August 27.-29.
By Captain Bob
23 sailors from Denmark and Sweden turned op for this years Nordic Championship. It was going to be a heavy weather venue, fortunately the weather was grey and we had some rain as well.
The wind was averaging 20 knots and they measured above 30 in the puffs. In those conditions you would expect experience in the OK to count, but it was the former swedish laser sailor Jonas Quist who took the title. It was his third time in the OK, and he showed some good tactics and very good downwind speed, which eventually gave him the title.
Just after him we saw Jorgen Lindhartsen, who apparently have forgotten his back injury and is back in very good shape. El Presidente got third, but in the first two races when the conditions were ruff, he was convincingly fast.
Before the regatta Jesper Petersen was telling some newcomers that in the OK-class, that even in the worst conditions, his slogan was “Gibe or Die!!”. However Mr. Petersen chose death himself quite a few times. If he quit the swimming lessons in time for the worlds, he as well, will be a strong contender.
| Pos | Sailno. | Name | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Tot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWE 2762 | Jonas Qvist | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | DEN 1280 | Jørgen Lindhardtsen | 7 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | SWE 2741 | Thomas Hansson-Mild | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | DEN 1302 | Ulf Brandt | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | DEN 1304 | Christian Midtgaard | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | DEN 1340 | Jesper Petersen | 6 | 5 | DNS | 5 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | DEN 1 | Frank Hansen | 3 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 36 |
| 8 | SWE 99 | Hans Elkjær | 8 | DNF | 8 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 41 |
| 9 | DEN 1330 | Troels Lykke | 14 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 45 |
| 10 | DEN 1322 | Ivan Pedersen | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 50 |
| 11 | DEN 1265 | Bo Teglers | 15 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 57 |
| 12 | DEN 1335 | Mogens Johansen | 11 | DNS | DNS | 13 | 11 | 5 | 64 |
| 13 | SWE 2739 | Jan-Erik Nystedt | 9 | DNF | DNS | 10 | 10 | 12 | 65 |
| 14 | SWE 2752 | Ingermar Janson | 13 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 66 |
| 15 | SWE 2759 | Per-Arne Olsson | 10 | DNS | DNS | 16 | 14 | 11 | 75 |
| 16 | SWE 2599 | Håkan Olsson | DNF | 13 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 83 |
| 17 | SWE 2750 | Jonas Lindahl | DNF | DNS | DNS | 17 | 12 | 10 | 87 |
| 18 | DEN 1303 | John Skjoldby | DNF | DNS | DNS | 9 | 17 | 14 | 88 |
| 19 | SWE 2749 | Max Nystedt | 16 | 11 | DNF | 21 | DNF | DNS | 96 |
| 20 | DEN 1324 | Claus Deichgræber | DNS | DNS | DNS | 6 | DNS | DNS | 102 |
| 21 | SWE 2746 | Olle Heimersson | DNF | DNS | DNS | 23 | 18 | 18 | 107 |
| 22 | SWE 2591 | Bengt Str�mberg | DNF | DNS | DNS | 19 | 20 | DNS | 111 |
| 23 | DEN 1301 | Per Sørensen | DNS | DNS | DNS | 22 | DNS | DNS | 118 |