Best German offshore yachts in 2007:

1. "Froschkonig" (Optima 106) Detlef Amlong 192.0 points
2. "Beluga Sailing" (Evento 46) Christian Plump 190.5 points
3. "Cala Ventinove" (Dehler 29) Uwe Wenzel 186.6 points.

The results of the Official German Offshore Sailing Ranking list 2007 in the Classes I to IV are

Class I: 1. "Beluga Sailing" (Evento 46) Christian Plump 190.5 points; 2. "Extasy" (X-41) Thomas Brugge 174.7 points; 3. "Transit Express" (Luffe 43) Thedje Ancker 170.9 points

Class II: 1. "patent3" (X-332 sport) Jurgen Klinghardt 181.1; 2. "Varuna Xpress" (X-332 sport) Kai Haupthoff 177.2 points; 3. "Flying Circus" (X-332 sport) Wolfgang ucker 172.5 points

Class III: 1. "Cala Ventinove" (Dehler 29) Uwe Wenzel 186.6 points; 2. "Chinook" (X-332) Johann Friedrichsen 178.6 points; 3. "Sisqua" (Dehler 34) Armin Balser 171.1 points

Class IV: 1. "Froschkonig" (Optima 106) Detlef Amlong 192.0 points; 2. "Larn" ("Hiddensee 1/4 ton mod.) Jan Neumann 167.8 points; 3. "Ree" (Duetta 94) Bernhard Ihnken 145.6 points

A total number of about 140 German yachts appears in the Offshore Sailing Ranking list 2007.

A lot of regattas are evaluated wherein the ranking is based on a calculation by adding the points of the results each yacht has earned in its class. The scoring has been done under IMS which will be replaced by ORC International from this year on.

The German Offshore Sailing Ranking list is issued by the German Sailing Federation "DSV" (Deutscher Segler-Verband) as the only official ranking for the German offshore sailing scene and administered by the German Regatta Association Offshore Sailing RVS" (Regatta Vereinigung Seesegeln). RVS was founded in 1985 and has nowadays more than 220 members being active German regatta offshore sailors and most of them owners of German offshore racing yachts, and also some yacht clubs. Well-known members of RVS are e.g. Hans-Otto Schumann (former owner of the famous racing yachts named "Rubin"), Harald Baum ("Elan"), Dr. Klaus Murmann ("Uca") and Dr. Wolfgang Schafer ("Struntje light") as well as Kieler Yacht-Club, Hamburger Segel-Club and Norddeutscher Regatta-Verein. RVS is extraordinary member of the DSV and is acknowledged by the DSV and the race organizers as representative of the German offshore regatta sailors in a position like a class association.