Star - 9th District Championship/French Championship - Nizza FRA

The Régates de Noël, this year is also rated as French National and Star District Championship (France, Switzerland and Monaco belong to the 9th district), starts today in Nice. With 31 teams from 12 nations, including the USA, the fleet is very well filled. The World Champion Diego Negri ITA (with Sergio Lambertenghi ITA) is the favorite. Five teams from Switzerland, including the currently strongest duos Piet Eckert SUI/Federico Melo POR, Bernhard Seger/Walter Oess SUI, Philipp Rotermund/Nils Holweg SUI/GER and Hans Stöckli/Alex Gouda SUI are on the entry list. Moderate winds will characterize this year's series. The video of 2016 reveals how attractive sailing this winter regatta is can be. ----- The event website.