International D-ONE Association
2018 European Championships, Santa Margherita Ligure, ITA
The D-One class continued its tour of the glamour locations of Europe with a trip to the elegant resort of Santa Margherita on the Italian Riviera, where we sailed from the bars and restaurants of the inner harbour to a windward mark among the sterns of the superyachts moored off Portofino.
The circuit has been arranged to make it accessible to our remarkably international travelling membership, and included a weekend Italian Nationals, followed by a pause for proper holiday (or proper work, if you really had to), before the 4-day Europeans starting on Thursday.
Read more: 2018 European Championships, Santa Margherita Ligure, ITA
D-One Events for 2019
What a great 2018!
The D-One has had a great year, with the biggest Gold Cup ever in Austria, a rejuvenated Italian fleet among the 9 nations at the Europeans in Liguria, and international travelling D-One sailors made very welcome at events in Czech Republic, Great Britain, Switzerland and France.
It was wonderful to join such a friendly circuit in such great places, and thank you again to those who put the events together.
...so here is the Calendar for 2019!
The same great people - and some new ones - have put together a set of events for 2019. We have tried to make sure they do not clash dates, and, obviously, are in fantastic sailing locations.
2019 Gold Cup, Lac du Der, FRA
The D-One fleet were treated to a Gallic Regatta for the 2019 Champagne Gold Cup organized by Emmanuel Abord and Etienne Lobert and hosted by Ligue de l’Enseignement Giffaucourt at Lac du Der 7 to 10 June 2019.
The rest of the French fleet, Marie Benoit, Thierry D'Allance and David Bremond did a fantastic job assisting with all the background tasks that made such a great regatta. A big thank you from all the competitors, especially the Czech-Italians who were politely allowed to beat the French in the international boules contest. Or so the hosts said.
As sailors and support teams arrived from 7 nations on the Thursday everyone was enjoying the sunshine and light winds. Unfortunately the weather was not going to last. Friday dawned with a forecast of 23-30 kts with a storm with a name moving across Europe. The intrepid race management team set off ready to start at 1500. Launching in to the shelter of the club house seemed OK but a short sail later it was clear the fleet were in for a wild ride. A couple of keen racers headed up wind to check out the windward leg, but even the best did not make it back downwind without a swim.
2019 Gold Cup Competitor Analysis
Since the D-One was launched 10 years ago, it has been sailed in a huge variety of conditions, from calm alpine lakes to full-on sea sailing, and by all shapes and sizes of competitor. We are fortunate to have a very wide base of friendly international sailors.
The boat has always had a fairly crude form of weight equalisation, whereby sailors below 86kg are allowed slightly wider wings. As with all classes, there has been occasional discussion as to whether this is adequate. We were fortunate at the Gold Cup this year to have very clearly defined windy and light days, and a full international fleet weighed in for the event. This gave a perfect opportunity to crunch the numbers, as shown in the graph, which reads from first to last place left to right.
2019 European Championships, Lac Biel, Switzerland
The Swiss D-One fleet hosted this championship in the hamlet of Wingreis in the far west of the country, on a grassy meadow by the stunning lake with a view across vineyards to the snow-covered Alps. The Swiss watch-making capital of Biel, three miles up the road, provided enough hotels, bars, restaurants and expensive watches for anyone.
The event started with a break from tradition - no T shirt! Instead we were given a D-One Swiss (not army) multi knife. No complaints there.
As expected The Swiss were great hosts : Barbecued sausages each lunchtime, wine tasting, historic tour and two great evening meals with plenty of boxer old beer and strangely addictive local milk protein soft drink Rivella -all first class.
Yacht Club Bielersee have a lovely little club and an amazingly helpful group of volunteers in a great setting but also, as feared, a slight absence of wind.
We did manage to get out for some practice racing before the main event, so a chance to check we had all rigged our boats correctly.
On Friday we gathered at the club and..no wind. OK a postponement, no problem the sun is shining more boat fine tuning. I made a nice uv cover for the pole with recycled water bottles and duct tape and made some small adjustments hoping to get s little more power in the expected light breeze. Just when we thought there would be no racing for the day enough breeze appeared to get us out for one light airs race. Sadly my tuning efforts resulted in no pointing and no speed. Glad we just had one race.
Read more: 2019 European Championships, Lac Biel, Switzerland
D-One Events for 2020
Thank you to everyone who sailed and organised events in 2019
We had a very multi-national Gold Cup in France, with a great deal of wind to start, and then a lot less. The French lost at 'boules' to the Italian-Czech team, which amused everyone else, but put on on a great event with much champagne.
The Italian Nationals at beautiful Rapallo allowed a great group of new Italian sailors to find out much fun a D-One can be in a tempest, while the British fleet travelled to South Shields for some equally awesome, if rather terrifying, big wave sailing in the North Sea. The Austrian fleet continued to grow and enjoyed close racing on their beautiful lakes.
The European Championships in Switzerland ended the season wonderfully hosted in a stunning location, and maybe the light winds were overdue for the fleet to enjoy some more peaceful sailing.
We are delighted to unite the growing British, French and Swiss fleets with a continuing strength in Austria, Italy and the Czech Republic, as well as our very good friends travelling from Hungary, Belgium and occasionally Germany. It is now likely that every major D-One event will have visitors from many European countries, and it was wonderful to join such a friendly circuit in such great places.
...so here is the Calendar for 2020 ( see sidebar --->> )
We have put together a fantastic set of events for 2020. We have ensured that they do not clash dates, and there are some very tempting possibe groups of dates for those who fancy a proper holiday around their sailing. Click 'Read More' for details of the 2020 circuit of events:
Palamos Europeans - Cancelled
I have just spoken to Stefan Hess, in lockdown in his apartment at Palamos, and we feel we have no choice and have to cancel the European Championship at the end of April.
