District 13  Regatta Report

Mon Sep 21st, 2009 through Thu Sep 24th, 2009

International German Championship 2009

 

Sailed at the Augsburger Segler-Club e.V., Utting, Germany.

Before the start of the IDM Star 2009 the traditional group of representatives of the Augsburg sailing club took the path to Andechs, to ask God's blessing for wind and good luck for the coming days. By boat from Utting to Herrsching and then on foot up to the Holy Mountain. Once there, as usual in many previous years, they donated a lighted candle. Dr Ernst Georg Oeser, sports director and organizer of the IDM, Frank Morell and the treasurer of the ASC and Navy secretary, Roland "Sakra", took over this important job. Subsequently, the pilgrims were allowed to regain their strength at the saloon with beer and roast pork.

May all the wishes and prayers will be answered

Some of the Star boats were still in Weymouth at the ISAF World Cup, testing the waters for the 2012 Olympic Games, or had come from the "Warm-Up Race", the "Crown Prince Rupprecht Prize" at BYC on the previous weekend. This is late-summer weather, and up to 2 Bft. Wind from north-east was predicted.

A total of seven races are scheduled on the Ammersee, of which at least four must be completed to declare the championship.

With 41 teams competing, the club was happy with the number of entries. The fact that the championship took place during the week, has a simple reason: It is in between two other regattas in Southern Germany. Completely open, however, is the outcome of the championship, because this will depend mainly on the wind. "The favorites from northern Germany, of course, are accustomed to very different wind" says Morell, and so may be to the advantage of the ASC sailors – and certainly also opportunities exist in the up-and-down character of the winds for quick position changes.

On day one, ex-470 sailor "Shorty" Schiffer with Crew Niels Hentschel, sailing an Austrian registered boat, won the first and only race. Calm late summer weather with 2 Bft. from the north caused a late race (start time: 16.20 clock). Second was Schmid / Gundlagen before the "Old International" Manfred Meyer with Daniele Dimartino on the foredeck. The two were in front of Fritz Werner, well ahead of Dr. von Linde and Hüttermann, winner of the "Crown Prince Rupprecht) . Thirty nine boats from 3 countries (AUT, RUS, GER) were at the start. The day had begun with a Weißwurstfrühstück and brass bands and it ended with the annual meeting of the German Star class Association (VDSTV).

Race day two and the 2nd and 3rd races: As expected in late summer, it was a quiet situation.. There were only 1-2 Bft. of north winds. However, after a long waiting period, race director Dr. Oeser was able to run two races. The victories today went to Fritz / Seeberger and Burmester / Burmester. The former are now leading overall. Second - but already 8 points back after 3 races, are Hüttermann / Hüttermann , who already showed their skills last weekend, winning in Starnberg. Equal on points in third followed Merkelbach / Bartel with the local hero Olbrysch / spun . Just behind them came the first North Germans, Diercks / Braasch. The winner of the day yesterday, Schiffer / Hentschel, were disqualified in the second race. With their 5th Place in the 3rd Race, they showed that their victory was not an accident yesterday and they are still among the favorites. If a drop race was to be counted, , they were clearly in the one and the South and North Germans must familiarize themselves with the thought of getting a champion from the West.

Race day two: no start
It is officially fall, astronomically, but the weather still does not care about that. Autumn storms are nowhere to be seen. Oktoberfest visitors are welcome - the sailors are not. Race director Dr. Oeser had the field leave on time at 10.00 clock for the race course, but then the wind weakened, and a start was no longer possible. A dreaded, but effective way to get a race in are the early morning thermals. But this means an early start (set for 7.00 clock). This would give a good chance to complete the 4th race and be able to award the title. The Championship Dinner was this evening but it did not last long for the title contenders.

Race day three:
The early start was not worth it because of the fog (which prevents a thermal from developing), but patience and persistence finally paid off. A fourth race was eventually completed and there will be a German Champion to be crowned in 2009. And they are Fritz Werner / Ulli Seeberger.

You need strong nerves at 2 Bft., Especially with clouds and at the end of a long race when is almost dark (17.45 clock). Fritz Werner and Ulli Seeberger were indeed "only" second in the race behind the runnersup Ludger Hüttermann / Daniel Hüttermann , but took the overall win. Taking the bronze were Merkelbach / Bartel with anoather 7 points gap. Best "foreigners" were the winners of the first race, Schiffer / Hentschel The best non-German skipper, Lorenz Zimmermann (SUI) sailing with Flensburg, Niels Hollweg took 17th overall. Other foreigners were Berezhoy / Masalov (RUS) in 25th.

It was a nerve-wracking championship and it succeeded because of the persistence of the Race Committee. Thanks to Dr. Oeser and his whole team (Dr. Morell, F. Oeser, U. Fischer, W. Liebner, C. v. Thülen, G. Nietzsche and those who work beind the scenes).


