Final Day

Jesper Radich takes the title in a clear score of 2 / 0. Morten Henriksen not confortable enough in this light air had to conceed. Both starts were very even, but Jesper Radich seemed to gain the speed a little faster than the german team, leading from first tack to the finishing line in both matches. After 3 months touring match race regattas in New Zealand, Australia and Denmark, Francesco and his Prada team were in a hurry to catch their plane back to Italy, and defeated Jesper Feldt in a clean 2 / 0. In the second start Jesper Feldt started out with good control of the seasoned Americas Cup team, put in the light air the Italians eluded the young dane and inflicted a penalty on him. In the first Match , Prada, even though in difficulty at the first top rounding due to a wrong tactic choice after a split-start, manages to roll over Jesper after a nice jybe-set, keeps the lead to defeat Jesper Feldt.

Day 3

In the second part of the semi finals both Franceso de Angelis and Jesper Radich leveled with two wins and managed to stay in the race. In the decisive match Jesper Radich wins from Jesper Feldt and will race Morten Henriksen (who won from Francesco de Angelis) in the final. Semi final A : Jesper Feldt vs Jesper Radich 2 / 3 Semi final B : Francesco de Angelis vs Morten Henriksen 2 / 3

Day 2

The quarterfinals began with a cold windy condition. Jesper Feldt defeated Bjorn Hansen 2 / 0, as Jesper Radich scored also 2 / 0 against Lars Nordbjerg. Morten Henriksen needed an extra match to defeat Johnie Berntsson 2 / 1. All 3 will be sailing the semi-finals right after the last quarterfinals, where Jes Gram was defeated in the first match by Prada’s skipper, Francesco de Angelis. Philippe Presti got an easy win in his 2 matches against Troels Lykke, who had not shown up as he believed he was not supposed to race any more. Presti takes the 11th place for his firs attempt in this spring grade 2, leaving T. Lykke at the bottom of the ladder. Mikael Lindqvist defeats Henrik Jensen to take the 9th and 10th position respectively. In the knockout for the 5th to 8th place, Jes Gram beats Bjorn Hansen leaving them in a disappointing 7th and 8th place. In the match for the 5th and 6th place, Johnie Bertsson defeats Lars Nordbjerg. In the first semi finals Morten Henriksen (Illbruck Challenge) takes the two first points from Francesco de Angelis (Prada Challenge). In the second semi finals, Jesper Feldt against Jesper Radich scored a surprising 2 points.

Day 1

Perfect weather conditions though rather cold (about 3 to 5 deg Celsius), a northern wind at 7 to 9 m/s, lovely sunshine and world class sailing sum up the first part of the day. Group A finished their races on time and group B started right on schedule. The extreme tight races in group A resulted in seven penalties in the first two flights. Jesper Radich, highest ranked claims a 4 straights wins loosing to the French team of Philippe Presti experimenting the 37ft for the very first time. Morten Henriksen, with the Illbruck America’s Cup syndicate will end 2nd also with 4 wins. Jesper Feldt finally finds the right gear to claim the 3rd spot just in front of Francesco de Angelis from the Prada America’s Cup syndicate also discovering this boat and Denmark for the first time. The top 4 of the board will then proceed to the quarter-finals leaving Henrik Jensen and Philippe Presti with a bitter taste to play for the 9th to 12th place As well, new rules applied for the first time which made the work of the judges even more difficult. The weather conditions in the group B were not as fair as for the previous one forcing the race committee to postpone several times the start procedure due to 90 deg shifts and variations of wind speed. After 3 flights sailed with the small headsails, group B is required to use the genoa. Jes Gram Hansen defeats without difficulties Troels Lykke, Lars Nordbjerg and Johnie Berntsson in his first 3 matches.