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21st International Canoe World Championships at Lübecker Yacht Club - Day 1

by Chris Hampe 23 Jul 18:55 UTC
Start of race 1 - 21st International Canoe World Championships day 1 © Taifun / www.ic-taifun.de

The 21st International 20 square meter Canoe World Championships kicked off in boisterous conditions on the first Monday of Travemünder Woche on the Baltic shores of Germany.

After launching for a midday start conditions quickly escalated with gusts close to 30 knots and with a severe sea state the fleet was eventually sent back ashore and the long waiting game started.

After numerous delays a diminished fleet lined up for a 17:00 start. Chris Hampe charged across the line on port chased by Glen Truswell with the leading American contenders, David Clark and Michael Costello leading the main bunch of starboard tack boats to the left.

Clark led Hampe around the windward mark with the top four all close for the first triangle.

Meanwhile in the pack the places were changing as each mistake and capsize reshuffling the order, Ole Jungle closing up the gap to those ahead, while in the IC one design it was Simon Hipkin who was leading Stephen Fleming and Torsten Marquardt.

At the end of the sausage leg out front the Americans were first and second but were celebrating too early having thought they had finished. By the final gybe mark on the second and final triangle Costello had only just managed to hold out Glen Truswell, but Clark had slipped back to fourth behind Hampe and despite closing up the positions would hold to the finish line.

Results after day 1:

PosSailNameClubR1Net
1USA 262Michael COSTELLO (1990)BYC11
2GBR 350Glen TRUSWELL (1975) 22
3GBR 340Chris HAMPE (1978) 33
4USA 256Dave CLARK (1991) 44
5GER 92Ole JUNGE (2003)SCPR55
6GBR 344Dan SKINNER (1982) 66
7GBR 341Mike FENWICK (1963) 77
8GER 83Simon BEERS (1990)SSFH88
9GER 81Niklas STEIMANN (1990)DBYC99
10GBR 335Gareth CALDWELL (1962) 1010
11GER 86Frederik STEIMANN (1991)SSC1111
12FRA 33Dan HEATON (1975) 1212
13GBR 304Simon HIPKIN (1977) 1313
14GBR 303Stephen FLEMING (1964) 1414
15GBR 278Torsten MARQUARDT (1968) 1515
16GER 90Emma GRIGULL (1993)SCPR1616
17GER 89Axel BIERWAGEN (1969)YCN1717
18DEN 6Milena LÜTZEN (2004)SSFH1818
19AUS 37Geoffrey CARNE (1977)JBSCDNC35
19GBR 275Ed EVANS (1988) DNC35
19GBR 280Henry WARREN (2009) DNC35
19GBR 308Tim GARVIN (1970) DNC35
19GBR 328Phil ROBIN (1958) DNC35
19GBR 353Perham HARDING (1950) DNC35
19GBR 357Alistair WARREN (1972) DNC35
19GER 39Klaus RÖPKE (1960)ESGRDNC35
19GER 47Hauke ECKSTEIN (1989)SSCDNC35
19GER 78Jacob WEGNER (2005)SCPRDNC35
19GER 82Roger REGITZ (1966)AIYCBDNC35
19GER 87Manuel RADEK (1986)EGRSDNC35
19GER 91Peter ULLMANN (1965)ZSKDNC35
19GER 93Uwe GRIGULL (1963)SCPRDNC35
19GER 94Anette STEIMANN (1966)SSCDNC35
19USA 263Stephen CLARK (1953) DNC35

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