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CZE nationals 2020

The first Tornado class event to take place after the emergence of the Covid pandemic is the Czech Republic nationals. 12-14 of June hosted by YK Jestřábí, Lipno/Černá ” The borders are now open without restrictions and controls are no longer carried out in Czech Republic, so you can take part in the championship without any worries. Eleven Czech teams ... Read More »

2019 Greek Nationals

The 2019 Tornado Greek Nationals took place between 15th-18th September, hosted by the Nautical club of Thessaloniki! 7 boats from 4 different sailing clubs participated in the event with half of them being newcomers  in the Tornado class. 5 races were completed in light wind conditions with Dany Paschalidis and Kostas Trigonis paper writings getting the lead to all but ... Read More »

2019 Tornado NZL Open Nationals

The 2019 NZL Open Nationals hosted by Takapuna Boating club came to and end yesterday! Tricky conditions, many wind swifts and wind speed of 15 to more than 22 knots in a lot of gusts. This year, we are honoured to sail along with one of the most successful sailors of New Zealand and gold and silver Olympic medalist Rex ... Read More »

2017 Open Greek Nationals

The Nautical club of Thessaloniki hosts the 2017 Open Greek Nationals from 25 till 27 August. Just before the Worlds giving sailors the opportunity to train all together 9 races are sceduled with the first race on the 25th of August at 14.00 Register till the 23rd of August by e mailing nautical@ncth.gr with the title “2017 Tornado Open Greek” ... Read More »

2017 German Open Nationals

The President of the ITA (International Tornado Association) and the SCFF (Segelclub Füssen Forggensee) Jürgen Jentsch and his wife Sarah took the overall victory of the Tornado German National Championships 2017 on their home lake in Bavaria. 19 Tornado teams were on the start line from 3 Nations (Germany, Poland and Austria). Sarah and Jürgen Jentsch had great boat speed ... Read More »

2017 UK Tornado National Championships

UK Tornado National Championships 2017 - Sailors

Over the weekend of the 10th and 11th June the Tornado fleet headed to Thorpe Bay for a weekend of racing to fight out who would be national champion. Six of the eleven boats competing in the nationals had a slight upper hand going into the event after attending a class training day with Chris Rashley two weeks before. The ... Read More »

2016 UK Tornado National Championships

2016 UK Tornado National Champions - Kevin Dutch and David Oakley

A mixed bag of conditions for the 8 boats at Stokes Bay Over the weekend of 10th and 11th September six Tornados and their crew made their way to Stokes Bay to join in racing with two local boats. After arriving and rigging on Friday afternoon some of the sailors headed to Gosport’s finest curry house to start the nationals ... Read More »

Excellent Tornado competition on the Chiemsee lake

Last weekend 29.04.-01.05.2016 the Open Tornado German Championship was held on the Chiemsee lake. Fraueninsel island was hosting competitors from six countries: Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Greece, Poland and Australia. The competition was scheduled for 3 days and 8 races were planned. However, there were only two racing days, due to lack of wind on Sunday. Sunny weather and the ... Read More »

2016 German championship final day

Roland and Nahid Gaebler are the 2016 German Open champions after a great performance!! No more  races were completed today due to lack of wind, but the previous racing days in medium to light wind were really satisfying!! Mr Presidents, Jürgen Jentsch and Kostas Trigonis gained the 2nd place while Bob and Marc Baier the 3rd! Congratulations to all the ... Read More »

2016 German Open National day 2 – news

The second day of the 2016 German open National championship is over, with the participation of 13 boats from Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany and Poland  at beautiful Fraueninsel of lake Chiemsee, Germany Beside the light wind conditions of day 1, the second day offered wonderful sailing conditions with a thermic NorthEast wind of 10-16 knots. The nice barbeque that ... Read More »

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