Schonfeldt Triumphs Over Feuerherdt(Kiel, Germany)- This year’s J/24 fleet in Kiel Week had one of its best showings in recent years with 38 teams in attendance sailing from June 21st to June 24th. After sailing five races the top two teams ended up in a tie-breaker at 31 pts each. In the end, it was Frank Schonfeldt’s team (Nicklas Feuerstein, Finn Moller, Till Kruger & Thorsten Sperl) from Mühlenberger Segel-Club that was determined to be the winner after countbacks on 1sts, 2nds and 3rds. Losing the tie-break was Tobias Feuerherdt’s crew (Jan-Marc Ulrich, Wolle Panuschka, Tobias Peters & Justus Kellner) from Blankeneser Segel Club.
Crossing the Atlantic and sailing for Rochester YC was the American Mike Ingham, sailing fast in a chartered boat to take third overall. His international crew consisted of Marianne Schoke from Sweden and three Germans- Max Holzer, Scott Ikle & Klaus Walkusch.
Perhaps
the “Cinderella story” of the event was the remarkable performance of
one of Germany’s top women J/24 teams. Having worked hard over the
years and attended many of the top European J/24 regattas, it was clear
all the efforts and training paid off in this year’s Kiel Week for
Stephanie Kopcke and crew from Mühlenberger Segel-Club. Taking 4th
overall, Stephanie’s team of Silke Hahlbrock, Ann-Katrin Brugge, Amelie
Panuschka, Nele-Marie Bock and Insa Lindauer sailed a beautiful series
over the three day event; it was their first top five finish in such a
major J/24 event.Rounding out the top five was Jan Kahler and team (Olaf Zietz, Roland Bohm and Ole Harder) from Altonaer Segel-Club. For more J/24 Kiel Week sailing information
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