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Sail Osterlen, Shimrishamns, Sweden - July 13th to 18th
Simon Osgood, Jamie Lea and Gemma Osgood sailing So!
The first day had all the usual boats you
would expect to see in the top 10, the
local Swedish teams having mixed first
days, with Lennart Magnusson being
the most consistent with a 9 and 10. The
British boat So! GBR 673 had squeezed
into the top 10 on the first day with a 14
and 7, and lay ninth overall. There were
a further five races ahead and a lot more
racing to be done.
Day two brought light 6mph winds, which
become the flavour for the remainder of
the regatta. DEN 873 Soren Kaestel
revelled in the light conditions nailing a
1 and 3 to get their regatta really going,
having scored a 8 and 6 on the previous
day, the Swedish Champions, who had
been crowned with their title the week
prior, Jerry Hakansson also got into the
groove, posting a 2 and 8 elevating them
into the top four overall at the close of day
two. At the top of the leader board Per
Buch was holding off Soren Kaestel, the
two Danes ahead of Jurgen Breitenbach,
who was consistently posting results in
the top 10 to keep his chances going.
As per tradition, the third day was a lay
day, and it felt that theweather Gods knew
this, as the wind blew 18mph steadily all
day as the competitors found activities
ashore to keep themselves occupied.
Nearby Skillinge boasts Sweden’s best
beach and it certainly lived up to that.
Back to racing on Thursday, and yes you
guessed it, light winds returned a steady
but taxing 5mph; with significant shifts it
proved to be mentally tiring. This being
said the Swedes revelled in it and Jerry
Hakansson SWE 1373, put in a strong 4
and 1, and another Swedish boat SWE
1386 of Peter Wrahme, scored a great 1
and 3, clearly revelling in the conditions.
