- Title: DENMARK: YACHTING - 5.5 METRES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - FINAL DAY
- Date: 10th August 1966
- Summary: 1. AIR TO GROUND VIEW START OF RACE 0.07 2. AIR TO GROUND DITTO (2 SHOTS) 0.17 3. GV DITTO FROM SEA LEVEL 0.22 4. LV D.11 WEB THREE PAUL ELVSTROM (DENMARK) 0.26 5. LV K.12 YEOMAN ROBIN AISHER (UK) 0.30 6. LV N.28 NORMA X KING OLAV OF NORWAY 0.35 7. GV BOAT MAKES SECOND TURN 0.39 8. SV D.11 ELVSTROM (DENMARK) WINNER 0.46 9. SV G.13 SUNNSCHIEN RUDOLF HARMSTORF SECOND 0.51 10. GV BOATS AT FINISH OF RACE 0.55 Initials JRG/V/RM/OS SPORT: YATCHING Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 25th August 1966 13:00
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- Location: OFF COPENHAGEN DENMARK
- Country: Denmark
- Reuters ID: LVAB1SZHYVXLVFX2CWIRI5TAAJM2
- Story Text: IN THE ROUGH WINDY CONDITIONS THAT SUIT HIM WELL, DENMARK'S PAUL EVSTROM LED THE 5.5 METRES WORLD YACHTING CHAMPIONSHIP FROM START TO FINISH OFF COPENHAGEN TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IT WAS ELVSTROM'S FIFTH WIN. A SECOND PLACE IN THE FINAL RACE ENABLED WEST GERMANY'S RUDOLF HARMSTORF TO SUPPLANT ROBIN AISHER OF BRITAIN AS RUNNER-UP IN THE SERIES. INSTEAD OF IMPROVING HIS POSITION IN THE RACE, AISHER DROPPED FROM SECOND PLACE AT THE FIRST TURN TO FIFTH AT THE FINISH.
THE STIFF SOUTH-WESTERLY BREEZE AND THE UNUSUALLY STEEP SEA DID NOT PRODUCE THE EXPECTED CROP OF DISMASTINGS BUT APART FROM THE LEADERS, MOST OF THE 47 COMPETITORS SEEMED HAPPY NOT TO USE THEIR SPINNAKERS MORE THAN NECESSARY. ELVSTROM WAS QUICKLY INTO HIS STRIDE, OUTPOINTING EVERYONE ELSE.
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