Gstaad Yacht Club Ski Yachting
by Gstaad Yacht Club 10 Mar 2014 15:07 GMT
7-9 March 2014
In a thrilling final race against defender Bayerischer Yacht Club, the Royal Yacht Squadron team of Sir Graham Wilkinson, Christine McGrigor, Anna Gordon and Christopher Preston, won back the prestigious Interclub Ski Yachting event in Gstaad.
The 2014 edition, which was held in the world famous mountain resort, brought together teams
representing yacht clubs and sailing teams from all over the world. Past winners include the Royal Yacht Squadron, Société Nautique de Genève, Bayerischer Yacht Club, Yacht Club de Monaco and hosts the Gstaad Yacht Club.
The by invitation only event, which consist of giant slalom Friday night ski races, followed by match racing with remote control carbon fibre yachts in Gstaad's semi-Olympic indoor pool,
powered by state-of-the-art wind machines on Saturday, welcomed again a record number of 25
teams from all over the world.
Given that one of club's objectives is to promote youth sailing, an identical event was organized also for the under 16, which was won by team Optimist Academy with Joshua Richner, Florian Geissbühler, Alexander Hubmann and Rémi Vonlanthen.
The prize giving ceremony was held with over 100 guests in the beautiful clubhouse, during which Gstaad Yacht Club racing team members Matias Buhler and Nathalie Brugger gave a short but very inspirational presentation of their Nacra 17 Rio 2016 Olympic campaign.
For more information visit www.gstaadyachtclub.com and www.buhlerbrugger2016.ch