After a slow start in the first event and beginning to pick up steam after their second event in the J/70 Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga, the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (NRV) team (with the former Olympic sailor Tobias Schadewaldt on board) hung on to win their first event of the 2017 season. Their team of Tobias Schadewaldt, Daniel Reichart, Florian Weser and Klaas Höpcke sailed consistently to the front of the fleet in different wind conditions. “Although we made too many mistakes at the start, we were able to make good use of our chances in the race course,” explained Schadewaldt. The second place team was Segelkameradschaft Wappen von Bremen (SWB) that consisted of Gordon Nickel, Thomas Dehler, Klaas Simon and Morten Nickel. They were just 2.6 points back from NRV. The team from the Berliner Yacht Club (Philipp Bruhns, Valentin Gebhardt, Maximilian Nickel, Max Wohlfeil) finished third with 41 points. Rounding out the top five was determined by a tie-breaker on 44 points each between Lubecker YC and Bayerischer YC, with LYC winning the count-back. As a result, after three events in the DSBL (Prien/Lindau/Kiel), the NRV have found themselves back on top of the leaderboards with a 10-2-1 record for 13 points. Second is now Segel-und Motorboot Club Uberlingen with a 1-4-10 tally for 15 points. Third is currently determined on a tie-break between Berliner YC and Deutscher Touring YC at 16 points each, with the nod going to BYC. Sitting in fifth place is Bayerischer YC with 18 points. For more J/70 German Sailing League information, visit http://segelbundesliga.de/.