5.5 World Championship 2011 | Updates
25/08/11 23:43 Filed in: 5.5 Regatta
HELSINKI - Winners comments
Representing best the 90 sailors present in Helsinki this year, the helmsman of 5.5 FIN 50, Kenneth Thelen, winner of the Gold Cup and the World Championship and of 5.5 GER 30, Andreas Christiansen, winner of the Evolution category in the Worlds, have this to say:
Kenneth:
Taking the Boy (Scandinavian Gold Cup) back to Finland after 16 years and back to the NJK club after 25 years when Johan Gullichsen last won the trophy for the club was perfect timing. The club now has its 150 years anniversary year so we are all very proud to have our boy back home. The racing against Christian and his crew was really tight and exciting.
After the Gold Cup we started the Worlds with really good feeling because everything just seemed to be right. Our speed and maneuvers were very good in all conditions and the most important our conservative tactics on the race course was excellent. Winning the Worlds before the last day was a fantastic feeling. Never before in history a Finnish boat has won the 5.5 mR Worlds! Thank you Thomas and Robert you are the best!
What made our 2 year 5.5 mR project possible starting with Alpen Cup and the Worlds last year in Garda was Majlen and Jan Fazer. They bought the boat and named it Kan-Bej 2 in honor of their father Peter Fazer who was a legend in the 5.5 mR class. Without their comittement this all would have been impossible!
Having sailed a lot of different sailing boats in my life the 5.5 mR is probably the best of them all. All the sailors in the class are fantastic people! The speed is more or less the same in all the modern boats. What makes the different is trimming the boats constantly to keep the speed up. The boat is also very tactical and sensitive how you steer and maneuver it. This is how it should be!
The age don’t seem to be a matter, look at Jussi (Papa Noel) and the Swedish boat Keller brothers and Gustafsson! They are all over 70 and sailing like hell! This is incredible and give us all hope that we have many years in this wonderful sport ahead of us!
Andreas:
Sailing a 5,5 IC is always exciting, especially when you feel that boat and crew are in a good shape and working very effectively together.
So did our 1982 built Evolution CRIOLLO. With light or heavier winds – CRIOLLO was always first at the finishing line and had often a few moderns behind her. With gorgeous wheather and rain at home we really enjoyed the sailing in Helsinki waters a lot.
The sailing was mostly very fair. The thanks are not only to the Race Officer and his crew, working smoothly and effectively, but also to Matti for his big effort in preparing the 2011 Worlds.
Feel invited to come to Germany next year for the 2012 Worlds in Boltenhagen, where the Norddeutsche Regatta Verein, Germanies largest Sailing Club will host the Regatta.
August 5th, 2011 | Last Day
FIN-50/66, Kan-Bei 2 wins the 2011 5.5 Metre World Championship
Final Results
Representing best the 90 sailors present in Helsinki this year, the helmsman of 5.5 FIN 50, Kenneth Thelen, winner of the Gold Cup and the World Championship and of 5.5 GER 30, Andreas Christiansen, winner of the Evolution category in the Worlds, have this to say:
Kenneth:
Taking the Boy (Scandinavian Gold Cup) back to Finland after 16 years and back to the NJK club after 25 years when Johan Gullichsen last won the trophy for the club was perfect timing. The club now has its 150 years anniversary year so we are all very proud to have our boy back home. The racing against Christian and his crew was really tight and exciting.
After the Gold Cup we started the Worlds with really good feeling because everything just seemed to be right. Our speed and maneuvers were very good in all conditions and the most important our conservative tactics on the race course was excellent. Winning the Worlds before the last day was a fantastic feeling. Never before in history a Finnish boat has won the 5.5 mR Worlds! Thank you Thomas and Robert you are the best!
What made our 2 year 5.5 mR project possible starting with Alpen Cup and the Worlds last year in Garda was Majlen and Jan Fazer. They bought the boat and named it Kan-Bej 2 in honor of their father Peter Fazer who was a legend in the 5.5 mR class. Without their comittement this all would have been impossible!
