Boom for Bo Petersen in 2021 Art of Racing Euro Series for OK Dinghy

by Robert Deaves 5 Oct 2021 11:12 BST 30 September - 3 October 2021

Bo Petersen receives his prize, a new Art of Racing boom, from Art of Racing's European distributor, Greg Wilcox © Robert Deaves

Bo Petersen has won the 2021 Art of Racing Euro Series, which came to a windy conclusion at the German Championship at Wismar over the long weekend of 30 September to 3 October.

Sixty-six sailors came to the start line of what was a very windy event, with two days lost due to high winds. However six races were managed with one day of strong winds and one day of moderate winds. Andre Budzien won the title again, from Jan Kurfeld, with Petersen third, which was easily enough to win the 2021 Art of Racing Euro Series by 47 points from Greg Wilcox and Andreas Pich.

Stage 3 of the Euro Series also includes results from the Autumn Trophy in Bandol, won by Nick Craig from Wilcox and Laurent Hay, as well as the Belgian and Polish Nationals. The Belgian Nationas was won by Pieter Van Laer from Stephan Veldman and Jørgen Holm, while the Polish Nationals was won by Tomasz Gaj from Michal Strumnik and Przemyslaw Drozdzik.

Going into the final event in Wismar only Petersen or Wilcox could realistically win the series, which has consisted of the international events in Garda, Kiel and Bandol, along with seven national championships in Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France Germany, Poland, Sweden and The Netherlands.

In the early stages the overall lead changed several times, but then Petersen took the lead at the end of Stage Two, after winning in Kiel, and never relinquished it. A total of 293 sailors did at least one event, with 28 taking part in at least three and one, Fabian Rossbacher, competing in five events.

The 2021 Art of Racing Euro Series was introduced because of Covid to replace the World Ranking List and the OKDIA Euro League, which can hopefully return in 2022. The purpose was mainly to have some fun, make some media promotion of the events and provide some focus, incentive and encouragement for sailors to attend one or two more regattas.

Bo Petersen received his prize, a new Art of Racing boom, from Art of Racing's European distributor Greg Wilcox.

New Zealand based Art of Racing is a supplier of specialised dinghy racing equipment, including booms for OK Dinghies and Finns and has become the boom of choice for the majority of the fleets since first entering the market eight years ago.

Overall Results:

