Nordic Folkboat Gold Cup

Gold Cup locations 1963-2013

The Nordic Folkboat Gold Cup is a sailing race in Nordic Folkboat held annually in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, or Germany. The cup is subject for competition between yacht clubs competed in regular fleet racing style with individual crew. If any yacht club manages to win the cup for six times, the club wins it to keep it forever. It has been conquered forever three times, by in 1974 and by in 1982 and 1994. Luckily both yacht clubs have donated the cup back to continue the tradition of the prestigious cup. With the lack of a World Championships, the Gold Cup is the most prestigious event in the class.^[1]

The yacht club with the most inscriptions is , with 17, and most individual wins have Danish , with 6. Danish crew have won 42 times, German crew have won 9 times, and Swedish crew have won once. The highest number of participants was in 1984, when 96 crew participated (of which eight from the United States).

The upcoming editions will be held in Warnemünde in 2015, Helsinki 2016, Kerteminde 2017.^[1]

History[]

The first cup was set up 1963 by the senator of Lübeck. In the beginning races were held in Lübeck-Trawemünde area or in Denmark and the first yacht club to reach six wins would keep the cup.

In 1978 the first race was held in Sweden, and in 2016 the first race will be held in Finland.

Editions[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1963 Travemünde	Daddel, Kieler Yacht-Club (FRG) Bruno Splieth Heinrich Dahlinger		Tine (DEN)
1964 Copenhagen	Tine,  (DEN)
1965 Copenhagen	Miki IV,  (DEN) Poul Mik-Meyer
1966 Copenhagen	Tine,  (DEN)
1967 Travemünde	Helle,  (DEN)
1968 Fredericia	Helle,  (DEN)
1969 Travemünde	Helle,  (DEN)
1970 Travemünde	Helle,  (DEN)
1971 Travemünde	Helle,  (DEN)
1972 Horsens	Solita,  (DEN)
1973 Travemünde	Sol-lie,  (FRG)
1974 Kiel	Nup,  (DEN)
1975 Kerteminde	Tibbe,  (DEN)
1976 Copenhagen	Tibbe,  (DEN)
1977 Kiel	Nup,  (DEN)
1978 Malmö	Skruff,  (SWE)
1979	Solita,  (DEN)
1980 Kiel	Wood-y,  (DEN)
1981 Kerteminde	Tibbe Tit,  (DEN)
1982 Simrishamn	Solita,  (DEN)
1983 Kerteminde	Kristine,  (DEN)
1984 Flensburg	Mareike,  (FRG)
1985 Kalø Vig	Swallow,  (DEN)
1986 Eckernförde	Kaos,  (DEN)
1987	Sagitta,  (FRG)
1988 Kiel	Daddys Girl,  (DEN)
1989 Egå	Tenny,  (DEN)
1990 Travemünde	Lord Jim, Kieler Yacht-Club (FRG)
1991 Aabenraa	Chess,  (DEN)
1992 Kiel	Voila,  (DEN)
1993 Kerteminde	Chess,  (DEN)
1994 Malmö	Voila,  (DEN)
1995 Warnemünde	Arosia,  (DEN)
1996 Rudkøbing	Chess,  (DEN)
1997 Thisted	Team,  (DEN) Peter Due
1998 Travemünde	Marquisen,  (DEN)	Germany	Germany
1999 Årøsund	Amadeus,  (DEN) Theis Palm	Marianne,  (DEN)	Sol-lie,  (GER)
2000 Eckernförde	Ylva, Kieler Yacht-Club (GER)	(DEN)	(DEN)
2001 Halmstad	Liselotte,  (DEN)	(DEN)	(DEN)
2002 Fredericia	Joker,  (DEN)	Astrea (DEN)	Madonna (DEN)
2003 Aabenraa	Can-Can,  (DEN)	Stampe,  (DEN)	Cirkeline,  (DEN)
2004 Niendorf an der Ostsee	Can-Can,  (DEN)	Le redutable,  (GER)	Madonna,  (DEN)
2005 Malmö	Can-Can,  (DEN)	Tibbetit,  (DEN)	Blåt t Lyst,  (DEN)
2006 Bogense	Geppelin,  (DEN)	Can-Can,  (DEN)	Stampe,  (DEN)
2007 Kerteminde	Sif,  (DEN)	Can-Can,  (DEN)	Astrea,  (DEN)
2008 Glücksburg	Sif,  (DEN)	Chiquita,  (GER)	Ylva, Kieler Yacht-Club (GER)
2009 Marstrand	Chiquita,  (GER)	Geppelin,  (DEN)	Olfert,  (DEN)
2010 Skælskør	Chiquita,  (GER)	Jule,  (GER)	Joker, Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee (GER)
2011 Travemünde	Jule,  (GER)	Chiquita,  (GER)	Paula,  (GER)
2012 Sandhamn	Geppelin,  (DEN)	Chiquita,  (GER)	Sif,  (DEN)
2013 Niendorf an der Ostsee	Cirkeline,  (DEN)	Paula,  (GER)	Kong Dus,  (DEN)
2014 Kerteminde details	Tibbe Tit,  (DEN)	ALPI,  (DEN)	hasta la vista,  (GER)
2015 Warnemünde[2]	Kieler Yacht-Club (GER)	(DEN)	(FIN)
2016 Helsinki[3]	Kajka,  (DEN)	Gisti,  (DEN)	hasta la vista,  (GER)

Winning yacht clubs[]

Club	Winners
	17
	7
Kieler Yacht-Club	4
	3
	3
	2
	2
	2
	2
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1

See also[]

• Gold Cup

References[]