her.

And the final results of this class are following:

Congratulation to winners!

Second and third days were races in Marblehead class as 5th stage of Europe Cup 2016. The wind was mainly light, third day - a bit stronger. 22 competitors from Hungary, Austria, Slovakia and Ukraine were divided onto 2 heats and competed by HMS system with 4 boats promoted.

Photos of day 2

Photos of day 2 by Kálmándy Ferenc

I tried new fin with lightweight bulb of 3 kg and was a bit disappointed on boat performance. First day with lighter wind I was able to be somewhere near Laszlo, however second day for me started awfully and only in the last race I won fleet B and was very near to win fleet A. Finally, third place seemed not so bad, especially when we will see total Europa Cup ranking after this event.

Final results are following: