Tag: Cup

For the Cup "Baltic"

Randall G. Lucchesi

February 5, 2019       For the Cup "Baltic"       Last weekend in St. Petersburg hosted the Cup of the yacht club "Baltiets" in snowkiting. According to the St. Petersburg Sailing Union, in two days the athletes managed to spend 8 races in different weather conditions. In total, more than 50 athletes from St. Petersburg, Moscow, the Leningrad Region, Karelia and other regions reported to the competition. In the overall standings, the first place was taken by the current world champion and Russian Read more

World Cup in Zhiguli Sea

Randall G. Lucchesi

February 7, 2019       World Cup in Zhiguli Sea       In the heart of the European part of Russia – in the city of Tolyatti – on February 20 – 24, a snooking world cup stage – SNOW KITE WORLD CUP IKA 2019 will take place. A huge water area, convenient infrastructure, a decent organization, all possible disciplines of winter sailing, dozens of professional athletes and hundreds of amateur kiteers – this is what awaits the guests of this event! The highlight Read more

Princess Sofia Cup: Day One

Randall G. Lucchesi

April 2, 2019       Princess Sofia Cup: Day One       The first race of the 50th jubilee, 50th Trofeo Princesa Sofia IBEROSTAR 2019 regatta started on Mallorca yesterday, reports the special correspondent of Yacht Russia Anton Shibaev. © Jesus Renedo and Anton Shibaev Over 1200 yachtsmen began the struggle in ten Olympic classes – 470, 49er, 49erFX, Laser, Laser Radial, Finn, Nacra17 and RS: X. Our country is represented at the regatta 36 athletes. Despite the fact that licenses for the Olympics Read more

Princess Sofia Cup: Day Two

Randall G. Lucchesi

April 3, 2019       Princess Sofia Cup: Day Two       Yacht Russia special correspondent Anton Shibaev talks about what happened yesterday at the distances of the 50th jubilee 50th regatta Trofeo Princesa Sofia IBEROSTAR 2019, which continues in Mallorca © Anton Shibaev and Jesus Renedo On Tuesday at the regatta windsurfers entered the fight. In the men's RS: X competition, three Russian athletes entered the top ten at once – these are Evgeny Ayvazyan, Alexander Askerov and Vladislav Burmistrenko. After three races, Read more

Princess Sofia Cup: Day Three

Randall G. Lucchesi

April 4, 2019       Princess Sofia Cup: Day Three       In contrast to the first two days of competition, continuing in Mallorca, the morning breeze blew a little harder on Wednesday, and the start of the first races was given on time, reports Yacht Russia special correspondent Anton Shibaev. © Anton Shibaev and Jesus Renedo Exactly at 10 am, the signal masts of the Club Nautico s’Arenal yacht club, where 470, 49er, RS: X and the Finns are based, flew class flags, Read more

Princess Sofia Cup: Fourth Day

Randall G. Lucchesi

April 5, 2019       Princess Sofia Cup: Fourth Day       Another report by Anton Shibaev, Yacht Russia special correspondent about what is happening at the distances of the 50th Trofeo Princesa Sofia regatta IBEROSTAR 2019, which continues in Mallorca © Anton Shibaev “Finally, the wind blew,” yesterday I heard this phrase from many athletes. And indeed, from early in the morning, the western breeze blew out with a force of 15 catch, reaching up to 20 on gusts. In Palma Bay, a Read more

Princess Sofia Cup: Day Five

Randall G. Lucchesi

April 6, 2019       Princess Sofia Cup: Day Five       The 50th Trofeo Princesa Sofia IBEROSTAR 2019 regatta is coming to an end in Mallorca. The special correspondent of Yacht Russia Anton Shibaev reports. © Anton Shibaev The mandatory part of the program of the jubilee regatta is completed, it remains to hold the medal race, and now we can sum up the main results. One of the main events of the day was for us the entry of Pavel Sozykin and Read more

Princess Sofia Cup: Day Six

Randall G. Lucchesi

April 6, 2019       Princess Sofia Cup: Day Six       The 50th Trofeo Princesa Sofia IBEROSTAR 2019 regatta, which took place in Mallorca, has ended. Before you is the final report of Anton Shibaev, Yacht Russia special correspondent: © Jesus Renedo and Anton Shibaev This morning, wind gusts in Palma Bay reached 25 knots, and carrots were hoisted on the masts of the club. After two hours of waiting, it was decided not to conduct races in the classes 49er and 49erFX Read more

Cup Kezenoy-Am 2019

Randall G. Lucchesi

April 9, 2019       Cup Kezenoy-Am 2019       The prize fund of this international sailing regatta will be 1.2 million rubles. Winners of the competition are also waiting for the challenge Cup and a gift from the partner of the regatta – the Hamilton watch brand. International sailing competitions in Chechnya will be held from July 23 to July 28 at Lake Kezenoy-Am. Races will take place on class SB20 yachts. Regatta participants can be any Russian and foreign athletes. At the Read more

The third stage of the World Cup starts

Randall G. Lucchesi

April 15, 2019       The third stage of the World Cup starts       Today in Genoa (Italy) the first races of the third stage of the 2019 World Cup will be held. The yachts of classes 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 will start. The remaining 5 classes will enter the fight on Tuesday. Why only five? It's simple: this time there are no windsurfers among the participants of the cup stage, because in Mallorca, only on Saturday the Open European Championship in Read more