Tornado Worlds
Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts


Amsterdam, 25 September 2002

Booth / Dercksen winners of the second race at Tornado Worlds

EDS Sailing Team with Mitch Booth and Herbert Dercksen from the Netherlands won the second race at the World Championship Tornado in America. Booth and Dercksen were running on top nearly during the whole race. The American team with Guck and Farrar pressed the EDS Sailing Team hard and ended up in second position. During the race, the windforce was between 10 and 15 knots.

The Austrian team with Hagara and Steinacher won the first race. During this race, the EDS Sailing Team came up from the 30th position to the 12th place at the finish. Herbert: "Too bad for the first race, but we are satisfied about the second race. It is just the beginning of the competition, so anything is possible. We do see the victory of the second race as a good start." After two races of the Exact Software 2002 Tornado World Championship, Booth and Dercksen have the
fifth ranking overall.

Fifty-seven teams from twenty countries and five continents are participating in the Exact Software 2002 Tornado World Championship from Monday 23 until Saturday 29 September 2002. The championship takes place at Martha's Vineyard, near the American coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The World Championship Tornado 2002 is also the first qualifying round for the Olympic Games of 2004 in Athens. The top five of the World Championship Tornado 2002 will qualify their country for the Olympic Games in Athens.

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