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The latest news from the World of Tornado Sailing. The December 2013 Tornado newsletter can be found on the following link http://www.tornado-class.org/email/Dec2013/tornado-newsletter.html We wish all Tornado sailors across the World a very happy festive season. Read More »

JÖRG SPENGLER, Tornado Olympic Medalist, has died aged 74. We have lost an outstanding sailor and remarkable personality with the death of Jörg Spengler, the winner of the Olympic Bronze Medal in 1976. The Commodore of Honour of the International Tornado Association ITA and Honorary Chairman of the German Tornado Class Organisation died on 26th November in Nürnberg, his home ... Read More »

The 2013 Tornado Class AGM was held on Monday 30th September in Ibiza during the World Championships. You can download the AGM notes here - Tornado Class 2013 AGM Notes Any questions should be sent to Andrew Dowley, the ITA Secretary, his email is secretary@tornado-class.org Read More »

The Greeks retain the title! The 2013 Tornado Open and Mixed World Championships finished on a high in Ibiza on Saturday, another fantastic day on the water. Three races were run to make the full quota of 10 races after one was missed earlier in the week. The wind was between 7 and 13 knots and coming from the North ... Read More »

Light winds greeted the sailors when they arrived at the beach this morning for the fourth day of the Tornado World Championships. The humidity and cloud cover was keeping the wind from appearing. A postponement was put up at 1pm for a short period of time while the race committee waited for the wind, it came very quickly with the ... Read More »

On Wednesday evening a number of competitors travelled across the island of Ibiza to the Blue Marlin Beach Club, a main sponsor of the World Championships. A lovely exclusive beach club in a beautiful location with fantastic food and atmosphere – highly recommended to anyone who visits Ibiza. With Wednesday as a lay day the sailors were raring to go ... Read More »

Day two of the Tornado World Championships started with the same conditions as the day before, the race committee decided to postpone racing for one hour to let the wind settle and shift as predicted. With no discards on the score sheet it was all to fight for when the postponement flag was taken down. There was an 18 knot ... Read More »

Day One of the 2013 Tornado World Championships in Ibiza was set to be a windy one. The practice races yesterday had already been blown out but the sailors were keen to get out into the turquoise seas to test their boats. Although the breeze was building throughout the morning the signal was raised at 12.30 for a 1.30pm start, ... Read More »

9 out of 9 for Piggott and Kay 13 boats arrived at Stokes Bay this year to fight it out to be the Tornado National Champion. The event sponsored by Zhik was run over Friday, Saturday and Sunday with 3 races on each day. Friday was the sunny day with around 14 knots of breeze which held consistently for the ... Read More »

It’s now just one month until the Tornado Class sailors will be hitting Ibiza for the annual Tornado Open and Mixed World Championships. The island is ready to greet the sailors and their families, there is going to be lots of action on the sailing side, but also loads to do for everyone, including a Ibicencan paella night, a barbecue ... Read More »