Never before has it been closer than it was in Juelsminde at the June 17-19 Danish J/70 Sailing League Division 2 event. Sønderborg Yacht Club kept their cool and won the event ahead of the Sejlklubben Sundet and the Yachtklubben Furesøen. Yachtklubben Furesøen still leads the overall leaderboard in the second division. Five clubs were within two points of each other before the last race. The entire outcome of the regatta, therefore, was based on “who beat whom” in the third Final 6 race. The Sejlklubben Sundet team posted a 2-1-2 in the finale to nearly steal the event from Sonderborg, who after an initial 5-4, won the last race to clinch the win overall. Yachtklubben Furesøen impressed their competitors with five straight bullets in a row in the last six races before the Final 6 sail-off. However, a shrimping of their gennaker in the 10-12 m/s wind ruined the Furesoen team’s second Final 6 sail-off. So, the four young skiff sailors for YF sailed to a 3-6-3 to settle for third place. Fourth was Silkeborg Sejlklub, and fifth Struer Sejlklub. Since YK Furesøen won the season’s first event in Lundeborg, they now lead the overall second division with 34 points, ahead of Sønderborg with 33 points. Sejlklubben Sound and Silkeborg Yacht Club share third place with 31 points. For more Danish J/70 Sailing League information, visit http://sejlsportsligaen.dk/.

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