December 24, 2019

      "Yachtsman of the year of St. Petersburg": laureates announced
      In the Northern capital, the awarding ceremony of the winners of the annual Sailing Service Merit Award “Yachtsman of the Year of St. Petersburg 2019” took place. The organizers of the award are the St. Petersburg Sailing Union and the Yacht Club of St. Petersburg.

Winners of the Prize “Yachtsman of the Year St. Petersburg 2019” were determined in 11 nominations.

In the nomination "Discovery of the Year" won Ulyana Vonogova (class: Techno, Academy of Sailing). This year, Ulyana finished second in the Championship of St. Petersburg, fourth in the Championship of Russia, and then triumphantly performed at the World Championship in the Techno class, winning one of the races and taking the final 17th place. Dmitry Zhayvoronok and the charity regatta “Light.” children".

Semen Shatalov (class: Laser 4.7, Academy of Sailing) became the laureate of the prize in the nomination “Yachtsman of the Year Under 23”. Semyon took 4th place at the Championship of the city, and at the Championship of Russia he won bronze in the category under 16 years.

In the nomination “Yachtsman of the year up to 23 years”, Ekaterina Zyuzina, Anastasia Shchedrina, Polina Gomova received the most jury votes. The winner was Ekaterina Zyuzina (class: Laser Radial, Krestovsky Island sailing school). This year, Catherine won a license for Russia to participate in the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The short list of the nomination “Team of the year under 23” included: Zoya Novikova / Diana Sabirova, Anastasia Deryagina / Sofya Vereshchagina, Ilya Chuprina / Rodion Brovin. The victory was won by Ilya Chuprina and Rodion Brovin (class: 29er, Sailing Academy). This year, the duo won the following awards in their class: 1st place in the Cup of Russia, 1st place of the 9th Summer Spartakiad of Russia, 2nd place of the Russian Championship, 6th place in the European Championships, 1 place in the Sochi Regatta, which became the qualifying stage for the World Cup.

The short list of the “Coach of the Year” nomination includes Alexey Alexandrovich Chibizov and Ivan Sergeevich Petrov. The greatest number of votes was received by Alexey Chibizov (class: Formula kite, Krestovsky Island sailing school). Alexei is the trainer of the strongest athletes in Russia: Valeria Garashchenko (silver of the World Championship U19, gold of the European Championship and two silver of the European Championship) and Denis Taradin (takes first place in the world ranking).

The authors of the three best sailing photos of the year were Andrei Sheremetyev, Elena Razina, Anton Makhanov. Most votes were cast for the work of Andrei Sheremetev.

The best long-distance sports trip was the long-term journey of Yuri Alexandrovich Sitnikov and the crew of the yacht Lady In Red. In 2011, the yacht began a long sports trip around Europe from St. Petersburg to Turkey. Between 2011 and 2019 More than 20,000 nautical miles have been covered in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The yacht visited 15 countries, visited Europe, Asia and Africa. More than 70 people were able to participate in this long journey. The shortlist of the nomination also included a class L-6 “Blue Bird” yacht under the command of Dmitry Vasilievich Dyakov.

The short list of the nomination “For Contribution to the Development of Sailing in St. Petersburg” included: Ivan A. Gromov (Krestovsky Ostrov Sailing School, National Association of Yachts of Class “SB20”), with the support of which the first state sailing was opened and successfully operates Krestovsky Ostrov school, RPO "Sports team of yachtsmen of the St. Petersburg River Yacht Club" and the crew of the gaffel tender "Lukull", who are organizers of the charity workshops "All aboard!", Andrey Alekseevich Berezkin, who held trouble in the nomination. Andrey Alekseevich is the permanent president of the Association of Class L-6 Yachts for the past 10 years. As well as an honorary member and member of the Presidium of the Union of Right Forces, the chairman of the Nevsky Yacht Club, a member of the Maritime Council under the Government of St. Petersburg, and the permanent captain of the yacht Bylina. Andrei Berezkin is well known to St. Petersburg yachtsmen for his youth sailing trips “Sails of Remembrance” to the glories of the Baltic sailors, for the historic “100 Mile Cup” race, for repeated participation in international regattas of training tall ships The Tall Ships Races with youth yacht crews, on the revived in 2016 the championship of Russia among class L-6 yachts.

