IDM / Zwischenahn: 03.-06.09.2013

2013 Deutsche Meisterschaft OK Jolle

The return of the Mik Mak

von Greg Wilcox 19.10.13

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The trophy

This year the Nationals were in Bad Zwischenhahn. The lake is not so big however the fleet of 54 OK’s had no problems all fitting in there. October is not the warmest month however there is usually wind. Unfortunately the direction was not perfect as it was more across the lake than along it. This meant the top mark was quite close to the shore creating some interesting wind shifts. As it was a holiday on the Thursday most of the sailors arrived Wednesday night and the bar was full until quite late with people catching up and telling stories.

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At the bar

Thursday we had 2 races in shifty and puffy conditions. As the top mark was close to shore and in less wind some big gaps opened up as the leaders got into the wind on the first reach and just disappeared. If you were not in the first bunch then the possibility to catch up was pretty much gone from there. Oliver Gronholz won the first race by about 20cm from Andre Budzein and Jorgen Svendsen another 30cm behind. Andre then won the second from Jorgen with Gunter Arndt a bit further back in 3rd. Most people had quite mixed results. The beer available on the ramp after sailing was a welcome sight for all and there were plenty of stories of gains and losses as it was a bit like playing snakes and ladders. As it was around 20kts in the gusts it was very interesting and demanding sailing. The German association had their annual meeting after a Bbq from the club. With the amount of free beer available it was surprising there were not many hangovers the next day. Then again it is good beer!

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Cold and foggy

Friday dawned with a bit of fog and not so much wind. 3 races were planned and we managed, due to the efforts of the race committee to get them all in and in reasonable time. The 3rd race was quite light and the first 3 at the top mark were Bo Rekkers from Denmark (a former Dragon World Champion), Greg and Jule. Jule passed Greg downwind and these places stayed the same until the finish with Andre hanging on for 4th. The next 2 races were dominated by Jorgen Svendsen who simply sailed away from the fleet showing very good speed. Martin Von Zimmermann returned to form for a couple of well earned 2nds. The rest of the fleet were up and down and sometimes all over the place. The fleet was treated to another very nice dinner in the extremely hospitable club.

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After sail beer

The plan was to have the last 3 races on Saturday so we could all party hard and then drive home on Sunday. It wasn’t looking too good though as the morning appeared with no wind and fog covering the lake. However we are all pretty good at waiting around. Luckily it cleared and some wind arrived. The 6th race was started in not so much wind and Jorgen and Andre battled around the course. Jorgen had a good lead but when the wind died completely on the run it was Andre who took a big risk that paid off when the wind came in on his side. Jule snuck in for 2nd and Oliver 3rd with Jorgen 4th.

The start of the last race saw a group of the leaders start at the pin end (which was actually normal here) but Jule was basically just the fastest and she rolled the fleet to lead at the top mark. From there she just sailed away making no mistakes to win easily. Bo Rekkers snuck through on the run to get to 2nd and the rest where close with around 15 seconds between the next 8 boats at the bottom mark. It was a fairly short beat to the finish so some guys took some risks to get past and the places got a bit mixed up. In the end the day belonged to Jule though and she improved from 20th on the first day to 8th overall in the end.

Jorgen Svendsen was a deserving champion who sailed a very clean and clever regatta. It helped that he was also the fastest on the lake in any wind. Andre sailed well as usual for 2nd and Martin had his best result for some time to take 3rd. Greg was a clear 4th from Bo Rekkers Anderson.

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The winners

One of the highlights of the regatta was that Mik Mak was back. He borrowed a boat and made the effort to come and eat a lot of ice cream and drink a lot of coffee and talk really a lot. This obviously took a lot out of him as only managed to finish 3 races. I guess he needs to work on his fitness for his finn campaign! Still it was great to see him and the other sailors from Denmark, France and Belgium who made the effort to get there.

Overall it was a nice and very well organized regatta. The club did a great job with food and drinks and the race organization was also good. The wind conditions made it interesting and I think everyone had their good and bad moments. In the end the best sailor won and a good time was had by all. Many thanks to Marina and Jan-Dietmar for the fantastic prizes for all of the 54 competitors!

