Mc Kee Brothers World Champions

The Mckee (USA) brothers, bronze medallists at the Sydney Olympic Games, are the new World Champions in the 49er class. At the end of two very hard races they managed to get the better of their Spanish opponents Iker Martinez and Xabier Fernandez.

The third position went to the Ukrainians Luka Rodion and Leonchuk George and the Sydney Gold medallist, Thomas Johansson with new crew Jukka Piirainen were placed eighth. This event set a record for the number of boats (155) that were present. Fraglia Vela hopes to be able to organize next year’s 49er and 29er European Championships.

Final Results, after 9 races with 2 discards in Gold Fleet:

1USA MC KEE JONATHAN/MC KEE CHARLIE28 pts
2ESP MARTINEZ IKER/FERNANDEZ XABIER31 pts
3UKR LUKA RODION/LEONCHUK GEORGE41 pts
4ESP LOPEZ-VAZQUEZ SANTIAGO/DE LA PLAZA JAVIER50 pts
5DEN PERSSON JONATAN/FLOHR NIELS57 pts
6ITA SIBELLO PIETRO/SIBELLO GIANFRANCO60 pts
7GBR BROTHERTON PAUL/HISCOCKS SIMON60 pts
8FIN JOHANSON THOMAS/PIIRAINEN JUKKA62 pts
9DEN HESTBEK MICHAEL/HANSEN RASMUS TERP65 pts
10POL KACPROWSKI PAWEL/KUZMICKI PAWEL74 pts