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50th Anniversary

50th ANNIVERSARY REGATTA

Techla Gulcher	A very old Mader	H21 with original gear	Modern top  helm

Fit for Fun	Prize giving	Frank Havic - Chief Organiser	Photos above RP

A stunningly successful regatta was enjoyed by sailors from around the world.

Official Event Photographer - Hans Kok

The Boysen Moller team in action on the Loosdrecht lake Photo (c) Hans Kok - Event Photographer

The fleet was initially split into four groups - A, B, C & D. In the first three races each group sailed against each other. The fleet was then split into two groups - Gold & Silver for two further races. Points for all results were totalled and worst race discarded.

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Gold Fleet - Top 5

Women Helms in Top 20

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For more  photos follow the links

Official Event Photographer - Hans Kok

http://www.miche.nl

More photos and report to follow.

If you have any photos or would like to pay tribute to the regatta organisers or have any comments to make about the 50th Anniversary event please email them to
webmaster@sailfd.org

90 entries from 14 nations have been received for the Gulcher 50th Anniversary Regatta Loosdrecht, Netherlands 11/13 October 2002.  Approx 300 people will be attending the anniversary. Past Olympic champions have a big interest in the event. Peder Lunde, Jorg & Ecke Diesch, Miguel Noguer, Rodney Pattison and Jorgen & Jacob Boysen Moller have confirmed their entry to Loosdrecht.

Sailors from following Nations were entered by 2 October 2002

AUT, BEL, CAN, DEN, ESP, FRA, GBR, GER, HUN, NED, NOR, ITA, POL, SWE

FD sailors and friends are invited to celebrate the vision of the founders of the FD in creating a boat that has been at the forefront of international sailing for 50 years.

Current members of the FD Class pay tribute to the thousands of people in all parts of the world who have during the last 50+ years used their time energy and thoughts to refine and develop what remains the most challenging two man high performance dinghy in the world.

 Warm thanks also go to the countless thousands of volunteers in over 60 countries who have supported the FD Class and who have organised and run regattas for FD sailors.

Special thanks to all the sailing clubs around the world which have promoted and supported FD regattas.

The Dutch FD Class are organising a 50th anniversary regatta as part of the Conrad Gulcher memorial Regatta at the birthplace of the FD at Loosdrecht in Holland.
 

All FD sailors past and present are invited to attend.

For more details and to register your interest visit the

50th Anniversary Regatta website

[Conrad Gulcher conceived the FD in 1951 and obtained ideas from the leading international sailors for its design (see FD history for more details). Conrad then worked tirelessly as the International Secretary until the end of 1988 shortly before he died]