RC Sailing Ukraine

10-12 of May 2019, in Sergeevka, resort village in Odessa region, the traditional 6th Odessa Radiosailing Cup competitions took part. This time it was 2nd stage of Ukrainian Cup series. 

10th of May there were races in Dragon Force 65 and F5-P classes. Strong wind of art 6 m/s and waves brought some challenge for the small boats with only one A rig. However, we succeeded to make 5 races in each class and even make some non-official double-handed competition with exchange of boats in each race.

And the results were as follows:

Day 1 at Facebook

11.05.2019 the races were held in F5-E/IOM class. It rained all the morning, and only after one o'clock we could start our races. However, we succeeded to make 7 races with upper range of A rig conditions.

And the results are as follows:

Day 2 at Facebook

12.05.19 Sunny day, light wind and we sailed F5-M class. Sometimes we had small weed on our long fins, sometimes our fins touched the ground. However, the main racing has been fair and correct, and the results are as follows:

Congratulations to winners and thanks a lot to hosting party - recreation complex "Liman", Madonych Shipping Company and personally to Vyacheslav Madonych for great support of our event.

Day 3 at Facebook

Photos of the event

Videos of the event

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First Ukrainian competition in this season Kremenchug Sea Cup (I stage of Ukrainian Cup series) took place on 3-5th of May in Cherkassy.

3rd of May the races were held in F5-10 class.

There were 11 participants  - 8 seniors and 3 juniors. Conditions from light to no wind and we seeked for it at both racing areas from time to time.

Final results are as follows:

1st day at Facebook

4th of May there were races of F5-E class - the more popular at these competitions. 

13 competitors Took part - 10 seniors and 3 juniors. Light to no wind, and sometimes it rained. The main time we waited for the wind or for the end of thunderstorm. At the end of the day we had only 3 races and planned to continue tomorrow, but at this time the wind came and we finished with 5 races held in overall. Full results are as follows:

2nd day at Facebook

5th of May F5-P class races were held. 

The wind was strong, but the direction was wrong. That's why the course was not correct and at the first and Second Mark there were too many boats and therefore - contacts. We managed to have 10 races with 2 discards. Full results are as follows:

3rd day at Facebook

Team ranking have been won by Odessa region team.

Full team ranking:

1. Odessa region - 7 points

2. OO TSOU Cherkassy region - 7 points

3. CDUT, Cherkassy - 13 points

4. Mariupol - 57 points

5. Kyiv - 62 points

Photo and video of competition 

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This year's Pichlingersee regatta took place on 7-14 of April 2019 in 5 classes: DF 65, Mini 40, F5-10/Tenrater, F5E/IOM and F5-M/Marblehead.

Ukrainian team of 2 sailors - Timur Kishubaiev and Stasis Kulikov took part in Marblehead class races scheduled for 13-14 of April. 28 competitors took part in this class and they competed by MSS system in 2 heats.

First day the wind was blowing stable in lower range of A rig. There was a small amount of weed that spoiled some performance almost to all competitors. At the end of the day after 8 full races, only Naviga World champion Jan Springer could feel safe for the podium having 9,7 points gap to me, being second, and 15 points to the 4th position.

In second day, due to wind direction shift, the racing was moved to another part of lake, where I never sailed before. Probably because of this new area and unpredictable wind shifts, I have made few mistakes. In final race I had to come 2nd to be 2nd in overall. I even was 1st at the last mark, but wind shifts and my small mistakes in controlling opponents lead me to 3rd position in this race and in overall.

However, it was a big pleasure to me to compete in such a warm and friendly atmosphere. The racing was perfectly correct, very tight and enjoyable. Opponents were very strong and didn't forgive any small mistake.  

So the final results became as follows:

Congratulation to winners! And many thanks to HSV Linz/ZV Ennsdorf for organizing such a legendary event.

Some photos from organizers at Facebook

First day at Facebook

Second day at Facebook

Racing videos

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