Brosted Is New European Ch mpionDanish sailor survives rugged weather. bests 51.boat fleer

.)'CUCIIII:\· Genera! ,liH EUJ'O/I(' and .{IdeaIlrwru Delgado prepared 1/11 account 0/lIre Euroncuu 1111t! African Championshipill Spanish and sell I il 10 GUl/calo Dia: /01'

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Th •.~ best European Snipe skipperscompeted for the Championship heldAugust 3D throngh September :'\ ;It themouth or the Sella River ;1\ Le 11;IVfc,

F ranee. The lop Ih fee places were :!

rcpl:n' of the 19::3 World Ch:!!llpi()IISltiponly Denmark', Per Brodsted waS

winner over Felix Cancedo of Spain. whowas this ye.rrs runner-up. Eric' Thorsell.Sweden, was third. The lOp five skippersrepresented five different n.uion« with'\Ialli Nicminen, Finland. -lth , ;l!ld \'~il,\I:lfiin, Great Hritnin, 5th. Othercountries represented in the 51 boat Ilcctwere Belgium. France, Italy, Ncrway.Portugal, und Jugoslavia.

River current added I() a tide whichrises :!Jld falls J 2 meters. made :;ailingconditions difflculr. In spite of tile manyefforts or the regatta committee, raceswere not perfect. with SOIlIC poor ~;[;trtinglines, and some courses over rocks, etc.The weather conditions did not make thecommit tee's job :my easier.

Race one had winds or force -I with nobig waves. Felix won followed byBrostcd. Thorsell. and 5t rombcck andPeucrsson, both from Sweden. ill thesecond race, back-to-hack with tile first,winds were force 2 . 3, hut with 1110re\\';1\'025. The finishers were Nicminen,Brosted, Thorsell and Gnnccdo. After thefirst day it was established that therewould be a tight rate between these topfour boa IS.

High waves, and winds force (1 andSI ronger , cancelled the races for thesecond day. The following day conditionswere stili rough. The race committeedecided to try a course inside the bay forprotection. This brought the need to tacktoward the coast. against the current, andthrough the rocks, Snipes looked likerating cars, r t was not possible to go 506

The wharfa: l.e llavre during III'! EIII'OpcaJl Clunnpionship.

uictcr-, I'rolll ~ItIH" wuhou: slilTiOring inthe strong current In this narrowllm"igahll' strip. there WitS no: enoughroom Cor 5 I participating boars. Ii was arecord hrcakiug day for protests andboats dropping ou t of the race.

111': winner of the third race wasBrosicd, second Jacobsen also IromDenmark. third Thorsell. alld fourthMcyvis from Iklgiu!ll. Cnnce do finishedsixth.

The fourth race was also held all the"rocky course ", even though the SC;1 wascalm and the protection of the hay wasnot needed. I>lartin from England Wall.followed b y Thorsell, Ganccdo,Lorentzen of Denmark. and Strombeck.

On the next III last day the winds wereforce :1 and the sea was wavy. Lindholmof Finland captured the fifth race,followed by Brosicd. Craux of Belgium,Zendrcra of Spain and Carpclan ofFinland. Cance.lo took sixth.

On the last day Brostcd had thechampionship in his po .ket, bur nervesplayed ;t role ill the seventh race. He hada bad start, completing the flrst trianglein 3:1rd place, while Gancedo was Om.Emotions were red hot during the wholerace as the Dane, dcmonstranng hissailing abilities. gained place after place,finishing in eleventh, and winning the

title of Eu rpe.rn Champion. The racewas won I y Gauccdo , followed byNicminen ,·i!ldillg·Larsen of Norway.Thorsell and Peterson.

The new champion W;1S very !;lSt,basing his ! tumph on his speed ratherthan except onal techniques. Felix wasnot ill 511<1].c for the Snipe after hisOlympic cffc rt in the T mpest.

Equipmei t used by the top finishers:Brosted: "10 Ig" Skipper with Cobra mast~J1d Green sails. Gancedo: . 'short "Skipper, Bru IeI' mast and Ullman S3i1S.Thorsell: "short" Skipper, Skipper mast,and North s. ils. Niemincn: Finland hull.Proctor mas (section and finishing likethe Cobra), and Nimirauta sails. Martin:Skipper (Eng ish made), Needlcspar mast,and North S lib. Other equipment usedincluded son c wooden hulls, Scorpionmasts, Picco () and Omega sails, andvarious other equipment.

SCIRA Secretary General (or Europeand Africa Arturo Delgado, wasre-elected at the secretaries' meeting. Heexpressed a) preciation for the greateffort, inters st and concern given thechampionship by SCI RA France, and theregatta cornu iuee from the Societe desRegales du Havre. This great effortshould favor the expansion of (lie SnipeClass in Franc'.

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