Herbstpreis I in Brunnen (Urnersee)

A record of 21 boats were registered Saturday morning in Brunnen by far the biggest class. Unfortunately the wind was not up to standard (Urnersee is well known for its consistent thermical wind conditions – but good weather is condition).

Anyway a first race was started after a wild ride down to the starting line in a Beaufort 6 gust which gave way to a mild 5 – 10 knots first beat. Urs Scherrer chooses the right side of the lake and was leading the pack by about 100 m at the first mark. After two rounds the wind and a fierce battle between Rolf Schindler and Urs unfortunately the wind disappeared and the race committee cancelled the race.

Sunday saw even less wind and a first start was announced in shifty force one wind. Roger Oswald and Urs Scherrer choose the right side and lead in the first half of the race. Again the wind fell asleep and the race had to be cancelled once more. In the afternoon an unusual easterly wind (Beaufort 2 – 3) led the committee to start a race in the western part of the lake (Gersauerbecken). Only 10 boats did believe that this wind would stay during the whole race and in the very shifty conditions many changes of places took place. Roger Oswald shifted side and improved from an unusual almost last place to win the event just in front of Dominique Wälchli who surprised with an exceptional good speed. Third place went to Michael (Murphy) Huebner from Germany. A special thanks goes to Steffen Scholz who came all the way down from Dresden.