The World Championships in La Grande Motte have been decided. Unfortunately, only one race could be sailed on the last final day due to light winds. This race took place around 6 knots of wind, which is the minimum limit to be able to sail a race in the Tornado class. Congratulations to the new world champions. In the Open ... Read More »
On the fourth day of the World Championship in La Grande Motte only one race could be sailed due to a thunderstorm. The participants will praised the race committee for the quick reaction and the cancellation of the second planned race to ensure the safety of the sailors. In addition, the participants could observe a small tornado which stirred up ... Read More »
The third day of the World Championship in La Grande Motte went differently than predicted. Today’s races took place under wind conditions with up to 20 knots of wind. The first race of the day was won by Konstantinos Trigonis with crew Konstantinos Kazantzis. In the second race the wind increased a bit more. Unfortunately only 14 of 24 teams ... Read More »
The second day of racing at the World Championship in La Grande Motte also presents the competitors with tactical challenges. The first race of today also took place in light wind conditions with up to 9 knots of wind. The second race was exciting, with several thunderstorm cells causing wind shifts. Towards the end of the race some participants could ... Read More »
The first day of the World Championship in La Grande Motte is over. After a short postponement of the start, two races could be sailed today under very light wind conditions of about 6-8 knots. These were tactically very demanding due to strong shifting winds. After the first day of the World Championship in La Grande Motte, Konstantinos Trigonis and ... Read More »
Due to a storm no further race could be sailed on the last day of the European Championship. Thus, our new European Champions have been determined. Congratulations to Zdnek Pavlis and daughter Klara Pavlisova, who won the overall as well as mixed European Championship title with an incredibly sovereign performance. Zdnek Pavlis is a long-time Tornado sailor who brings a ... Read More »
Due to an upcoming storm tonight and the resulting wave for tomorrow, the Tornado class together with the race committee decided to sail three races today. The races took place under light wind conditions from the east. In the overall result there was no change in the places one to three compared to the previous day. Still on first place ... Read More »
Day 2 ended with double trapeze winds from the east with up to 15 knots. 35 degrees outside temperature rounded up the two races to a perfect racing day. Punctually at 2 pm the first race started which Mirco Mazzini won together with his crew Andrea Ciavatta. The second race of the day was won by Markus Betz with son ... Read More »
Congrega Velisti Cesenatico is ready to receive entry forms for the 2022 Tornado Open, Mixed & Youth European Championship that will be held between the 13th and 17th of July in Cesenatico, Italy. European Championship Read More »
The 2022 Tornado World championship will take place in La Grande Motte, France at the venue of Yachtclub La Grande with dates 27/28 August to 3/4 September! Find all details at the following link: https://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/TEC22?#!/ Read More »
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