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Perfect conditions onthe second day of theScandinavian Gold Cup16 • fivepointfive • APRIL 2023
2022 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - HANKØ, NORWAYTwenty-three International 5.5 Metres preparedto race in a brilliantly sunny Hankø for theWorld Championship. Nine of the ten scheduledraces were sailed over five days in whatlooked like being a fairly breezy week, but theweather played up on three days to create a challengingchampionship for sailors and organisers, though itended with some of the best days of sailing the fleet hadexperienced in many years.NEW MOON LEADS AFTER OPENING DAYThe first day opened windless with extensive cloud cover andwas never forecast to deliver much except an easy start to theweek. After a very light and patchy opening race the breeze builtto 12-14 knots for a great second race, though still quite shifty.Caracole (SUI 214, Bernard Haissly, Nicolas Berthoud, DanielStampfli) got the best of the first beat in race 1 to round with anice lead, but New Moon II (BAH 24, Mark Holowesko, ChristophBurger, Anthony Nossiter) had legs downwind to round the gatelevel and then overtake up the second beat to lead down to thefinish. Ku-Ring-Gai 3 (AUS 66, John Bacon, Terry Wetton, JamesMayjor) held on to third for the majority of the race.The wind increased for race 2 with a large left shift outof the start. Artemis hooked into it straight away and sailedaway from the line on port, leaving a muddle of boats at thepin. However New Moon II also escaped and the two tradedtacks up the beat with New Moon II rounding ahead. The twofought all the way round to build a useful lead on the fleetbut Artemis could not find a way past. The all-girl crew onGirls on Film (GBR 41, Louise Morton, Annie Lush, HannahDiamond) also had a good start and first beat to round thirdand sailed well to protect that in the increased wind.After the first day New Moon II held the lead from Caracoleand Artemis.Anthony Nossiter stood in as bow man on New Moon II dueto sickness to mark his first day sailing the boat, though he hadbeen coaching them for some time.Girls on Film was in fourth overall after a 7,3 andAnthony Nossiter: “It was always quite flaky and trickywith difficult speed builds and tough starting. We had somedifficult starts but we ended up free and had wheels andfound some shifts and were fortunate at times, but justsailing the boat normally and letting the opportunities roll andkeeping it quite flexible. The boys did a good job. I was moreof a passenger. It was my first time sailing a 5.5, so nice tofill in and keep the boys strong. Downwind I was working outwhere to go to keep the air clear and keep the modes goodand upwind I am hiking.”were delighted with their first day ever of 5.5 Metre WorldChampionship racing. Annie Lush said, “It was really light inthe first race and we were conservative and just wanted to geta counter. We got a seventh and it was good to come out alive.And then in the next race the wind came up, and we were stillon quite a light set up. There was a big left shift out of the startand we managed to get a good start and tack onto port early,and we were kind of in third for most of the race, but it wasn’tas easy as it looked. Definitely challenging out there but we areloving the boat.”APRIL 2023 • fivepointfive • 17
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