J/80 German National Championship at Flensburger Segel-Club
by J/Boats 20 Sep 2019 22:34 AEST
13-15 September 2019
German J/80 Championship 2019 © Ingvild Buchholz
Over the weekend of September 13th to 15th, the Flensburger Segelclub hosted their annual Flensburger Fordewoche for fleets of ORC handicap yachts and also the 2019 German J/80 Championship. A fleet of eleven J/80s enjoyed good weather and an eight race, one-discard series on the lake.
The surprise winner was Arnet Wilcken's DIVA team, sailing with two other family members (Karolin and Michaela Wilcken), Thore Hansen and Iver Hadler. They simply started out in first place on the first day and never wavered from their mission to win the German J/80 title for 2019. Their record included only podium finishes of three firsts, four seconds, and a third place that got tossed out!
Their final tally of just 11 pts was 10 points ahead of the three-time German J/80 Champion- Martin Menzner's PIKE. Menzner's crew (Lars Keilwitz, Nils Beltermann, and Frank Lichte) posted three 1sts and two seconds, but was inconsistent in the other races; their final score of 21 pts net landed them in the silver medal position. Rounding out the podium was Torsten Voss' FRIDA with crew of Holger & Moritz Elle and Roland Villasenor; their net score was 26 pts.
Two Danish teams managed to make the trek from Copenhagen, Denmark to sail on the beautiful lake. Coincidentally, together, they rounded out the top five positions. Fourth was Flemming Djernaes' PROJECT 2 (with crew of Jorn Anderson, Kim Londal, and Soren Bro Mikkelsen) and in fifth place was Johnny Jensen's BHJ FONDEN (with his team of Soren Brask, Mads Petersen, and Rasmus Lamberts).
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