5.5m World Championship at Nynäshman Yacht Club

by Thierry S. Huguenin 8 Sep 2015 15:06 BST 22-26 August 2015

Perfect score for Norwegian Kristian Nergaard

After five days of intense fleet racing and 8 races in the beautiful archipelago of Nynäshamn, Sweden, 'Artemis XIV' helmed by Norwegian sailor Kristian Nergaard and his crew composed of Johan Barne and Trond Solli Säther wins this year edition of the 5.5 Metre World Championship with the perfect score of 7 points.

Summarizing his experience in Sweden, World Champion Kristian says: "The Nynäshamn World was a great championship to us. We are proud but humble with our 7 bullets to win the gold medal. I must honour my great crew Trond and Johan for excellent tactics and boat handling. Finally a special thanks to the Nynäshamn sailing club making the Worlds such a great regatta."

Finishing in second and third position respectively, the two Bahamian boats, 'John B' (Gavin McKinney, Lars Horn Johannessen, Thomas Halberg) and 'New Moon' (Mark Holowesko, Peter Vlasov, P.Morland Pedersen) with 3 points only separating them. It is interesting to note that The Nassau Yacht Club and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas will be hosting again the 5.5m Worlds in 2017.

The first boat in the Evolution division, Swedish yacht 'Odysée' is 14th overall and the Italian crew of 'Tara' takes the 22nd place overall, first of the Classic division.

Traditionally preceding the 5.5m World Championship, the prestigious Scandinavian Gold Cup, a Nation trophy with one boat per country was won by 'Caracole' (Bernard Haissly, Nicolas Berthoud, Daniel Stämpfli) representing France for the occasion.

Swedish 'Pop's John B' (J. Busch, V. Hofman-Bang, P. Frösell) won the Hankø Evolution Cup and 'Tara' (Mariacristina Rapisardi,M. Bonzanigo, G. Arrivabene) the Royal Kaag Classic Cup.

Altogether a great regatta, with perfectly laid out race courses and friendly atmosphere, organized by a team of volunteers of the Nynäshman Yacht Club (NSS) that is celebrating its 100 year anniversary this year!

Overall Results:

Pos	Boat	Class	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1st	Artemis XIV	Modern	NOR 57	K. Nergaard	J.Barne T.Solli Säther	Kongelig Norsk	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	(DNS)	7
2nd	John B	Modern	BAH 19	G. McKinney	Lars Horn Johannessen Thomas Hallberg	Nassau YC	4	3	‑7	4	2	4	3	5	25
3rd	New Moon	Modern	BAH 21	M. Holowesko	P.Vlasov P.Morland Pedersen	Nassau YC	3	2	4	2	3	12	2	(DNF)	28
4th	Rana	Modern	SUI 215	Ph. Durr	T.Treib P.Epprecht	YCB Yachtclub	2	8	5	8	9	2	‑11	1	35
5th	Caracole	Modern	SUI 214	B.Haissly	N.Berthoud D.Stampfli	S.Nautique	7	(OCS)	6	3	5	7	5	7	40
6th	Zicca	Modern	SUI 201	T. Isler	Ch. Burger M. Dahlman	SC Enge	6	4	2	11	6	‑17	9	4	42
7th	Feng Shui	Modern	NED 26	A.J.Pasman	R.Azier K.Chabani	WSVB	8	7	‑11	5	4	8	6	6	44
8th	Pungin	Modern	SUI 213	H‑P. Schmid	W.Duerr G.Duerr	SCM/TYC	10	5	3	6	(OCS)	15	12	11	62
9th	addam4	Modern	FIN 49	J. Gullichsen	T.Telkola S.Ajanko	NJK	14	9	8	10	‑15	5	10	8	64
10th	Cinquecingue	Modern	SUI 227	A. Marchand	L.Hayoz A.Ekström	SCStM	‑15	10	15	RDG	10	3	4	13	67
11th	Marie‑Francoise	Modern	SUI 222	J.Menzi	A.Honegger Ch.Wilke	TYC GYC	9	13	‑14	14	13	9	8	2	68
12th	Bek	Modern	GER 42	D.Naujok	U.Ellerbeck G.Krüse	WSV	12	11	10	12	11	10	7	(OCS)	73
13th	Black & White	Modern	SUI 219	D.Schenker	M.Dangel J‑M Schwer	Thunersee	5	14	9	9	12	14	14	(DNS)	77
14th	Odysée	Evolution	SWE 65	B.Rost	J.Wibom T.Lewander	KSSS	‑17	12	12	13	16	6	13	9	81
15th	Silver Fox	Modern	GER 83	M. Schultz	T.Glawe J.Spehr	Y.K. Wieck	‑18	15	16	7	8	13	17	10	86
16th	Alibaba	Evolution	GER 84	W‑E. Richter	J. Sonntag I Meissner	WSV 1921	‑20	16	13	15	14	11	18	3	90
17th	Gold Fox	Modern	NOR 63	T. Nystedt	O.M.Nysted R.V. Woude	Risör Seilforening	13	17	18	16	(DNF)	16	15	12	107
18th	Duchess of B	Modern	NED 31	V.Bredero	F.van Schellen W.de Witte	WSB	11	6	(DNS)	DNF	7	18	16	DNS	120
19th	Phenix	Evolution	GER 81	M.Müller	J.Maladinsky S.Trapp	Y.K. Wieck e.v.	16	18	17	17	17	19	19	(DNF)	123
20th	Southern Cross IV	Evolution	AUS 32	Martin Cross	S.Bartor B.Stoddard	R.P. Alfredc	19	21	(DNF)	18	18	20	20	14	130
21st	Boomerang	Evolution	GER 89	F.Einecke	D.Bauer H.Assman	WSV 1921	‑25	19	20	20	19	21	23	15	137
22nd	Tara	Classic	ITA 78	M.C.Rapisardi	M.Bonzanigo G.Arrivabene	L.N.Milano	21	22	23	19	20	‑24	21	18	144
23rd	Rush VI	Classic	FIN 46	A. Nordman	R.Segercrantz J.Hjelt	NJK	23	‑24	21	22	22	23	22	16	149
24th	Apriori	Classic	SWE 50	H.Kellner	J.Gustafsson R.Kellner	Tulka SS	24	23	19	(DNC)	21	22	24	DNS	164
25th	Lotten	Classic	FIN 51	R.Juhonen	J.Leinonen T.Malinen	LPS	26	25	22	21	23	25	(DNS)	DNS	173
26th	Gilliat	Classic	NED 5	P.van Klink	M.Elfring E.Knots	WSCA	(DNF)	26	24	23	24	DNS	DNS	17	176
27th	Cirrus II	Classic	GER 90	Kaspar Stubenrauch	Claudia Friedrichs Ulf Stetter	NRV	28	(OCS)	DNF	DNS	26	DNS	DNS	19	197
28th	Pop´s John B	Evolution	SWE 64	J.Busch	V.Hofman‑Bang P.Frösell	Bösö BK	22	20	(DNF)	DNS	OCS	DNS	DNS	DNS	197
29th	Pohjantähti	Classic	FIN 12	T.Lintukangas	A.Meril J.Rostedt T.Gefwert	HSS	27	(DNF)	25	DNC	25	DNS	DNS	DNS	201
30th	John B IV	Classic	SWE 54	S.Carlsson	H.Bauer B.Nilsson	KSSS	(OCS)	DNC	DNS	DNS	OCS	DNS	DNS	DNS	217