Rank	Helm	Country	Number	Total	Number of events
1	Bo Petersen	DEN	21	737.93	4
2	Greg Wilcox	NZL	599	6909	4
3	Andreas Pich	GER	7	581.64	4
4	Michael Nissen	GER	852	572.47	4
5	Ralf Tietje	GER	5	562.65	4
6	Jørgen Holm	DEN	1577	5521	4
7	Benjamin Hammerø	SWE	72	520.23	3
8	Malte Pedersen	DEN	1407	517.67	4
9	Jan‑Dietmar Dellas	GER	81	489.69	4
10	Mogens Johansen	DEN	1564	463.18	3
11	Lars Bergfeldt	SWE	2884	384.76	3
12	Fabian Rossbacher	GER	3	384.42	5
13	Claus Stockhardt	GER	737	370.95	4
14	Johannes Janhsen	GER	98	367.86	3
15	André Budzien	GER	71	364.60	2
16	Yann Vilein	FRA	1859	3599	3
17	Dirk Dame	GER	75	3592	3
18	Lutz Boguhn	GER	4	349.80	4
19	Jesper Bendix	DEN	700	349.70	2
20	Patric Mure	SWE	73	3411	2
21	Nick Craig	GBR	223	327.48	2
22	Sebastian Kaule	GER	20	326.45	2
23	Ask Askholm	DEN	22	323.88	2
24	Ulli Kureld	GER	19	321.94	2
25	Ralf Mackman	GER	773	306.44	3
26	Andy Phillips	NZL	599	305.83	2
27	Laurent Hay	FRA	75	2929	2
28	Christopher Joe Schubert	DEN	1431	280.27	3
29	Timothe Petetin	FRA	8	279.25	2
30	Thomas Olufsen Meyer	DEN	1508	273.90	3
31	Stefan Pavia	SWE	20	2623	2
32	Sybren Hornstra	NED	669	252.12	4
33	Stephan Veldman	NED	682	248.88	2
34	Håkan Söderberg	SWE	14	239.89	2
35	Stefan Haage	GER	78	235.45	3
36	Johan Hesslind	SWE	999	232.97	3
37	Andrew Dalby	GBR	2221	227.15	2
38	Jörg Sylvester	GER	826	206.43	2
39	Jörg Rademacher	GER	1904	205.55	2
40	Soenke Behrens	GER	77	205.36	2
41	Kasper Ulslev	DEN	1557	204.11	2
42	Valerian Lebrun	FRA	11	201	1
43	Dirk Gericke	GER	22	196.78	2
44	Paul Verridjt	BEL	214	196.42	3
45	Marek Bernat	POL	7	191.17	2
46	Jens Eckardt	DEN	12	180.89	1
47	Lars Johan Brodtkorb	NOR	428	178.78	1
48	Jean Loius Petetin	FRA	1823	176.52	2
49	Jorg Janhsen	GER	59	175.60	2
50	Johan Bjørling	DEN	68	174.56	1
51	Axel Fischer	GER	125	174.40	2
52	Oliver Gronholz	GER	72	171.60	1
53	Florian Faucheux	FRA	18	166.25	2
54	Patrick Debaere	FRA	86	166.25	2
55	Stefan Myralf	DEN	6	166.12	1
56	Falk Hagemann	GER	838	164.53	2
57	Jan Kurfeld	GER	18	163.60	1
58	Halvor Schøyen	NOR	6	159.79	1
59	Laurent Petetin	FRA	1842	158.55	2
60	Jørgen Lindhartsen	DEN	142	158.24	2
61	Gunter Arndt	GER	2	156.40	1
62	Massimo Angelino	BEL	227	155.53	2
63	Kim Mølbjerg Olesen	DEN	1569	154.74	3
64	Claus Mortensen	DEN	15	153.46	1
65	Pontus Gabel	SWE	101	152.20	2
66	Pierre Arringi	FRA	1829	150.84	2
67	Troels Trabjerg	DEN	1503	149.24	1
68	Steen Christensen	DEN	2	149.20	1
69	Alain Renoux	FRA	1824	148.27	2
70	Jesper Hoejer	DEN	20	147.13	1
71	Bo Jensen	DEN	79	1471	2
72	Heinz Ridder	GER	16	146.29	3
73	Henry Wetherell	GBR	6	146	1
74	Gilles Berenger	FRA	1836	145.98	1
75	Bjarke Johnsen	DEN	2007	1452	1
76	Ole Vorm	DEN	50	142.91	1
77	Ed Bradburn	GBR	2185	139.96	1
78	Martin von Zimmerman	GER	803	139.20	1
79	Bo Teglers	DEN	8	138.70	1
80	Daniel Gröschl	GER	595	138.65	2
81	Terry Curtis	GBR	69	136.93	1
82	Stefan Jaenson	SWE	722	136.59	1
83	Jens Lauge	DEN	10	134.48	1
84	Jim Turner	GBR	607	133.91	1
85	Niklas Edler	SWE	71	133	1
86	Per Nissen	DEN	161	132.37	1
87	Alex Scoles	GBR	13	130.89	1
88	Robert Deaves	GBR	598	130	1
89	Peter van Laer	BEL	0	129	1
90	Lars Edwall	SWE	59	128.15	1
91	Russell Clark	GBR	91	127.87	1
92	Pawel Pawlaczyk	POL	14	127.73	1
93	Mads Hansen	DEN	1492	1264	1
94	Niels‑Kristian Terkildsen	DEN	1453	125.31	1
95	Henri Berenger	FRA	17	125.16	2
96	Gavin Poulloin	GBR	77	124.84	1
97	Erik Pedersen	DEN	1407	123	1
