The Yacht Club of Saint-Petersburg hosted 61 windsurfers between the 21st and 24th June for the Hercules Windsurfing Cup. Ten races took place across six classes which included the DNK 5.0, DNK 6.8, SLALOM, National Class, Formula and Start-class.
Vladimir Liubomirov, Commodore of the Yacht Club of Saint-Petersburg, commented on the Hercules Windsurfing Cup; “We host a lot of sailing events for dinghies, such as the Gazprom Optimist Cup and the Sails of White Nights ISAF match racing event, so it is encouraging to see us branch out to include and attract such a large number of windsurfers. It just goes to show that the Yacht Club of Saint-Petersburg is a versatile venue that is perfect for all types of watersports.”
Kirill Vonogov, Event Organiser, added; “This year we had even more classes as the event grows in popularity and it was great to see such a broad spectrum of ages represented throughout the regatta.”
The Hercules Windsurfing Cup was organized by the Yacht Club of Saint-Petersburg and was supported by the Federation of Windsurfing and Kitesurfing, as well as the Russian Sailing Federation.
Winners
DNK 6.8 – Grigory Mikhalev
DNK 5.0 – Sergei Karavan
Slalom – Nikolai Zhavoronkov
National Class – Timur Sibatulin
Formula – Aleksandr Druzhinin
Start-class – Gleb Kozlov