Charlie Cumbley, from Britain has won the 2023 OK Dinghy European Championship on Lake Garda, hosted by Circolo Vela Arco. He led a British clean sweep with Nick Craig in second and Matt Howard in third. He becomes only the third British European champion in the class after Craig won it as a Euro Cup in 2002 and Alastair McMichael won in 1982.
The fourth and final day brought the lightest winds of the week with some new faces pushing the front. The forecast again promised rain and thunderstorms but these never materialised, though a lot of low cloud did limit the Ora during the day.
Cumbley said, "A lot lighter Ora today and all to play for with the points really close, Nick was leading with four points and then there was a group of boats all piled up behind us so we had to wait to see how the first race went to see what would happen in the second race.
"And I got away with a great start in the first race and led all the way round which then put the pressure on Nick and just meant I couldn't lose second.
"So, the pressure was off in a way but it meant I just had to keep tabs on Nick, which is easier said than done. He's quite slippery. So, we had a bit of shadowing up the first beat and then he got past me down the run. And then it was a case of he was trying to get as many boats between us and I was trying to lure him out to the other side of the race track, which I thought would drop him outside the top five.
"So in the end I am over the moon to win here in Garda after coming second a couple of times, and just before the worlds here in 2025."
Overall Results: (top ten)
1 GBR 6 Charlie Cumbley 29pts
2 GBR 2261 Nick Craig 31pts
3 GBR 2279 Matthew Howard 43pts
4 DEN 12 Jens Eckardt 44pts
5 GER 18 Jan Kurfeld 46pts
6 ESP 111 Tim Goodbody 46pts
7 GER 71 André Budzien 52pts
8 DEN 21 Bo Petersen 56pts
9 GBR 11 Andy Davis 71pts
10 SWE 73 Patric Mure 77pts
Master: Jens Eckardt, DEN
Grand Master: Jørgen Holm DEN
First Lady: Jessica Finke
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