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Willi and Claudia Guggenmos are the winners with their Tornado GER 947 of the Ansegel regatta, a long distance race on the lake of forggensee nearby Füssen, Germany. ITA President Jürgen Jentsch, ESP 211, came 2nd with his 11 year old daughter Estela. 35 boats were on the start line. Congratulations to all who took part. Read More »

The latest information about the 2013 World Championships to be held in Ibiza can be found on the Tornado Championships website. The event will be held from the 27th September – 5th October.   Read More »

All of the photos you’ve been seeing over the past few years, everything from World and European Championships, to Speed Sailing to the ISAF trials in Santander. Read More »

With light winds early in the morning the postponement flag went up for the Tornado Class and the sailors remained on shore watching the A Class’ float out to their racing area. Around 1 hour later the race officer removed the postponement and the sailors got ready and went out onto the water. It was Roland and Nahid Gaebler who ... Read More »

Roland and Nahid Gaebler fought off stiff competition to win the 2013 Tornado European Championships. Read More »

The forecast was always due to be bad for the third day of racing and the sailors awoke to a fresh force 4 wind with heavy cloud cover. When it was time to hit the water the wind was building with choppy water and big waves. The race officer got the fleet off to a quick start for the first ... Read More »

2013 Tornado European Championships Heading into Day Two the 32 boats had experienced two good races on Day One and it was the husband and wife duo of Roland and Nahid Gaebler who were at the top of the table. Day Two started beautifully in the picturesque location of Lake Constance, Austria. The sailors arrived to a sunny day with ... Read More »

New class rules have been published to take into account the new One Design Sails rule. View the class rules. Read More »

2012 Tornado World Championships Paschalidis and Trigonis take the title for the 2nd year. The final day of the 2012 Tornado World Championships saw some awkward racing in light and fluky winds. Many of the sailors had their discard race and places changed dramatically. Showing consistent form and skill throughout the championship it was the Greek team of Iordanis Paschalidis ... Read More »

Day three of the Tornado World Championships was a write off with no wind on Wednesday. The race committee evaluated their decision again at 2pm CET but then cancelled racing for the day with not a breath of wind in sight. On Wednesday evening the class held the Annual General Meeting. There was good attendance with the main point of ... Read More »