With governments in Spain, France, Italy, UK and Czech Republic all advising against travel at the moment due to coronavirus, it seems very unlikely that a satisfactory event could occur in April.
We have decided to cancel instead of postpone, not only because the picture in so uncertain, but also because we still have our Gold Cup scheduled at Lake Lipno in September, and we must all hope that in better circumstances this will be able to go ahead.
We very much hope to organise an event in Palamos in our schedule in 2021, since without a doubt it is a fabulous sailing venue - as was proved by the winter training sessions. Thank you to Stefan and Carles for putting all the effort in to organising what promised to be a great event. We hope they will do so again.
Obviously, everyone who has paid to enter will be refunded by the club. Details will be sent by the club.
Our real sympathies go to those who are having much more serious problems than this. In the meantime, if you can, head off and go sailing - you have a great single-handed and can stay on the water away from everyone else.
Best wishes to all
- 2018 Czech Open Nationals
- 2018 British Open Nationals
- Class Association Meeting - Alassio
- Major Event Dates and Locations for 2018
- Race invitation: 2017 Gold Cup, Lake Balaton (HUN)
- D-One on the map
- 2016 European Championships - Lake Lipno,CZE
- 2017 Gold Cup Lake Balaton, Hungary
- 2017 European Championship, Alassio, Italy
- 2016 Preview of D-One Season
Subcategories
GBR D-ONE Class Association
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The GBR D-ONE class operates through the D-ONE International Association, which has a representative from each country. The committee member for Great Britain is
ITA Classe Italiana D-ONE
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La classe ITA D-ONE opera attraverso la D-ONE International Class Association, che ha un rappresentante per ogni paese. Il segretario di classe per l'Italia è:
CZE D-ONE Class Association
Vítejte v domově sdružení CZE D-ONE Class Association, kde najdete všechny nejnovější zprávy a povídání o této vzrušující příručce od společnosti Devoti Sailing.
Třída CZE D-ONE funguje prostřednictvím mezinárodní asociace D-ONE, která má zástupce z každé země. Členem mezinárodního výboru pro Českou republiku je Marek Bachtik
Welcome to the home of the CZE D-ONE Class Association where you will be able to find all the latest news & chat about this exciting single hander from Devoti Sailing.
The CZE D-ONE class operates through the D-ONE International Association, which has a representative from each country. The International committee member for the Czech Republic is Marek Bachtik
AUT D-ONE Class Association
Willkommen auf der Seite der Österreichischen D-One Klassenvereinigung, wo Sie die neuesten Berichte und Informationen über die D-One Klasse in Österreich finden. Die Österreichische D-One Klassenvereinigung (ÖDK) ist die nationale Klassenvereinigung der International D-One Association, die einen Vertreter aus jedem Land hat. Der Vertreter für Österreich ist Felix Hofinger, als Präsident der ÖDK (
Die Österreichische D-One Klassenvereinigung betreibt auch eine WhatsApp-Gruppe und eine Facebook-Gruppe namens "D-One Austria", in der Sie die neuesten Informationen und Diskussionen über D-One-Segeln und Veranstaltungen in Österreich finden.
Wichtige Dokumente der Österreichischen D-One Klassenvereinigung (ZVR-Zahl 1399254681):
USA D-ONE Class Association
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The USA D-ONE class operates through the D-ONE International Class Association, which has a representative from each country. The international committee member for the USA is: Jeff Coe
ESP D-ONE Class Association
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The ESP D-ONE class operates through the D-ONE International Association, which has a representative from each country. The international committee member for Spain is The Honorary Secretary
FRA D-ONE Class Association
Le D Un Association française dispose de son propre site Web à www.D-One-France.fr
Se il vous plaît contactez-nous là pour l'information de langue française, et ne hésitez pas à utiliser l'information et forum sur ce site ainsi.
La classe FRA D-ONE opère par l'intermédiaire de l'Association internationale D-ONE, qui a un représentant de chaque pays. Le membre du comité international pour la France est
The French D One Association has its own website at www.D-One-France.fr Please contact us there for French language information, and feel free to use the information and forum on this site as well
The FRA D-ONE class operates through the D-ONE International Association, which has a representative from each country. The international committee member for France is
GRE D-ONE Class Association
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The GRE D-ONE class operates through the D-ONE International Class Association, which has a representative from each country. The international committee member for Greece is: George Bousoulas
SUI D-ONE Class Association
Willkommen in der Heimat der SUI D-ONE Class Association, wo Sie die neuesten Nachrichten und Chats über diesen aufregenden Einhandler von Devoti Sailing finden.
Die SUI D-ONE-Klasse wird von der D-ONE International Class Association betrieben, die einen Vertreter aus jedem Land hat. Das internationale Komiteemitglied für SUI ist
Welcome to the home of the SUI D-ONE Class Association where you will be able to find all the latest news & chat about this exciting single hander from Devoti Sailing.
The SUI D-ONE class operates through the D-ONE International Class Association, which has a representative from each country. The international committee member for SUI is
BEL D-ONE Class Association
Bienvenue à la maison de l'Association BEL D-ONE Class où vous pourrez trouver toutes les dernières nouvelles et discuter de ce passionnant single hander de Devoti Sailing.
La classe BEL D-ONE opère par l'intermédiaire de l'Association internationale D-ONE, qui a un représentant de chaque pays. Le membre du comité international pour la Belgique est
Welcome to the home of the BEL D-ONE Class Association where you will be able to find all the latest news & chat about this exciting single hander from Devoti Sailing.
The BEL D-ONE class operates through the D-ONE International Association, which has a representative from each country. The International committee member for Belgium is