Photo finish on first day of Gold Cup

Photo finish on first day of Gold Cup

(from 5.5class.org) Marie-Françoise XIX, SUI 218, (Jürg Menzi, Jurgen Eiermann, Bo Selko) took the first race win in the Scandinavian Gold Cup in Cowes on…

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Team Baghdad secures Gold at Worlds with matchracing tactics

Team Baghdad secures Gold at Worlds with matchracing tactics

What a great day to finish the Worlds in 5.5 meter held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The weather was wonderful with clear blue sky and around…

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Silver is secured. Next goal is Gold

Silver is secured. Next goal is Gold

The beutiful weather and medium breeze continued to be the norm in Copenhagen. The conditions were stable with subtle wind shift but the key was…

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Staying in the hunt for another gold

Staying in the hunt for another gold

The third day of racing at the 5.5 meter World Championships offered another day of great and challenging conditions in Copenhagen. After a shoreside postponement,…

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Holding on to the lead

Holding on to the lead

Continuing racing in light and shifty conditions, arranging club KDY still managed to get 2 races in. Team Baghdad managed to get another 2 decent…

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Perfect start in 5.5 meter Worlds

Perfect start in 5.5 meter Worlds

The World Championships currently held in Copenhagen couldn’t have started better for the Team Baghdad members un NOR-57 “Artemis XIV”. Un light breeze and flat…

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Historic Worlds win

Historic Worlds win

After another double win (!), Team Baghdad is World Champions with a race to spare! Never in the history of the 5,5 has a crew…

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Gear failure does not prevent another win

Gear failure does not prevent another win

BANG! It is only a minute into Race 5 and we in Team Baghdad breaks our running backstay. It is really breezy and we are…

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Another double wins as breeze picks up

Another double wins as breeze picks up

Another great day at the 5.5 meter Worlds. We in Team Baghdad pretty much picked up where we left yesterday. Conservative starts prevented any 1st…

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Double bullets in a great start

Double bullets in a great start

Racing started today in the 5.5 World Championships. Team Baghdad were happy to see that the last few days pattern of very light winds were broken….

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