It could not have been a more exciting weekend for the first and second J/70 Germany Sailing Leagues in Glücksburg. For the second league, it was all or nothing because the weekend decided which four clubs were going to be promoted to the first league in 2018. The four happy climbers into the first league after the weekend’s sailing were Itzehoe SC, Flensburg SC, the Academic Sailing Association Warnemünde and the Blankeneser SC. “Our goal was not to finish any of the events worse than the fifth place. We succeeded! So, we are at the top of the table, and we are very happy about participating in the first league,” enthused Christian Soyka, skipper of Itzehoe. Soyka’s crew included Moritz Burmester, Ole Harder and Oliver Lewin. First Sailing League Report: In the first sailing league, Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee won the event in Glücksburg. The Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (NRV) and the Deutscher Touring YC (DTYC) took second and third place. Before the Grand Finale, the DTYC leads the overall season series table ahead of the NRV and the Segel-und Motorboot Club Überlingen. The team from Bavaria still has a chance to defend their championship title from last year, and there is no question it will be close, tough racing in Berlin. Just six points separate the top three teams after five events in the season series: Prien, Lindau, Kiel, Travemunde and Glucksburg. The Grand Finale will take place from November 1-3 in Berlin. For more German J/70 Sailing League information, visit http://segelbundesliga.de/.