Round Denmark 2021

A Dragonfly 800 claims victory in the two-handed class!

Lars and John Kämpfe - a father and son crew - won in real time in the latest edition of the Round Denmark, a 650-mile event that was particularly hard on the nerves this year... due to the lack of wind.

Round Denmark 2021

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Published 02/07/2021

By Emmanuel van Deth

Issue: SP16

Published: aug. / sept. 2021

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The competitors - 23 single-handers, 26 two-handed-handed boats and 21 crewed boats – evn talked of Danish Doldrums. In these conditions, the solo sailors, who had set out two days earlier, benefited from a little more wind - 13 boats were able to cross the finish line before the time limit. In the two-handed category, it was TRI, a Dragonfly 800 perfectly optimized with sails by UK Sailmakers – a square-topped main, Code 0 and asymmetric spinnaker borrowed from a J/80 - that managed to win in 5 days and 12 hours, some five hours ahead the second-placed boat, a J/105. Only one other competitor was able to be placed. This result is interesting - it shows that a small trimaran (and a far from recent model), that’s kept light and is well sailed, has serious arguments in light airs.

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