A lot of wind and thrilling duels on the Flensburger fjord
After three days of Gold Cup in Flensburger Segel-Club, the winners were finally found. On the third and final day of racing, the crews once again delivered amazing racing capabilities.
The race was particularly thrilling in the One Design Class, X-35, taking part in the Scandinavian Open as a part of the Gold Cup schedule. They had their final chance of practising before the World Championship that will take place in Aarhus in Denmark from 15th to 20th of August.
First place went to Xen, owned by Torsten Bastiansen, second place went to Kristian Loeftgaard with his
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The largest X-Yachts were represented in the over 50ft Class. On the third day of racing, they were sent on a medium-distance race. First place went to Birger Hansen with his Xcruising model, the Xc 50, second place went to X-One, owned by Peter Reedtz and third place went to an X-55 "Mary y Cielo".
In the Sports Class C, the first place went to “Han Sen”, owned by Michael Möllmann, second place to “Hoppetosse” owned by Jörg Hiller and the third place went to “patent3” owned by Jürgen Klinghardt.
The X-Yachts from 37 – 49 ft were represented in the Sports Class D. Peter Buhl from Denmark with "Sirena" passed "Gertrud", IMX-40 from Sweden with a third and a first place in the up and down race on the last day of racing. Third place also went to Denmark's Bo Detlefsen with his "X-Ellent" (X-40) - the happy winner of a bronze medal.
Next to the Sports Classes, the X-Yachts Gold Cup also had the traditional Family Classes. The family classes were not allowed to sail with a spinnaker.
At the end of the race, the X-34 helmed by Peter Gillen from Germany took the first place. Sören Jepsen was racing with the X-34 "SiouXie" as number two, and as number three, came Mark Bracht, owner of the X-361 "Motherrati".
Family Class B was won by IMX-40 "Veolia" helmed by Christoph Fink - just a few seconds before "Addix" - and Xc 38 helmed by Oliver Leu. The Swedish Johan Delin took his X-46 "Prima" from a fourth to a third place - securing himself a place on at the winning platform.
The prize ceremony took place in bright sunshine on the terrace of the Flensburger Segel-Club. More than 450 sailors from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Germany were celebrating their victories during the final celebration party of the Gold Cup.
