July 09 – 11

Very Light on the first day, then strong south westerlies

On the first day there was a very light and shifty northerly. After 4 hours of drifting and waiting we had one race wich was shortened to get results at all.

On the second day the conditions had changed to a nice 24 knot breeze (12 m/s) from south west, also the famous Warnemünde waves had arrived.
Most of the fleet had real fun, only the course was quite close to the shore, so that on the outer Loop, our course, the waves came from 30 degree different angle and were less high than further out.
Three races were sailed, all won by Karsten Hitz who was only challanged by Jorgen Lindhardtsen and Greg Wilcox in the last race of the day.
The next boats were Greg Wilcox, Martin von Zimmermann and Sönke Beherns wich all showed very good speed.
Due to the close shore, the wind was shifty enough to make some tactical gains or losses.
With Christian Senst, another Proctor Carbon mast broke in just more than two weeks, after Nick Craigs at Kiel. The mast broke at nearly the same point between the deck and the gooseneck, making it look like a construction problem with these lightweight masts.

On Sunday, the last racing day, the wind picked up to up to 30 knots, making the reaches and runs even more fun. The waves got longer and bigger. Again Karsten won, but Martin von Zimmermann was able to pass Jorgen Lindhardtsen.
After one race the Race Committee decided to send us home as the wind was still rising.

Beside the rain wich struck us every afternoon on the shore, it was a nice event again, proving Warnemünde as one of the best sailing areas in Europe.

Best placed boat with aluminium mast was Peter Scheuerl, Carsten Saß next Aluminium mast.

Results
Pos Sailno. Name Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Tot
1 GER 727 Karsten Hitz SSC 11 1 1 1 1 4,0
2 DEN 1280 Jorgen Lindthardtsen HVS 1 2 2 3 3 8,0
3 GER 693 Martin von Zimmermann SCOe OCS 9 4 4 2 19,0
4 GER 690 Sönke Behrens SCOE 13 4 5 6 4 19,0
5 GER 665 Peter Stephan SCST 5 6 7 5 5 21,0
6 NZL 522 Greg Wilcox WBBC 16 3 3 2 DNF 24,0
7 GER 718 Peter Scheuerl NRV 21 5 6 8 7 26,0
8 GBR 2085 Waldron Gavin SSSC 15 7 12 7 8 34,0
9 DEN 1303 John-Skjoldby Petersen RSK 14 8 11 10 6 35,0
10 GER 725 Christian Hartmann VSaW 6 12 9 9 DNF 36,0
11 GER 624 Thomas Glas SSC 20 10 8 12 9 39,0
12 GER 699 Juliane Hofmann SWS 2 16 18 17 16 51,0
13 GER 659 Falk Hagemann SWS 10 14 17 18 12 53,0
14 GER 720 Daniel Gröschl YCS OCS 13 16 13 11 53,0
15 GER 539 Carsten Saß LYC 17 15 15 15 10 55,0
16 DEN 1322 Ivan Pedersen HVS 19 18 10 11 DNC 58,0
17 GER 710 Christian Senst USV Pots 4 11 13 DNF DNC 65,0
18 DEN 132 Bo Teglers HVS 3 19 DNC 14 DNF 73,0
19 GER 645 Arne Lindemann PSCW 27 22 19 19 13 73,0
20 GER 630 Norbert Petrausch TSVS 18 21 21 20 15 74,0
21 DEN 1323 Troels Lykke HVS 8 17 DNC DNC 14 76,0
22 GER 651 Heinz Ridder SVPB 22 23 20 DNC 17 82,0
23 GER 621 Andre Hennings CKA 24 DNF 14 16 DNC 91,0
24 DEN 1327 Peter Nielsen VSB 7 DNC DNC DNC DNC 118,0
25 GER 473 Yves Kaminski SVEW 25 20 DNC DNC DNC 119,0
26 GER 606 Katharina Huß SCFr 9 DNF DNC DNC DNC 120,0
27 GER 607 Christian Heinze SCV 12 DNC DNC DNC DNC 123,0
28 GER 691 Wofgang Feierabend WYC 23 DNC DNC DNC DNC 134,0
29 GER 714 Christian Huß SCFr 26 DNC DNC DNC DNC 137,0
30 GER 674 Kai Wagner WVM 28 DNC DNC DNC DNC 139,0
31 GER 698 Karsten Kath YCA DNF DNC DNC DNC DNC 148,0