The opening day of the SEB Six Metre World Cup saw the AP up for a couple of hours until the fleet of 45 classics and 10 moderns was sent out to the race course. Unfortunately the wind did not stay within the 25 knots limit of maximum wind and the only race had to be abandoned at the last rounding.
Prior to this hard decision a number of boats had some serious breakages including a dismasting, broken boom, damaged rig and a punctured hull. The race committee decided to switch its entire support boat fleet into rescue mode after a crew reported "a hole in the body". This luckily turned out to mean a hole in the boat´s body instead of a human one, and with the hindsight, the fleet probably should have finished the race…
However, safety of the sailors and the boats must come first and due to poor communication, this unfortunate chain of events lead to a lost opening race of the championship.
Images of the regatta sailpix.fi
6mr 8.8.2011
1 | FIN 80 | Astrée III | NJK | 36 |
2 | FIN 74 | Lisbeth V | NJK | 29 |
3 | FIN 12 | Fridolin | NJK | 27 |
4 | FIN 49 | Sara af Hangö | HSF/NJK | 24 |
5 | FIN 23 | Merenneito II | ÅSS | 23 |
6 | FIN 39 | Jolanda | BS | 20 |
7 | L35 | Elinore | VVK | 16 |
8 | FIN 51 | May Be VI | NJK | 15 |
9 | FIN 43 | Wire | MP/NJK | 15 |
10 | FIN 44 | TOY | ISS | 9 |
11 | FIN 60 | Offcourse | HSK | 9 |
12 | FIN 36 | Joy | HSS | 9 |
13 | FIN 67 | Djinn | NJK | 8 |
14 | FIN 30 | Raili | HSS | 5 |
15 | FIN 38 | Mariana | NJK | 3 |
16 | FIN66 | Bambi | NJK | 2 |
17 | FIN 64 | Emzia | SPS | 2 |