VIM wins Robbe & Berking 12mR Open European Championship

The “Robbe & Berking 12mR Open European Championship” was won by the legendary “Vim”. She was designed in 1938 by Sparkman & Stephens for Harold Vanderbilt and was so fast that she was the benchmark for all other 12-metres over two decades.

Patrick Howaldt from Copenhagen and his very slick crew sailed the boat to a convincing win, followed by the also very fast “Trivia” with Wilfried Beeck from Hamburg. “Trivia” was designed and built by Camper & Nicholson in 1937. Third place was taken by “Vanity V”, a William Fife design dating back to 1936, that had been chartered by well known racing sailor Jesper Bank and his colleagues of Elvstrøm Sails for the event.