In the nomination “Team of the Year” the shortlist included: Jan Čech / Ivan Zotov, yacht «Lena’, Rocknrolla Sailing Team. The victory was won by the Rocknrolla Sailing Team (class: Dragon). The team finished eighth at the World Championships in the Dragon class. Then Rocknrolla steadily finished in the ten most prestigious class competitions during the season and won the German Grand Prix. In the water area of ​​the Yacht Club of St. Petersburg, Rocknrolla took the silver of the Russian Championship and won the legendary Marblehead Trophy.

Anna Basalkina, Irina Gracheva and Elena Kalinina were in the short list of the nomination “Yachtsman of the Year”. Anna Basalkina became the laureate (classes: Dragon, J-70, Sailing Academy). This year, under the command of Anna, the Academy crew completed the season of the National Sailing League with a bronze medal. Anna also won the Russian Championship in the Dragon class and took third place in the Dragon 90th Anniversary Regatta (Classic classification). The brightest start of the season was her debut in the offshore 600-mile regatta Rolex Middle See Race, where Anna, together with Igor Rytov, won the bronze medal in the Double Handed class.

In the nomination “Yachtsman of the Year”, Fedor Druzhinin, Dmitry Balan, Dmitry Samokhin received the most votes from the judges. The winner was Fedor Druzhinin (class: Mini 6.5, Sailing Expeditions Club “60 North”). This year, the yachtsman took part in one of the most extreme regattas in the world – the transatlantic single-race Mini-Transat La Boulangerie, finishing 11th in the Proto division.

Also, certificates of appreciation for the merits in the field of sailing from the organizers of the award were awarded:

Sailing club ZIGZAG – for contribution to the development of sailing in St. Petersburg and the creation of a new class of yachts “MX700”

Nikita Brilliants and the team of the charity regatta “Svet.deti” – for organizing socially significant projects in the field of yachting

RPO "Sports team of yachtsmen of the St. Petersburg River Yacht Club" and the crew of the gaffel tender "Lukull" – for the organization of socially significant projects in the field of yachting

The crew of the yacht "Blue Bird" – for the will to win

Vadim Bihler – for many years of high achievements in ice sports

Oleg Vasiliev – for many years of high achievements in ice sports

The team of the Academy of Sailing of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club (Anna Basalkina, Vitaliy Gallo, Alexander Moskvich, Artem Sudakov, Marina Taran, Maria Sirotina, Maxim Berdnikov) – for 3rd place in the overall classification of the National Sailing League and excellent performances at other stages of the League ( 2nd place in Nizhny Novgorod and 3rd place in the grand final of the NPL).

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Information partners of the award: Zenit Radio, St. Petersburg TV Channel, Sport Day by Day newspaper, Motor Boat & Yachting magazine, Yacht Russia magazine, Tarpon magazine.

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Winners of the award “yachtsman of the year St. Petersburg 2019” was determined in 11 nominations.

In the nomination “Opening of year” has defeated Juliana Onogawa (class: Techno, Academy of sailing). Juliana this year finished second in the Championship of Saint-Petersburg, fourth in the Championship of Russia, and then triumphantly performed at the world championship in the class “Techno”, winning one of the races and finishing in a final 17th place. In the short list of nominations also includes Dmitry zhayvoronok and charity regatta “Light. children.”

The winner of the award “yachtsman of the year to 23 years” was Simon Shatalov (class: Laser 4.7, Academy of sailing). Simon took 4th in the city Championship, and the Championship of Russia won the bronze medal in the category up to 16 years.

In the category of “Yachtswoman of the year to 23 years” the most votes of the jury was awarded to Ekaterina Zyuzin, Anastasia Shchedrin, Pauline Gomova. The winner is Yekaterina Zyuzina (class: Laser Radial, the sailing school “Krestovsky island”). This year Catherine won for Russia a license to participate in the Olympic games in Tokyo.

In the short-list nomination “team of the year to 23” includes: Zoya Novikova/Diana Sabirov, Anastasia Deryagina/Sophia Vereshchagin, Ilya Chuprin/Brovin Rodion. The victory was won by Ilya Chuprin and Brovin Rodion (class: 29er, Academy of sailing). This year in class, the Duo won the following awards: 1st place Cup of Russia 1 place the IX summer games of Russia, the 2nd place of the Championship of Russia, 6th place at the European championship, 1st place in the Sochi race, which has become a qualifying stage for the world Cup.

