Summer in Berlin - and the 5.5s racing
On the 6th & 7th of July, 5.5m boats from Australia, Austria, Hamburg and Berlin joined for two days of racing at the famous VSaW sailing club, located on Wannsee in Berlin. Embedded in their "Edelholz"-Regatta - also featuring 22sqm Skerrycruisers and 20sqm Lake-Racers - the 5.5's found ideal conditions with westerly & shifty winds of 6-12 knots, some gusts to 16knots. Sunshine most of the time! Finding the right side of the Wannsee & Havel Lakes meant a learning curve for some, but even the