
For the eighteen J/22s, it was great sailing with a broad range of weather over the regatta. In the end, it was the French JAZZY team of Reiner Brockerhoff, Charles Michauz and Christophe Declercque that trumped by running the table with nearly straight 2nds!! In fact, six 2nds, one 1st and a toss race 6th! Amazing. Second was the German team of Jorg Friedlin, Holger Neuhaus and Carsten Engel with a 4-3-4-5-3-1-1-2 record for 18 pts net. Third was yet another German team of Martin Menzner, Christian Drews and Frank Lichte tearing off three 1sts in a row, followed by a DNC-4-4-4-4-4 for 19 pts net. Fourth was another German team of Svend Hartog, Dirk Fischer and Stefanie Schweder sailing to a 5-4-8-1-1-3-2-10 for 24 pts net. Then in fifth was top Netherlands team comprised of Stan Heltzel, Nadine Fritz and Jean-Michel Lautier with an 8-OCS-3-6-9-5-12-5 for 48 pts net.

What makes Travemunde special for all friends and family participating in this sailing week? As reported by Reiner's French crew, "As always in Travemunde we spend the evenings on the huge fun-fair, we try all the culinary specialties, and like every German try a different beer each time. This is truly a magical place with tall ships and all!" For more J/22 German Open/ Travemunde Sailing Week sailing information