On the first day of the sailing on the mountain lake of Davos, the Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) and the Regattaclub Bodensee made it clear they were in top form. In difficult wind conditions, the fresh north wind turned strong, and both teams constantly sailed in the top two places, with the Lake Constance team from Bodensee getting the best of their fellow sailors 1-1-2-3-3-3-1 tally to easily lead the fleet of a dozen teams from across Switzerland. After a poor start on the second day of the competition, the Seglervereinigung Kreuzlingen clawed their back up the ladder to take the second position behind the Bodensee crew as the winner of the day. Meanwhile, also experiencing a rise up the leaderboard was the Club Nautique de Versoix (CNV); they leapt from 11th place to third overall after posting a 1-2-1-4-1-2. On the final day, the sun shone with a nice westerly wind between 4-8 knots. A further 12 races were scored, and the round was completed for the regatta with the maximum program of 42 races. Regattaclub Bodensee’s crew of Massimo Soriano, Lea Rüegg, Stefan Zurfluh and René Ott won four of their last six races to clinch their victory in the Davos event, the second to last one of the Swiss Sailing Super League Series. The Seglervereinigung Kreuzlingen team of Tom Rüegge, Peter Fritschi, Stefan Stäheli and Michael Hermann sailed a consistent series to easily take the silver. In the fight for the final bronze position on the podium, it was a wide-open battle until the final race between four teams. The Société Nautique de Genève, the junior team of Regattaclub Oberhofen, the Club Nautique de Versoix and the Yacht Club Bielersee were all within five points of each other before their last race. The juniors from Oberhofen seized the opportunity and overtook the favorites from Geneva to snatch the bronze. As a result of the Davos regatta, Regattaclub Bodensee have increased their overall series lead with finishes of 3-2-2-1 for 8 points total for the Swiss Sailing Super League series. Now sitting five points back is the Societe Nautique de Geneve with 13 points total. Then, the kids from Oberhofen closed their gap considerably with the Genevans, sitting just one point back in third overall with 14 points total. And after winning the first two regattas then taking a 12th in the Luzern event, the SVK Team are back in the hunt with their second place finish to sit in fourth for the series with 16 points total. For more Swiss J/70 Sailing League information, visit https://swiss-sailing-league.ch/.

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