The Turtle

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1 DEN 1427 Jørgen Svendsen 3 2 7 1 1 4 2 8
2 GER 782 André Budzien 2 1 4 6 7 1 8 3
3 GER 693 Martin von Zimmermann 6 10 5 2 2 6 3 6
4 NZL 544 Greg Wilcox 4 7 3 5 4 9 5 9
5 DEN 14 Bo Reker Andersen 12 15 1 4 9 7 11 2
6 GER 772 Oliver Gronholz 1 9 9 10 12 3 16 4
7 DEN 1280 Jorgen Lindhardtsen 5 5 14 14 3 11 29 5
8 GER 767 Juliane Hofmann 17 25 2 15 15 2 7 1
9 GER 773 Rüdiger Prinz 14 11 OCS 8 6 5 9 7
10 GER 740 Gunter Arndt 7 3 16 9 8 15 10 20
11 GER 778 Sönke Behrens 9 6 10 3 11 21 21 12
12 DEN 10 Jens Lauge 30 8 11 7 5 27 4 10
13 GER 695 Erik Bork 23 18 12 17 19 10 6 11
14 GER 787 Ralf Tietje 8 4 15 18 10 30 25 25
15 GER 777 Andreas Pich 28 20 13 11 17 18 13 13
16 GER 757 Falk Hagemann 38 30 19 16 16 12 1 15
17 GER 731 Thomas Glas 26 16 8 12 18 20 31 18
18 GER 225 Jan Dissel 13 14 6 35 21 29 30 14
19 GER 762 André Hennings 16 17 24 13 13 49 20 32
20 GER 771 Ralf Mackmann 31 22 17 29 28 8 12 26
21 GER 775 Jörg Rademacher 41 13 20 20 14 14 24 DNC
22 GER 765 Rainer Pospiech 24 23 22 19 20 31 15 33
23 POL 7 Marek Bernat 19 33 21 37 31 22 17 19
24 GER 737 Thorsten Schmidt 10 26 39 22 23 39 23 28
25 GER 726 Jörg Sylvester 20 24 27 30 27 36 39 16
26 GER 690 Carsten Saß 39 27 23 24 32 33 27 21
27 GER 750 Dirk Dame 15 DNC 26 32 34 34 28 22
28 GER 697 Jörg Posny 32 32 34 34 25 23 19 29
29 GER 632 Fabian Gronholz 21 29 43 43 22 19 35 34
30 GER 727 Frank Strelow 22 21 28 33 38 43 38 30
31 GER 735 Dirk Gericke 25 31 36 46 33 28 41 24
32 GER 662 Gerd Breitbart 36 36 33 28 29 25 34 35
33 GER 643 Jürgen Illers 34 34 DNS 23 35 24 32 41
34 GER 1 Andreas Deubel 18 19 DNS DNS DNS 26 18 27
35 GER 715 Sven Beye 42 39 32 36 24 16 36 DNC
36 GER 607 Christian Heinze DNC DNC 31 31 26 40 26 17
37 GER 642 Claus Stockhardt 35 28 48 27 36 38 37 31
38 BEL 214 Paul Verrijdt DNC DNC 29 39 42 13 14 38
39 GER 688 Ronald Foest 50 42 18 41 49 42 33 23
40 GER 651 Heinz Ridder 37 37 37 44 41 17 44 43
41 GER 781 Stefan Haage 40 38 40 26 45 37 40 36
42 GER 567 Jan Beckmann 45 DNC 46 38 46 35 22 39
43 GER 680 Jan-Dietmar Dellas 11 12 50 47 50 DNC DNC DNC
44 GER 774 Michael Wolf 43 DNC 38 42 40 44 43 37
45 GER 783 Karsten Kath 27 DNC 41 45 44 41 48 44
46 GER 640 Sven Marchot 44 40 49 48 47 32 42 40
47 FRA 1823 Guillaume De Kervénoael 29 35 25 40 DNF DNC DNC DNC
48 GER 1715 Volker Paatz 46 41 47 49 43 45 47 46
49 DEN 1414 Jens Makitolm 33 DNC 30 21 DNS DNC DNC DNC
50 GER 748 Wilhelm Kath DNC DNC 42 50 30 48 45 45
51 DEN 1407 Malte Pedersen 48 DNC 35 25 37 DNC DNC DNC
52 FRA 1820 Raymond Dodard DNC DNC 45 51 48 46 46 42
53 GER 724 Marina Dellas 47 DNC 44 53 39 47 50 DNF
54 GER 630 Norbert Petrausch 49 DNC 51 52 51 50 49 47