Alexela ORC World Championship

"We had everything this week: light winds, heavy winds, multiple courses, tough competition, great sailors, great organizers and sponsors, and results that came down to the final race in each class. We could not have had a better result to determine our new World Champions."

These new champions are as follows: in Class A: Michael Berghorn's Mills 45 HALBTROCKEN 4.5 team from Germany that includes Luke Malloy, Mareike Berghorn, Mikkel Rossberg, Jes Gram Hansen, Hendrik Plate, Sebastian Plate, Konrad Nehrenberg, Justus Reinke, Hasso Hoher, Marc Viehofer, and Linus Dopp.

In Class B: Catalin Trandafir's Grand Soleil 44 P ESSENTIA44 from Romania that includes Joan Navarro, Piotr Przybylski, Nacho Postigo, Hugo Rochas, Afonso Domingos, Eduard Guta, Andrei Teodorecu, Lars Koridon, and Jochem Schoorl.

And in Class C: Juss Ojala's J-112E MATILDA team from Estonia that includes Marek Harjak, Karlo Hmeljak, Joachim Aschenbrenner, Arne Vest, Kelly Vest, Priit Berkmann, Christopher Juul, and Felix Andresen.

All-amateur teams winning Corinthian prizes were Tiit Vihul's X-41 OLYMPIC from Estonia in Class B and Team PRO4U in Class C.

Complete results are available at data.orc.org/worlds2021

Photos by Felix Diemer