22 April 2013
The Swiss Fireball season has definitely opened! The first Swiss
Cup race weekend started out with snow on the ground and a promise
of heavy winds in the afternoon.
In spite of the ghastly weather, Mammern on Lake Constance saw 20
Fireballs arrive on Saturday. Two heats were sailed in shifty,
gusty conditions, around 15-20 kn; the cold water seemed to be a
good incentive for most - but not all - not to capsize.
On Sunday the wind had died away and after an abandoned race
everyone went back to shore. 1st Mermod/Moser, 2nd Venhoda/Zaugg,
3rd Härdi/Landerer and 4th Mudra/Smetana (CZE).
Results
| 1. | SUI | Mermod / Moser | 1-1 | 2 |
| 2. | SUI | Venhoda/ S. Zaugg | 2-2 | 4 |
| 3. | SUI | Ch. Härdi / Landerer | 3-5 | 8 |
| 4. | CZE | Mudra / Smetana | 4-4 | 8 |
| 5. | SUI | Huber / B. Mauchle | 5-6 | 11 |
| 6. | SUI | Liechti / G. Ernst | 6-8 | 14 |
| 7. | SUI | Düscher / M. Düscher | 8-7 | 15 |
| 8. | SUI | Scheller / Eberle | 10-9 | 19 |
| 9. | SUI | Giovanoli / S. Giovanoli | 9-10 | 19 |
| 10. | SUI | Bacher / M. Erne | 7-15 | 22 |
| 11. | SUI | I. Wäspi / Wäspi | 11-11 | 22 |
| 12. | GER | Nolle / Leemann | dsq-3 | 24 |
| 13. | SUI | Schneibel / Flück | 12-13 | 25 |
| 14. | SUI | Koebel / M. Haschberger | 15-12 | 27 |
| 15. | GER | Hench / Böhm | 14-14 | 28 |
| 16. | SUI | K. Schulze / Schulze | 16-16 | 32 |
| 17. | SUI | L. Brugger / Bredenbals | 13-dns | 34 |
| 18. | SUI | Graf / A. Graf | 17-dns | 38 |
| 19. | SUI | R. Schwerzmann / Helbling | dns-dns | 42 |
| 20. | SUI | Cop / A. Otteny | dns-dns | 42 |
