Team Baghdad 2 back at the top in Melges 24 champs

It’s been 15 long years since last winning the Melges 24 National Championships but this year Team Baghdad 2 were back at the top. After several Silver medals they were back in Gold. Not only did they became Norwegian Champions, the regatta also counted as Nordic Championships.

The regatta gathered a record fleet of 40 boats and it all came down to the very last race but with a 4th place there, Baghdad 2 secured the title with 6 points to spare.

Yes, it was great to finally win here. Then we are one step closer to our main goal: to win the King’s Cup says helmsman Kristoffer Spone.

That trophy is the prize for winning the Champion of the Champions in Norway later this year.

Unfortunately, Baghdad 1 was not in similar form. Despite a nice win in the very last and windy race, the team ended up on 7th place.

Kristian Nergaard on Baghdad 1 sums it up as: At this stage we’re not good enough to score better.

Results:

Rk. Sail Number Boat Name Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total Net
1 NOR 697 Lisa Baghdad II Kristoffer SPONE KNS -7 1 2 2 4 4 20 13
2 NOR 628 Nortek Sailing Team Andreas Sola FISCHER CSSF 3 -13 7 1 1 7 32 19
3 NOR 732 Team RRH Stian NESS RØRVIK KNS 4 4 4 5 -28 3 48 20
4 NOR 787 BLOW Peder NERGAARD FRED 5 3 1 4 -13 8 34 21
5 NOR 751 Storm Capital Sail Racing Peder JAHRE TØSF BFD 7 5 7 2 2 64 23
6 DEN 840 Bodil Marc WAIN PEDERSEN 9 -15 3 6 8 13 54 39
7 NOR 600 Baghdad I Kristian NERGAARD KNS 11 8 -19 17 5 1 61 42
8 NOR 418 Parody Henrik LARSEN TRHJ 2 6 8 20 -25 10 71 46
9 NOR 649 HTB Racing – Party Girl Jens Altern WATHNE ASKØ 10 -23 15 8 9 6 71 48
10 SWE 715 Jonas BERNTSSON 1 16 17 3 -21 18 76 55
11 NOR 585 Spica Bernt Ove BESSESEN CSSF 14 11 14 -32 3 14 88 56
12 DEN 779 Salty Dog Peter WARRER Århus Windsurfing Klub BFD 2 10 35 6 9 103 62
13 NOR 343 Virgo Sailing Team Tomas MATHISEN RISØ 16 10 6 -31 16 15 94 63
14 NOR 743 Salt 6 Leif Kristian GARVIK RAN 6 -31 12 13 17 17 96 65
15 NOR 706 Kaboom Gisle BJØRSRUD BØ CSSF 17 -22 11 14 19 5 88 66
16 NOR 592 Renegade Christoffer SOLGAARD JAKOBSEN KNS 18 5 20 19 7 -23 92 69
17 NOR 402 Lunacy Carl-Erik Berentsen KULLMANN Herslev Strand Sejlklub -25 14 13 21 12 12 97 72
18 SWE 666 Miss Devil Tomas SKÅLÉN BFD 24 9 15 14 16 119 78
19 NOR 307 Helo Dag Rune WIKSTEN LAVI 24 9 -27 16 11 21 108 81
20 NOR 400 Team BITPRO Trond BJORVAND CSSF 8 18 18 25 -27 20 116 89
21 NOR 724 MÅS – Moro Å Seile Gard Jakob ØRKA BÆRU 12 12 21 26 22 -29 122 93
22 NOR 487 Igland Garasjen August AUSTEFJORD GRIM 20 26 24 -27 15 11 123 96
23 GER 612 Laika Lennart BURKE SSVH 15 -33 16 12 29 27 132 99
24 SWE 683 exilia racing Calle PIHLGREN Haderslev Sejl-Club BFD 21 23 18 20 19 142 101
25 NOR 745 Javacup U30 Olai HAGLAND STAV BFD 20 29 23 10 28 151 110
26 NOR 366 Without Eivind FERAGEN AREN 29 17 -34 11 34 26 151 117
27 DEN 634 Play Anders NYBROE Herslev Strand Sejlklub 13 28 26 24 26 DNF 158 117
28 NOR 799 BLACK JACK Dag BUCH FASU 26 19 BFD 9 DNS 25 161 120
29 NOR 294 Carrera Jan HELLESMARK Kaløvig Bådelaug 19 25 25 -36 30 24 159 123
30 NOR 642 Leia Erik CHRISTENSEN 23 30 BFD 22 24 33 173 132
31 NOR 374 Stompen Rolf Anders STUMPF CSSF 27 -35 31 30 23 22 168 133
32 NOR 632 Stormfokk Mauritz TALSETH TRHJ 22 32 22 -34 33 32 175 141
33 NOR 645 Back in Black Preben ASBJØRNRØD 32 29 28 28 BFD 30 188 147
34 NOR 560 Siste Liten Ingvald MILJETEIG STOD 33 38 30 10 DNF DNF 193 152
35 SWE 574 Doris Johan STENHOFF Nykøbing Sjælland Sejlklub BFD 27 35 37 18 35 193 152
36 NOR 534 Fast Lady Geir TUFTELAND VÅGS 28 -39 38 29 31 34 199 160
37 NOR 357 T20%C Bjørn STIEN VÅGS 34 34 -37 33 36 31 205 168
38 NOR 733 General Lee Inge SKAAR STOD 30 37 33 -39 35 36 210 171
39 NOR 249 Brio Jan Otto JAHNSEN VÅGS 21 DSQ 32 38 BFD DNF 214 173
40 NOR 755 Lille 2 OB Carl Edward JANSEN ASKØ 31 36 36 40 32 DNF 216 175