Host club: Royal Danish Yacht Club and Royal Match Race Center Location: Denmark Next occurrence: September 9-13, 2009 Previous occurrence: August 27-31, 2008 ISAF Grade: WC Total prize money: $50,000 Event Web site:Danish Open Boat:DS 37
REIGNING CHAMPION Jes Gram Hansen (DEN) Trifork Racing defeated Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Mirsky Racing Team in the final 3-0
SUMMARY About 20 minutes north of Copenhagen, Denmark’s capital, lies Skovshoved Harbor, the site of the Danish Open. Skovshoved Harbor is also home of the Royal Match Race Center. Founded in 1990 to help develop a generation of match-racers, the center has a fleet of DS 37s that are available for use year round. In its time the center has trained more than 230 sailors, some of which have made their way to America’s Cup syndicates as helmsmen and trimmers.