In the shortlist for the category “coach of the year” included Alexey Chibizov and Ivan Sergeevich Petrov. The greatest number of votes was received by Alexey Chibizov (class: Formula kite, the sailing school “Krestovsky island”). Alex is the coach of the strongest athletes of Russia: Valeria Garashchenko (silver of the world championship to 19, gold of the European Championships and two silver medals of the European championship) and Denis Taradina (ranked first in the world ranking).

The authors of the three best sailing photos of the year are Andrey Sheremet, Elena Razina, Anton Makhanov. Most votes were cast for the work of Andrei Sheremetyev.

The best distant sports campaign became a multi-year journey of Yuri Alexandrovich Sitnikov and the team yacht “Lady In Red”. In 2011, the yacht began long-distance sport cruise around Europe from St. Petersburg to Turkey. In the period from 2011 to 2019 in the waters of the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean was covered over 20,000 nautical miles. The yacht visited 15 countries visited in Europe, Asia and Africa. In this multi-year journey to take part more than 70 people. In the short list of nominations also includes the yacht class L-6 “Blue bird” under the command of Dmitry V. Dyakov.

In the short-list nomination “For contribution to the development of sailing in Saint-Petersburg” includes: Ivan Gromov (sailing school “Krestovsky island”, national Association of yachts of a class “SB20”), with the support of which was opened and successfully operates the first state sailing school “Krestovsky island”, ROO “Sports team sailors, the St. Petersburg river yacht club” and the crew gateleg tender “Lucullus”, which is the organizers of the charitable master-class “All aboard!”, Andrey Berezkin, who won the nomination. Andrey has been the President of the Association of yacht class “L-6” for the past 10 years. And honorary member and member of the Presidium of the HGA, the Chairman of the “Nevsky yacht club”, a member of the Marine Board under the Government of St. Petersburg, the undisputed captain of the yacht “Bylina”. Andrey Berezkin is well known to yachtsmen in the Saint-Petersburg yacht they organized youth campaign “Sails-memory” in places of glory of the seafarers of the Baltic sea, in the historic race Cup “100 miles”, for repeated participation in the international regattas of educational sailing vessels The Tall Ships Races with youth yacht crew at reborn in 2016, the championship of Russia among the yacht class “L-6”.

In the nomination “team of the year” in the short-list were: Jan Cech/Ivan Zotov, the yacht “Lena”, Rocknrolla Sailing Team. Won Rocknrolla Sailing Team (class: Dragon). The team finished eighth at the world Championships in the Dragon class. Further Rocknrolla consistently finished in the top ten is the most prestigious competition class for the season and won the Grand Prix of Germany. In the waters of the Yacht club of Saint-Petersburg Rocknrolla took the silver of the championship of Russia and won the legendary Trophy in Marblehead.

In the short list nomination “Yachtswoman of the year” was Anna Basalkina, Irina Grachev and Elena Kalinina. The winner was Anna Basalkina (classes: Dragon, J-70, the Academy of sailing). This year, under the command of Anna, the crew Academy has finished with the bronze medal of the season, the National sailing League. Anna also won the Russian championship in the Dragon class and took third place at the Dragon 90th Anniversary Regatta (offset Classic). The brightest start of the season was her debut in the offshore 600-mile Rolex Middle See Race, where Anne along with Igor Bytovym won a bronze medal in the Double Handed class.

In the nomination “the yachtsman of the year” the most votes from the judges were received by Feodor Druzhinin, Dmitry Balan, Dmitry Samokhin. The winner is Fyodor Druzhinin (class: Mini 6.5, Club Sailing Expeditions “North of 60”). This year yachtsman, took part in one of the most extreme regatta in the world – single of the transatlantic race Mini Transat La Boulangerie, finishing 11th in division Proto.

Also certificates of appreciation for achievements in the field of sailing from the organizers, the award went to:

ZIGZAG sailing club for his contribution to the development of the sailing traffic in St. Petersburg and the creation of a new class of yachts “MX700”

Nikita Diamonds and team charity regatta “Light.children” for organization of socially important projects in the field of yachting

ROO “Sports team sailors, the St. Petersburg river yacht club” and the crew gateleg tender “Lucullus” for organization of socially important projects in the field of yachting

The crew of the yacht “Blue bird” for the will to win

Vadim Bichler , for years of excellence in buernomu sport

Oleg Vasiliev , for years of excellence in buernomu sport

The Academy team sailing the Yacht club of Saint-Petersburg (Anna Basalkina, Vitaly Gallo, Alexander Moscow, Artem Sudakov, Marina Taran, Maria Sirotina, Maxim Berdnikov) – for the 3rd place in the overall standings of the National sailing leagues and great performances on other stages of the League (2nd place in Nizhny Novgorod and 3rd place in the Grand final of the NPL).

