King Harald favourite

As IMS World Championships get going in Hanko, Norway

The IMS World Championship starts the sailing tomorrow at Hankø, Norway with 42 boats from six countries present.

The regatta will consist of a combination of inshore and short and long offshore races in two classes. With a championship in Norway the fleet naturally consists mainly of boats from northern Europe, 18 from the host country.

Most prominent of the Norwegians and a pre-race favourite is HM King Harald in his Farr 51 IMS Fram XV, a boat in which the King won the European Championship in 2005, theh year His Majesty was voted Sailor of the Year by the Norwegian Sailing Federation. 

Other strong performances are expected from Jani Lehtis Finnish team on the Grand Soleil 42R Alfa Romeo and numerous Swedish and German boats. The IMX-40 represents the largest number of one designs in the fleet, followed by First 36.7 and GS 42R. Thomas Føyen, a previous windsurfing world Champion will be present with a new X-41, a boat which has made a strong impression both under IMS and IRC racing.

Entries :

FIN 17575 ALFA ROMEO Lehti, Jani Merenkavijat Grand Solei 42 R
NOR 9990 FRAM XV H.M. Kong Harald V KNS Farr 50 IMS
GER 5755 BELUGA SAILING TEA Plump, Christian KYC / NRV Evento 46
NOR 9899 XOTIC Drolsum, Aasmund Soon SF X-332
SWE 12655 DATA COMMUNICATION Aspholm, Ralf KSSS Sinergia 40
NOR 10910 ILLE MORO I Daae, Ludvig Bundefj. SF Bavaria 42 Match
NOR 10180 LUCKY LADY II Lycke, Morten Bærum SF First 36.7
GER 4815 UNIQUE Kriegel, Bernd Kieler Yacht-club JV/49
GER 5559 DOLCE-VITA Dollenberg, Jörg KYC IMX 40
SWE 461  WWW.SKI.IT  Wenehult, Fredrik GKSS First 36.7
ESP 5767 2 OBNOXIOUS Jansen, Carl Edwar Askøy SF Botin & Carkeek 46
NOR 9701 GODE VENNER Rishoff, Elling Asker SF First 40.7
NOR 9000 XFRAM Kløvstad, Bjørn Oppegård SF ILC-40
RUS 6125 JUGA BRYUZGA, SERGEY SPRYC SINERGIA 40
NOR 10040 FÆRDER IV Høst, Iens Ludvig Kragerø SF IMX-40
NOR 22 ELLEVILLE Brantzeg, Erik Chr.ssands SF X-35
CZE 663 BOHEMIA EXPRESS Vojta, Richard YC BOHEMIA Grand Soleil 42R
SWE 350 SURFER GIRL Wängberg, Tomas GKSS First 36.7
GER 5223 VARUNA XPRESS Haupthoff, Kai SCE X332S
SWE 9 DU SOLEIL II Hertzman, Ingvar KSSS IMX 40
GER 5611 SILVA-HISPANIOLA Schmidt, Pit Sail-Lollipop Rega Evento 42
NOR 9976 XANTHIPPE Bryde, Jan Henrik Asker SF IMX-40
GER 4732 CHINOOK Friedrichsen, Joha FYC Flensborg Yach X 332
GER 4741 CALA... VENTINOVE Wenzel, Uwe WSVA Dehler 29
SWE 10810 ERNST & YOUNG Kylebäck, Stefan GKSS, Sverige First 44.7
NOR 11400 BONITA Heje, Knut G KNS X-40
GER 4049 SISQUA Balser, Armin Schwimmclub Nieder DEHLER 34
GER 4294 TANGO Iversen, Iver Nesodden SF Mumm 36
SWE 80 BLUES Johansson, Hans Stenungsunds SS IMX-40
NOR 19 INSOMNIA Smedal, Tom Erik Arendals SF X-35
NOR 11958 HYAK Kragerud, Pål KNS Grand Soleil 37 B+C
GER 5400 WESTWIND Süslebeck, Peter DZYC Grand Soleil 37 B&C
GER 5542 RESOLUTE Lochbrunner, Andi Lindauer Segler-Cl 42 Match
SWE 643 Sandell, Ola Christinehamns Seg First 40,7
NOR 10730 FIRST JIBB Kristiansen, Espen Ullern SF First 36.7
NOR 11800 XTREME Kristiansen, Erik Bundefj. SF Grand Soleil 37 B&C
NOR 11172 TEAM BERGEN Valeur, Sverre Askøy SF Grand Soleil 42R
NOR 10780 AIMING FIRST Kristensen, Trond Moss SF First 36.7
SWE 24 CONDEVOR Lindblom, Patrick KSSS Grand Soleil 43 B&C
NOR 9 LEXINGTON Føyen, Thomas Asker SF X-41
NOR 9618 FELICIA IV Brekke, Eirik Tønsberg SF X-382
GER 5100 SIXTY 4 Gundlach, Alv Kieler Yachtclub IMX 40

Program
Day 1 aug.11
10.00 – 20.00
Measurement and Registration

Day 2 aug.12
09.00 – 18:00
Measurement and Registration
15:00
Tune up race
18.30
Skippers briefing

Day 3 aug.13
12.00
Racing – inshore races

Day 4 aug.14
11.00
Racing – offshore race (long)

Day 5
aug.15
Racing – offshore race continued

Day 6 aug.16
12.00
Racing – inshore races

Day 7 aug.17
11.00
Racing – offshore race (short)

Day 8 aug.18
12.00
Racing – inshore races
19.00
Prize Giving Ceremony