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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 »

No wind on Wednesday so racing was cancelled. More races are scheduled for 1pm CET on Thursday. Read More »

Lake Garda delivered some fantastic conditions once again for day two of the 2012 Tornado World Championships. Three races were held on Tuesday in around 15 knots of breeze. As with every day in Lake Garda the wind started from the North fading towards midday then turning to the South and picking up. It was very much a day for ... Read More »

    Perfect conditions for day one! 41 Tornado’s from 11 different nations across the World have arrived in the beautiful scenic location of Torbole on Lake Garda, Italy for the annual Mixed and Open World Championships. The racing is being held from the 17th – 21st September. Read More »

Yesterday saw the first practice race of the 2012 Tornado World Championships. The race was won by Brett Burvill and Ryan Duffield from Australia sailing with their Ullman One Design Sails. There are lots of keen sailors in Torbole this year and it looks as if there is going to be some very competitive racing. Measurement went ahead okay and ... Read More »

Day Four of the 2012 Tornado European Championships started slowly with very light airs. There was just over the 6 knots required by the class rules to start a race. As the race progressed the Team Red Bull GRE7 took the lead and it stayed that way with them fighting off the competition across the race course. The wind was ... Read More »

Day three of the Tornado European championships saw a mixture of wind, the second crash and the first capsize of the event. We also had a new committee boat and race officer for the day with the previous race officer having to head to Texel. Although the morning stated with a light breeze it quickly built to 15 knots and ... Read More »

There was a postponement at the start of day two due to high wind conditions and rain. At 11am the postponement came down with a 12pm start scheduled for the first of three races. The wind speed was perfect all day starting as a force 5 and dropping to a force 4. Although the speed was perfect the wind was ... Read More »

Day one of the Tornado European Championships kicked off today with perfect conditions; a nice consistent force 3 breeze and beautiful sunshine. 13 boats from 5 nations, CZE, GBR, GER, GRE and NED have arrived to try and prevent Dany and Kostas from winning their 5th Tornado European Championships in a row. Two races were scheduled for today and after ... Read More »

Online Entry is now available for the 2012 Tornado European Championships. http://www.tornado-class.org/tornadoeuropeans/europeansonline-entry/   Read More »