98	Simon Cox	GBR	4	122.86	1
99	Thorsten Schmidt	GER	9	122.80	1
100	Rainer Pospiech	GER	11	1229	1
101	Andrew Mills	GBR	94	121.82	1
102	Hans Börjesson	SWE	139	121.47	1
103	Thomas Glas	GER	731	120.40	1
104	Jaime Harris	GBR	522	118.80	1
105	Wolfgang Höfener	GER	9	117.60	1
106	Paul Childs	GBR	87	115.78	1
107	Thomas Nortvig	DEN	1527	115.49	1
108	Christian Kirchner	GER	66	115.16	1
109	Johan Hedberg	SWE	19	113.78	1
110	Peter Plesner	DEN	1544	113.38	1
111	Jessica Finke	GER	809	113.35	4
112	Christian Heinze	GER	10	113.19	2
113	Luke Gower	NZL	573	112.76	1
114	Julien Dujugnat	FRA	1820	112.73	1
115	Peter Langer‑Langmaack	GER	31	112.11	3
116	Tomasz Gaj	POL	1	112	1
117	Michael Dinesen	DEN	1497	111.27	1
118	Cord Prignitz	GER	748	110.80	1
119	Jörg Posny	GER	774	110.78	2
120	Lennart Persson	SWE	2791	109.94	1
121	Chris Turner	GBR	44	109.73	1
122	Søren Sigurdsson	DEN	25	109.16	1
123	Pascal Tetard	FRA	150	107.59	1
124	Didier Soulie	FRA	794	107.18	2
125	Peter Schou Rugolo	DEN	1505	1075	1
126	Ned Winter	GBR	2197	106.71	1
127	Thomas Gabs	DEN	76	106	2
128	Thomas Jacobson	DEN	1533	104.94	1
129	Stefan Rassau	GER	12	104.45	1
130	Fergus Barnham	GBR	23	103.69	1
131	Steven Jamar	BEL	0	103.50	1
132	Michal Strmnik	POL	777	102.73	1
133	Jens Christian Schaarup	SWE	2782	102.25	1
134	Sven Kosters	GER	55	101.50	2
135	Peter Lakshanan	GER	787	101.20	1
136	Ulf Sahle	SWE	55	101.15	2
137	Tony Woods	GBR	2179	100.67	1
138	Frank Strelow	GER	79	100.52	1
139	Remi Blandureau	FRA	2306	99.34	2
140	Lars Due	DEN	9	98.61	1
141	Göran Bobeck	SWE	215	98.41	1
142	Chris Arnell	GBR	21	97.64	1
143	Will Croxford	GBR	2124	94.62	1
144	Mårten Bernesand	SWE	2858	94.56	1
145	Anders Gerhardt‑Hansen	DEN	1547	94.39	1
146	Susanne Mackman	GER	771	94.30	2
147	Carsten Sass	GER	690	94	1
148	Przemyslaw Drozdzik	POL	44	93.45	1
149	Jaroslaw Soltys	POL	735	92.65	1
150	Henrik Alstrøm	DEN	1504	92.28	1
151	Jean Michel Roux	FRA	4	92.18	1
152	Tony Elgar	GBR	2082	91.60	1
153	Mats Hovde	SWE	15	90.72	1
154	Henrik Søgren	DEN	55	90.17	1
155	Deryck Lovegrove	GBR	18	88.58	1
156	Peter Scheuerl	GER	618	88.27	1
157	Jesper Arentoft	DEN	1550	886	1
158	Noel Maseron	FRA	8	875	1
159	Tomas Skeppmark	SWE	2809	86.88	1
160	Christian Mitgaard	DEN	1304	85.95	1
161	Dave Bourne	GBR	17	85.56	1
162	Peter van der Schaff	NED	112	84.77	1
163	Jaroslaw Radzki	POL	17	84.18	1
164	Uli Borchers	GER	2	83.40	3
165	Olle Albrektsson	SWE	61	833	1
166	Peter Korsberg	DEN	1531	82.64	1
167	Kieth Byers	GBR	2176	82.53	1
168	Holger Crassmann	GER	21	82	1
169	Poul Vincents	DEN	1392	81.73	1
170	Johan Geenen	NED	678	80.84	1
171	Per Jonsson	SWE	28	79.62	1
172	Anthony Osman	GBR	28	79.51	1
173	Jesper Sommer	DEN	13	77.51	1
174	Sven Beye	GER	715	77.20	1
175	Marina Dellas	GER	181	76.83	2
176	Sam Sparks	NZL	598	76.49	1
177	Werner Jettmar	AUT	40	76.24	2
178	Henrik Kimmer	DEN	33	75.40	1
179	Rainer Haacks	GER	111	74.80	1
180	Frederik Geboaers	BEL	0	73.75	1
181	Phillipe Cowez	BEL	151	73.36	2
182	Anders Buhl	DEN	17	73.29	1
183	Hans Elkjaer	SWE	99	71.50	1
184	Frank Holm	DEN	23	71.18	1
185	Simon Childs	GBR	42	70.44	1
186	Jan Beckmann	GER	567	69.50	1
187	Tom Pedersen	DEN	1261	697	1
188	Per Jonsson	SWE	28	67.66	1
189	Duncan Ellis	GBR	95	67.42	1
190	Thomas Kvist	DEN	1336	66.96	1
191	Radoslaw Drozdzik	POL	4	65.64	1
192	Marc Vandenghinste	BEL	0	65.25	1
193	Dan Bauermeister‑Wildfang	GER	735	65.20	1