Having sailed a lot of different sailing boats in my life the 5.5 mR is probably the best of them all. All the sailors in the class are fantastic people! The speed is more or less the same in all the modern boats. What makes the different is trimming the boats constantly to keep the speed up. The boat is also very tactical and sensitive how you steer and maneuver it. This is how it should be!
The age don’t seem to be a matter, look at Jussi (Papa Noel) and the Swedish boat Keller brothers and Gustafsson! They are all over 70 and sailing like hell! This is incredible and give us all hope that we have many years in this wonderful sport ahead of us!
Andreas:
Sailing a 5,5 IC is always exciting, especially when you feel that boat and crew are in a good shape and working very effectively together.
So did our 1982 built Evolution CRIOLLO. With light or heavier winds – CRIOLLO was always first at the finishing line and had often a few moderns behind her. With gorgeous wheather and rain at home we really enjoyed the sailing in Helsinki waters a lot.
The sailing was mostly very fair. The thanks are not only to the Race Officer and his crew, working smoothly and effectively, but also to Matti for his big effort in preparing the 2011 Worlds.
Feel invited to come to Germany next year for the 2012 Worlds in Boltenhagen, where the Norddeutsche Regatta Verein, Germanies largest Sailing Club will host the Regatta.
August 5th, 2011 | Last Day
FIN-50/66, Kan-Bei 2 wins the 2011 5.5 Metre World Championship
Final Results
August 4th, 2011 | Day 4
Preliminary results after 6 races
August 3rd, 2011 | Day 3
Preliminary results after 4 races:
1) FIN-50/66, Kan-Bei 2, Kenneth Thelen, Thomas Hallberg, Robert Nyberg, NJK (1-3-1-3) 8.0 pts.
2) NOR-57, Artemis XIV, Kristian Nergaard, Trond Solli-Säther, Christen Horn Johannessen, KNS (2-4-2-2) 10.0 pts.
3) FIN-49, Addam4, Johan Gullichsen, Henrik Lundberg, Timo Telkola, NJK (9-1-3-4) 17.0 pts.
4) NED-31, Dutchess of B, Victorine Bredero, Frans van Schellen, Wiebe de Witte, WVB (4-2-6-11) 23.0 pts.
5) BAH-20, Silver Fox, Craig Symonette, Cameron Symonette, Justin Cunningham, NYC (3-7-7-9) 26.0 pts.
6) NED-26, Feng Shui, Arend-Jan Pasman, Ron Azier, Kim Chabani, WVB (5-5-11-5) 26.0 pts.
7) SUI-219, Black and White, Daniel Schenker, Felix Meyer, Mark Dangel, TYC (6-6-8-7) 27.0 pts.
8) SUI-222, Marie Françoise XVIII, Jürg Menzi, Andreas Honegger, Christof Wilke, TYC (11-10-9-1) 31.0 pts.
9) BAH-19, John B, Gavin McKinney, Björn Westergaard, Magnus (Manni) Borg, NYC (7-8-10-8) 33.0 pts.
10) GER-42, 4 Fun 2, Ger Schmitz, Ulrich Ellerbeck, Gerhard Kruse, NRV (12-9-4-10) 35.0 pts.
11) SUI-214, Caracole, Bernard Haissly, Nicolas Berthoud, Daniel Stampfli, SNG (13-12-5-6) 36.0 pts.
12) SUI-211, Forza del Destino, Joerg Hotz, Walter B. Kielholz, Martin P. Egli , ZYC (8-13-15-15) 51.0 pts.
13) GER-30, Criollo, Andreas Christiansen, Felix Christiansen, Julius Plass, NRV (16-11-14-13) 54.0 pts.
14) SUI-192, Shai, Cyrus Colchan, Erik Nordquist, Bernard Schopfer, SNG (15-14-13-14) 56.0 pts.
15) SUI-213, Pungin, Hans-Peter Schmid, Gilbert Dürr, Jürg Baumgartner, YCM & TYC (10-15-16-16) 57.0 pts.
16) SUI-215, Rana, Thomas Treib, Patrick Rüfenacht, Katja Scheidegger, YCB (14-20-19-12) 65.0 pts.