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Information partners of the award: radio, “Zenit”, the TV channel “Saint-Petersburg”, the newspaper “Sports day after day”, the magazine Motor Boat & Yachting magazine Yacht Russia, magazine “Tarpon”.

August 30, 2019

      St. Petersburg Sailing Championship
      In St. Petersburg, they are preparing for the main yachting event of the Northern capital – the Sailing Championship of the city. Competitions will traditionally be held in the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Racing days: August 31, September 1, 7, 8, 14, 15.

The St. Petersburg Sailing Championship is one of the oldest yachting competitions in the Northern capital; for the first time, the championship was held before the Second World War. Today this is the main start of the season in the city on the Neva, in which anyone can take part. Successful performance at the regatta allows you to get a discharge.

Due to its size, the championship is a grand sailing spectacle, giving the most complete picture of professional and amateur yachting in the city. More than 70 vessels enter the water every year to compete for the champion title, and the total number of participants exceeds 400 people. Most of the yacht classes represented in St. Petersburg are in the regatta. Cruising yachts, keel racing monotypes and sailing boards are involved here. Among them: the absolute group (yachts measured according to ORC), “L-6”, “Quarterton”, yachts of the type “Cetus” and “Konrad-44”, “Carter-30”, “Santer-760”, “Minitonnik” , "Dragon", "Platu-25", "SB20", sailing dinghies and others.

The championship of St. Petersburg among keel boats is held in parallel with the prizes of the newspaper "Evening Petersburg" – "Cup of the Big Neva". This is a prestigious historical regatta, which has been held since 1948. The competition is dedicated to the memory of Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation, sports journalist of the newspaper Valentin Semenov. The main prize is a challenge trophy made in 1947 by masters of the Leningrad Porcelain Factory named after M.V. Lomonosov.

“The victory at the St. Petersburg Sailing Championship has a special status. Along with amateurs, the most famous athletes, participants in the Olympic Games and winners of international competitions traditionally take part in the race. Over the long history of the regatta, often truly outstanding sailors became their champions. In addition, this is a very representative event. Therefore, many want to leave their name in the galaxy of winners of the race and the history of sailing. We wish good luck to all participants, let the most worthy win! ”Commented Sergey Alekseev, President of the St. Petersburg Sailing Union, Chairman of the Presidium of the All-Russian Sailing Federation.

The credentials committee for cruising yachts and keel racing monotypes will be held on September 4 and 5 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Sailing Center of the River Trade Union Yacht Club, Petrovskaya Spit, 9. For the SB-20 class, on August 29 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and August 30 from 11.00 to 15.00 in the sailing school "Krestovsky Island"

(South Road, 4). The place and time of registration of sailing boards will be announced by the competition directorate in this class.

The position is located at the link: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/5wsN/vENr4NQ59

Organizers: Committee on Physical Culture and Sports and St. Petersburg Sailing Union.

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The championship of Saint-Petersburg sailing – one of the oldest yachting competition in the Northern capital, the first time the championship was held before the Second world war. Today is the main start of the season in the city on the Neva, which can participate anyone. A successful performance at the regatta allows to discharge.

Due to its size, the championship is a great sailing spectacle, giving the most complete picture of professional and Amateur sailing in the city. Annually compete for the title of champion on the water are more than 70 vessels and the total number of participants exceeding 400 people. The regatta is the most classes of yachts, presented in St. Petersburg. It involved cruising yachts, the keel racing monotypes and sailing boards. Among them: the absolute group (yachts measured for ORC), “L-6”, “Cybertonic” yacht type “Tsetus” and “Konrad-44”, “Carter-30”, “Santer-760”, “Minitones”, “Dragon”, “Platu-25”, “SB20”, dinghies and other.

