 KIEL – After four very intensive days and nine competitive races, a Swiss team conquered the higher step of the podium in Kiel. The Platu 25 class was represented on this occasion by an “Ocean of German boats”. Among seventeen Platu 25 that take part in the prestigious event, only two were from abroad: a Swiss boat and an Austrian one. Its odds on that a German boat would win but, surprisingly, the brilliant guys from Switzerland showed, from the very first day, to be in a class of their own .
As Markus Sigrist pointed out: “The “Kieler Woche” has taken place for more than a hundred years. Within this very old tradition just two Swiss Teams were able to win since 1987 over all classes (Olympic and International). SUI 493 is the third one to succeed. So, for us, the Swiss SailArt-Team and for the Olympic participant, Simon Brügger, it is a great satisfaction to have won one of the most prestigious European sailing-events”.
The second place was “GER 153” of Ingo Lochman that started very well (two first places in the first day) but that lost positions during the second day, allowing the Sigrist’s brothers to win with a clear advantage (13 points difference). The third position was André Teutenberg, another German boat that, in the last few races, fought hard against Ingo Lochman for the second place. “Farrbar” of Jens Ahlrimm, one of the most competitive crews in the Platu 25 class, had to be content with a fourth place, followed very closely (just one point of difference) by GER 5445 of Daniel Nauck.
The “Kieler Woche”, the greatest sailing event in northern Europe, was also, for the seventeen Platu 25 crews, the perfect occasion to train before the rapidly approaching Platu 25 World Championship in Alicante, in less than three weeks ( http://www.platu25worlds2010.com/).
The “Kieler Woche” took place from the 19h to the 27th of June, with five thousand yachtsman and women, coming from 50 countries, the Platu 25 boats – together with 505er, FD, Formula 18, Hobie 16, Europe, Ok Jolle, Contender, Folkeboot, J24, 420er, 29er, Drachen and H Boot - raced from the 24th to the 27th of June. And it was for all of them a great experience.
The balance of this fleet is very good. "Overall we are more then happy with Kieler Woche 2010. Some days we had a little bit less wind but in the end we could made enough races in all International classes and in the Olympic classes at the start of the week. But the last day with a magnificent sunshine and wind up to eight knots recompense the sailors for all the hours waiting for races the days before," said Jobst Richter, Chairman of the Kieler Woche.
The next event will be from the 18-26th June 2011.
Ranking list after 9 races and one discard:
Martin Sigrist / Luca Gerig / Matthias Bosshart / Benjamin Dierauer / Simon Brügger / Markus Sigrist (SUI) 2,4,1,2,(9),2,2,2,3,18; 2. Ingo Lochmann / x / Jens Steinborn / Max Rieger / Matthias Krüger / Christian Maedel (Berlin) 1,1,(14),12,10,1,1,3,2,31; 3. André Teutenberg / x / Jan-Pit Teutenberg / Jens Wehrenbrecht / Lars Teutenberg / Sven Wehrenbrecht (Dortmund) 8,2,2,6,5,9,3,(10),1,36; 4. Jens Ahlgrimm / x / Enrico Taeufer / Carsten Wernecke / Mathias Gedrange / Stephan Moelle (Niederstotzingen) 3,7,(13),4,3,4,4,8,7,40; 5. Daniel Nauck / Thorben Nowak / Frank Barownick / Steve Bärtle / Thomas Piesker (Berlin) 10,11,3,1,1,10,(11),1,4,41; 6. Rüdiger Margale / x / Pierre Tscherneck / Arnd Ritter / Marc Daniel Siegfried / Dennis Siegfried (Arnsberg) 5,5,11,3,(12),3,5,9,5,46;
English edited by Kev Scott (Thailand NCA)
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