17) GER-75, Above the Line, Jens Maladinsky, Michael Schulz, Max Müller, YCW (17-18-18-17) 70.0 pts.
18) ITA-73, Carabella, Alfredo Delli, Gianluca Marolli, Claudio Mazzanti, CVMV (18-17-17-21) 73.0 pts.
19) GER-55, Oro Nero, Henning Ueck, Arne Baumbach, Jörg-Ole Hansen, HSC & SVI (dnc-16-12-18) 77.0 pts.
20) GER-70, Magellan, Jens Busch, Kaspar Stubenrauch, Ulf Stetter, NRV (21-19-20-19) 79.0 pts.
21) NOR-67, Addam, Halfrid Waage, Rients ven der Woude, Peter Prebensen res. Graham-Peter Lord, RSF (19-21-21-20) 81.0 pts.
22) NOR-42, Pop's John B, Frode Halvorsen, Magne Halvorsen, Hanne Kraft-Johanssen, RSF (22-24-24-22) 92.0 pts.
23) SWE-50, Apriori, Håkan Kellner, Jan Gustafsson, Rickard Kellner, TSS (20-23-23-27) 93.0 pts.
24) NOR-33, Bingo 2, Tom Nysted, Ole Marius Nygaard,Tale Sofie Nysted, RSF (25-22-22-24) 93.0 pts.
25) FIN-46, Rush VI, Anders Nordman, Robert Segercrantz, Johan Hjelt, NJK (23-25-25-26) 99.0 pts.
26) FIN-43, Figaro, Pekka Ervamaa, Matti Ervamaa, Panu Ervamaa, EM (24-26-28-25) 103.0 pts.
27) FRA-19, Korrigan, Gurvan Jaouen, Mael Duigrou, Kentigwern Jaouen, CVA (26-27-26-28) 107.0 pts.
28) FIN-10, Teresita, Jan Ahlskog, Matti Anttila, Ola Kolehmainen, HSS (dnf-dnc-27-23) 112.0 pts.
29) FIN-51, Lotten, Patrik Cederberg, Pertti Hämäläinen, Mikko Martikainen, HSS (27-28-29-29) 113.0 pts.
30) FIN-21, Caro 5, Jyrki Mäki, Janne Mäki, Marko Koivulehto, ESS (dnc-dnc-dnc-dnc) 124.0 pts.
August 2nd, 2011 | Day 2
Only one race sailed today. Race #4 was cancelled due to very light and shifty wind conditions.
Preliminary results after 3 races
Photos - Thank you Esko!
August 1st, 2011 | Day 1
50th Anniversary World Championship 5.5 Metre | Preliminary results after 2 races
1 FIN-50 Kan-Bei 2 Kenneth Thelen, Thomas Hallberg, Robert Nyberg NJK 1 3 4,0
2 NED-31 Dutchess of B Victorine Bredero, Frans van Schellen, Wiebe de Witte WVB 4 2 6,0
3 NOR-57 Artemis XIV Kristian Nergaard, Trond Solli-Säther, Christen Horn Johannessen KNS 2 4 6,0
4 FIN-49 Addam4 Johan Gullichsen, Henrik Lundberg, Timo Telkola NJK 9 1 10,0
5 BAH-20 Silver Fox Craig Symonette, Cameron Symonette, Justin Cunningham NYC 3 7 10,0
6 NED-26 Feng Shui Arend-Jan Pasman, Ron Azier, Kim Chabani WVB 5 5 10,0
7 SUI-219 Black and White Daniel Schenker, Felix Meyer, Mark Dangel TYC 6 6 12,0
8 BAH-19 John B Gavin McKinney, Björn Westergaard, Magnus (Manni) Borg NYC 7 8 15,0
9 SUI-211 Forza del Destino Joerg Hotz, Walter B. Kielholz, Martin P. Egli ZYC 8 13 21,0
10 SUI-222 Marie Françoise XVIII Jürg Menzi, Andreas Honegger, Christof Wilke TYC 11 10 21,0
