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Dodging Turtles, Dodging Bullets to Become 5O5 World Champions

May 3rd, 2013

Bridgetown, Barbados (May 3, 2013) – Claas Lehmann and Leon Oehme lived the longest day of their sporting lives on Friday—and came away champions. With Lehmann steering and Oehme out on the trapeze wire, they went to the line of race nine of the 2013 SAP 5O5 World Championship as one of three teams with a


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Looking like a German sweep at 5O5 Worlds

May 2nd, 2013

Stefan Boehm came to Barbados as someone who had never won a national sailing championship in his native Germany and certainly had never won a world title. On that basis, no one picked him to be where he is now, leading the SAP 5O5 World Championship with one race remaining. The final race will be


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5O5 Worlds: Of Rabbits and Analytics

May 1st, 2013

Bridgetown, Barbados (May 1, 2013) – Morten Bogacki didn’t want anything to do with being the appointed “rabbit,” also known as the pathfinder, to set the start for race six of the SAP 505 World Championship. He figured the role consigned him to oblivion in the standings. But then, when he won the race, it was


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There’s a reason why the island is so green

April 29th, 2013

Bridgetown, Barbados (April 29, 2013) – It was a day of torrential rains at the 2013 SAP 5O5 World Championship, which allowed for a class meeting and opportunity to replay the first four races as presented by SAP Analytics. There are 69 entries, including seven boats delayed in shipment from the West Coast of the



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