Navigation Menu button
english language deutsch sprache la langue française english language nederlandse taal svenska språket english language
change language
International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: Todd Twigg, Simon Allen at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: "Charlie Chandler (GBR321) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: Start Sequence Race 4 at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: Mark Goodchild (GBR 265) - This is how it works. 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: Steve (GBR) Clarke at the 2014 Worlds. © David Thompson

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: "The mountains of the Llyn Peninsula behind, and Brett Holly (AUS1) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"

International Canoe Europa Cup 2009

Karlstad, Sweden, 7- 9 August

In Sweden there are several traditional classes of sailing canoe: A & B canoe, generally sailed by children and youths under 18; and C, D & E plus ICs for the rest. The Europa Cup at Karlstad on Lake V�nern was combined with the Swedish championships for the national sailing canoe classes and also for the Typhoon class, a type of sailing canoe for one or two crew sailed mainly in Germany. Lake V�nern is Sweden's largest lake, 100 km from Karlstad in the North to V�nersborg at the South end. Towns and industries around the lake are serviced by commercial shipping and the lake is connected by rivers and canals to Gothenburg and Stockholm. Getting your IC to Sweden from the UK is not easy or quick. The two UK sailors who went to Karlstad, Simon Allen and Mark Goodchild, took advantage of contacts with a shipping company and had boats and an almost broken down car delivered to Helsingborg, a port 220 km to the south of Gothenburg. The logistics of sailors and boats getting to Karlstad on Thursday 6th August was still complex to say the least but suffice to say that Mark arrived with car and boats in the afternoon and Simon arrived by train from Oslo later that evening.

Sweden has not had good summer weather this year but with our arrival things changed for the better, the sun shone temperatures rose and the wind - well, was a bit light some of the time, but you can't have everything. Karlstad Canoe Federation hosted the event and moved the venue from their club in the town to a park just outside the town where access to very suitable sailing waters was easy from sandy beaches and grassy areas, surrounding a fitness and leisure facility. The wind and sea breezes (yes, sea breezes in the middle of Sweden: the lake is so big) came from the South so we only had a five minute sail to the start area.

Nine races were scheduled for the three days (triangular courses). The race management was first class and all races were sailed on time and completed the full course with the exception of the last race on the first day, which was shortened at the last turning mark as the wind died away to nothing, some boats being stranded just yards from the finishing line when they ran out of time. A welcome BBQ was arranged for the Friday evening with Swedish sausage and beer brought from Germany by canoe sailors. The President of the Swedish Canoe Federation came along and welcomed us all to the event.

Sailing on Saturday was a civilized affair, after morning racing we went ashore for a roast pork lunch at the nearby restaurant, then back on the water after a rest for another two races. Saturday evening all canoe sailors were invited to the Karlstad Sailing Club (KSS) for our evening meal. It was the clubs 125th anniversary celebration evening.

After the last two races on Sunday we had just enough time to relax in the sun, swim in the lake and pack our boats away before the prize giving. There was a short medal presentation for all the championship classes and then prizes were given out on a raffle by boat number basis. Every competitor got to choose a prize from the table as their boat number was picked out - a great way to get everyone to turn up to the prize giving and to encourage future participation. It was really good to see so many children and youths sailing canoes of various types, traditional classes of dinghy that we do not see in the UK. Of course these dinghies have been around in Sweden for many years and lots of youngsters have started their sailing in them, but we can hope that the youths who were enjoying sailing them at Karlstad this year will one day be enjoying sailing International Canoes.

Mark Goodchild

Rank Sail No Nat Helm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 Nett
1st 265 GBR Mark Goodchild -1 1 -4 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
2nd 278 GBR Simon Allen 2 2 1 2 2 -3 -3 2 2 13
3rd 106 SWE Ola Barthelson -3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 -4 18
4th 77 GER Axel Bierwagen 4 4 3 -8 -8 4 7 5 5 32
5th 67 GER Manuel Radek -6 6 5 5 4 -7 6 6 6 38
6th 52 GER Anette Steimann -9 5 6 6 5 8 5 -10 8 43
7th 101 SWE Johan Elfstr�m 14 8 7 4 -15 DNF 4 4 3 44
8th 111 SWE Kalle Jonasson 7 7 DNF -12 7 5 8 11 9 54
9th 58 GER Fredrik Steimann -10 9 8 -11 9 6 9 9 10 60
10th 74 GER Eckhardt Pagel 8 -11 16 9 10 9 11 8 7 62
11th 81 SWE Fabian Erlandsson 12 -14 DNF 10 11 10 10 7 11 71
12th 76 GER Arne Stahl 5 10 DNF 7 6 DNS DNS DNS DNS 76
13th 44 GER Ulrike Praetz 11 12 DNF 13 12 11 12 13 -14 84
14th 78 SWE Mats Nystam -15 13 DNF 14 14 12 13 12 12 90
15th 74 SWE Peter Seybolt 13 DNF DNF 15 13 13 14 14 13 95

Search the IC site for with

This web site is provided by the International Canoe Federation's Sailing Committee

HTML check . CSS check

Communicate with the editor

International Canoe Home Page

IC Home Page

Canoe Events Future

Canoe Events Past

Reports for earlier events, where available, are linked from the ‘medallist’ pages.

Canoe Associations

Canoe Talk

Canoe Action

Canoe Rules

Canoe History

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: "Ed Bremner (GBR314) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: "Johan Elfström (SWE101) at the 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: Chris Maas at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: Paul Hignett out for a blast on the blown off last day of the 2013 Europa Cup. He's sailing Colin Newman's IC OD Extended Play, GBR 295. © Jim Champ 2013

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: "Dave Timson (GBR303) at the 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: "2013 Europa Cup Champion Colin Brown.. Photo: © Loch Lomond SC"

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: Simon Allen (GBR 278). I love the lighting in this one. 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: "Peter Ullmann (GER79) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: "Eckhardt Pagel (GER74) at the 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: start sequence race 3 at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: International Canoe

International 10 sq.m. Canoe International 10 sq.m. Canoe

Image: "Uphill Challenge: Peter Ullmann (GER79) leads a bunch of others at the 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"