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BOYS |
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GIRLS |
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| 1 |
DEN |
7954 |
Winner |
USA |
12812 |
Charter |
| 2 |
BRA |
3036 |
Charter |
SWE |
4014 |
Osis |
| 3 |
ESP |
822 |
Charter |
ESP |
1274 |
Charter |
| 4 |
GRE |
2992 |
Charter |
ITA |
6804 |
Nordest |
| 5 |
BER |
1189 |
Charter |
DEN |
7800 |
Osis |
| 6 |
ITA |
6718 |
Nordest |
BER |
1128 |
Charter |
| 7 |
CRO |
900 |
Winner |
ITA |
6855 |
Winner |
| 8 |
RUS |
6 |
Finessa |
GRE |
623 |
Finessa |
| 9 |
PER |
280 |
Charter |
GER |
11613 |
Ziba |
| 10 |
NED |
2597 |
Nordest |
SWE |
4023 |
Osis |
| 11 |
SWE |
4011 |
Osis |
GRE |
1495 |
Charter |
| 12 |
FRA |
1621 |
Winner |
CRO |
943 |
Nautivela |
| 13 |
ESP |
998 |
Charter |
NED |
2509 |
Van Wettum |
| 14 |
MLT |
103 |
Charter |
NED |
2645 |
Van Wettum |
| 15 |
DEN |
7830 |
Opti-X China |
SWE |
4070 |
OS Båtar |
| 16 |
GRE |
252 |
Nordest |
GER |
11336 |
Ziba |
| 17 |
FRA |
1521 |
Erplast |
ITA |
6701 |
Nautivela |
| 18 |
ESP |
1112 |
Charter |
IRL |
1153 |
Charter |
| 19 |
ITA |
6427 |
Faccenda |
CRO |
911 |
Nautivela |
| 20 |
CRO |
858 |
Winner |
GRE |
1527 |
Finessa |
| If you came to this page looking to see which make of Optimist is fastest then you will be disappointed!
The table shows the hulls used by
the top 20 boys and girls at the 2005 IODA European Championship. 13 used charter boats from Polish builder Sail-Center, supplied by the organisers. The 27 hulls used by the others came from 11 different builders.
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
Because it proves yet again that it is the sailor, not the boat, which wins in the Optimist Class: you CAN NOT buy a boat which is faster than the others. So:
You can charter with confidence. Over a third of the fleet did. If it is cheaper to bring your own Optimist, do. If it isn't, don't worry - the charter boat will be just like the one at home.
No research is necessary. There is no better Optimist than the one you are sailing. And no amount of money will buy you one.
You can buy from a builder near you. Over half the non-charter fleet sailed Optimists made either in their own country or an immediately neighbouring one.
If you didn't do well you can't blame your gear. Either you sailed well or you didn't.
IODA is grateful to the measurement team in Gdynia who supplied the above data.
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