Blue Stripe Sailing Contest and Festival 2009. july 07.

The 41^st Blue Stripe Sailing Contest and its complementary programs were organised between the 3^rd and 5^th of July in Balatonfüred with our company in charge of the visualisation.

The 41^st Blue Stripe Sailing Contest and its complementary programs were organised between the 3^rd and 5^th of July in Balatonfüred with our company in charge of the visualisation.

Europe’s oldest and longest sailing contest around the Lake Balaton has grown this year to a real festival, since the Hungarian Sailing Association has attached to the contest the Blue String Festival already the third time, that gave numerous interesting programmes for those who were watching the competition from the lakeside.

The air race show named Grand Aero Challenge was going in front of the pier of Balatonfüred with eight planes. The pilots competed for two days on the track between the sailing boats. The Tér-Film-Zene Fesztivál (Space-Film-Music Festival) accompanied the Blue String this year that presented concerts and films for the enquirers.

The live broadcasting of the regatta, the accompanying programmes and the announcement of results could be followed by the viewers on the 20 m² LED wall also.

The around 160 km race distance was completed by 556 sailing boats out of 600. Farkas Litkey and his team was the winner of the competition, and this was their 9^th success.

On Saturday night almost 3000 competitors were able to relieve the excitement at the closing party of the contest, where they watched the show in honour of them and the films made about the race on a 12 m² LED wall and two huge projection screens.

Photo: LED wall on the Blue String’s announcement of results