(Hamburg, Germany)- One of the highlights of the J/22 summer sailing
season in Germany is always the Alster Cup, hosted by Hamburg Segel-Club
on the spectacular Alster Lake, right in the middle of Hamburg’s
beautiful lakes district in the middle of the city— a bit like sailing
in a “large garden”, with famous old buildings and green lawns and
manicured trees surrounding the race course! The J/22 sailors consider it one of their favorite events and it always gets a strong turnout, with this year seeing over two dozen boats registered. Sailing like a man possessed, Svend Hartog and his Luebeck Segel-club crew of Christian Maas, Anne Westfehlling and Steffi Schweder sailed to a 1-10-2-1 to win with just 4 pts net!
Hoping to apply some pressure after leading in the first three races was Kai Freese’s crew. However, their last race performance torpedoed their chances at the top spot. Consequently, their 2-4-1-6 for 7 pts net was good enough for the silver. Taking the bronze was Hamburger Segel-club’s Andreas Jungclaus and his crew of Amin Splitsteser and Lutz Thiel, scoring a 4-2-5-2 for 8 pts net. Rounding out the top five was Menu Buelow in fourth from the Luebeck Segel-club and Inken Steppat in fifth from the host Hamburger Segel-club. For more J/222 Alster Cup sailing information
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