ISCYRA  Regatta Report

Mon Aug 8th, 2005 through Sat Aug 13th, 2005

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Ringhals Star Class European Championship 2005

 

Iain Percy and Steven Mitchell are the 2005 European Champions.

Reports by Lars Lantz and Jan Walker
Photos by Jan Walker of Regatta Active Images: Preview day, Day 1, Day 2, lay day, Day 4, Day 5.

Report from Per Ekborg
Sunday August 7, opening.
67 teams from 21 countries have arrived to compete in the 2005 Ringhals Star Class European Championship in Varberg, Sweden. The measurement process went well. No Tune Up race was held due to risk for thunderstorms.

The Opening Ceremony was well attended, and the ISAF President Göran Pettersson was one of many well known sailors you saw there.

Monday August 8, day 1.
The first racing day of the 2005 Ringhals Star Class European Championships in Varberg, Sweden, were held in light and shifty wind conditions, SW 4-8 knots and some current.

Race 1, course 3.
The Americans Mendelblatt / Strube dominated the race and won it with a good margin, with the French team Rohart / Rambeau in second place and Lööf / Ekström third. Percy / Mitchell went from 30 in the first rounding to finish 5.

Race 2, course 3.
The second race was held in lighter wind than the first race. Hagen / Falkentahl were leading the fleet at the first mark, but the lead was constantly changing during the rest of the race. The Portuguese Afonso / Santos won the race with only 6 minutes left to the time limit (3,5h), with Schiffer / Heutschell in second and Hagen / Falkentahl third.

A long day at sea and the competitors did not come back to the yacht club until 8 in the evening.

Tuesday August 9, day 2.
Light wind this morning, but it rapidly became stronger in time for the first start.

Race 3, course 3.
Race 3 started in 12 knots of wind, increasing to 18 knots during the race. The race was dominated from start to finish by the British team Percy / Mitchell, they won by a huge margin. The achievement of the day was how the French team Rohart / Rambeau managed to repair a sail that was torn apart during the start. They started the race 5 minutes behind the rest of the fleet and sailed a fantastic race to finish 14.

Race 4, course 0.
Race 4 started in 18 knots of wind under a black flag after several attempts to get the fleet going. After the first beat 2 wild reaches followed in 20 knots of wind, lots of waves and lots of fun! Once again the race was won by Percy / Mitchell, who dominated the day.

Another long day at sea, and the fleet docked 6 o’clock in the evening. Some accident occurred during the day, which resulted in damage and protests. Mid series party followed, and the layday tomorrow is well needed by the fleet.

Wednesday August 10, day 3.
Today is a well needed layday before racing resumes tomorrow with race 5. Percy / Mitchell seems to have an advantage before the conclusion of the regatta, but the results are still open.

Thursday August 11, day 4.
The new 2005 European Champions are Iain Percy and Steve Mitchell. The British team managed to win the Championships with one race to spare. Congratulations!

The fleet left the dock in light wind from west, 6 knots, cloudy. Reports from the starting area indicated west 10 knots, waves, some current. Nice conditions.

Race 5, course 3.
It took 4 starting attempts to get the fleet going, 2 under the black flag. The Swiss team Daniel Stegmeier/Beat Stegmeier went to the right side of the course, and a 10 degree shift took them to a huge lead, which they enabled to keep to the finish, good sailing! The French team Xavier Rohart/Pascal Rambeau were second and the Polish team Mateusz Kusznierewicz/Dominik Zycki third.

Friday August 12, day 5.
The boats left the dock in wind W to SW 14 knots, rain. The wind decreased to 10 knots at time for start.

Race 6, course 3.
The boats started after 4 attempts, 10 boats were black flag disqualified (BFD). Hagen / Falkenthal took the lead at the first beat and kept it to the finish. The wind was 6-12 knots with shifts.

The price giving dinner followed in the evening and it was well attended.


