Largest Ever Field Registered for 2018 IRSA World Championship Radio Sailing in Germany

120 participants from 16 countries are registered for the 9th Ten Rater class World Championship (24th-26th May) and the 18th Marblehead class World Championship (27th May – 1st June) in Biblis Riedsee.

30 years after the last World Championship in Berlin, the German Sailing Association has again been commissioned by World Sailing and the International Radio Sailing Association as host.

After 2016 in Limone, Italy, where 48 participants competed, a field of 60 participants has registered for the 2018 World Championships in the Ten Rater class. The Marblehead class also has a fully-booked field, with 84 participants expected.

The World Championship has been organised by IRSA, the German Sailing Association and the German Club “SV Biblis.” The team, led by Henning Faas, Andrea Hölscher, Ralf Kratz, Jürgen Eiermann and Rainer Blüm, has spent countless hours to prepare the venue at Riedsee Biblis.

The event will be opened on May 24th with an official ceremony and a large Opening Dinner at the club SV Biblis.
The organisers have invited Pierre Gonnet from France to be the lead race officer for both events. Pierre has spent time evaluating how to best cope with the expected wind conditions, and he will lead the regatta together with Nigel Winkley (Chairman of the DSV Committee Radio Sailing) and Marco Colombo (Racing Officer of SV Biblis).

Patrick Villain of France, the chairman of the Racing Committee of the IRSA, has been appointed as head of the jury. He will work with his team of six international umpires to ensure that the rules are respected.

The participants from all 16 countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherland, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, England, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine) as well as group divisions and updated results can be found here.