John Wulff from the UK took the lead after Wednesday's only race
Published: 2024-07-10 - 17:07
Overall leader GBR 777 with Simon Osgood had a good start near the starting vessel and headed out to sea. At the first mark, DEN 873 with Søren Kæstel was in the lead, closely followed by GBR 777 in second place. At the subsequent downwind mark, both boats rounded almost simultaneously, but on the second upwind leg, the Danes sailed away and took a comfortable lead. The British fell behind on the upwind leg, and at the finish, it was the Danes on DEN 873 who were first across the finish line. Following them were two more Danes, DEN 1152 Morten Henriksen and DEN 633 Michael Guldmann, completing the Danish triple.
GBR 777 finished as the ninth boat and dropped to second place overall. Another Brit, GBR 808 with John Wulff, who finished sixth in the race, took the lead.
Just as the last boat finished, the promised front with rain and thunder arrived. Race director Robert Ohlson decided that all boats should head into the harbor and await further decisions.
When the front had passed, the wind unfortunately died. A valiant attempt was made to start a new race, but when the boats couldn't even get out of the harbor due to the lack of wind and current, the day's races were canceled.
Results can be found at https://www.sailwave.com/results/NordicFolkboatGoldCup2024-results.html
Photos by Daniel Stenholm