11 GER-42 4 Fun 2 Der Schmitz, Ulrich Ellerbeck, Gerhard Kruse NRV 12 9 21,0
12 SUI-213 Pungin Hans-Peter Schmid, Gilbert Dürr, Jürg Baumgartner YCM & TYC 10 15 25,0
13 SUI-214 Caracole Bernard Haissly, Nicolas Berthoud, Daniel Stampfli SNG 13 12 25,0
14 GER-30 Criollo Andreas Christiansen, Felix Christiansen, Julius Plass NRV 16 11 27,0
15 SUI-192 Shai Cyrus Colchan, Erik Nordquist, Bernard Schopfer SNG 15 14 29,0
16 SUI-215 Rana Thomas Treib, Patrick Rüfenacht, Katja Scheidegger YCB 14 20 34,0
17 ITA-73 Carabella Alfredo Delli, Gianluca Marolli, Claudio Mazzanti CVMV 18 17 35,0
18 GER-75 Above the Line Jens Maladinsky, Michael Schulz, Max Mûller YCW 17 18 35,0
19 GER-70 Magellan Jens Busch, Kaspar Stubenrauch, Ulf Stetter NRV 21 19 40,0
20 NOR-67 Addam Halfrid Waage, Rients ven der Woude, Peter Prebensen res. Grahma-Peter Lord RSF 19 21 40,0
21 SWE-50 Apriori Håkan Kellner, Jan Gustafsson, Rickard Kellner TSS 20 23 43,0
22 NOR-42 Pop's John B Frode Halvorsen, Magne Halvorsen, Hanne Kraft-Johanssen RSF 22 24 46,0
23 GER-55 Oro Nero Henning Ueck, Arne Baumbach, Jörg-Ole Hansen HSC & SVI dnc 16 47,0
24 NOR-33 Bingo 2 Tom Nysted, Ole Marius Nygaard,Tale Sofie Nysted RSF 25 22 47,0
25 FIN-46 Rush VI Anders Nordman, Robert Segercrantz, Johan Hjelt NJK 23 25 48,0
26 FIN-43 Figaro Pekka Ervamaa, Matti Ervamaa, Panu Ervamaa EM 24 26 50,0
27 FRA-19 Korrigan Gurvan Jaouen, TBC, TBC CVA 26 27 53,0
28 FIN-51 Lotten Patrik Cederberg, Pertti Hämäläinen, Mikko Martikainen HSS 27 28 55,0
29 FIN-10 Teresita Jan Ahlskog, Matti Anttila, Ola Kolehmainen HSS dnf dnc 62,0
30 FIN-21 Caro 5 Jyrki Mäki, Janne Mäki, Marko Koivulehto ESS dnc dnc 62,0
July 31st, 2011
Pictures of the tune-up race
Thank you Esko!
Preliminary results after 6 races
August 3rd, 2011 | Day 3
Preliminary results after 4 races:
1) FIN-50/66, Kan-Bei 2, Kenneth Thelen, Thomas Hallberg, Robert Nyberg, NJK (1-3-1-3) 8.0 pts.
2) NOR-57, Artemis XIV, Kristian Nergaard, Trond Solli-Säther, Christen Horn Johannessen, KNS (2-4-2-2) 10.0 pts.
3) FIN-49, Addam4, Johan Gullichsen, Henrik Lundberg, Timo Telkola, NJK (9-1-3-4) 17.0 pts.
4) NED-31, Dutchess of B, Victorine Bredero, Frans van Schellen, Wiebe de Witte, WVB (4-2-6-11) 23.0 pts.
5) BAH-20, Silver Fox, Craig Symonette, Cameron Symonette, Justin Cunningham, NYC (3-7-7-9) 26.0 pts.
6) NED-26, Feng Shui, Arend-Jan Pasman, Ron Azier, Kim Chabani, WVB (5-5-11-5) 26.0 pts.
7) SUI-219, Black and White, Daniel Schenker, Felix Meyer, Mark Dangel, TYC (6-6-8-7) 27.0 pts.
8) SUI-222, Marie Françoise XVIII, Jürg Menzi, Andreas Honegger, Christof Wilke, TYC (11-10-9-1) 31.0 pts.
