4th Baltic Sprint Cup Finished in Ronne, Bornholm/Denmark
Two Rogers’ 46 boats Yeoman XXXII (David Aisher, Commodore RORC, 2nd overall Racing Division) and Danebury (Mike Castania, the overall winner of the Racing Division). Photo by Nico Krauss. Click on image to enlarge.
The overall winners of the Baltic Sprint Cup 2008 are from Sweden and the United Kingdom. The four legs of the fourth edition that led 61 offshore yachts to five Baltic rim countries saw a thrilling final in the cruising division. On the way from Gdansk, Poland to Ronne, Denmark, Stefan Qviberg’s Summer Wine beat her German adversaries Chaos quarante from Thomas Nielsen and Wolfgang Uecker’s Flying Circus. The racing division saw a British double victory with Danebury, skippered by Mike Castania from the USA in front of David Aisher’s Yeoman XXXII. The best German yacht was Christopher Wuttke’s guts ‘n glory as third overall.
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Figaro: Lenze Dismasts in the Bay of Biscay
Gildas Morvan (Cercle Vert) continues to lead forty-eight hours into the 2nd leg of La Solitaire du Figaro race in 15 knots of southwesterly wind and big seas and is just over 200 miles from the finish. Lenze dismasts in the early hours of the morning following a collision with a cargo ship; safe and sound, the skipper heads for his home port in Trinite-sur-Mer under motor, forced to abandon the race. The leaders are expected to pass Ushant from 10 p.m. this evening, just as the tide will to turn and Jean-Philippe Le Meitour (La Voix de l’Enfant) trails alone, 40 miles behind Elodie Riou on KPMG and over 90 miles from the leader.
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Linda Rahm Wins Lysekil Women’s Match
Lysekil, Sweden: Reigning world champion Claire Leroy has performed excellent through Lysekil Women’s Match, but in the final against Swede Linda Rahm, the defending champion, the French woman wasn’t good enough. Linda started with two victories, Claire broke back taking two matches, and then Linda in the fifth match could secure her second straight title:
In the petit final experienced Dane Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen defeated the young Lucy Macgregor from Great Britain in two straight matches:
Semifinal results:
Claire Leroy, FRA, 3 - Lucy Macgregor, GBR, 0
Linda Rahm, SWE, 3 - Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen, DEN, 2
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