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The starts were critical as ever, aiming to be in the right place for our first beat race
plan, driving hard off the start line to get our noses into clean air, sailing flat to go
high into clearer air and or ask the question of other boats to windward, could they
live there or would they tack away. As you can imagine, it was a mixed response!

At the top mark there was a little 150
yards hitch to the spreader mark and
then off downwind, jib whisked out,
weight forward, transom out of the
water, Star fashion. Keeping a clear lane
was interesting in a 40+ boat fleet before
arriving at the spreader mark and
choosing which route to pick up the
beat, to do it all again.
Downwind, white sails only, Star fashion.
There was certainly a method to achieving good results. Picking your shore early on,
tacking across on the right shift and then back to the middle of the course for a port
entry to the top mark appeared to pay. Downwind, the starboard side of the course
paid all weekend long…. apart from a few times when the middle or port paid, that’s
Lake sailing!

Lake Wannsee has the most boats and sailing clubs of any inshore water in the world and the Berliners were certainly
out in force.

The overall winner of the regatta was F DEN 666, John Wulff, Benny Christensen and
Andreas Granlund with a 1,2,2,1, sitting out the final race after a masterclass of lake
sailing – find a vane of breeze and stay in it was their tip – if only!
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