9) BAH-19, John B, Gavin McKinney, Björn Westergaard, Magnus (Manni) Borg, NYC (7-8-10-8) 33.0 pts.
10) GER-42, 4 Fun 2, Ger Schmitz, Ulrich Ellerbeck, Gerhard Kruse, NRV (12-9-4-10) 35.0 pts.
11) SUI-214, Caracole, Bernard Haissly, Nicolas Berthoud, Daniel Stampfli, SNG (13-12-5-6) 36.0 pts.
12) SUI-211, Forza del Destino, Joerg Hotz, Walter B. Kielholz, Martin P. Egli , ZYC (8-13-15-15) 51.0 pts.
13) GER-30, Criollo, Andreas Christiansen, Felix Christiansen, Julius Plass, NRV (16-11-14-13) 54.0 pts.
14) SUI-192, Shai, Cyrus Colchan, Erik Nordquist, Bernard Schopfer, SNG (15-14-13-14) 56.0 pts.
15) SUI-213, Pungin, Hans-Peter Schmid, Gilbert Dürr, Jürg Baumgartner, YCM & TYC (10-15-16-16) 57.0 pts.
16) SUI-215, Rana, Thomas Treib, Patrick Rüfenacht, Katja Scheidegger, YCB (14-20-19-12) 65.0 pts.
17) GER-75, Above the Line, Jens Maladinsky, Michael Schulz, Max Müller, YCW (17-18-18-17) 70.0 pts.
18) ITA-73, Carabella, Alfredo Delli, Gianluca Marolli, Claudio Mazzanti, CVMV (18-17-17-21) 73.0 pts.
19) GER-55, Oro Nero, Henning Ueck, Arne Baumbach, Jörg-Ole Hansen, HSC & SVI (dnc-16-12-18) 77.0 pts.
20) GER-70, Magellan, Jens Busch, Kaspar Stubenrauch, Ulf Stetter, NRV (21-19-20-19) 79.0 pts.
21) NOR-67, Addam, Halfrid Waage, Rients ven der Woude, Peter Prebensen res. Graham-Peter Lord, RSF (19-21-21-20) 81.0 pts.
22) NOR-42, Pop's John B, Frode Halvorsen, Magne Halvorsen, Hanne Kraft-Johanssen, RSF (22-24-24-22) 92.0 pts.
23) SWE-50, Apriori, Håkan Kellner, Jan Gustafsson, Rickard Kellner, TSS (20-23-23-27) 93.0 pts.
24) NOR-33, Bingo 2, Tom Nysted, Ole Marius Nygaard,Tale Sofie Nysted, RSF (25-22-22-24) 93.0 pts.
25) FIN-46, Rush VI, Anders Nordman, Robert Segercrantz, Johan Hjelt, NJK (23-25-25-26) 99.0 pts.
26) FIN-43, Figaro, Pekka Ervamaa, Matti Ervamaa, Panu Ervamaa, EM (24-26-28-25) 103.0 pts.
27) FRA-19, Korrigan, Gurvan Jaouen, Mael Duigrou, Kentigwern Jaouen, CVA (26-27-26-28) 107.0 pts.
28) FIN-10, Teresita, Jan Ahlskog, Matti Anttila, Ola Kolehmainen, HSS (dnf-dnc-27-23) 112.0 pts.
29) FIN-51, Lotten, Patrik Cederberg, Pertti Hämäläinen, Mikko Martikainen, HSS (27-28-29-29) 113.0 pts.
30) FIN-21, Caro 5, Jyrki Mäki, Janne Mäki, Marko Koivulehto, ESS (dnc-dnc-dnc-dnc) 124.0 pts.
August 2nd, 2011 | Day 2
Only one race sailed today. Race #4 was cancelled due to very light and shifty wind conditions.
Preliminary results after 3 races
Photos - Thank you Esko!
