Top German Women's Team Take Silver(Glücksburg, Germany)- The J/24 class in Germany continues to have fun sailing competitive regattas across the many inland lakes as well as on the Baltic or North Seas. Recently, their J/24 German Open Regatta was hosted by Flensburger Segel-Club sailed in the Flensburg Fjord on the Baltic Sea, a beautiful and challenging place to sail for anyone.
A fleet of 28 J/24s showed up en masse to enjoy the event. Despite difficult weather conditions for the weekend of sailing, the PRO managed to conduct four races for the fleet of the nine that were planned.
In
the end, the team of GER 5420 took first place by the narrowest of
margins. With Simon Grorteluschen as skipper and crew of Justus
Kellner, Tobias Peters, Jan-Marc Ulrich and Mattias Wallentin, their
team started slowly and finished with a flourish, scoring 8-6-2-3 for 19
pts to take the regatta by one point. Second overall was the top women's German team that sailed extremely well in the event (pictured above). GER 513 skipper by Ragna Thonnessen with crew of Laura Hatje, Ann-Kathrin Frank, Lisa Raschdorf, Janne Hopken and Venita Damm sailed to a 3-1-9-7 for 20 points. Sadly, they started fast out of the blocks leading the regatta but couldn't hang in there for the overall win.
Taking
the third position on the podium was GER 5281 skippered by Jan Kahler.
His crew of Roland Bohm, Tim Becker, Olaf Zeitz and Ole Harder sailed
the best last three races for the entire fleet! However, their first
race killed their chances for the top of the podium. They scored a
12-4-1-4 for 21 pts, to narrowly miss out taking the regatta overall.Rounding out the top five finishes are the GER 4230 team lead by Peer Kock in fourth and GER 5440 skippered by Matthias Garzmann in fifth. Congratulations to all for such a great turnout! Sailing photos- Ingvild Buchholz and Hajo Andresen. For more J/24 German Open sailing information
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