F18 Nordic Championships 2018: Stroebel & Morris 1st
All Photos & Video by Sailpix.fi , complete gallery and more videos at sailpix.fi/formula18-nordic-championship-2018. Steve Stroeble & Matt Morris (Infusion / Nacra DS) finished first at the 2018 Nordic Championships sailed at Hanko, Finland.
Second place for Leff Dahl & Jacob Thun (C2 ), First place was defined by one point only for the US sailors.
Third place and Finnish Title for Mikko & Kirsikka Raisanen (Infusion / 1D DS) who had two high discards at the beginning of the event with a dnf and a dnc but later dominated the last stage of the regatta winning the last 6 races. The effort was not enough but what a great performance for this mixed crew.
Excellent media coverage for the event by Sailpix.fi , with daily images & videos.
Check complete gallery at sailpix.fi/formula18-nordic-championship-2018
Next big event for the F18 Class will be Sarasota Worlds in October. More info at regattanetwork.com/event/14553
Nordic F18 Championships Top 3 below (had to transcript) , check complete results here (pdf)
1 | USA44 | Steve Stroebel | Matt Morris | USA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -9 | 34 | 25 |
2 | SWE2 | Leff Dahl | Jacob Thun | SWE | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 26 |
3 | FIN5 | Mikko Räisänen | Kirsikka Räisänen | FIN | 3 | (DNF) | 17 | DNC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
...Report was sent by an F18 Sailor, if you want Hobies reported send your own, we'll publish as usual. Cheers.
Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16