Hi,
last weekend we had the 5th German RG65 Championship at Berliner Yachtclub with 37 boats from 4 countries. 2 participants came from France, 4 from the Netherlands and 5 from Switzerland
Wind was between 8 and 10 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.
Winner is Gerrit de Wilde (NED 32) with a RGForce 65
Second is Harry Drenth (NED 11) with a RGForce 65
Third is Arne Semken (GER 09) with a Coriolis
Both the RGForce 65 and the Coriolis are brandnew designs and performed well under these very harsh condition. However, Mario Rudolph (GER 12) with a X1K (which a slightly modified JIF.65) is fourth with the same number of points as Arne.
Hi - and thank you for the links to the final finishing positions.
I noticed your name was “missing” (???) and know you were working hard to finish up the new boat in time for the event. I hope you didn’t have technical problems that kept you from sialing.
I will be interested in seeing the photos of the new boat designs. Are they a wide, radical design - or just a well-sailed boat by a good skipper?
@Martin - you are right. The RGForce looks a little bit like the Laerke but has a chine in aft section with a very flat bottom.
@Dick - the event was a little bit bigger than expected and I was the main organizer. No chance to sail by myself …
The first photos are in the German forum. I just had a first look on my approx. 500 pictures. We will publish a selection in the gallery of the www.rg-65.de page. But it will take some time. Some pictures will be posted in the German forum. Have a look on it
… and I think any hard weeks before.
I think it was hard for haegar not to sail. But he made for us a perfekt job.
All skippers sayed much thanks to him, the club and all members who helped for the very very good racing days.
Never I did see so many manpower for a RC regatta and that for us, the RG 65.
3 wifes for protokoll on the startplace
3 racingsailors for jury
1 man as leader of racing (he was in international racing headquarter also)
?? as observer
1 man for the pc
and ???
>> haegar as a fireman on all points where can be a problem.
Respekt to him for the job.
The big ship sailors said me. That it was a very nice experience to see
how we make racing
how quite we sailed
how well the yachts were going by the strong wind
It was there first RC sailboat racing
I thought, that I drived the longest way to Berlin (1200 km from NAVIGA WC in Hungary). But mistake. One sailor was comming via Korea.
Well, any RG sailors aked: “Who and how can top this event.”
But I think we will drive racings in future also.
No it is not a Laerke inspired design, i build several Laerke65, only the deck looks a bit like Laerke65, the Laerke deck didnt fit, I modified it a lot, and i made a new deckmould from it, to fit on the RGForce65 hull.
