Viking 18ft Skiffs Grand Prix wrap



8:28 AM Sun 1 Aug 2010 GMT
'GP Covers (Denmark) - Viking 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Sonderborg, Denmark' Frank Quealey &copy /Australian 18 Footers League Click Here to view large photo
Danish champions Flemming Clausen, Thomas Ebler, Soren Clausen won the Viking 18ft Grand Prix at Sonderborg, Denmark with a strong finish in GP Covers on the final day. The UK Pica team of James Mears, Sandy Ramus, Stewart Mears, who recently won the German Grand Prix finished in second place, with the European champion Hungarian team of Miklos Ujhelyi-Gaspar, Matyas Majtenyi, Zsomber Szepfy third in Liberty Sailing Team. On Day 2, the forecast was SW wind from 16-20 knots and gusting to 24 knots, and all teams had no alternative but to go with their No. 2 rigs. The wind ...


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by Frank Quealey




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