The race committee had to reschedule the race on the sea course as well as on the courses of the Olympic classes. The Coastal Race planned for the Kiel Cup at half-time was sacrificed on Tuesday due to the late start. Instead, race director Peter Doepgen had three classic up and downs sailed in the two groups ORC A&B and ORC C&D.
Jens Kuphal's "Intermezzo" moves forward
The crew of Jens Kuphal's "Intermezzo" (Berlin) moved up one place in the large yacht classification. Last year's European champions are now the first pursuers of Peter Buhl's Danish "Sirena" (11 points) and have reduced the gap to one point with twelve points.
With 4th and 8th place and a race win, the world champions on the "Semi-Dry 4.5" were able to defend their place in the top three. Walter Watermann's "X-Day" from Dortmund, on the other hand, was unlucky when it got caught on the anchor gear of the starting buoy at the penultimate start and had to send a man into the water to get free again.
Kiel Week as a World Cup training arena
"We use the Kiel Week as training. We will then start our actual World Championship preparations for the German Championship during Travemünde Week, which is the sporting highlight of the season for us. However, we are particularly looking forward to the Flensburg Autumn Week because of the great atmosphere," said "X-Day" helmsman Lars Hückstädt, whose team is in seventh place in ORC A&B before the final day of the Kiel Cup.
In the group of small yachts, the Italia 9.98 "Immac Fram" of Kai Mares from Dänischenhagen continues to set the tone and is on a clear course for victory in the Kiel Week Kiel Cup for sea-going vessels. After four race wins and with only six points in the Kiel Cup account, the lead of "Immac Fram" over Torsten Bastiansen's Flensburg X-35 "Xen" (15 points) has grown to nine points. Three points behind them, the crew on Nick Heuwinkel's "Freya" is another X-35 ready for the podium. The Kiel Cup ends on Wednesday.
Tatjana Pokorny
Sports reporter
