The final day was a challenging one with four races completed for both fleets, and a different winner for every race in the gold fleet – Gonzalo Costa Hoevel took the first, Casper Bouman the next one, Sebasian Koerdel the third and Janis Preiss the fourth [more]and final race of the day and of the championship. If we take into account the race wins of the day before – 6 different nations took bullets in the gold fleet series!
After a tense event finale with no certain champion, Casper Bouman from the Netherlands finished victorious with 9 points, 3 ahead of Argentinian Gonzalo Costa Hoevel who was 4 clear of third placed Ozzie Steve Allen. Three nations, three continents on the podium at the end of this hard fought championship.
And to finish, a great prizegiving and party time!! Club Bofor Viganj ,and all involved afloat as well as on-shore, are to be congratulated for masterminding a very successful event and for providing such wonderful hospitality.
Division Winners:
Ladies: Agnieszka Pietrasik (Poland)
Veteran: Giovanni Franchini (Italy)
Grandmaster: Stojan Vidakovic (Slovenia)
Master: Steve Allen (Australia)
Youth: Rytis Jasiunas (Lithuania)
Light: Wilhelm Schurman (Brazil)
