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| 13.07.2008 |
Demanding sailing conditions characterise
71st Warnemuender Woche
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| Winner of the Starboot class, Alexander Hagen and Frithjof Kleen |
Sailors from five continents showed up in nine days of racing at the Baltic port of Warnemuende. More visitors than ever came to watch the high class sailing event and enjoyed a huge entertainment program onshore. In total 2444 competitors from 30 nations crowned their champions in 180 races. Among the highlights of the second half was the Bombardier OK-Dinghy World championship and the German championship of the Olympic star boat class.
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12.07.2008 |
Purdies dream comes true
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World champion Karl Purdie |
It was a dark and stormy front that set an early end to racing on Saturday in Warnemuende. Only one final race was sailed in the Bombardier OK class world championship due to the upcoming weather. With a slightly diminished lead Karl Purdie finally took the title after nine races.
Warnemuende, 12 July 2008 – Five-Three-One reads his sail number and Karl Purdie from New Zealand took it as a sign. He finished fifth in the Worlds 2006 in Australia, became third in Poland last year and now headed for the title in the OK-Dinghy class. He set his new sail in Warnemuende to make a dream come true. With a constant and impressive performance the sailors from New Zealands capital Wellington sailed to win the series. see more |
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10.07.2008 |
Star boat offbeat – Everything OK for Karl
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| Start of the Star class |
All sailors of the 71 WARNEMUENDER WOCHE had to suffer from a postponement due to light and very shifty winds on Thursday. But in the early afternoon a fine breeze set in from the south. For the start of the German Championships of the Olympic star boat class, Alexander Hagen and Frithjof Kleen from Hamburg showed their ambitions for the title. The ranking of the OK worlds is dominated by Karl Purdie from New Zealand. see more |
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09.07.2008 |
OK-Worlds: Purdie extends lead
Offshore sailors fight against west winds
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Karl Purdie from New Zealand |
The water was boiling on Wednesday – on the second day of the OK-class World Championships a highly motivated fleet of 90 boats was challenged by strong winds and big waves. The remaining 52 yachts in the Bornholm Round race had to cope with a long tack back home against heavy west winds. Onshore the organisers prepared for the start of the second half of the 71th WARNEMUENDER WOCHE
Warnemuende, 9 July 2008 –The weather forecast produced big
grins in the morning on some of the sailor’s faces. Especially the Kiwis seemed to like the previewed conditions. On course Bravo the OK class Worlds started into its second day in strong Westerly’s of six Beaufort and waves of one and a half metres. But some of the starters struggled with the heavy weather and had to quit early. see more |
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Challenging conditions for the long distance race – The record could not be broken
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Participants of the Bornholm race |
His ambition was the “blue ribbon”. Martin Kringel from Rostock succeeded in being first ship home in the long distance race round Bornholm, but the record of the 270 sea miles-race and therefore the desirable ribbon could not be won by the blonde skipper of the Volvo 60-Yacht “Rostocker”.
The current record was set up by former employer’s union president Klaus Murmann with his “UCA” in 2001, when he finished the
passage around the Danish island in 28 hours, 37 minutes and 23 seconds. Due to the strong westerly winds, the yachts arrived at Bornholm fast, but then had to take a long tack back home. The 18 meter long “Rostocker” crossed the finish line on Thursday night at 11.34:56 p.m. thus it took five hours too long to establish a new record. see more |
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| 08.07.2008 |
Leigh from Canada wins Laser Europa Cup
90 OK-Dinghies took off into worlds
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Mike Leigh, winner of the Laser Europa Cup |
On day five of the WARNEMUENDER WOCHE the sailors experienced showers and sunshine in turns. Increasing west winds up to six Beaufort challenged not only the Laser Europa Cup fleets. Canadian Mike Leigh snatched the title from leading Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Bernaz. Jon Emmet (GBR) sailed to a clear victory in the Laser Radial class, with Sarah Steyaert from France winning the women’s competition. Karl Purdie (New Zealand) scored two bullets to take the lead in the offbeat of the OK-worlds. see more |
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Crossing burgees with Dubai
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| Marcel and Denise Herrera, and Malte Arp, switching burgees |
They are sailing in the Laser 4.7 class at Warnemuende and had to adjust to
the temperatures a little. Denise (17) and Marcel (15) Herrera from the
United Arab Emirates start for the Dubai Offshore Sailing Club and brought a
friendship symbol along from the sheikdom. As ambassadors of their club, the
siblings bring T-shirts and a burgee, when they start in a foreign country.
On Tuesday morning they exchanged the club's burgees as a gesture of
friendship between the two clubs with Malte Arp, a board member of the
Warnemuender sailing club. |
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