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| Worlds ´97 in Gilleleje Denmark The worlds were held in continuation of preworlds/Danish Championship and exactly like the week before there was a lot of sun and no wind. So therefore the teams that did well in preworlds were expected to do so in the worlds as well. And most of them did. There was quiet a few top 15 boat from preworlds on top 15 in the worlds. All sailors were quartered in Gilleleje holliday centre, which I believe was intended to create a social environment were sailors could meet and make new friends, however in my opinion people were spread over too big an area to make it real cozy. That was a shame. Apart from that Gilleleje sailing club did a real good job in organizing the regatta. On the third day there was no wind at all and the raceofficer abandoned the race ashore only five minutes after the race should have been started, without any boats had been on the water except the later World Champion. This was a mistake because later the wind came with the same force as the previous days. Two days later the raceofficer proclaimed that if the weather would allow it there would be two races one of the following days. On the penultimate day there was a bit more wind so we had two races that day. The last one in approximately 12 knots, which was quite a releaf after all these days with no wind. The last day there was windspeed up to incredible 16 knots. You should think that it would make a difference in the top 10 rankings but it didn't. It was the same boats batteling it out as usual. In the end Mark
Upton-Brown/Ian Mitchell won with the narrowest of margins to Ebbe Rosén/Olle Wenrup.
Only 0.3 points separated the two boats. Jan Saugmann - DEN 8476 Preworlds '97 and Danish Championship This race series were held prior to the Worlds '97 in the days 10-12 aug 97 at the same venue as the worlds was going to be held at. It consisted of six races two each day. The weather conditions were perfect, if you like light breeze, that is. 2-8 knots and temperatures near 30' celsius from a cloudless sky. Only very few of the favorites for the worlds title missed out so it was a highly competitive fleet of 70 boats that came to start in this preworlds race. Already from the very beginning the Danish team Hans Jørgen Riber and Adam Malling set the pace by making a 1. and a 4. in the first two races. The Swedish team Ebbe Rosen and Olle Wenrup had at that time the same results in reverse order, however it should later turn out that the Danes were fare more consistent than everybody else. The next two days a couple of American teams stepped in to finish on the podium. Tyler Moore/Scott Iklé and Howard Hamlin/Mike Martin in that order. Jan Saugmann - DEN 8476
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