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With just one more race sailed on Saturday, Girls on Film has retained the 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Circolo Vela Torbole that they last won in 2019

Peter Morton's Girls on Film (GBR 41, Peter Morton, Andrew Palfrey, Ben Cornish) has taken the lead at the 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Circolo Vela Torbole on Lake Garda, after three more races on Friday

The 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Circolo Vela Torbole, on Lake Garda, Italy, is normally the opening event of the season, but it has been cancelled the last two years because of COVID

Aspire secured the 2021 5.5 Metre French Open at the Régates Royales on Friday in Cannes to win from Momo and Ali-Baba

Aspire moved into a six point lead on the penultimate day of the 2021 5.5 Metre French Open at the Régates Royales in Cannes

European Champions, Aspire  (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Simon Fry) take the lead at the 2021 5.5 Metre French Open at the Régates Royales in Cannes after three more races on day 2

The 2021 5.5 Metre French Open at the Régates Royales in Cannes opened to near perfect champagne sailing conditions with three races in 12-16 knots

New Moon II  took the German Open on the result of Friday's long distance race, after both Saturday and Sunday were lost with no wind

No further racing was possible on Day 2 of the 5.5 Metre German Open at the Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee (VsaW) in Berlin with very little wind on Saturday

The 2018 5.5 Metre World Champions, New Moon II lead after the first day of the 2021 German Open at the Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee (VsaW) in Berlin

It is being researched and written by Mikkel Thommessen and Matti Muoniovaara. It will be the first definitive history of the class after more than seven decades

Marie-Françoise XXI won the 2020 Herbstpreis for 5.5 Metres at Thunersee YC on Sunday with a bullet in the first race of the day

The first race was won by Black & White (SUI 219, Daniel Schenker Mark Dangel, Felix Schneebeli) on a day with never ending rain

Aspire has won the 2020 5.5 Metre European Championship in Sanremo, Italy, after no races were possible on the final day of the event, Saturday

Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemyslaw Gacek, Simon Fry) took the overall lead on the fourth day at the 5.5 Metre Europeans in Sanremo, Italy

Lack of wind forced all racing to be abandoned on the third day of the 5.5 Metre Europeans in Sanremo, Italy

Black & White (SUI 219, Daniel Schenker, Mark Dangel, Anthony Shanks) led from start to finish in the first race

The day began hot and windless with a two-hour postponement to wait for the wind, which then drifted to nearly four hours

Short speeches, socially distant team tables and masked serving staff were the order of the day as the 5.5 Metre Europeans opened in Sanremo, Italy

Sanremo, Italy, is all ready to welcome the 5.5 Metre fleet for its 2020 European Championship, which is being sailed from 25-29 August