Strong competition with Krister Bergstrom and Jorgen Schonher both former worldchampions, anf of course Wolfgang Hunger god of the 470!
First day, sun, 6 feet wawes, up to 35 knots - only a few boats didīnt capsizes, it was hard work but fun for everybody (may the best swimmer win)
Hunger won the first and Bergstrom the second race.
Second day, sun, 2 feet wawes and 5 - 10 knots.
Third race was won again by Hunger and the firth by Axel Oberremm in shifty conditions.
Third day, no sun, 2 feet of wawes and 10 - 18 knots Hunger won the fifth race and didīnt have to sail the last one. Schonherr won the sixt race.
What else did I observe in Kiel?
Still 1.5 hours to racecourse (i think thats why we where only 35 boats)
Still stubbit bownumbers which is falling of just after you come in open waters every day, but the Kieler Yacht Club WILL pollute the bay of Kiel (if hope al that plastic donīt float to Denmark, because the rest of the classes had the same problem - 600 boats!!!)
Not so much rain as normal in Kiel
Bergstrom presented a new setup - sails in monofilm with "tapedrive"
Still a jury believing that Pfingstbush is more important than the olympics and worlds and treating us as childs (eksample each morning the jury will check bands on the booms at the boatpark, and they will dsq. you if the band only is black, it has to be BLACK!!! (new painted each day!!!)
The races was okay, but maybe its time look around and go to some of the other good 505 races in Germany instead of KYC.
Overall Results
GER 8670 Hunger/Jess 1 10 SWE 8655 Bergstrom/Moss 2 14 DEN 8656 Schonherr/Boisen Moller 2 19 GER 8550 Scheder/? 4 22 DEN 8620 Saugmann/Ramsbok 5 22 GER 8659 Oberremm/? 6 26 DEN 8622 Bojland/Friis 7 28 GER 8663 Plessmann/? 8 37 GER 8575 Gosch/Meier 9 38 GER 8634 Thumann/? 10 60
Tom Bojland
DEN 8622