The Youth Champions League event in Kiel, sailed on J/70s, was concluded yesterday with the Final races of the best four Youth U-21 Club Teams. The Qualification phase winner BYC Überlingen GER grasped the title ahead of the RC Oberhofen SUI on 2nd. The Flensburger SC GER completed the podium. The YC Bielersee with Damian Suri SUI finished 4th in the Final race. ----- The ranking list. ----- The Youth Sailing Champions League for U21 Club Teams is the Youth event of the Sailing Champions League with 70 Club Teams from 21 nations participating.

Leader change in the 29er Euro-Cup rankings after the first four final races yesterday with Jonas Schupp/Moritz Hagemeyer GER new on top one point ahead of Mathias Berthet/Aleksander Franks NOR. Superbly sailing Stephen Baker/Oliver Duncan USA are now on the 8th place with a 47 point backlog on the leader .... and this including a 60 point blackflag penalty on their result sheet !! Berta Puig/Bella Casaretto USA did not compete and dropped on rank 56. The 29er ranking list. ----- Reshuffling of the clearly leading trio in the Laser Radial Open, where Otto Henry AUS is new on top 3 points ahead of Emma Savelon NED. Tayte Stefaniuk CAN is now down on 3rd 7 points behind the leader. Daniel Escudero USA advanced on rank 8 among the 125 participants. The Laser Radial ranking list. ----- In the 5o5s, Wolfgang Hunger/Holger Jess GER are on the way to their 22nd (!) Kiel Week victory, as their advantage on Penny and Russell Clarke GBR is now up on 14 points before the last races today. The 5o5 ranking list. ----- In the Musto-Skiffs, Rick Peacock GBR replaced Paul Dijkstra NED on rank 1. The Musto Skiff ranking list. ----- In the 'One-Person-Foiling-Dinghy' with Moths and WASZP sailing together, Adriano Petrino SUI is now 5 points ahead of the second-ranked Max Lutz GER. The Foiling-Dinghy ranking list. ----- The triple Olympic medalist Freddy Lööf SWE extended his lead in the OK Dinghy European Championship rankings on 16 points and will no doubt grab the title at the end of the day. Valerian Lebrun FRA is now 2nd. The OK Dinghy ranking list. ----- All ranking lists and the news.

Part one of the 2019 Kiel Week with 18 International and National Classes sailing was kicked off yesterday in good sailing conditions. ----- Present among others are the OK-Dinghies (91 boats), sailing their European Championship, and the clear favorite Freddy Lööf SWE is already in the lead after two races. In the Laser Radial Open (125 boats, incl. 2 CAN and 2 USA), Emma Savelon NED is first ahead of Tayte Stefaniuk CAN 2nd. Daniel Escudero USA follows on rank 30. ----- In the 5o5s (30 boats), the epic duel between Hunger/Jess GER and Böjsen-Möller/Böjsen-Möller DEN is going on with the Germans 2 points ahead after 3 races. The 29ers (117 boats) sail another round of their Eurocup Series. After 4 races, Jonas Schupp/Moritz Hagenmayer GER and Alice Moss/Carl Hörfelt SWE share the lead at equal points. Berta Puig/Bella Casaretto USA are 4th. Stephan Baker/Oliver Duncan USA, day ranks 1 and blackflag, are 50th ----- All other ranking lists and the news (scroll down).

21 J/70 Club youth teams from 9 nations (incl. Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron AUS) participate in the 2019 Youth Sailing Champions League, an event of the 2019 Sailing Champions League, held during the 2019 Kiel Week.
Five flights were completed so far and the superior interim leader is the Flensburger SC GER with Thore Kisbaye GER. On rank 2 follows the YC Bielersee SUI with Damian Suri SUI. The Mariehamns Seglarförening FIN is on rank 3. ----- The leaderboard.