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Friday, 21 May 2021 — Sunday, 23 May 2021
”In 2019, we held our Gold Cup in Haderslev with huge success. All our employees, more or less, were involved, and it was a fantastic experience to create that big an event in connection with our 40th anniversary”, CEO Kræn Brinck Nielsen explains.
During the past months, X-Yachts and Sailing Aarhus have been in dialogue, and with an impressive list of references for organizing events, X-Yachts’ CEO, Kræn Brinck Nielsen has no doubt that Sailing Aarhus will succeed doing this job.
”We currently need to renew ourselves, and the cooperation with Sailing Aarhus in 2021 makes sense because they have an extensive experience in international event-making”, CEO Kræn Brinck Nielsen explains.
CEO, Jon Kock Hansen is enthusiastic about the cooperation: ”It really makes good sense to create this event together with X-Yachts, not least because we have the same set of values. We want our guests to feel comfortable when they take part in an event with us. In close cooperation with X-Yachts, we will guaranteed get a fantastic event and we really look forward to kicking off the preparation process. We are 100% ready to go ahead now”, Jon expresses enthusiastically.
The date for the event is 21 – 23 May, and shortly the registration module will be open on the website of Sailing Aarhus.
10:00 - 21:00
Check-in, Race Office
18:00 - 21:00
Welcome reception
18.00–18.45
Welcome speech by Jon Koch Hansen & Per Hjerrild
Welcome speech by Kræn Brinck Nielsen, CEO X-Yachts
Speech by Ib Kunøe, owner of X-Yachts
19:00 - 20:30
Welcome buffet - to be preordered
18:00 - 21:00
Music
07:00 - 09:00
Breakfast in event area - to be preordered
07:00 - 09:00
Handing out lunch bags in event area - to be preordered
08:00
Race office opens
10:00 – 15:00
Racing on the water: Family, sports, over 50 ft and doublehand classes
15:00 - 16:00
After-sailing get-together
19:00
Dinner - to be preordered
20:30
Prize-giving
21:00 - 23:00
Entertainment
NB: Race office open until the end of the protest time limit.
07:00 - 09:00
Breakfast in event area - to be preordered
07:00 - 09:00
Handing out lunch bags in event area - to be preordered
08:00
Race office opens
10:00 -15.00
Racing on the water: Family, sports, over 50 ft and doublehand classes
15:00 – 16:00
After-sailing get-together
19:00
Dinner - to be preordered
20:15 - 20:45
Prize-giving, daily and overall
21:00 - 21:30
Speech by Aarhus Sailing Centre
Speech by Kræn Brinck Nielsen, CEO X-Yachts
21:30 - 01:00
Music & Dancing
NB: Race office open until the end of the protest time limit.
08:00 – 10:00
Hand over of break-fast & hang-over-lunch-bag - to be preordered
12:00
Latest departure from Aarhus Harbor.
There will be free berthing throughout the event from 20th - 24th May.
X-Yachts has had a long history of organizing Gold Cup events. In the beginning of the story of Gold Cups, the leading dealers were supposed to take turns on this event - and so they did for many years. From 2011 and onwards, the yard found it more suitable to take on the responsibility - not least, because the potential participants are and were primarily located in Scandinavia and Northern Europe. And it was finally decided only to do the event every second year.
Previous Gold Cups:
| 1998 | Lugiura, Italy |
| 1999 | Haderslev, Denmark |
| 2000 | Imuiden, Holland |
| 2001 | Port Grimaud, France |
| 2002 | Marstrand, Sweden |
| 2003 | Hamble, England |
| 2004 | Elba, Italy |
| 2005 | Arendal, Norway |
| 2006 | La Trinite Sur Mer, France |
| 2007 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
| 2008 | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2009 | Ijsselmeer, Holland |
| 2010 | Scarlino, Italy |
| 2011 | Glücksburg, Germany |
| 2013 | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2015 | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2017 | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2019 | Haderslev, Denmark |
| 2021 | Aarhus, Denmark |
Will take place from the website of Sailing Aarhus from 15th of November.
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