I love to sail in the northern part of germany...it´s sometimes cold but no matter what: the baltic sea can be on fire!!

Personal Comment

“WHAT A DAY!
Better: the last days were quite exciting. On Sunday afternoon I got a phone-call with the result to chase the storm at the Baltic Sea with Matze Bade because the second voted Normen Günzlein injured his knee last friday (all the best for you, Normen!).... And: the weather forecast looked really promsing for the 1st of November, today!

We met at 6.45 this morning, it was still dark, the whole road was covered with parts from trees and all kinds of stuff and the temperature reading was around 5 degrees! It is super windy! The kids weren´t allowed to go to school and the ferries stopped their service. An oil platform got lost in the North Sea and a big storm flood is approaching Hamburg and the cities south of Kiel. Let´s hope nobody got injured!

The wind force this morning: 52 knots northwesterly direction! Which means: nice waves on the Baltic Sea!

We checked one of my favourite spots, Weissenhaus, but the wind was too onshore... but still, the Baltic Sea was flying.....crazy!

We ended up in Lippe, which seemed to be the right spot for the chase..... I rigged my smallest sail, and used my F2 Guerilla 69, which was fully controllable and Matze did the same...
This year I never sailed with my 3,4 with full power on Gran Canaria..... this means the storm was super strong!!
I think it was the strongest wind I ever sailed... It was more surviving than showing super big action...but we were both super stoked that we managed it!

The others from Germany, Klaas Voget and Torben Sonntag, scored great conditions on Norderney, an island in the North Sea... and the guys in England, Ireland and in the other countries scored as well!

Thumbs up for the Red Bull Storm Chase and thanks to the great storm which speeded through Northern Europe and to all the people who made this possible!“