NEWS CPH DENMARK
TAKING IT EASY: Johnie Berntsson (Swe) and his crew after claiming victory.
The start of better things to come
In the land of fairytales, Johnie Berntsson provided the perfect
ending to cap a memorable CPH May Days grade 2 event staged off Skovshoved Harbor just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Te Swede, who overcame an upset loss to female sailor Camilla
Ulrikkeholm in the early rounds, defeated Bjorn Hansen 3-2 in the final to claim the inaugural title of an event many are calling a ‘fun but tough competition’. Rasmus Viltoft who doubled up as an organiser and
wellbeing and, as Rasmus points out, it is a state not easily attained with cameras and canapés being waved around. “However, as well as the social element we wanted to find a
competitor, was delighted with the success of the event, explaining: “Many of us sail at great events all over the world and it is a terrific experience, but I felt that there was also space for something a bit more ‘stripped down’ something where sailors could eyeball each other on the water and then everyone could enjoy the social element in the harbour. “At the same time this format makes it easier to host higher graded
“Sailors could eyeball each other on the water and then everyone could enjoy the social element in the harbour.”
events without a huge burden, hopefully we will see more competitions every year. Additionally at many events there is a lot of focus on guests and the media but that makes is rather difficult to ‘hugge’.” Hugge is a Danish word that is rather tricky to explain but essentially it is a shared sense of cosines, togetherness, sense of ease,
balance where Johnie, Bjorn and Staffan (Lindberg) and the like wanted the challenge but that there was also opportunity for some of the younger crews to have a go at them. Hansen’s crew had an excellent event only losing
3:2 to Berntsson in an unremitting final. Tere is a general drive to run more events of
this level in Denmark as put by Royal Danish Yacht Club member Gordon Smith: “Match Racing is part of Danish Sailing’s DNA and the event Rasmus has run here is a great model for developing the sport. “It is achievable, accessible and it offers sport of the highest quality. We used social media to
communicate and that was a great success. We got great reach and really super feedback. I have thoroughly enjoyed being involved and you can see that the crews and the event support team did as well. Let us have some more of this!”
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