2015 Tornado European Open and Mixed Championships – Demanding Day 1

by Maria Tsaousidou on 14 Jun 2015 2015 Tornado European Championship – Two races were completed on the first day. The weather was sunny in lake Lipno, but the very shifty, gusty and light wind made the race demanding for the sailors.

Greek Redbull team of Dany Paschalidis and Kostas Trigonis managed to stay in front in both races so they are leading with two points. Roland Gaebler and Nahid Gaebler ( J..J. Darboven team) from Germany are in the second place having equal points with the Hellenic Police team of Nikolaos Mavros and Alexandros Tagaropoulos.

In the Mixed category, Roland and Nahid Gaebler are on the first place. The second place goes to Dietmar and Silvia Salzmann from Austria who are followed by Piekavski Zbigniew and Gorska Ewa from Poland.

Here is a statement of the leader, Dany Paschalidis:
“ Interesting wind condition with a lot of shifts. We had to be alert not to lose any wind bend. From the results it seems that we did better than the others, but it is going to be a very difficult championship. Let's see who is going to win.”

For more information, check out the event's website and International Tornado Class website.

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