The championship of Saint Petersburg among the keel of the yacht is carried out with a parallel competition for the prizes of the newspaper “Evening Petersburg” – the “Big Neva Cup”. This prestigious and historic regatta, which is held since 1948. The competition devoted to memory of honored worker of culture of the Russian Federation, sports journalist Valentina Semenova. The main prize – the challenge trophy made in 1947 by masters of the Leningrad porcelain factory im. M. V. Lomonosov.

“Winning the championship of Saint-Petersburg sailing has a special status. Along with the fans in the race traditionally take part the most famous athletes, Olympic games participants and winners of international competitions. Over the long history of the regatta it is often the Champions became really outstanding sailors. In addition, this is a very representative event. So leave your name in the galaxy of winners of the race and of the history of sailing many people want. We wish all participants good luck, and let will win the most worthy!”, – says Sergey Alekseev, President of Saint-Petersburg sailing Union, the Chairman of the Presidium of all-Russian sailing Federation.

Credentials Committee for cruising yachts and keel of a racing monotypes will be held on 4 and 5 September from 18.00 to 21.00 in the “sailing Centre” River yacht club of trade unions, Petrovskaya Kosa, 9. For the class “SB-20” – 29 August from 11.00 to 20.00 and 30 August from 11.00 to 15.00 at the sailing school “Krestovsky island”

(South road 4). The place and time of the registration of sail boards will be announced by the Directorate of the competition in this class.

Position is the link: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/5wsN/vENr4NQ59

Organizers: Committee for physical culture and sports and the St. Petersburg sailing Union.

July 24, 2019

      Cup stays in St. Petersburg!
      The Marblehead Trophy 2019 sailing regatta among Dragon yachts has been completed. The main prize of the competition – the challenge silver cup – the whole of the next year will be kept in St. Petersburg. This was made possible thanks to the victory of Dmitry Samokhin, whose crew held on Tuesday three excellent races.

Already in the first of them, the team from the Hercules Yacht Port took a step up in the standings to its highest level, leaving the Portuguese and Pedro Andrade as a great performer in St. Petersburg and his eternal rival friends from the team of Anatoly Loginov. But the current holder of the Cup significantly complicated his position with the results of the race – the fourth place at the finish line threw him from the leading position to the second place, which also now had to be shared with Andrade. True, both pursuers were separated from Samokhin by just one point.

The fourth race had to decide if not everything, then a lot. The starting segment was better for Loginov, who for a long time kept himself in the lead, having a significant advantage over his closest rivals. With a lag, but still after him, Samokhin held the position. But in Andrade, the start of the race was not set, and the Portuguese yachtsman completed the first loop, being only 5-6 places.

However, in the second part of the distance, he began to gradually regain position after position and, having done a great tack of power, went to the top mark as the leader. Now Loginov had to pursue his rival. Samokhin also found himself in a difficult situation, who, in addition to the two teams mentioned above, was also ahead of Italian riders: from a tournament point of view, this did not suit the Russians.

The situation was resolved at the finish: Pedro Andrade came first and scored 8 points, the second was Anatoly Loginov (9 points), the third place was nevertheless pulled out by the team of Dmitry Samokhin, equaling on points with the Portuguese. According to additional indicators, the advantage is Russian yachtsmen. However, at that time it was not so important, because race committee decided to hold another, fifth race. At 16.34 the start was given. There was still time for the race – just enough wind!

Enough, but – only on one loop. The fifth race launched the mechanism of “emissions”, and thanks to this, someone as a result managed to slightly improve their standings. Victory in the final race was won by the team of Gerard Blanca (FRA 409), who eventually completed the regatta in fourth place. However, the trophy itself went to Dmitry Samokhin and his crew, who finished second, but this was enough to keep on the first line of the standings. Pedro Andrade – in second place, Anatoly Loginov – in third.

Bronze medalist of the regatta Anatoly Loginov (RUS 27):

– Because of the third place I was upset, but not much. There are a lot of competitions. Here the competition was serious. Everything is constantly changing. Conditions are not entirely predictable, and this is good. The results are almost the same. Nobody had a clear advantage, and everyone decided one or two points. Do we already think about the championship of Russia? We think we will try!

Silver medalist Regatta Pedro Andrade (POR 84):

– The day today was very unusual, the weather conditions changed very often, which was quite a difficult test for the athletes. The races were interesting because, in fact, no one had an advantage, and everyone started from scratch. For us, the day did not start too well, but still we tried to stay in the game.