August 1st, 2011 | Day 1
50th Anniversary World Championship 5.5 Metre | Preliminary results after 2 races
1 FIN-50 Kan-Bei 2 Kenneth Thelen, Thomas Hallberg, Robert Nyberg NJK 1 3 4,0
2 NED-31 Dutchess of B Victorine Bredero, Frans van Schellen, Wiebe de Witte WVB 4 2 6,0
3 NOR-57 Artemis XIV Kristian Nergaard, Trond Solli-Säther, Christen Horn Johannessen KNS 2 4 6,0
4 FIN-49 Addam4 Johan Gullichsen, Henrik Lundberg, Timo Telkola NJK 9 1 10,0
5 BAH-20 Silver Fox Craig Symonette, Cameron Symonette, Justin Cunningham NYC 3 7 10,0
6 NED-26 Feng Shui Arend-Jan Pasman, Ron Azier, Kim Chabani WVB 5 5 10,0
7 SUI-219 Black and White Daniel Schenker, Felix Meyer, Mark Dangel TYC 6 6 12,0
8 BAH-19 John B Gavin McKinney, Björn Westergaard, Magnus (Manni) Borg NYC 7 8 15,0
9 SUI-211 Forza del Destino Joerg Hotz, Walter B. Kielholz, Martin P. Egli ZYC 8 13 21,0
10 SUI-222 Marie Françoise XVIII Jürg Menzi, Andreas Honegger, Christof Wilke TYC 11 10 21,0
11 GER-42 4 Fun 2 Der Schmitz, Ulrich Ellerbeck, Gerhard Kruse NRV 12 9 21,0
12 SUI-213 Pungin Hans-Peter Schmid, Gilbert Dürr, Jürg Baumgartner YCM & TYC 10 15 25,0
13 SUI-214 Caracole Bernard Haissly, Nicolas Berthoud, Daniel Stampfli SNG 13 12 25,0
14 GER-30 Criollo Andreas Christiansen, Felix Christiansen, Julius Plass NRV 16 11 27,0
15 SUI-192 Shai Cyrus Colchan, Erik Nordquist, Bernard Schopfer SNG 15 14 29,0
16 SUI-215 Rana Thomas Treib, Patrick Rüfenacht, Katja Scheidegger YCB 14 20 34,0
17 ITA-73 Carabella Alfredo Delli, Gianluca Marolli, Claudio Mazzanti CVMV 18 17 35,0
18 GER-75 Above the Line Jens Maladinsky, Michael Schulz, Max Mûller YCW 17 18 35,0
19 GER-70 Magellan Jens Busch, Kaspar Stubenrauch, Ulf Stetter NRV 21 19 40,0
20 NOR-67 Addam Halfrid Waage, Rients ven der Woude, Peter Prebensen res. Grahma-Peter Lord RSF 19 21 40,0
21 SWE-50 Apriori Håkan Kellner, Jan Gustafsson, Rickard Kellner TSS 20 23 43,0
22 NOR-42 Pop's John B Frode Halvorsen, Magne Halvorsen, Hanne Kraft-Johanssen RSF 22 24 46,0
23 GER-55 Oro Nero Henning Ueck, Arne Baumbach, Jörg-Ole Hansen HSC & SVI dnc 16 47,0
24 NOR-33 Bingo 2 Tom Nysted, Ole Marius Nygaard,Tale Sofie Nysted RSF 25 22 47,0
25 FIN-46 Rush VI Anders Nordman, Robert Segercrantz, Johan Hjelt NJK 23 25 48,0
26 FIN-43 Figaro Pekka Ervamaa, Matti Ervamaa, Panu Ervamaa EM 24 26 50,0
27 FRA-19 Korrigan Gurvan Jaouen, TBC, TBC CVA 26 27 53,0
28 FIN-51 Lotten Patrik Cederberg, Pertti Hämäläinen, Mikko Martikainen HSS 27 28 55,0
29 FIN-10 Teresita Jan Ahlskog, Matti Anttila, Ola Kolehmainen HSS dnf dnc 62,0
30 FIN-21 Caro 5 Jyrki Mäki, Janne Mäki, Marko Koivulehto ESS dnc dnc 62,0
July 31st, 2011
Pictures of the tune-up race
Thank you Esko!