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NATIONAL REPORT - SWITZERLANDGreat venues andclose competitionAyear without any Corona restrictions – what arelief. We started the year as always with theEaster Regatta in Thun with seven boats. Thearea is beautiful, as always, the club highlyprofessional and the clubhouse area a greatplace to be. We ended up with five races, mostly light windsto very light. Winner was Jürg Menzi with Bernard Haissly insecond on equal points.Our next races were in Rolle, Lake Geneva, for four days,with seven boats present, including Wölfi Richter on his Evo.The first two days were very strong winds. On the first two dayregatta, called ‘Coupe de Rolle’, only one race was sailed dueto too strong winds, and on the next two days, called ‘Coupede la Harpe’, we couldn’t sail at all due to too heavy winds.Fortunately, the club is very nice and friendly.Our next station was Brunnen (top) on Lake Lucern wherewe were sailing first our two day international open Swiss fleetraces, followed by two day Rigi-Cup.What a fantastic scenery close to the Gotthard mountain,good clubhouse and club, and simply terrific wind conditions.Brunnen is just across the lake from where actually Switzerlandwas ‘founded’, the Rütli-Schwur. Mark Dangel gave us a shorthistory lesson. The evenings we spent together at the clubtogether, and one evening we had a small boat excursion takingus to the other side where we had a very nice dinner at a veryold, typical house of the area.The winner of the Swiss fleet races was the team withMateusz Kusznierewicz in front of Flavio Marazzi (right) and MarkHolowesko in the Moderns, and Rainhard Suhner followed byWölfi and the German ladies crew with Susanne Struth on theirEvo. The Rigi-Cup ranking looks similar, but here Flavio had hisnose in front of Mateusz, with third place for Bernard. The Evowas won by the team with Wölfi, followed by Rainer and Susanne.André Bernheim reports on the fleetactivities in Switzerland16 boats from six nations enjoyed those days, sorry foreveryone who missed it. But a promise here, we will go backthere, in 2024 or 2025.The final races took place, as always, in Thun with nine boatsfrom three nations with unfortunately little winds so we onlycould complete two races. Jürg’s team won, in front of GeorgePrapopoulos and Hans-Peter Schmid (left).Unfortunately, we again missed the required number of boatsneeded to be eligible for carrying out a Swiss Championship in thefuture. The total numbers of boats we did reach, but not the numberof Swiss boats at the starting line. The decrease in Swiss racingboats is decreasing, several Modern were sold abroad this year.We therefore decided to carry out a regatta on the lake ofZurich, where there are a lot of (potential 5.5 Metre) sailors. Thefleet became totally unknown to most people there as the boatsdidn’t show up anymore, and probably no one ever saw a modernboat. Beside two days racing at the far end of the lake, in theRivera like city of Rapperswil, we will organise a fantastic landprogram, and also invite journalists to write about the boats andevent. To be successful, we need as many 5.5 Metres to sail there,but of course, also the international Swiss fleet race in Grandsonon Lake Neuchatel is a great area to sail with us – please try tocome. We give our best to make guests from other nations feelhome and provide them with great sailing and comradeship.APRIL 2023 • fivepointfive • 33
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