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Dinner for JWC 2016 competitors
JWC 2016 race 1 DN Junior and Ice-Optimist starting positions
The lottery is over. You can find yourself on the startlist for tommorrow race number 1.
Good luck, fair winds to everyone.
JWC 2016 Sailing Instruction and Application Form
Dear DN Juniors, Ice-Optimist Sailors, Parents and Coaches
You can find here:
If you print it at home, it will be easier to handle with it during the registration.
See You in Viljandi/Estonia
Think Ice
Jerzy Sukow, P-345, Junior Programme Manager IDNIYRA
JWC 2016 – FINAL
Dear Young DN and Ice-Optimist Iceboaters, coaches, parents and voluneers
Confirmation: the location of Junior World Championschips 2016 is Valma in Estonia,
Launching area: 58°36’65.8″N 25°96’59.0″E
Accomandation and Headquarter will be in “Grand Hotel Viljandi”. Town: Viljandi
So far the ice is safe, although there are some drain holes indicated by Judges. We hope to have more frost during the racing week so the conditions should be better and better
THINK ICE
See you in Estonia
Jerzy Sukow, P-345, JPM IDNIYRA
JWC 2016 – Update 2
Junior World Championship 2016 – Update 1
Dear Iceboaters, Coaches, Parents
The main Junior Event is closer and closer. I realize that every of you is wondering where you are going to take place. There is no sailable ice in Poland, Lithuania so the primary site – Estonia – primary site and Latvia as the reserve are the countries where we still can sail on JWC 2016. Due to Estonian Ice Sailing Union members we have information about three sailable lakes in Estonia. There is still aproximetally 20-25 cm of hard ice. According to the weather forecasts after a few warmer days, it is going to freeze again on the nearest Thurday, the 11th of Feb.
It`s still to early to point the best spot so please, stay tuned.
I hope to inform you as soon as it is possible about the place of JWC 2016.
Think Ice
Jerzy Sukow, P-345, IDNIYRA JPM
Pictures from EC/WC 2016 – Update
Hi, by this link you can download pictures form WC / EC 2016.
Photos are available only for personal use 🙂
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ddnf7uwphwohipk/AACtW77iMdDy9vJl7FH8dEEJa?dl=0
Have a nice day
Pavlina 🙂
Racing day begins
By Tomasz Zakrzewski
World and European Championship 2016 Conclusions
Dear Friends
we were lucky this time to have pulled off both Championships. It is not only the weather allowing us to do that. There is a lot of volunteers and People involved to get it done each other year. We are an Amateur sport. Therefore we need People in the Board and running the races who are willing and capable to do so. This year, most of you may have realized, there were changes in the PRC and an independant PRO was in place. For all of them it was the first time to work in this international combination. Without these People we could not continue our Amateur Sport at such a professional level! With Daan Schütte (DN Vice World Champion from 1998) and Hennie van der Brink together with Kuba Mihalczyk and his team we were very lucky to have the Expertise needed. Thanks you!!! Further all the voluntary board members worked perfectly hand in hand! Thanks to them as well. A lot will leave the board this year or within the next years after many years of dedicated work with hundreds of hours involved. Be aware without those guys being replaced (this April the Treasurer and Commodore) the quite complex organisation cannot continue to function. Therefore the board is happy for new volunteers (perhaps you) to share responsibility for our class.
At the secreatries Meeting in Riga this year in April in Riga, we will go through the lessons learnt from this event and come up with additional ideas for the future. If you have any suggestions how to develop the class, work of the board or race management please have those passed on to us latest until the end of march. This is important and will give us the chance to put them on the meeting’s Agenda.
Good luck at the upcoming Championships (Swedish, Polish, North Americans, Baikal and all others too).
Be aware there at this Moment there are two boat spots left in the Container for the “Open Russian Championship” the “Asia Cup” and “Baikal Cup” at Lake Baikal from April 2nd until April 9th 2016. If interested in further Information regarding Baikal contact H-467 “Dideric(at)me.com” immediately!
Enjoy the winter as soon its back or already!
JoerG-737
European DN Champions 2016
Congratulations to all Winners of EC 2016
European Championships 2016 – Series Standing – final
1. US- 44 Ron Sherry
2. P- 114 Michal Burczynski
3. O- 31 Madars Alvikis
4. P- 36 Karol Jablonski
5. P- 55 Tomasz Zakrzewski
6. O- 311 Matiss Alvikis
7. D- 112 Thomas Ebler
8. P- 254 Rafal Sielicki
9. P- 338 Maciej Zarnowski
10. G- 936 Jost Kolb
European Championships – New Starting lists
New group spliting and new starting lists :
See you on the ice, Kuba
European Championship 2016 Update 3
Dear Friends
Right now the race course got checked again. The ice surface is as perfect as it can get. Drain holes are less than 10 cm. The rain stopped. We are looking at a clear night with much lower temperatures. 2 fleets remaining. Be ready for the first start at 10:00 tomorrow. Next Information at Skippers meeting at 09:00.
Enjoy your day off!
JoerG-737
Airforce Museum Linköping
Alternative Programm
Last exit when coming from Norrköping, (Linköping West). You will find a sign to the museum. Free entrance for us.
European Championships 2016 – Update 2 – Please make recheck-in
No sailing today was announced at the skippers meeting at 9.00h. There might be a chance to sail tomorrow in a gap the weatherforecast predicts. Skippers meeting tomorrow at 9.00h on ice.
All sailors who want to start tomorrow should make a recheck-in at the Scandic Central from 12.00 – 14.00 and 16.00 – 18.00h
European Championship 2016 Update 1
Der Friends
currently the lastest predictions show slightly less wind for Friday. Let’s see how the situation will have evolved until Skippers Meeting tomorrow at 09:00. Almost as usual everything is possible.
Think Ice and for slightly less wind!
JoerG-737
European Championships 2016 – 1. Day
No sailing due to strong winds and mirror like ice.
The Champions WC 2016
Congratulation to all winners
1. Karol Jablonski
2. Michael Burczinski
3. Vaiko Voorema
4. Lukasz Zakzewski
5. Ron Sherry
6. Matis Alvikis
7. Madars Alvikis
8. Argo Voorema
9. Fredrik Lönegren
10. Thomas Ebler
World Championships 2016 – final day
As we are going to Prize Giving Ceremony of World Champoinships 2016 I’m posting provisional results:
DN World Championship Completed Today
Deb here again posting under Commodore Joerg Bohn’s account.
What a day! Wish you all could have been here. The weather was gloomy when we arrived at the ice but the wind was up. Racing was called on and out we went to the course. Visibility wasn’t as good as everyone had hoped right before the racing but then the sun eventually came out and we had some fantastic racing in all fleets. The ice was covered with water and the wind was brisk.
Results are being tabulated right down the hall in the hotel but all signs indicate, Karol Jablonski P36 has won his 10th Gold Cup Championship. Amazing!
There were different visitors to the number one starting position today including Tomas Lindgren S81, Ron Sherry US44, and Frederic Lonegren S8.
There was also quite a few mast failures during the day as well.
Stay tuned for results. Off we go to the prize giving.
European Championship starts tomorrow.
No Wind
“Weisswurst”, Beer and other food by the Bavarian Fleet, Germany