Star
Place Boat Skipper Crew Sail #: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
1 GBR 8144   Percy   Mitchell   GBR 8144   5.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 6.0 68.0 [DNS] 18
2 SWE 8227   Loof   Ekstrom   SWE 8227   3.0 22.0 7.0 3.0 5.0 3.0 21
3 FRA 8107   Rohart   Rambeau   FRA 8107   2.0 43.0 14.0 2.0 2.0 6.0 26
4 USA 8157   Mendelblatt   Strube   USA 8157   1.0 68.0 [OCS] 2.0 9.0 17.0 2.0 31
5 POL 8170   Kusznierewicz   Zycki   POL 8170   14.0 12.0 5.0 6.0 3.0 10.0 36
6 DEN 8147   Andersen   Just   DEN 8147   4.0 27.0 9.0 4.0 12.0 11.0 40
7 GER 8149   Hagen   Falkenthal   GER 8149   17.0 3.0 13.0 13.0 19.0 1.0 47
8 AUT 8226   Spitzauer   Luzlbauer   AUT 8226   9.0 9.0 3.0 7.0 20.0 20.0 48
9 POR 8145   Domingos   Santos   POR 8145   6.0 1.0 12.0 17.0 16.0 68.0 [DNS] 52
10 SWE 8108   Johansson   Moller   SWE 8108   7.0 20.0 18.0 8.0 15.0 5.0 53
11 SUI 7990   Stegmeier   Stegmeier   SUI 7990   21.0 53.0 17.0 16.0 1.0 7.0 62
12 IRL 8028   O Connell   Peel   IRL 8028   33.0 25.0 10.0 15.0 7.0 8.0 65
13 GER 7971   Stanjek   Koy   GER 7971   44.0 6.0 4.0 5.0 68.0 [BFD] 14.0 73
14 USA 8129   Szabo   Finnsgard   USA 8129   24.0 8.0 8.0 11.0 34.0 27.0 78
15 ITA 8076   Simeone   Colaninno   ITA 8076   8.0 45.0 21.0 25.0 8.0 16.0 78.0001
16 GER 7991   Miller   Kleen   GER 7991   16.0 23.0 6.0 12.0 23.0 32.0 80
17 GBR 8025   Beadsworth   Carr   GBR 8025   13.0 28.0 68.0 [DNF] 10.0 33.0 12.0 96
18 GBR 8191   Razmilovic   Wolfs   GBR 8191   25.0 38.0 19.0 20.0 21.0 19.0 104
19 ITA 8040   Gatti   Cristaldini   ITA 8040   11.0 48.0 20.0 68.0 [DNF] 4.0 22.0 105
20 SWE 7290   Carlstrom   Edwall   SWE 7290   20.0 14.0 42.0 32.0 12.0 [RDG, 12.0] 68.0 [BFD] 120
21 GER 8141   Merkelbach   Vitzthum   GER 8141   22.0 44.0 15.0 14.0 25.0 68.0 [BFD] 120
22 ITA 8030   Cristofori   La Porta   ITA 8030   37.0 68.0 [DSQ] 16.0 27.0 31.0 13.0 124
23 SWE 7812   Andersson   Broad   SWE 7812   12.0 61.0 35.0 26.0 30.0 23.0 126
24 DEN 8187   Monberg   Leifelt   DEN 8187   31.0 17.0 22.0 19.0 41.0 68.0 [DNS] 130
25 GER 7537   Kiewning   Mehlen   GER 7537   23.0 50.0 11.0 68.0 [BFD] 14.0 33.0 131
26 DEN 8066   Jensen   Petersen   DEN 8066   41.0 39.0 23.0 22.0 11.0 39.0 134
27 AUT 8110   Nehammer   Benedikt   AUT 8110   10.0 29.0 33.0 39.0 40.0 31.0 142
28 SLO 7461   Podunavac   Pregl   SLO 7461   50.0 19.0 29.0 68.0 [DNF] 29.0 15.0 142
29 GER 8051   Schiffer   Heutschel   GER 8051   18.0 2.0 31.0 42.0 50.0 68.0 [DNS] 143
30 SWE 7978   Krook   Gamner   SWE 7978   30.0 34.0 27.0 40.0 28.0 25.0 144
31 UKR 8096   Ajksentiev   Shapovalov   UKR 8096   36.0 4.0 30.0 38.0 49.0 37.0 145
32 SWE 7338   Wigforss   Ohlsson   SWE 7338   19.0 46.0 47.0 24.0 68.0 [DSQ] 9.0 145
33 SUI 7645   Wyss   Monroe   SUI 7645   52.0 33.0 37.0 23.0 10.0 44.0 147
34 NED 8070   Frijdal   Eders   NED 8070   40.0 36.0 26.0 46.0 18.0 29.0 149
