The 12 best sailing clubs in Switzerland have already been fighting for valuable points in the Swiss national league. The start on Lake Maggiore has shown that the level of sailing is high. Many clubs have strengthened their teams with top sailors, including several Olympic athletes. The fastest climbers were SV Kreuzlingen, with the Olympic sailor Tom Rüegge at the wheel; their goal in Zurich was to show that the victory on Lake Maggiore was no coincidence. The winners of the Swiss Sailing Super League 2016 and second in the Sailing Champions League finale in Porto Cervo, Sardinia—the Regattaclub Bodensee—were not satisfied with the fourth place in the Lago Maggiore opener. The young sailors from St. Gallen (Massimo Soriano, Lea Rüegg, Stephan Zurfluh and Rene Ott) came to Zurich with determination to win. The weather happened to be the determining factor in the event. In difficult wind conditions between doldrums and storms, the Regattaclub Oberhofen won the second round and is now sitting in the overall lead for the series. The Seglervereinigung Kreuzlingen confirmed, by taking second place, their performance of Locarno and they are sitting in second place based on a tie-breaker with Oberhofen. In third for the series is Regattaclub Lake Constance. A mix of sun and clouds with occasional wind fields from the southwest and in the evening thunderbolts…these were the challenges the sailing teams had to master over the weekend in Zurich. On day one (a Friday), the first four races could be sailed in the wake of a thunderstorm. On Saturday morning, two races were taking place with rolling, light southern winds. Then postponements were announced. Only in the evening, with the thunder and winds growing again from the west, could the Zurich YC PRO conduct another three races. However, when the thunderstorm discharged directly above the regatta course, the races had to be stopped and every returned to the safe harbor. Unfortunately, only one race was possible on Sunday morning and the second round was completed with 10 races. The Regattaclub Oberhofen (RCO) with Alain Stettler, Simon Brügger, Christoph Rytz and Stephan Rupp were best able to handle the changing and difficult-to-read wind conditions. With three straights firsts, they tackled the team of the Seglervereinigung Kreuzlingen (SVKr) with skipper Tom Rüegge. Third place went to Regattaclub Bodensee from St. Gallen on Lake Constance; they were beaten with a penalty by the referees on Saturday because of a race offense and ended this race in the second place. Rounding out the top five were Societe Nautique de Geneve in fourth and Cercle de la Voile de Neuchatel in fifth place. For more Swiss Sailing League information, visit http://swiss-sailing-league.ch/home-2/.