(Starnberg, Germany)- The second stage of the 2014 Deutsche
Segel-Bundesliga is about to commence this weekend on the Starnberger
See- a beautiful lake SSW of Munich surrounded by gently rolling hills
to the north and just 15 miles north of the majestic German/ Austrian
Alps. Host for this event is the Bayerischer Yacht-Club Munich situated at the very northern end of the lake.Sailing in this weekend’s event are the top eighteen clubs that pre-qualified from the first event held from April 4th to 6th in Glucksburg (a total of sixty-one teams participated). The Bundesliga is now split into two “leagues”- the Premiere League sailing in J/70s for the next four stages and the Bundesliga II League. The five clubs who qualified for the “Premiere League” from the first Glucksburg event, were the winners Kieler YC, the Bodensee YC Überlingen, the Seglervereinigung Itzehoe, the Segelkameradschaft "Wappen von Bremen" and the Düsseldorf YC.
Joining
them will be the top five teams from the 2013 DSBL, including the
champions Norddeutscher Regatta Verein, followed by Württembergischer
Yacht-Club in second and Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee in third,
Yachtclub Berlin-Grünau fourth and Chiemsee Yacht Club fifth. The
winner of the first event at Tutzing last year (also on the Starnberger
See) was Yachtclub Berlin-Grünau; they certainly hope to repeat that
performance again this year! In addition, the following clubs will also have strengthened their teams, including the host Bayerischer Yacht-Club, Berliner Yacht-Club, Deutscher Touring Yacht-Club (the host for the next event in Tutzing), Flensburger Segel-Club, Konstanzer Yacht Club, Lübecker Yacht-Club, Mühlenberger Segel-Club, and Schweriner Yacht-Club.
The teams hope the weather forecast (http://bit.ly/1qAdgv2) improves a bit, nevertheless, it looks like there will be breeze all weekend long. After the passage of a Low pressure system on Thursday, it looks like Friday will be in the 50s F. with WNW winds in the 6-12 kts range, followed by the passage of another Low pressure system Saturday bringing some cool rain and WSW winds in the 5-10 kts range. With any luck, Sunday’s forecast for partly sunny skies in the mid-60s F. may effect the forecast light SW winds (hopefully a sea-breeze can build on the northern end of the lake!). For more Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga sailing information
