Turn-und Sportverein Schilksee e.V, Schlei, Mai 30th – June 1st

Witsun Racing at the Schlei
Report by Gunter Arndt

33 dinghies found their way to Borgwedel in Northern Germany. Before I checked the Internet and our Forum what I should expect. The Forum said: no waves, the water just a little bit salty, no open sea, no danger for lakesailors…..

Well, launching the boats was already an exciting experience with strong winds directly onto the ramp. The racing area was fine, just a bit smaller than 4 km wide.

Day 1:
Two races in rough NE wind with clear results: Karsten Hitz 2×1, Greg Wilcox 2×2 and Martin von Zimmermann 2×3 an myself 2×4.
Followed some mixed placements caused by capsizes which could be seen by black-brown tops of sails (3m is the deepest).
In the evening we had a bbq at the youthhostel, were we also stayed during the regatta.

Day 2:
Less wind, less trouble to leave the ramp. On the water very shifty conditions and decreasing wind. We hold 4 races which mixed up the results. Just Karsten and Greg proved to be consistantly in the front.
In the evening warm food at the youthhostel and sit ins at the bungalows.

Day 3:
Finally summer temperatures, but even lighter wind and bigger shifts. Peit had to reset the whole course several times. We managed to sail 2 races.
Greg was by the end sovereign in front of Karsten and Jorgen Holm. I got 4th on equal points and have to write the report….

A very nice witsun weekend all inclusive: 3 meals per day, Sleeping in bungalows, 8 good races with conditions for every taste – > thanks to Peit and Ossi for organising.

– Results
Pos Sailno. Name Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Tot-2
1 NZL 522 Greg Wilcox BSC 2 2 5 2 1 3 4 1 11
2 GER 744 Karsten Hitz SSC 1 1 4 5 3 5 2 6 16
3 DEN 4 Jorgen Holm DEN 9 8 18 18 2 7 3 2 31
4 GER 672 Gunter Arndt FYC 4 4 10 3 10 4 6 10 31
5 GER 731 Thomas Glas SSC 6 10 3 1 12 15 9 3 32
6 GER 717 Oliver Gronholz SSC 5 11 1 16 9 12 7 5 38
7 GER 693 Martin Von Zimmermann SCOE 3 3 2 11 18 11 12 8 38
8 GER 645 Arnelindemann SCS 12 23 11 8 5 2 5 7 38
9 DEN 1368 Christian Hedlund DEN 20 5 6 10 14 1 14 DNC 50
10 GER 745 Rainer Pospiech YCBG 15 12 12 22 11 6 1 12 54
11 GER 755 Ingo Stelzer BSV 10 9 14 7 6 8 20 17 54
12 GER 747 Andreas Pich LYC 11 17 9 4 22 9 13 18 63
13 GER 665 Peter Stephan SCST 8 13 23 15 8 16 19 11 71
14 GER 750 Ralf Tietje SVG 13 7 8 13 15 18 16 16 72
15 GER 662 Gerd Breitbart SCOE 27 22 19 9 17 17 8 14 84
16 GER 727 Jürgen Splieth KYC 17 18 7 23 24 23 17 4 86
17 GER 760 Andreas Deubel HSC 14 6 15 21 21 13 DNC DNC 90
18 GER 711 Ralf Mackmann SCST 16 25 16 20 20 19 11 9 91
19 GER 607 Christian Heinze SCV DNC DNC 13 14 4 10 30 22 93
20 DEN 1357 Henning Nielsen DEN 19 16 21 17 7 14 21 20 93
21 GER 737 Thorsten Schmidt SCV 7 15 22 19 25 20 15 19 95
22 GER 666 Jan Hartmann BSV 23 DNC 17 6 16 22 22 15 98
23 GER 606 Katharina Huß SCFR 24 20 24 12 13 25 27 21 114
24 GER 632 Fabian Gronholz SSC 18 14 20 24 31 DNC 25 13 114
25 GER 643 Jürgen Illers SCO 25 24 25 29 19 27 18 23 134
26 DEN 1265 Malte Pedersen DEN 22 19 32 31 28 21 23 25 138
27 GER 724 Marina Dellas OYC 26 21 27 25 29 30 26 24 149
28 GER 651 Heinz Ridder SVPB 28 27 26 27 23 24 24 28 151
29 GER 715 Sven Beye SSC DNC DNC 28 26 27 DNC 10 27 152
30 GER 714 Christian Huß SCFR 21 26 33 32 26 26 31 29 159
31 GER 649 Kai Wehmhörner SCV 29 28 30 30 DNC 31 28 26 171
32 GER 567 Jan Beckmann SVPB DNC DNC 29 28 30 29 32 31 179
33 SUI 66 Julian Von Cölln SUI DNC DNC 31 33 DNC 28 29 30 185