The Annapurna and RocknRolla boats are some of the best in the world. It is always hard to compete with them. Very good athletes with great experience, but I can not but note the other teams, whose level is also quite high. And in general in Russia the skill of athletes is impressive.

Why could not win? For us, the starts were not very good, but I think that we had no technical errors. The wind changed very often, it was hard to predict its direction. Anatolia was a little unlucky, and he made a few mistakes. That is what did not give him the opportunity to take first place. Do I want to take revenge? Of course! And the day after tomorrow I will come back for a victory!

Regatta winner Dmitry Samokhin (RUS 76):

– Today was a nervous day. Three races are a lot. In the first we did it all, and we came leaders. In the second race of the day, the correct decision was made to cancel it. For example, we went first with a stock, then the last, also with a stock. In general, there were many permutations, the wind was completely non-racing. And the last race was dramatic. We were fifth or sixth after rounding the top mark, although at first we looked better. And everything decided the full course: we managed to get into second place. It was decided to go in the middle of the distance, and it worked. The wind was dying, so the distance was reduced, it was enough for us to win.

– Full courses on this regatta have solved a lot …

– Yes. And another thing is that in this fleet there are five or six boats on a better course than the others. And only they had real chances to win and come to winners. There were no layers between the leaders, and every point is a big gap. Every mistake, that on the full course, that on tacking, could become decisive.

– You often have to chase with foreign riders in their waters. What was it like here?

– They are quite experienced guys who won competitions of various levels. In various areas, including strangers. There are some very specific conditions, for example, complex currents, and then local riders have a serious advantage. And here we have average conditions. You just have to race well. It was clear that the same Pedro always made the right choice, going in the right direction. There was no situation where he would not know where to go.

– Are you satisfied with the victory?

– Of course. It is very nice to win a trophy that is associated with such a long history. And it is very nice to leave him in St. Petersburg next year. We hope that the new marina of the Hercules Yacht Port will be ready by the time of the regatta.

Winners and laureates of the regatta:
1st place – Dmitry Samokhin (RUS 76, Hercules Yacht Port) – 7 points
2nd place – Pedro Andrade (POR 84, Yacht Club Nautico de Tavira) – 8
3rd place – Anatoly Loginov (RUS 27, Yacht Club of St. Petersburg) – 9
4 place – Gerard Blanc (FRA 409, Yacht club de Cannes) – 16
5th place – Dmitry Bondarenko (GBR 408, Royal Ocean Racing Club) – 17

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July 22, 2019

      Marblehead Trophy started in St. Petersburg
      On Sunday, July 21, the opening ceremony of the Marblehead Trophy 2019 regatta in the Dragon Yacht class took place at the Yacht Club in St. Petersburg.

© Elena Razina

22 teams from yacht clubs of Great Britain, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Russia, Finland, France and Estonia are allowed to participate in the races. All of them gathered in the main tent of the regatta, where the leaders of the organizing committee and representatives of the judiciary turned to them.

The president of the Russian Dragon Class Association, Boris Latkin, recalled that the Marblehead Trophy 2019 is a jubilee regatta with a 90-year history. Becoming a part of this story is a great honor for the organizers and participants of the competition. “I hope we will with great pleasure and in fair competition determine who will own the cup all next year,” said Latkin.

The regatta director Tatyana Kurbatova in her welcoming speech also wished the teams an interesting wrestling and recalled that in addition to competitions, the regatta offers its participants an interesting coastal program. Among the surprises is a sponsored lottery, excursions in St. Petersburg, a traditional dinner from the host organization. “We hope that the days spent in our city will long remain in your memory!”

Fears of the judges regarding the weather conditions (the forecast promised calm weather) by the time of the first start were dispelled by a completely stable westerly wind blowing at a speed of 7-8 knots. The first race of the regatta lasted just over an hour. It is interesting to note that all the teams representing foreign yacht clubs, these sixty minutes were in the top ten. True, they did not succeed in waving to the leading position – Anatoly Loginov confidently headed from the start to the finish. Teams from Portugal, Great Britain, as well as Dmitry Samokhin representing the yacht port “Hercules”, succeeding each other, chased the crew of the cup winners. However, they did not succeed in this struggle.

