August 24, 2018
New Moon, BAH 21, (Mark Holowesko, Christoph Burger, Peter Vlasov) has won 2018 International 5.5 Metre World Championship at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, after a thrilling final day of racing in the Solent. Marie-Françoise XIX, SUI 218, (Jürg Menzi, Jurgen Eierm...
August 23, 2018
Cowes produced a complete contrast of conditions on the penultimate day of the 2018 International 5.5 Metre World Championship at the Royal Yacht Squadron with wind ranging from 5 to 22 knots. However New Moon, BAH 21, (Mark Holowesko, Christoph Burger, Peter Vlasov) m...
August 22, 2018
The overnight leader at the 2018 International 5.5 Metre World Championship at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, John B, BAH 22, (Gavin McKinney, Lars Horn-Johannessen, Mathias Dahlman) extended her lead after a first and a fifth on the third day of the five-day regat...
August 21, 2018
Defending world champions, John B, BAH 22, (Gavin McKinney, Lars Horn-Johannessen, Mathias Dahlman) put on the best performance on the second day of the 2018 International 5.5 Metre World Championship at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes with a first and a second pla...
August 20, 2018
The 2018 International 5.5 Metre World Championship at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, UK opened Monday with one afternoon race that was won by New Moon, BAH 21, (Mark Holowesko, Christoph Burger, Peter Vlasov).
Nearly, seventy years ago the first 5.5 Metre was la...
August 18, 2018
The week of traditional cup racing that precedes the International 5.5. Metre Class world championship concluded on Saturday with a stiff south-westerly giving everyone a final shakedown before next’s week’s main event.
Having already won the Scandinavian Gold Cup on F...
August 17, 2018
One race was all that was needed for Artemis XIV, NOR 57, (Kristian Nergaard, Kristoffer Stone, Trond Solli-Saether) to win the Scandinavian Gold Cup on Friday, at the Royal Yacht Squadron, with a one-on-one match race against Marie-Françoise XIX, SUI 218, (Jürg Menzi,...
August 16, 2018
“Welcome to sunny Cowes,” they lied. “Due to bad visibility there will be a support boat with its navigation lights on half way up the course.” So began the second day of the Scandinavian Gold Cup at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes. After losing Wednesday’s race by l...
August 15, 2018
Marie-Françoise XIX, SUI 218, (Jürg Menzi, Jurgen Eiermann, Bo Selko) took the first race win in the Scandinavian Gold Cup in Cowes on Wednesday after a tough opening test of skills and stamina. In an event where only the race win matters, Menzi battled throughout the...
August 13, 2018
Over the next two weeks, the International 5.5 Metre fleet will be gracing the waters off Cowes, UK, as they compete for a range of class cups, including the prestigious Scandinavian Gold Cup, and then the world championship. The Royal Yacht Squadron is hosting the ev...