ZSC: New club bus
In mid-October, the Zurich Sailing Club (ZSC) received its long-awaited club bus. The nine-seater Citroen Space Tourer will primarily be used by the Youth Team and has already been put to use at the ILCA PM in StÀfa. The benches can be folded up quickly and without tools so that goods can be transported instead of people. With a towing capacity of no less than 3.5 tons, it can pull the dinghy trailer and even move the ZSC starter ship Falbala effortlessly on the road. The purchase was made possible by the generous support of the Emil Frey Group and Citroën Switzerland. z-s-c.ch/
Lake Lucerne Cup: good participation
Many yachts took part in the Lake Lucerne Cup throughout the season, including the final BĂŒrgenstock Race. The high participation is probably due to the new classification and handicap calculation system. The new formula is simpler, fairer and makes it unnecessary to measure the boats, which greatly simplifies the inclusion of new boats in the categories. Thanks to his victory in the last regatta, Alexander Seiler from Regattaverein Brunnen won the annual ranking of the Lake Lucerne Cup in Racer Class 1 for the first time thanks to his victory in the last regatta. Last year’s winner Pascal Marty had to retire due to a broken mast. vierwaldstaettersee-cup.ch
compasscup: S2 Immobilien Promotion confident
The eighth and final act of the compasscup was held in glorious sunshine, but the wind was a long time coming. The host Zurich Yacht Club had set up everything perfectly with its floating clubhouse as a stage in the middle of the Zurich lake basin. Two races were held after all, and the overall standings were finally decided. With 13 points and an impressive dominance, S2 Immobilien Promotion from Segelclub MĂ€nnedorf took the annual victory, followed by clubmates Team Werubau and Azzurra from Segelclub StĂ€fa, who made it back onto the podium for the first time since 2021. Team Silvia from Regattaverein Brunnen missed out on 3rd place by a hair’s breadth. compasscup.ch
85 years sailing club Hallwil
There was a lot of celebrating and racing in the anniversary year. Which club of this size can boast 40 boats at the start of its club championship? At the end of the season, the Hallwil Sailing Club in Beinwil organized several regattas in various classes. After the Dinghy and Tempest Weekend at the end of September, the 15 SNS and Star classes were invited in October. The final Sigi Meier Memorial was attended by 14 Star boats. After two races, Kurt Scheidegger/ Beatrice Rebsamen (TYC/YCR) were crowned the winners. sc-hallwil.ch
CVLL: Coppa IBSA
A good title sponsor is half the battle for a successful regatta event. The Circolo Velico Lago di Lugano
(CVLL) has found an ideal partner in the pharmaceutical company IBSA and has been able to organize the Coppa IBSA for the third time the Coppa IBSA for the third time. 150 sailors took part. Despite little wind, they competed in seven categories
for titles. For Fabio Bernardi, Deputy Head of Swiss Business Operations – IBSA Switzerland, the event was a complete success.
success: “With the Coppa IBSA, we not only want to support the sport itself, but also what the sport stands for: an environment in which everyone can get involved and learn to work together and overcome their limits. Our support reflects the values that guide our daily commitment to health, well-being and integration. integration.” cvll.ch
Special Olympics 2026 in Zug
The Special Olympics National Summer Games will take place in Zug in 2026. At this major event from May 28 to 31
2026, around 2000 mentally impaired athletes will compete in 16 different sports. They will be supported by 700 coaches and around 1000 volunteers. The Yacht Club Zug (YCZ) will organize the sailing competitions on Lake Zug for a maximum of 15 teams and provide support on land. The overarching aim is to bring diversity and inclusion to life and create encounters. At an information event, many YCZ members showed interest in getting involved in the event. yczug.ch
Youth Ocean Sailing: heading for the Canary Islands
The catamaran of the non-profit youth association from Lake Constance has left the Mediterranean. After stops in the south of France, Sardinia and Corsica with families and training cruises, the Vellamo has set course for Mallorca and Gibraltar. The passage through the eye of the needle at Gibraltar was passed close to the African shore, and fortunately there were no unpleasant encounters with orcas. In winter, they will continue via Lanzarotte to Tenerife, where they will dock at Marina Santa Cruz in April. During the crossing, the association offers courses for the offshore license. oceanyouthsailing.com
Fall Prize Lake Thun
The crews of thirteen kites and eight 5.5s met at the Lake Thun Yacht Club for the Autumn Prize. Although there was only wind in the afternoon on both days of the competition, five races were held. In the 5.5s, the trio of JĂŒrg Ryffel, Christoph Burger and Peter Vlasov from the Rapperswil yacht club won three of the races to take a commanding victory. In the dragon class, the local crew of Garlef Baum had to give way to a German team. dragon-class.ch
Lake Zurich Long Distance Cup
The Lake Zurich Sailing Association (ZSV) with its 29 clubs around Lake Zurich, Obersee, Greifensee, PfÀffikersee and Sihlsee is the largest Swiss Sailing regional association. It can look back on an active 2025 season. The focus was once again on the Lake Zurich Long Distance Cup. It was concluded with the Cruiser Cup, which was sailed in rainy weather and rising breeze at the Yacht Club Horgen. Although Bruno Schmid from the Enge Sailing Club was unable to win here,
he secured the annual ranking in the premier class on his Chaps30 with three event victories. R1. zsv.info/
Yacht Club Lucerne buys J70 as club boat
With the purchase of its own J70, the Yacht Club Lucerne is putting a central point of its 2025 mission statement “a breath of fresh air” into practice: the promotion of young sailors. The new club boat, which will replace or supplement the J70 previously rented from Sailcom, will create significantly better and more flexible training opportunities. These were immediately put to intensive use by the established league team as well as the successful ladies and the enthusiastic youth team. The dedicated J70 now makes it possible to anchor league sailing more broadly in the club and introduce new talent to it in a targeted manner. A big step for the future of sailing in Lucerne.ycl.ch/
