J/70 Türkiye Championship and Tenzor International Cup Final Leg - Day 1
by Burak Zengin 21 Nov 2025 23:48 AEDT
19-23 November 2025
J/70 Türkiye Championship day 1 © Seayou Agency
The opening ceremony and skipper briefing were held at D Marine Turgutreis and gave the official start of J/70 Turkish Championship, final Leg of Türkiye Tour and opening stage of Tenzor International Cup Winter Series.
Organizers welcomed the fleet, saying the event is growing year to year.
"Great teams are here to test against the best of the best. We've seen well-prepared boats and a lot of professionals among Open and One Pro divisions. Well, the good number of Corinthians crews are here also to fight", - marked Burak Zengin, CEO of Tenzor Sailing Club Türkiye.
An over-enthusiastic fleet of 20 J/70s were introduced and bolted off the line on Day One of racing. The RC team promptly set up the race course.
"We used the Vakaros system for the first time in Türkiye to set up the starting line, after which they gave the teams 20 minutes to familiarize themselves with their Vakaros devices. In this race, both TAYK's robotic buoys and the Vakaros system were used in an integrated manner, with the two systems working together seamlessly to ensure a smooth and successful outcome, - stated Can Giray, the Principal Race Officer of regatta..
The first race began in 12-knot winds from a 120-degree direction and was completed smoothly in around 57 minutes.
Russian Bogatyrs skippered by Igor Rytov finished first ahead of Ptichki Sailing Team, helmed by Elvira Pinchuk and Tenzor Team of Andrey Pushkin. The best Turkish team in this race was Cheese Sailing helmed by Gunay Kaptan, finishing 5th just after Bars Sailing Team.
Among Corinthians Ayaz Jr team successfully started with the win followed by MYSK and Eker Efsane Yogurt.
Preparations were then completed for the same course for the second race, which started immediately. This race was also completed without incident in the same time.
Race action was hot. Bogatyrs led the fleet, pole to pole with Tenzor Team who finally finished second in this race. Third across the line was Turkish Fenerbahce Dogus Yelken with Ates Cinar at the helm.
The wind began to change, and it started to rain for the third and final race of the day. After the start, before the second leg began, the RC team shortened the leg length and moved the mark#1 to 160 degrees. Despite the decreasing wind speed and rain, the race was completed on time.
Corinthian MYSK - Gelner Sailing Team with Batu Ozonur at the helm remarkably showed the best time, second on the finish line was Ameera Jet skippered by Emir Icgoren followed by Bogatyrs taking 3rd place in this race.
"The first day of the Turkish Championship took place in a beautiful breeze blowing from the south. With every team having a real chance and the competition at the highest level, the racing was truly on a World Championship standard. We completed three races, during which we tested the new Vakaros system, and thanks to its flawless performance, it provided great convenience for all competitors.It was a challenging and intense day for us", - commented Ameera Jet skipper Emir Icgoren.
After three races Russian Bogatyrs was placed at the top of the leaderboard, in a tie with Elvira Pinchuk's Ptichki Sailing Team.
"The most interesting situation on the water was at the first upwind of the last race of the day where we were on the left side and all the fleet was on the right sideof the distance. We took huge gap and we were first on the top mark, but then the wind was dropped and unfortunately we have lost some positions but we are happy, because during the day we were quite stable. Tomorrow we will try to catch Bogatyrs", - said Egor Terpigorev from Ptichki Sailing Team.
Dolce Vita helmed by Inna Balashova took the 3rd position at the end of Day 1 followed by Tenzor Team and Denizcik finishing with equal points.
In Corinthians, MYSK - Gelnar Sailing Team is on top position, Aayz Jr and Eker Efsane Yogurt took second and third place respectively.
Competition continues with new battles through Saturday beginning at 12:00pm for the first warning signal.
Top 10 after 3 races:
1. Bogatyrs 5.0
2. Ptichki Sailing Team 12.0
3. Dolce Vita 18.0
4. Tenzor Team 20.0
5. Denizcik 20.0
6. Bars Sailing Team 21.0
7. Hubex 22.0
8. Ameera Jet 24.0
9. Cheese Sailing 24.0
10. MYSK - Gelnar Sailing Team 28.0