Aberdeen Dragon Europeans in Oslo, Norway - Day 3
by Jon Amtrup 6 Aug 2008 13:39 PDT
4-8 August 2008
Close and hard racing on day three of the Aberdeen Dragon Europeans in Oslo © Roger Strandli Brendhagen
Moscow takes a firm Dragon grip
The Moscow sailors from Pirogovo Yacht Club has taken a firm grip on the Aberdeen Dragon European Championship. They have all the podium places after five races.
"We all have very good helmsmen and skippers, and the conditions in the Oslofjord is very similar to what we have in Moscow; shifty", says Maxim Logutenko, skipper on I Feel Good from Pirogovo Yacht Club.
He is sailing with Mikhail Senatorov on the helm and Vladimir Krutskih. The I Feel Good crew was in third place after three races, but today they took the leap all the way to the top of the list.
In very difficult conditions in the last race, with a big wind shift and a long period of very light winds, they managed to take the gun.
"In the first race we had a very poor start, and never managed to recover. But in the last we got off to a great start and where the first boat round the top mark. When the wind disappeared we drifted for an hour or so, but we managed in the end", says Logutenko
Dmitry Berezkin (RUS 90) is in second and Vadim Statsenko (RUS 12) is in third. They are all from the same yacht club. The same is the Russian Dragons in 6th and 7th place.
It’s only German Thomas Mueller and Norwegian Eivind Melleby that has been able to get in between the fellow Pirogovo Yacht Club sailors.
After the two races on Wednesday the sailors were invited to a big reception with the Mayor of Oslo in the Town Hall. Two more races are planned for the Aberdeen Dragon European Championship with the last on Friday August 8th.
Click here for the complete results.