3 races were successfully completed today with a northwest and really swifty wind of 6-10 knots, after yesterday’s lack of wind. The fleet got on the water at around 13hours. The team of Trigonis and Kazatzis, GRE 7, conquered the day succeeding 3 bullets for the open category! Similar was the status in the mixed one, with previous world championship ... Read More »
Author Archives: Maria Tsaousidou
2021 Tornado Worlds – Day 1
Thessaloniki, and the Nautical club of the town, has welcomed the 34 sailors from 5 nations with a nice southwest breeze of 8-12 knots for the beginning of the championship! The perfect, shifty sailing conditions helped the race officers to finish the 2 scheduled races of the day just in time before the afternoon storm. The battle on ... Read More »
2021 Annual General Meeting
The AGM of the International Tornado Class Association after 2 years will be held on Sunday the 26th of September at 18.00CET (19.00 local time) at the venue of Nautical club Thessaloniki. COVID-19 restrictions forced us to stay back on our scheduled elections of new members, so this will take place in 2021. The agenda will be as follows Agenda ... Read More »
Michaela Pavlisova & Marek Pavlis: 2021 European Champions!
Young Czech mixed crew Michaela Pavlisova and Marek Pavlis win Tornado European Championship for the first time. The European Tornado Championship, which was hosted by the Füssen Forggensee Sailing Club for the first time in the club’s 65-year history, came to an end on the 25th of July. A total of 17 teams from 6 nations competed at the first ... Read More »
2021 Europeans day 3
On the third day of the European Championships, no race could be sailed due to the bad wind situation. The day included swim on the lake and a Gala dinner sponsored by Günkel-elektro for sailors, their families and the organising committee. For tomorrow, Saturday, a change in weather is announced with hope for better wind conditions. Read More »
2021 Europeans Day 2
Only a third race was only possible to be started in the late afternoon with a northeasterly wind of 6 knots. Once again, the mixed team of Michaela Pavlisova and Marek Pavlis from the Czech Republic came home in the lead. Today only one race could be sailed, tomorrow at least one more must sailed, so that a European champion ... Read More »
2021 Europeans – Day 0
Today was day zero (0) of our long-waited European championship! Registration, measurement as well as a practice race well successfully completed. We are now heading up tomorrow for the first race of the event hosted by the Segeln club of Füssen – Forgensee. The first warning signal is scheduled for 14:00, local time. Event’s webpage Photos from measurement day Read More »
Tornado Europeans Invitation – Message
Hello Tornado sailors, we would like to invite you to the European Championships in July at Lake Forggensee Füssen. (20-25.07.2021) The weekend before the EC on 17-18.07.2021, we will be held up, as a warm-up event for the EC, the German Championships at the same place. The first day of the EC (20.7.2021) is a Registration day with one practice ... Read More »
Czech Open National Championship 04-06 June
The Czech Open National Championship will take place, as scheduled, 04-06 of June at the venue of Lipno – Černá. The event is hosted by the Yacht Club Jestrabi in cooperation with the Czech Sailing Association. The first starting signal will sound on Friday 13:00. The closing ceremony (prize giving) will be Sunday 16:30 at the venue of the event. ... Read More »
Open Austrian Tornado championship 2020
Austrian championship for Tornado sailing Lake of Constance, 12-13 September 2020 Last weekend, the Raiffeisen €uro Cup 2020 took place at Rohrspitz/Lake Constance, which was originally planned for Whitsun and internationally advertised. This regatta was the Austrian Championship and Vorarlberg Championship for Tornado. 14 Tornados from 4 nations were registered, 12 Tornados were at the start. The weather forecast predicted ... Read More »