Star
Place Boat Skipper Crew Sail #: Fleet 1 2 3 4 Total
1 GER-7860   Werner Fritz   Uli Seeberger   GER- 7860   B   5.0 1.0 9.0 2.0 17
2 GER-7757   Ludger Huttermann   Daniel Huttermann   GER- 7757   BF   13.0 7.0 3.0 1.0 24
3 GER-8256   Hubert Merkelbach   Gerrit Bartel   GER- 8256   UB   12.0 3.0 8.0 8.0 31
4 GER-7524   Jens Olbrysch   Roland Sponner   GER- 7524   AM   11.0 4.0 14.0 16.0 45
5 GER-7992   Reinhard Schmidt   Stephanie Gundlage   GER- 7992   Moh   2.0 5.0 27.0 12.0 46
6 GER-7690   Manfred Michl   Rudi Hafenmayer   GER- 7690   AM   10.0 2.0 24.0 14.0 50
7 AUT-8216   Thomas Schiffer   Niels Hentschel   AUT- 8216   IJs   1.0 40.0 [DSQ] 5.0 5.0 51
8 GER-8308   Fritz Girr   Bernhard Schaefer   GER- 8308   AM   6.0 9.0 30.0 7.0 52
9 GER-8160   Florian Von Linde   Tobias Steffens   GER- 8160   ZuW   15.0 12.0 23.0 3.0 53
10 GER-8062   Manfred Meyer   Daniele Dimartino   GER- 8062   Sta   3.0 8.0 29.0 15.0 55
11 GER-8311   Axel Hampe   Chris Conrads   GER- 8311   ZuW   8.0 16.0 21.0 10.0 55.0001
12 GER-8355   Christian Paucksch   Johannes Sussbauer   GER- 8355   Sta   19.0 15.0 16.0 6.0 56
13 GER-8122   Klaus Kappes   Steffen Rutz   GER- 8122   UB   20.0 11.0 15.0 11.0 57
14 GER-7866   Dierk Thomsen   Philip Behn   GER- 7866   KF   29.0 6.0 11.0 13.0 59
15 GER-8055   Jochen Diercks   Herbert Braasch   GER- 8055   Lub   4.0 13.0 13.0 33.0 63
16 GER-8020   Thomas Appel   Stefan Wagner   GER- 8020   Sta   22.0 14.0 6.0 25.0 67
17 GER-7750   Jens Burmester   Patrick Burmester   GER- 7750   ED   26.0 21.0 1.0 21.0 69
18 GER-7989   Hugo Kroth   Niklas Worsching   GER- 7989   Teg   9.0 24.0 10.0 26.0 69.0001
19 SUI-8085   Lorenz Zimmermann   Nils Hollweg   SUI- 8085   LUV   17.0 10.0 7.0 36.0 70
20 GER-8016   Hubert Rauch   Ingo Schappeler   GER- 8016   And   14.0 18.0 17.0 24.0 73
21 GER-7904   Felix Gold   Mark Bayer   GER- 7904   Ess   7.0 29.0 36.0 4.0 76
22 GER-7483   Nils Hansen   Sven Johannsen   GER- 7483   HF   21.0 33.0 2.0 23.0 79
23 GER-7727   Thomas Koehler   Michael Krisch   GER- 7727   AM   37.0 19.0 19.0 17.0 92
24 GER-7842   Manfred Belgardt   Bastian Fischer   GER- 7842   And   16.0 17.0 33.0 29.0 95
25 RUS-8359   Andrey Berezhoy   Sergey Masalov   RUS- 8359   VO   35.0 22.0 31.0 9.0 97
26 GER-8074   Lutz Dickow   Lutz Kramer   GER- 8074   BF   32.0 35.0 4.0 27.0 98
27 GER-7960   Frank Thurner   Kai Nitsche   GER- 7960   ZuW   18.0 38.0 20.0 22.0 98.0001
28 GER-8154   Dr Tobias Schott   Peter Linke   GER- 8154   CBM   36.0 34.0 18.0 20.0 108
29 GER-8233   Josef Pieper   Ralf Vockel   GER- 8233   Moh   25.0 30.0 35.0 18.0 108
30 GER-8346   Hermann Weiler   Sebastian Zipplies   GER- 8346   Neu   30.0 20.0 28.0 30.0 108
31 GER-7797   Dietrich Niklas   Christian Vogelsang   GER- 7797     38.0 28.0 12.0 35.0 113
32 GER-7658   Peter Koehler   Manfred Joppich   GER- 7658   Teg   23.0 37.0 34.0 19.0 113
33 GER-7808   Martin Eckel   Nathan Bandeira Seefelder   GER- 7808   And   24.0 31.0 22.0 40.0 [DNC] 117
34 GER-7779   Philipp Blinn   Felix Kling   GER- 7779   ZuW   39.0 25.0 25.0 34.0 123
35 GER-7588   Eberhard Fischer Brandies   Alexander Fischer Brandies   GER- 7588   Sta   28.0 27.0 37.0 31.0 123
36 GER-7499   John H Helmsing   Marko A Hasche   GER- 7499   HF   31.0 23.0 32.0 40.0 [DNC] 126
37 GER-8102   Heiner Frowein   Dietmar Hobbie   GER- 8102   UB   34.0 26.0 26.0 40.0 [DNC] 126
38 GER-7418   Michael Schulz   Christian Schulz   GER- 7418   Lub   27.0 32.0 38.0 32.0 129
39 GER-7116   Juergen Seefelder   Wolfgang Demuth   GER- 7116   AM   33.0 36.0 39.0 28.0 136

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