This last day offered some sun and a steady southeasterly wind of 7 – 10m/s, 14 – 20kts. After three general recalls the boats were off. The Race Committee had planned two races but only one was completed. Skipper Anatoly Loginov in RUS27 and his crew Andrey Kirilyuk, Alexander Shalagin were the overall winners of […]
Jessica Grahn, Race Officer. Why did you accept the job as Race Office Manager? “I like working regattas”. What is your role at the Race Office? “Make sure that everything runs smoothly. Registration, requests and everything you can think of”! What else do you do? “You name it. Print tickets, make lists in Excel, handle […]
Five knots current and no wind meant that the organizers two hours after the scheduled start cancelled todays race. Three races are now completed in the BMW Dragon Gold Cup. The rules says at least four races. The organizers have for tomorrow planned two races with an early start at 10 am. Weather outlook for […]
The weather forecast for Wednesday promised lots of rain and wind, both decreasing in the afternoon. Two races were planned but an approaching thunderstorm and very weak winds made the Race Committee order the sailors to return to port and the second race was cancelled. Winner today was Lars Hendricson in UKR8, who also won […]
Lets start with Chairman of the race committé – Kerstin Holmberg This is the 10th time GKSS arranges the Dragon Gold Cup since 1930 when it was held for the first time but it’s 19 years since the last time. What experience do you have of big sailing events? “I ‘ve been working with sail […]
SECOND DAY OF RACING – BMW DRAGON GOLD CUP On the second day of racing the Marstrand fjord took its toll. After a couple of restarts the race was on its way but westerly winds up to 13 m/s, 26 kts and heavy seas caused some 15 boats to retire. A second race was scheduled […]
The winner was GER 1071 (Germany), skipper Helmut Schmidt and his crew Peter Liebner and Andreas Listl. – “We had to wait quite some time to start. After a couple of restarts we were finally off. We chose to start to leeward and rounded as 5th after the first tack. On the first downwind leg […]
Led by drummers, soldiers in old fashioned uniforms and 17 flag bearers; participants, volunteers and sponsors marched up the steep incline to Carlsten Fortress, where Commandant Eive Swanberg received them all. The evening began with speeches by Principal Race Officer Kerstin Holmberg and RGYC (GKSS) chairman Lennart Svantesson. The ISAF president Göran Petersson then declared […]
Heading for sea and the tune-up race! Time for some racing! Today’s Tune-Up race gives the sailors the chance to test out their gear. […]
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