fivepointfive - April 2023
The official magazine of the International 5.5 Metre Association
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On winning the Gold Cup, “It’s still sinking in really. I’m
learning more every day really about the history of this trophy. I
love this class, love the sailing, love the tradition and the people,
so it’s great to be able to compete at that level within the 5.5s.”
Above left: crew of Trial • Above: crew of Jean Genie
Below: Trial • Below left: Skylark
Opposite: Opening reception for the World Championship
at Hankø Yacht Club
CLASS CUPS
Concurrent with the Scandinavian Gold Cup the classics were
sailing the Royal Kaag Classic Cup over three days. Trial (FIN
4, Ville Harkke, Peter Flinkman, Petri Lindström) took the first
wins and was dominant in the windier conditions, while Skylark
(FIN 6, Filip Blomquist, Oscar Norström, Elias Huhtala) won
the last two light wind races to close out the series. Trial was
completely renovated in 2017 after being originally built in
1951 to qualify for the Helsinki Olympics, in 1952, but she only
placed second in the qualification races. In the end Trial won by
a single point against Skylark.
GRUNDIG HANKØ RACE WEEK
Many of the other boats already in Hankø also took part in the
Grundig Hankø Race Week.
Eight 5.5 Metres took part in a series of tune-up races with
John B (BAH 22, Gavin Mckinney, Mathias Dahlman, Lars Horn
Johannessen) putting in the best performance, while other races
wins went to Shaolin (SUI 226, Cyrus Golchan, Hans Von Werdt,
Andreas Kindlimann), the all-girl crew on Girls on Film (GBR 41,
Louise Morton, Annie Lush, Hannah Diamond) and Arunga X11
(AUS 70, Mark Tolhurst, Adam Tolhurst, Stephen Mcconaghy).
Scandinavian Gold Cup
1 Jean Genie (GBR 42, Elliot Hanson, Andrew Palfrey, Sam Haines) 5 1 1 1
2 Ku-Ring-Gai (AUS 66, John Bacon, James Mayjor, Terry Wetton) 1 4 RET DNC
3 New Moon II (BAH 24, Mark Holowesko, Christoph Burger, Peter Vlasov) 3 2 2
4 Artemis (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Trond Solli-Sæther 2 3 RET
5 Otto II (NOR 68, Eivind Astrup, Herve Cunningham, Lasse Berthelsen 4 DNF 3
6 Shaolin (SUI 226, Cyrus Golchanm, Hans Von Werdt, Andreas Kindlimann) DNC 5 4
Royal Kaag Classic Cup
1 Trial (FIN 4, Ville Harkke, Peter Flinkman, Petri Lindström) dns 1 1 ret 2 2 12
2 Skylark (FIN 6, Filip Blomquist, Oscar Norström, Elias Huhtala) dns 2 dnf ret 1 1 13
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