The second race of the day confirmed the well-known truth that defending the cup to its owners is not an easy task. The contenders for the historic trophy have enough desire, strength and skills to fight hard for an honorary prize. Portuguese Pedro Andrade was the first on the top sign and on the gate, and only in the last full course he lost the fight to Anatoly Loginov and Dmitry Samokhin. The teams of Gerard Blanc and Dmitry Bondarenko finished closely behind the leaders. This time Samokhin celebrated his victory, who scored 4 points for the day. One point less for Loginov, one more point for Portuguese riders.

Pedro Andrade (Portugal):

– In the first race, we tried to hold on to Anatoly Loginov and at some point even came close to get ahead of him, but … We started the second race quite well, successfully started, were in the lead on the first loop, but then the wind played bad with us a joke, and by the time we reached the top mark for the second time, our rivals had already caught up with us. And here on the rounding we made the biggest mistake in this race, we made an extra turn instead of going to the finish line immediately. I think the reason for this was the loss of concentration – our fatigue, caused by the fact that we arrived late on the eve, and had to prepare the boat for the races early in the morning, had an effect. As a result, they lost two places to their closest rivals.

First day results –

http://marblehead.russiandragon.ru/results/

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In the first of them is the team from the Yacht port “Hercules” made a move up the standings at its highest level, leaving astern and well speaker in St. Petersburg Portuguese Pedro Andrade, and their age-old friends-contenders from the team of Anatoly Loginov. But the current holder of the Cup with the outcome of this race has greatly complicated his position to fourth place at the finish dropped him from the leading position to second place, which also now had to share with Andrade. However, from Samokhina both pursuers separated by only one point.

The fourth race was supposed to solve if not everything, much. The starting period is better managed Loginov, who has long kept in the lead, having a significant advantage over their closest rivals. Behind, but still behind him kept the position and Samokhin. But Andrade beginning of the race was asked, and Portuguese sailor first loop has completed, while only 5-6 places.

However, the second part of the race he gradually began to win back the positions one by one and very powerful after tacking, the upper sign left as a leader. Now Loginov had to chase his opponent. In a difficult situation was and Samokhin, which, in addition to these two teams, ahead of another Italian riders from the tournament point of view, it is the Russians were not satisfied.

The situation was resolved already at the finish line: Pedro Andrade came first and scored 8 points, the second and left Anatoly Loginov (9 points), third place got the team of Dmitry Samokhin, having caught up on points with the Portuguese. Additional indicators the advantage of the Russian sailors. But at that time it was not so important, because the race Committee decided to hold another, the fifth race. At 16.34 was launched. Time for the race was just to have enough wind!

Enough, but only one loop. The fifth race started the mechanism of “emissions”, and thus someone in the result did little to improve their standings. The victory in the final race was won by the team of gérard Blanca (FRA 409), which eventually finished the regatta in fourth place. However, the trophy went to Dmitry Samohin and his crew, who finished second, but it was enough to hold on to first place in the tournament table. Pedro Andrade – in the second place, Anatoly Loginov third.

The bronze prize-winner of the regatta Anatoly Loginov (RUS 27):

– For the third place was upset, but not much. A lot of the competition. Here, the competition was serious. Everything is constantly changing. Conditions are not entirely predictable, and that’s good. The results are almost all the same. A clear advantage nobody had, and all decided by one or two points. Do we care about the Russian League? I think we will try!

Silver medal winner of the regatta Pedro Andrade (POR 84):

The day today was a very unusual weather conditions are very often changed, which was quite an ordeal for the athletes. The race was interesting because, in fact, no one had benefits, and everything starts as if from scratch. For us the day started not too good, but still we tried to stay in the game.

Boats Annapurna and RocknRolla among the best in the world. It is always hard to compete with them. Very good athletes with great experience, but we cannot fail to mention the rest of the team, which is also quite high. And generally in Russia the skill of the athletes is impressive.

Why couldn’t you win? For us, the starts were not very good, but I think that technical errors we had. The wind changed very often, it was hard to predict its direction. Anatoly was a bit unlucky, and he made a few mistakes. This is what gave him the opportunity to take first place. If I want to take revenge? Of course! And the day after tomorrow will come back for the win!

The winner of the regatta Dmitry Samokhin (RUS 76):

Today was a nervous day. Three races is a lot. At first we did it and we came leaders. In the second race of the day was the decision on its abolition. We, for example, was first a stock, the latter, also with the stock. In General, there were many permutations, the wind was absolutely not a race. And the last race was dramatic. We were fifth or sixth after rounding the top mark, although the first looked better. And all agreed a full course: we managed to get second place. Decided to go for the middle of the race, and it worked. The wind died, so the distance was reduced, that was enough for the victory.

