Staffan Holm beats Ulf Grünbaum in the first race (of a series?) for the unofficial Swedish Shark Championship at Mälaren but Ulf wins in the "white sail" fleet!

 

Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998
From: Ulf <m6651@pi.se>
To: billhenderson@msn.com
Subject: Greetings from Sweden

Bill, finally I´ve met Staffan! We both competed in a race for different
boat types here in Mälaren during this weekend. Staffan had his new
sails so me and my crew lost the informal race between me and him. Since
i haven´t bought any spinnaker-pole we couldn´t use the spinnaker at
all. But it was great anyway, and look forward to participate in further
competitions.

Sail on! / Ulf

 

From: Ulf [ m6651@pi.se ]
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 3:33 PM
To: BillHenderson@MSN.com
Subject: Ulf  
Bill, you´re right, Staffan really beat me during the competition in
Malaren. But I hadn´t got any spinnaker-pole so he beat me during the
spinnaker track. Well, I´ve got to confess; he´s a good sailor too. This
summer I was thinking about selling my shark and buy a bigger boat, but
after the race I´ve decided to keep it. It really is a feeling to sail
my Shark. I haven´t heard from Staffan since the race, but I saw that
he´d been a member of your Shark society. I hope to hear from you again!
/Ulf