35 NED 7633   Kok   Van Der Krogt   NED 7633   64.0 37.0 25.0 30.0 32.0 26.0 150
36 SUI 7319   Dannesboe   Fayzullin   SUI 7319   32.0 15.0 28.0 68.0 [DNF] 43.0 35.0 153
37 NED 7541   Van Veen   Goelst   NED 7541   29.0 18.0 51.0 51.0 35.0 21.0 154
38 RUS 8134   Lavrov   Kuleshov   RUS 8134   39.0 10.0 55.0 49.0 68.0 [DSQ] 4.0 157
39 NED 7644   Jorissen   Schut   NED 7644   56.0 13.0 68.0 [DNF] 37.0 27.0 24.0 157
40 HUN 8166   Tenke   Bendicaek   HUN 8166   47.0 30.0 38.0 29.0 13.0 68.0 [BFD] 157
41 UKR 8205   Gureyev   Korotkov   UKR 8205   15.0 32.0 24.0 21.0 68.0 [DSQ] 68.0 [BFD] 160
42 SWE 7304   DahléN   Bergqvist   SWE 7304   38.0 21.0 56.0 43.0 45.0 17.0 164
43 RUS 8047   Ikonnikov   Mikhailin   RUS 8047   35.0 26.0 32.0 31.0 42.0 68.0 [BFD] 166
44 SWE 7647   Schroder   Hemlin   SWE 7647   59.0 7.0 48.0 18.0 39.0 68.0 [DNS] 171
45 NED 7753   Blees   Van Der Heiden   NED 7753   27.0 41.0 46.0 36.0 22.0 68.0 [DNF] 172
46 AUT 8204   Hanakamp   Holtzapfel   AUT 8204   49.0 31.0 43.0 34.0 24.0 68.0 [BFD] 181
47 FIN 8004   Leeve   Salminen   FIN 8004   42.0 40.0 45.0 41.0 51.0 18.0 186
48 HUN 7799   Gereben   Gereben   HUN 7799   46.0 11.0 41.0 47.0 46.0 68.0 [BFD] 191
49 SWE 7758   Ljungkvist   Alm   SWE 7758   48.0 68.0 [DNF] 39.0 28.0 9.0 68.0 [BFD] 192
50 RUS 8054   Karelskiy   Shalagin   RUS 8054   57.0 57.0 36.0 33.0 52.0 34.0 212
51 GER 7929   Sommer   Noete   GER 7929   65.0 24.0 34.0 45.0 54.0 68.0 [DNF] 222
52 SWE 7489   Oskarsson   Heiding   SWE 7489   34.0 35.0 61.0 48.4 [RDG, 48.4] 44.0 68.0 [DNS] 222.4
53 GER 7577   Paucksch   Andru   GER 7577   53.0 51.0 40.0 50.0 48.0 36.0 225
54 SWE 3342   Carlsson   Farneth   SWE 3342   54.0 16.0 59.0 52.0 68.0 [DNS] 45.0 226
55 SWE 8126   Hogland   Ahlstedt   SWE 8126   51.0 52.0 64.0 48.0 47.0 28.0 226
56 SWE 7819   Chroneer   Chroneer   SWE 7819   60.0 62.0 63.0 55.0 26.0 30.0 233
57 SWE 7768   Fransen   Gabel   SWE 7768   43.0 47.0 57.0 44.0 68.0 [DNF] 43.0 234
58 LAT 8135   Cepurnieks   Kanskis   LAT 8135   55.0 68.0 [DNF] 44.0 35.0 68.0 [BFD] 38.0 240
59 FIN 7176   Oller   Oller   FIN 7176   26.0 59.0 62.0 68.0 [DNF] 56.0 40.0 243
60 ESP 7420   Garcia De Soto   Elorza   ESP 7420   45.0 42.0 53.0 68.0 [DNF] 38.0 68.0 [DNS] 246
61 SWE 7476   Carlsson   Ek   SWE 7476   28.0 56.0 50.0 68.0 [DNF] 68.0 [BFD] 47.0 249
62 GER 8016   Rauch   Schappeler   GER 8016   61.0 60.0 60.0 68.0 [BFD] 37.0 42.0 260
63 COL 7859   Schlubach   Schlubach   COL 7859   58.0 55.0 52.0 68.0 [DSQ] 36.0 68.0 [BFD] 269
64 GER 8005   Paust   Paust   GER 8005   62.0 49.0 68.0 [DNF] 68.0 [DNS] 53.0 46.0 278
65 SWE 5377   Larsson   Larsson   SWE 5377   67.0 63.0 54.0 54.0 68.0 [DNS] 41.0 279
66 GER 7272   Petersen   Berger   GER 7272   63.0 58.0 58.0 53.0 55.0 68.0 [BFD] 287
67 SWE 7563   Thorsell   Pousard   SWE 7563   66.0 54.0 49.0 68.0 [DNF] 68.0 [DNS] 68.0 [DNS] 305

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