The Berliner Yacht Club in Berlin, Germany hosted the 2024 German J/24 Open Championship on Lake Wansee, southwest of the city. Short, fast races were the order of the day, and the weather cooperated, providing good, very shifty and puffy winds. A total of nine races were completed over two days. Eighteen teams participated from Germany, Netherlands, Austria and Sweden. Frank Schonfeld’s JOOL from The Netherlands took home the title of German J/24 Open Champion. His crew of Susanne Bergmann, Thorsten Glabisch, Olaf Zietz and Nils Ole Harder posted a solid scoreline of 5-3-3-1-3-2-3-1-5 for 21 points net. Taking the silver in their closely fought series was the top German crew on HUNGRIGER WOLF, sailed by Fritz Meyer and a team of Jannik Duehren, Thorsten Paech, Lars Christiansen and Jonas Lysseski (24 points net). Rounding out the podium was Stefan Karsunke’s SCHWERE JUNGS with crew of Carsten Kerschies, Christian Carstens, Tim Habekost and Malte Gibbe (31 points net). The top Women’s Team title went to Maike Haas on JUELSSAND. Her team was comprised of Naomi Kosmehl, Maria Hoffmann, Gesa Gollner, Emily Kern and Kristin Duhren. For more German J/24 Championship information, visit https://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/GO24#!/.
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