Kiel ! A magic name for every sailors...

... But sometimes so hard to participate for french crews due to timing of final exams...

Price to pay for this second and last year participation of Jim/Victor is a "nuit blanche" in transport with a pick up in Amsterdam airport ...but how can you miss this event before leaving the 420 class ?

=> The biggest concentration of light sailing boats in Europe...and in the world !

=> A demo of german "savoir faire" in term of organisation with slow driving shining "Audi quattro" to help to park the trailers...Who says you cannot find money in dinghy sailing ?

=> A reasonnable price to participate thanks to the huge green camping next to the water where you can throw your individual tent for 5 euros/night and with cheap food nearby.

=> The vintage Ostgerman style lay out including the loudy speaker nobody can miss during the day, but a real youngsters melting pot with modern "bon enfant" music during evenings.

=> Above all: Top race in the year with straight rules: 2016 offer170 crews from 16 countries ...

Each serious as no serious sailor must participate once to this special event

DAY 1: 6 albums 554 pictures

3 fleet for 3 races with light medium wind and shoppy conditions with a reduction on last race.

No splash today, these pictures are just a way to show you were in Kiel on this 23 june.

160323 Kiel day1 A (race 1 yellow) 70 pict.

160323 Kiel day1 B (race1 blue) 65 pict.

160323 Kiel day1 C (race1 red) 76 pict.

160323 Kiel day1 D 115 pict.

160323 Kiel day1 E 115 pict.

160323 Kiel day1 F 113 pict.

DAY 2: 1 album 89 pictures (2 starts 420, classics n J70)

Storm was not far and warning signal arrived only at 16h30 for some series including 420, 2 starts (yellow and blue) cancellation and all boats return to dock;

A day to watch the classics and J70... life is everywhere during Kiel week including downtown each evening.

160624 Kiel day 2 Classics & J70

DAY 3:

2 albums 255 pictures

Grey and wet day in Kiel ...with a waiting party under the rain to start and a finish with even more  rain to sail back to dock: 3 races anyway with a wind catching up along the day.

Some pictures are "limit" to be on line but as nobody else is stupid enough to risk expensive Nikon material with such a weather, 267 pictures ll give a memory about this 3rd day.

130625 Kiel day3 A 123 pict.

130526 Kiel day3 B 132 pict.

DAY 4: 4 albums, 333 pict.

3 races with Sun and Splash for the final day

160526 Kiel day4 Gold A 69 pict.

As many times final result put the best best crews on the 10% top places and wind versatility (as 3rd, 8th and 9th races on this 2016 Kiel regatta)

choice the winner ...

In that way,  the rule of 2 discards instead of 1 is very usefull in KIEL and release also a lot of stress. But nobody can contest supremacy of 2016 US winner, (who won already in 2015, finishing also last year 2nd in world and 1st in euro event).

160626 Kiel day4 Gold B 77pict.

160626 Kiel day4 silver 96 pict.

Unfortunatly, no picture about the price giving as we were caught in the AUDI system to get back our dinghy.

A traffic jam block the usual confortable process and as many coaches we had to wait too long to get back our trailer.

It seems more and more people use the "do it yourself"system to avoid the waiting party and we can be sure organizers will improve this point for 2017.

160626 Kiel day4 bronze 99 pict.

The event

The result

The place

All these sailors participate to Kiel week 2016:

Leopold LANG

Jacob MAYR

Nikolaus CLODI

Vincent WEGER-OEHN

Sophia HAGENEDER

Simone EBERLE

Johannes LÄSSER

Julian DEUSCHL

Luca LIPPERT

Lukas HABERL

Lukas ROHDE

Gian-Luca VENTURIELLO

Nikolaus KAMPELMÜHLER

Niklas HABERL

Michael LAUSECKER

David SCHUH

Luna MÜLLER-HARTBURG

Silvester MÜLLER-HARTBURG

Yannis SAJE

Johannes REDER

Niclas LEHMANN

Sarah KÖFLER

Uladzislau KALBASKA

Herman SVINTSITSKI

Matija PINTARIC

Ivan KNEZEVIC

Johann NÜRNBERG

Jakob SCHREIBER

Santi MAS

Luis MAS

Eduard FERRER CARVAJAL

Carlos de MAQUA XALABARDER

Alex BRU VERT

Picard STANISLAS

Hersen PAUL-EMILE

Billy MARGAUX

Coutard KENZA

Louis FLAMENT

Charles DORANGE

Flore HARTOUT

Amélie JUVIEN

Demange ALEXANDRE

Barthelemy AURELIEN

Larnicol MATISSE

Mael MORICE

Oriane GUERIN

Laurhellen de LAROCQUE

Tristan PERON PHILLIPE

Corentin BRETAGNE

Mariani SOLENZA

Gauthier-Lissarague MAELLE

Jim VINCENT

Victor MAS

Violette DORANGE

Camille ORION

Juliette DUBREUIL

Alice COUSIN

Jerome DEMANGE

Luc GUIMBERTAUD

Fauroux PAULINE

Raguet CAPUCINE

Jules DUCELIER

Clément MICHEL

Jules DEVIC

Beckers LUCAS

Theo GRACIANNE

Thomas BADRI

Colin LOIRAT

Paul COUSIN

Ulysse MIGRAINE

Thimoté POLET

Maxime AROUX

Hugo LE CLECH

Zachary le BRIS

Thomas ANDRE

Justin BARADAT

N/A

Gaultier TALLIEU

Vennin MARGOT

Marie ZUGOLARO

Alex HUGHES

Tom SMITH

Dan ATHERTON

Matt VINEY

Isabel DAVIES

Gemma KEERS

Robbie KING

Ryan ORR

Janik FELLMANN

Samuel FELLMANN

Paul DANTES

Hendrik DECKER

Alexander RASCHE

Louis ENKING

Tim GERICKE

Maximilian ZOSKA

Jennifer WULFES

Felix KRAAS

Thilo ROTHFAHL

Tina SEITZ

Lina Jo BERGMANS

Marlo BARTON

Maximilian KRAMER

Nele Marie WILLMS

Lynn WOLGAST

Svea WREDE

Moritz PICH

Nis Bennet FAHL

Maria Regina KLASEN

Constantin DÖRSCH

Fabian COLLIGNON

Oda HAUSMANN

Anna ELLERMANN

Milia BUNKE

Elena RIXNER

Anna Lena KLÖCKNER

Stefan MEIER

Charly BARTH

Arend BRUGMANS

Till BEILKEN

Felix KAISER

Samuel STÖRR

Melissa KLEIß

Katharina THARRA

Lynn THORNS

Anne THORNS

Patricia POLTZE

Victoria POLTZE

Moritz von WEIDENBACH

Philip HALL

Nina TÖLKE

Jennifer BROSE

Tatsumi ANDO

Leon LINTHOUT

Hanna WILLE

Emma AHLERS

Aurel TROSCHKE

Carolin SCHAAFF

Sophie V WALDOW

Inga-Marie HOFMANN

Henrike Leonie LEITL

Anneke OSTERMANN

Lena LEIERS

Lucas SCHLÜTER

Fritz PINNOW

Sophia VILLMOW

Eva SCHMIDT

Hannah HAGEN

Sarah EISENLOHR

Johanna BOLDT

Paula MÜHLICH

Emanuel v CRAMON

Martin SCHMIDT

Lenja FEUSER

Pia ELLERBECK

Frederike WESTPHALEN

Kim FERNHOLZ

Jan BORBET

Lea BORBET

Clara SCHWIRKMANN

Alexandra DAMERAU