– Full courses for the regatta much to decide…

Yes. And the fact that this fleet five or six boats on a better course than others. And only they had a real chance to win and come in the winners. Wasn’t interlayer between the leaders, and every point is a big gap. Every mistake, which is full aware that the running downwind, could be decisive.

– You often have to chase foreign drivers in their area. What they did here?

They are quite experienced guys who have won competitions of different levels. In various areas, including the unfamiliar. There are really quite specific conditions, e.g., complex currents, and then the local racers have a big advantage. And conditions average. You just have to chase. It was evident that the same Pedro always made the right choices, going in the right direction. It was not a situation where he would not know where to go.

– Are you satisfied with the victory?

– Of course. Very nice to win a trophy that is associated with such a long history. And very nice to leave him in St. Petersburg next year. I hope that the new Marina Yacht port “Hercules” by the time the regatta will be already ready.

The winner of the regatta:
1 place – Dmitry Samokhin (RUS 76, the Yacht port “Hercules”) – 7 points
2nd place – Pedro Andrade (POR 84, Yacht Club Nautico de Tavira) – 8
3 place – Anatoly Loginov (RUS 27, the Yacht club of Saint-Petersburg) – 9
4th place – Gerard Blanc (FRA 409, Yacht club de Cannes) – 16
5 place – Dmitry Bondarenko (GBR 408, Royal Ocean Racing Club) – 17

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      Sailing Champions League arrives in St. Petersburg
      From July 4 to July 7, the third qualifying stage of the European Sailing Champions League 2019 will be held in St. Petersburg

European Sailing Champions League – a competition of the best athletes of the continent. St. Petersburg Yacht Club has been accepting this competition in Russia since 2016.

This time, more than 20 strongest yacht clubs in Europe will present teams in St. Petersburg that have won prizes in the national sailing leagues of their countries. On Neva, athletes will compete for a place in the final of the Sailing Champions League, which will be held in Switzerland in August.

21 teams from 13 countries will arrive in St. Petersburg. These are the best yacht clubs in Germany, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, Poland, Russia, Finland, France.

Russia will be represented by 5 teams – the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, PIRogovo (Moscow), the St. Petersburg Yacht Club Sailing Academy, ArtTube RUS1 (Moscow), Calipso (Tuapse).

Everyone can come to the beach of the Peter and Paul Fortress to support the athletes. Throughout all the racing days, professional sailing race commentators will work: Honored Master of Sports, 1998 world champion in the Olympic class Soling, Sergey Volchkov and Match TV commentator Alexei Zhirov.

Competitions are held on the same (monotype) yachts of class J70.

Official site of the Sailing Champions League –

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June 6, 2019

      Polish yacht stuck in Petersburg because of the heat
      The forty-foot four-foot Polish yacht Lady Dana, going up Petersburg along the Neva River, faced an unexpected obstacle today – could not pass the Ladoga bridge on the Cola highway, which was supposed to be diluted for her this afternoon, as scheduled ..

The fact is that the layout of the bridge (and the height of the mast at the yacht is 21.5 meters, which allows it to pass only under diluted bridges) is allowed by the rules only when the air temperature is not higher than +25 degrees Celsius. Today in St. Petersburg, the air warmed up much stronger. Therefore, the bridge layout for our Polish guests was postponed until tomorrow: from 10:00 to 10:45 in the morning, the movement of cars would stop and make a bridge for the Polish guests.

Lady Dana is well-known in St. Petersburg and in the north of our country, she already went to the Arctic Around the World Route, and went down the Neva last fall.

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The thing is that the wiring of the bridge (and the height of the mast at the yacht — 21.5 meters, which allows it to only pass under the bridges) according to the rules is permitted only when the air temperature is not above +25 degrees Celsius. Today in St. Petersburg, the air warmed noticeably stronger. Therefore, the wiring bridge for our Polish guests were moved to tomorrow from 10: 00 to 10:45 a.m. the traffic will stop and throw a bridge for the Polish people.
 

Lady Dana is well known in St. Petersburg and in the North of our country, she went to the polar circumnavigation of the NSR, and also a boat trip down the Neva river last fall.