BALLAD Main Regatta Event 2014 - Kieler Woche

[Liese]

Hi all,
another year - another Main Race Event & another try to get some international fleet together

BALLAD KIELER WOCHE TRAILER

4 years ago we started in Germany to get at least for one regatta a year a stronger fleet together than it is usual today.
Therefore we started to define a 'Main Event' for the following season, that owners - not focused on racing in the 1st degree - can focus on only one date and can start arrange crew, holidays and transport etc.
For Germany it was quite successful with 3 years in a row a ONE DESIGN Group at the Kieler Woche Welcome Race - 2 races with medium distances.

Once more the German Ballad Club would like to invite all Ballads to take part in the "Welcome-Race" of the Kieler Woche on the weekend 21st and 22nd of June 2014. It is a distance race from Kiel to Eckernförde and from Eckernförde to Kiel on the next day. We enjoyed the races and a special party in Eckernförde very much and would like to meet YOU this year.

NOTICE OF RACE

Please follow the Ballad.de Homepage / Kieler Woche
and the Ballad.de Kieler Woche Race Thread

Good Winds to all Ballad Skippers and their crews!
Hope to see you at Kiel!

Joerg
for Ballad.de

[Liese]

For interested Skippers:
we have - as already mentioned - 6 announced Ballad Skippers.
This number is increased to 7 Skippers now.

Registrations can be seen on:
Manage2Sail Online Registration

Best regards,
Joerg

[Liese]

Bang Boom Bang

10 Ballads at the Line
http://manage2sail.com/de-DE/event/d308 ... 4bd387b281

[Liese]

And here is some information about the participating Ballads.
New article at Ballad.de
Start at Kiel - Tomorrow, Saturday, 21st, 10:40 a.m. Kiel - Düsternbrook

We still hope to have an international fleet with participating Ballads from outside Germany in the years to come.

Best regards,
Jörg for Ballad.de

[Bob McGovern]

Good show! Have fun, everybody. If it is a downwind start like last year, ten Ballads with their giant spinnakers should be a great thing to see.

[Liese]

Unfortunately no Downwind from start.
But at least we have some good shots

Enjoy:
2014 Welcome Race
And from last years:
2013 Welcoem Race
2012 Welcome race

Strolch won each single race and the overall event.

Challenge the german Ballads and save the timne for 2015!

Bestregards,
Joerg
Ballad.de