Star Sailors League announce Grand Slams
by Rachele Vitello 13 May 2015 21:26 BST
13 May 2015
Star Sailors League Finals in Nassau day 3 © SSL / Gilles-Martin Raget
Star Sailor League is happy to announce the first edition of the SSL Lake Grand Slam that will be held in Grandson on the Neuchatel Lake, CH, in September 2015.
It's very important to SSL as it represents the first step towards the creation of a World Series of Grand Slams that will test sailors in different racing conditions, in order for them to gain points for the Finals in Bahamas in December.
The event will be held in Grandson, lake de Neuchatel, from 8th to 12th of September.
The race course on the lake depends on three main winds – Bise from the North, Joran from North west and Vent from South West – and will be set according to them with the finish line being incredibly close to the dock, less than 100mt.
We are incredibly proud to announce that the Opening Ceremony of the SSL Lake Grand Slam will be held at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Olympic World Capital.
On September 8th, World Class Star Sailors and Olympic authorities will be together, in the newly refurbished Olympic Museum, to launch the first ever SSL Lake Grand Slam.
A few top sailors have already confirmed their attendance, six months before the opening of the event.
Among them Torben Grael, 2x Olympic Gold Medallist, 2x Star World Champions, he is the most eclectic winning sailor of all time.
Mark Reynolds, 2x Olympic Gold Medallist, 2x World Champions and ISCYRA Secretary, he's been sailing on Star since he was 4 years old with his father, crew for Star Class and America's Cup legend Dennis Conner, who will also be attend the SSL Lake Grand Slam.
Mateusz Kusznierewicz, best ever Polish sailor, who is a Gold and Bronze Olympic Medallist the Finn Class and World Champion in the Star Class in 2008.
To know more about the event you can check the official SSL Lake Grand Slam website, swissopen.starsailors.com where you can also find images and videos from last December SSL Finals in Bahamas and all the information about our sailors.
For the first edition of the SSL Lake Grand Slam we want to create an Official Poster and for that we started a contest open to everyone. The Poster must be produced on a computer. The file must be compatible with Adobe Illustrator®, Adobe Photoshop® or Adobe InDesign®. The artist must draw inspiration from regattas, SSL, one of SSL Champions.
Deadline for project submission is Monday June 8th, 2015 and there will be a money prize for the jury's favourite three designs (1st prize: CHF 1500. 2nd prize: CHF 500. 3rd prize: CHF 300.) and also for people's choice award, CHF 1500. You can find the exact regulations on the website. Projects are to be submitted via email to
www.starsailors.com