Friday 25 June 2010

Kieler Woche: Not Much Wind for Start of International Classes' Racing




Folkboats in their first race at Kieler Woche 2010, © segel-bilder.de /Christian Beeck.

by Hermann Hell

Unfortunately again low winds for the beginning of the second part of the Kieler Woche with 14 international classes at the start. No races for most of them. Only the Folkboat, Platu 25 and the J 24 found enough wind to finish one race.

Note from SailRaceWin: A different nationality won the first race in each class!

Folkboat (1 race) : 1. Christian Thomsen / Claus Schou / Henrik Holk (DEN) 1; 2. Dirk Rohrbeck / Uwe Grigull / Sylvia Lienau (GER) 2; 3. Uwe Pfuhl / Jens Callsen / Siegfried Busse (GER) 3; 4. Christoph Nielsen / Bjoerge Dehn / Torben Dehn (GER) 4; 5. Udo Pflüger / Christoph Kühne / Norbert Ohst (GER) 5; 6. Peter Brogger / Brian Bjerregaard / Bo Stævne (DEN) 6

Platu 25 (1 race): 1. Ingo Lochmann / Jens Steinborn / Max Rieger / Matthias Krüger / Christian Maedel (GER) 1; 2. Martin Sigrist / Luca Gerig / Matthias Bosshart / Benjamin Dierauer / Simon Brügger / Markus Sigrist (SUI) 2; 3. Jens Ahlgrimm / Enrico Taeufer / Carsten Wernecke / Mathias Gedrange / Stephan Moelle (GER) 3; 4. Suzanne Willim / Jasmin Rupprich / Catrin Wegner / Wibke Bülle / Eva Steinijans / Charlotte Jaekel (GER) 4; 5. Rüdiger Margale / Pierre Tscherneck / Arnd Ritter / Marc Daniel Siegfried / Dennis Siegfried (GER) 5; 6. Erik Brauer / Ole Dieckmann / Christian Born / Jan Laschinsky / Roland Körner (GER) 6

J 24 (1 race): 1. Christopher McLaughlin / Julia Scott / Chris McLaughlin / Michael Kyte / Andy McLelland / Ian Southworth (GBR) 1; 2. Kai Mares / Justus Kellner / Tobias Peters / Tim Becker / Jan-Marc Ulrich (GER) 2; 3. Anna Gunnarsson / Henrik Hansson / Dan Fredskov / Marianne Schoke / Max Hölzer (SWE) 3; 4. Lars Häger / Nils Lukat / Eva Philipp / Johanna Meierrieks / Olivier Christen / Silke Häger (GER) 4; 5. Peer Kock / Valentin Zeller / Marc-Daniel Mählmann / Ole Hicken / Hannes Pagel (Hamburg) 5; 6. Stefan Karsunke / Andrea Körner / Tim Habekost / Jonathan Huth / Malte Gibbe (GER) 6

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