194	Nicolaj Larsen	DEN	1483	64.85	1
195	Adam Savage	GBR	2232	64.40	1
196	Roine Ericson	SWE	2850	63.81	1
197	Paul Craig	GBR	2129	61.38	1
198	Heinz Ridder	GER	16	61.16	1
199	Frank Roland	GER	0	61	1
200	Morten Jakobsen	THA	1521	60.63	1
201	Ulf Dagerbrant	SWE	2810	59.97	1
202	Bernd Schulz Stücher	GER	829	59.30	2
203	Henrik Kofoed	DEN	61	58.52	1
204	Karen Robertson	GBR	14	58.36	1
205	Thomas Sander	GER	749	58	1
206	Waldermar Czyz	POL	21	56.36	1
207	Eric Thunander	SWE	2776	56.13	1
208	Richard Burton	GBR	8	55.33	1
209	Bengt Larsson	SWE	4	54.30	1
210	Jan Eesmann	NED	609	53.29	1
211	Uwe Böhm	GER	599	53.20	1
212	Jonas Kroner	GER	784	52.80	1
213	Joris de Baarfe	BEL	228	52.50	1
214	Ben Falat	GBR	71	52.31	1
215	Peter Wrahme	SWE	2849	52.28	1
216	Palle Larsen	DEN	1517	52.20	1
217	Per Sorensen	DEN	1437	509	1
218	Roel Noback	NED	684	49.35	1
219	Jonathan Tweedle	GBR	4	49.29	1
220	Per Westland	SWE	60	48.44	1
221	Knut Ramin	GER	751	48.40	1
222	Robert Bancken	NED	99	48.18	2
223	Rasmus Rosenkvist	DEN	1411	47.98	1
224	Leslaw Gondek	POL	674	479	1
225	Gert Breitbart	GER	607	46	1
226	Jean Yves Geoffroy	FRA	1843	45.95	1
227	Carsten Rossing	DEN	1428	45.87	1
228	Rob Ligtenberg	NED	685	45.42	1
229	Tim Lindgreb	SWE	188	44.59	1
230	Søren Nielsen	DEN	64	43.76	1
231	Heiner Hirthe	GER	814	41.48	1
232	Jean‑Claude Lidon	FRA	1810	40.82	1
233	Herve Salomon	FRA	59	40.41	2
234	Robert Glowacki	POL	3	37.82	1
235	Olof Lindgren	SWE	2719	36.91	1
236	Bertrand Romain	FRA	0	35.50	1
237	Axel Propp	GER	178	34	1
238	Claes Avellan	SWE	2816	336	1
239	Sven Marchot	GER	57	31.60	1
240	Rod Andrew	BEL	1	31.25	1
241	Phillippe Bonnet	FRA	1828	30.55	1
242	Frederic Lamarque	FRA	64	30.41	1
243	Anders Widding	SWE	2792	29.22	1
244	Phillipp Menke	GER	746	29.20	1
245	Adam Jankowski	POL	77	28.55	1
246	Michiel Jamar	BEL	0	27	1
247	Bernd Bösing	GER	821	26.80	1
248	Ludwig Biethahn	GER	769	26.27	1
249	Hans‑Jorg Fisher	GER	15	25.74	1
250	Robert Hallberg	SWE	2859	25.38	1
251	François Podevyn	BEL	207	22.75	1
252	Karsten Kath	GER	24	21.81	1
253	Jan Carlsson	SWE	2886	21.53	1
254	Betrand Collin	FRA	562	20.27	1
255	Adam Liszkiewicz	POL	41	19.27	1
256	Francois Devillers	BEL	21	17.87	1
257	Per Skoglund	SWE	17	17.69	1
258	Jörn Richter	GER	816	17.20	1
259	Phillippe Thomieres	FRA	1257	15.14	1
260	Hessel Hoekstra	NED	667	15	1
261	Johanna Andrew Becker	GER	29	14.25	1
262	Lars Malm	SWE	2868	13.84	1
263	Anthony Rich	GBR	25	10	1
264	Chris Baines	GBR	2166	10	1
265	Chris Bellow	GBR	1644	10	1
266	Christian Viereck	DEN	1272	10	1
267	Fredrik Lööf	SWE	69	10	1
268	Guy Andersson	SWE	2873	10	1
269	Henrik Hamann	DEN	1424	10	1
270	Jan Hempel Sparsø	DEN	1510	10	1
271	Jørgen Svendsen	DEN	3	10	1
272	Kieran Bowsher	GBR	1983	10	1
273	Krzysztof Bonicki	POL	249	10	1
274	Lars Andresen	DEN	1543	10	1
275	Maciej Karnacewicz	POL	27	10	1
276	Mads Wibling Hansen	DEN	1320	10	1
277	Mary Reddyhoff	GBR	58	10	1
278	Morten Jensen	DEN	1534	10	1
279	Nick Frampton	GBR	2036	10	1
280	Niels Bonnevie	DEN	1578	10	1
281	Paul Pike	GBR	2080	10	1
282	Peter Højland	DEN	1587	10	1
283	Piotr Przewozny	POL	117	10	1
284	Racine Sarr	BEL	0	10	1
285	Rodney Tidd	GBR	68	10	1
286	Rupert Smith	GBR	2239	10	1
287	Steve Cooke	GBR	2068	10	1
288	Stig Frandsen	DEN	15	10	1
289	Sylvain Etienne	FRA	2863	10	1
290	Wilhelm Kath	GER	14	10	1
291	Michael Möckel	GER	175	10	1
292	Roland Frank	GER	23	10	1
293	Alexa Müller	GER	781	10	1