Christer Båth (legal European Champion from Copenhagen -71) and Hugh Bourn (moral European Champion -71) finally meeting again after 36 years
on a windy day at Burnham-on-Crouch February 24th 2007.
How could this be — two Champions at the same event? Well, some of you may recall the legal procedure that finally gave Christer the European title. I quote (Y & Y):
"The Bath brothers (Sweden) were involved in an interesting incident following the first race, in which John Donnelly crewed by Martin Auger had crossed the line first. The Baths protested the race on the grounds that the starting gun had been fired five seconds too early. The race committee admitted their error, accepted the protest, and declared the race null and void. They have, however, appealed to the Danish Yachting Association, and thence, perhaps, to the IYRU but this means that the results must be considered provisional for the time being. It may be through that the Bath brothers stand to improve their overall position if their protest had not been allowed" (the IYRU later revoked the decision of the race committee, thus giving the championship title to the Bath brothers which was in every respect a true miscarriage of justice!)