Dragon Gold Cup 2009 – Skagen, Denmark
Gordon Smith

After a long wait during the morning the Principle Race Officer Christian Lerche finally fired the warning signal at 11:34 which brought relief to those that had considered the possibility of a second day of calm.

His main concern was the difficulty balancing the strength of the current versus the weakness in the wind. However after finishing Gold Cup Race 3 at 8:20pm the general consensus was that it was a ‘good day at the office’.

Eventual 1st placed (in Race 3) Bram de Wilde (‘Faline’ - NED 311) had something to say of the day “My first race today was a disaster. I went the wrong way…. “He goes on “In the second race I was second, then 8th place and on the way to being the first, I got the other one (Tommy Müller)- passing a big ship made it complicated on the last track”

Rob Campbell ‘Quicksilver IV’ –GB743 had this perspective “I thought that the PRO had a fantastic day in light and difficult conditions whilst fighting a complicated current and to be honest I think he got off 2 good and fair races.”

Peder Lunde Jr was also in pretty fine form when he came off the water “15th or 14th (in Race 3 ) is pretty good for us I am very happy. Actually this organisation - or may I call it fraternity? - is working very very well, it is all very nicely put together. The way this is organised I am very impressed.”

Results of Gold Cup Race 2 (Top 10 – unofficial)
1. RUS 27 - Annapurna - Anatoly Loginov
2. GBR 716 - Jerboa - Gavia Wilkinson-Cox
3. DEN 392 - Flawless - Valdemar Bandolowski
4. GER 1068 - Icicle - Udo Pflüger
5. UKR 9 - CCCP - Ruslana Taran
6. RUS 34 - I Feel Good - Senatorov Vasily
7. RUS 90 - Zenith - Berezkin Dmitry
8. GER 993 - Dragoni Holly - Stephan Link
9. DEN 384 - Notorious - Søren Pehrson
10. GER 1078 - Troika - Tim Ladehof

Race finished at approximately 16:15

Results of Gold Cup Race 3 (Top 10)

1. NED 311 - Faline - Bram de Wilde
2. GER 996 - Sinewave - Thomas Müller
3. GER 1078 - Troika - Tim Ladehof
4. GER 1014 - Kite - Dr. Dirk Oldenburg
5. SWE 338 - Linnea - Stefan Winberg
6. SWE 345 - Ming - Jacob Wallenberg
7. DEN 396 - African Queen - Jørgen Schönherr
8. RUS 6 - Stasya - Alexander Shmid
9. DEN 353 - Duel - Peter Due
10. UKR 7 - Bunker Queen - Lars Hendriksen

Race finished at approximatly 20:24