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Sail-World.com : ORCi European championship crowns go to Silva Hispaniola and Feelgood
ORCi European championship crowns go to Silva Hispaniola and Feelgood
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'Silva Hispaniola - ORCi European Championship 2011'
Peter Gustafsson/blur.se
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ORCi European championship final inshore race was cancelled due to light air conditions. The results from last nights shortened short offshore race stand, and the new European champions are confirmed.
On the basis of not only great boatspeed but excellent crew work throughout the week, Peter Schmidt and his German team on his Evento 42 Silva Hispaniola have dominated Division 1 and with a 9.5-point margin have claimed the 2011 ORCi European championship crown. The German team never had a finish worse than fourth in the entire eight race series, and never worse than third in the six inshore races.
But had there been a final inshore race scored today, allowing a discard to the scores, the outcome could have been much different. Runner-up Peter Ortendahl’s IMX 40 Gertrud would have dropped their 12-point DSQ in race three, and trading that for a better result may have been able to close the gap with the larger Silva and given the Swedish team gold rather than silver medals.
Five points behind Gertrud in the standings, Jan Henrik Bryde’s Norwegian team on his IMX 40 Xanthippe took the final place on the podium, but was the top finisher for the Division 1 Corinthian Trophy. The IMX 40, like her sistership Gertrud, benefited in part by the on-again, off-again conditions of the two offshore races which favoured the smaller, slower boats in each class.
 | Feelgood - ORCi European Championship 2011 - Peter Gustafsson/blur.se |
In contrast to Silva’s dominance of Division 1, the winner of Division 2 was never clear all week, as new leaders came with nearly every race, although one team managed to emerge as the dominant force late in the competition. Martin Nilsson’s Swedish team on his Salona 37 Feelgood had impressive results in the inshore races – 3-1-6-2-2-2 – and survived well enough in the small-boat dominated offshore races to keep 10 points clear of the runner-up and claim the new ORCi European Champion Division 2 crown.
Runner-up in the division is Kai Haupthauf’s X-332 Sport Varuna Xpress, who has earned the silver medal on the strength of winning two inshore races on Thursday and a second in the long offshore race. The German team is also the Division 2 Corinthian Trophy winner. Bronze medal winner is Jarle Kristiansen’s Norwegian team on his GS 37 Xtreme.
'Despite our light air today, for the week it was a hard-fought series raced in a wide variety of conditions,' said ORC representative Zoran Grubisa. 'The racing was always very close, with the results decided in seconds, so the winners had to work hard for their victories. We’re very happy to congratulate the new European Champions.'
 | Silva Hispaniola crew - ORCi European Championship 2011 - Peter Gustafsson/blur.se |
 | Feelgood crew - ORCi European Championship 2011 - Peter Gustafsson/blur.se |
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4:58 PM Sat 13 Aug 2011 GMT
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