As the first major J/70 regatta of the season hosted by Potsdamer YC on the Wannsee in Berlin, Germany, it was the team of JUST IN TIME skippered by Gordon Nickel (including Sebastian Rocke, Fiege Nils-Mathes, Nils Merten Farber) who took the 13-boat fleet overall honors. The event had two days of racing with six total races: three each on Saturday and Sunday. Both days were just about perfect with 8-18 knots of breeze. For the first day of sailing, the crew of DUFTe skippered by Frank-Uwe Fuchs was the leader with a 1-7-1 tally. Tied for second were Nickel’s JUST IN TIME team with a 6-6-2 and Maxmilian Nickel’s team on JUKEBOX with a 4-3-5. The second day of sailing brought more good breezes, more sun and even shiftier, puffier breezes. In the end, it was Nickel’s JUST IN TIME crew that closed out the regatta with a strong series of races and won with a scorecard of 6-6-2-2-2-1 for 13 points net. The next two boats on the podium ended up tied on points for second overall. Winning the tie-breaker with a record of 1-7-1-5-6-4 for 17 points net was Fuchs’ DUFTe from Yacht Club Berlin Grünau. Third was Max Nickel’s Berliner Yacht Club team sitting on a 4-3-5-1-4-5 record on the same 17 points net (they were the only team in the top three to score all top five finishes). Of note was the family team aboard QUICKLY BEE (GER 728): Jürgen Freiheit sailed with his wife Birgit Freiheit and their son Oliver Freiheit and his girlfriend Martje Uecker. After just taking delivery of their boat, this was their first major J/70 regatta and they managed a third in their first race and a first in their fifth race of the regatta.