Nils NERLICH

Janno RUMPF

J Mika TROSIEN

Johannes ERICHSEN

Lars-Hendrik DIRCKSEN

Ole GRUBE

Leonard KOSANKE

Ole ULRICH

Marla BERGMANN

Annalisa WENZEL

Marie LORENZ

Vivien BAHR

Theresa KLOSS

Johanna HENSCHEL

Nico JANSEN

Nicolas CORSI

Daniel GÖTTLICH

Linus KLASEN

Paul FELDHUSEN

Leon GOEPFERT

Matthias LUKOSCH

Marcus PIES

Bjarne STUDT

Piet STROHM

Silja BRAUN

Nele WEIGT

Lennart KUSS

Paul ARP

Tim STILKENBÄUMER

Jakob ROPOHL

Finn KENTER

Marc RICHLY

Maike ROOS

Maren ROOS

Jacob AHLERS

Max KRAUSE

Henry PETERS

Richard von WALDOW

Jill PALAND

Anna-Katharina SEITZ

Vincent BECKER

Ben LÖKEN

Maximilian HEILINGBRUNNER

Christina HEILINGBRUNNER

Steven GÜNTHER

Dennis ROLLE

Mats KRÜGER

Moritz JUNG

Konstantin STEIDLE

Tom LEMBCKE

Sofie SCHÖNE

Line THIELEMANN

Analea SHAEFER

Johanna FIGGE

Todor RABASCHUS

Titus SCHILDHAUER

Sophie LABÖCK

Maike LENKMANN

Marie My Hoa OFFERGELD

Anna KRALLMANN

Theresa STEINLEIN

Lina PLETTNER

Philipp ROYLA

Jonas ROYLA

Jan PETERSON

Lasse ECKMANN

Deike BORNEMANN

Charlotte LIND

Jaromir BRINKHUS

Greta HELLMANN

Emi Marie KOYAMA

Henning KRÖPLIN

Jonas PORTHUN

Valentina TAST

Kai-Steffen HOFMANN

Janek STRUCHHOLZ

Julius BRAUN-DULLAEUS

Lea Marleen LÜTHJE

Nike HADLER

Jolanda Lene MULLER

Arvid Jannes MULLER

Janneke FOCK

Apolline WANSER

Fehérvári LÁSZLÓ

Szűcs ÁBEL

Eugenia FABRIS

Lucia CHIARANDINI

Viola CARLUCCIO

Alice VARI

Carlo CENTRONE

Atanna LANZETTA

Gabriele ROMEO

Federico ANDREI

Enrico DHO

Camilla CORDERO d M.

Anastasia BARDI

Silvia PENSO

Giulia BERNARDI

Ludovico MORI

Tom BLOCK

Yannica BLOCK

Josh BERRY

Henry HASLETT

Ignacy JASZCZUK

Marcel KRAJEWSKI

Seweryn WYSOKIŃSKI

Mateusz KRUCZYNSKI

Rafał SZYMCZAK

Aleksander RYBACKI

Adam GŁOGOWSKI

Jakub SZTORCH

Maciej KRUSIEC

Rafał RADECKI

Agnieska URBAS

Katarzyna ROMANIUK

Magdalena DANISZEWSKA

Hanna SIWEK

Julia SZMIT

Hanna DZIK

Pavlov MARK

Solène MARIANI

Maude SCHMID

Lauber MORGAN

Tétaz LÉO

Hegi SIMONA

Böhler SARINA

Frederica LIBASSI

Roberta LIBASSI

Yves VOILLAT

Yanik SCHMID

Jann SCHUEPBACH

Alec HATEBUR

Sophie MOSEGAARD

Samira RAST

Nick ZELTNER

Till SEGER

Fischer AURELIA

Ilona HERSPERGER

Julia JOHANSSON

Isabella FARINA

Jack JOHANSSON

Ian ROBINSSON

Alex ABATE

Marcus ABATE

Joseph HERMUS

William GUERRIERO

Anaclare SOLE

Sophia SOLE

Wiley ROGERS

Jack PARKIN

Shawn HARVEY

James WESTERBERG

Thomas RICE

Walter HENRY

Matt LOGUE

Cameron GIBLIN

Madeleine RICE

Ariel CASARETTO

Eduardo MINTZIAS

Declan Mc GRANAHAN

Kathryn HALL

Ashton BORCHERDING

Dylan ASCENCIOS

Hunter SKINNER