This is a ballot regarding 2 changes of the Tornado Class rules and its constitution. Voting starts on the 22nd of July 2016 23.59 UTC and ends on the 31st of August 2016 23.59 UTC. In order your vote to be valid you have to be a member of the ITA. The first question refers to the identification of the ... Read More »
Take a snapshot of our president’s wooden Tornado boat, GER 580. Built by the famous boat builder Herbert Glas in 1978. Jürgen Jentsch is sailing with Gerd Wittman, Ex- Ice hockey professional (12 years, defenceman in the German Bundesliga). Read More »
Let’s read what the European champions , Nikolaos Mavros and Alexandros Tagaropoulos have to say.. When asked, Alexandros Tagaropoulos mentioned: ” It is never easy to win any championship, especially when a total of 10 races is sailed. You need to sail your best every day and without making mistakes or at least by making fewer mistakes than your opponents. ... Read More »
The 2016 Tornado Europeans have come to an end! After a great race and after taking their usual bath on the last day of the event, Nikolaos Mavros and Alexandros Tagaropoulos from Greece managed to maintain their lead since the beginning of the championship, becoming this year’s Open European Champions!! The broken trapeze wire on the penultimate race was not able ... Read More »
2 difficult races today in Cesenatico! The very light wind from northeast – east was shifty and the current was decisive!! Nick Mavros and Alex Tagaropoulos scored the bullet in the first race of the day and they discarded their second race. Still leading the fleet!! On the second position Maria Tsaousidou and Marc Baier after scoring a 5th and ... Read More »
Light winds again on the second day of our European championship. The wind was blowing from the northeast and the left side was the favoured one although the wind shifted to the right!! Nick Mavros and Alex Tagaropoulos are still leading the board besides they were not the leaders in today’s races. They scored a second and a fourth. On ... Read More »
Cesenatico. Italy. 22.06 1st day of the 2016 European championship in front of the beautiful beach of Cesenatico, Italy. The Italians welcomed us with nice food and drinks and the races started on time. The light wind was coming from the northeast and its speed varied from 6 to 9 knots. The sailors seem to be ready for a lot ... Read More »
Tornado Worlds are decided One more Title for the Greek Defenders: Gold for the Red Bull team of Iordanis Paschalidis and Konstantinos Trigonis The old ones are the new ones: World Champions of the Tornado class are Iordanis Paschalidis and Konstantinos Trigonis from Thessaloniki (Greece). They impressed with a series of six wins and one fourth place. They are again ... Read More »
Greek Defenders Dominate the Fleet Lindau, Germany Only one race was sailed on Thursday (16th June) at the World Championships of the Tornado class in Lindau (Lake Constance), race number six. The leading three teams extended their lead. In the evening heavy rain returned again. The race started at 1 pm as scheduled with 8-10 knots wind from West. It ... Read More »
Defenders from Greece extend their lead once more on the third day Lindau, Germany It was a long event day on the Lake Constance for all until the fourth race of the world championship of the Tornado class was over. At first no wind at all, followed by a thunderstorm, after the calm the fleet went afloat, the first race had to be ... Read More »
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