Dragon Europeans at Kinsale Yacht Club Overall

by David Branigan 24 Aug 2003 09:45 BST

Action from the Dragon Europeans at Kinsale Yacht Club © David Branigan

Imhoff prevails in light airs to win Setanta Dragon Europeans

A tense finale to the Setanta Dragon European Championship saw the Netherland's Fred Imhoff hold his nerve to secure overall victory this afternoon off Kinsale, Ireland.

With four boats in the running, Imhoff could easily have lost to one of the others as all were within ten points of his overnight lead.

After a series of postponement to allow a light breeze to build, race six got underway and saw Frank Berg edge ahead after the first full lap. But a strong ebb tide and a softening in the 8 knot breeze saw his fortunes reversed and with a worse placing than his discard, he opted to retire.

On the final upwind leg, Imhoff moved ahead once more though was limited by the conditions and could see world champion Vincent Hoesch gaining ground along with Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark.

With a boat length to spare, Ireland's Peter O'Reilly took the gun from Ulsterman Simon Brien before Imhoff made the line to win overall.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	NED247	Danish Joker	Fred Imhoff	Richard van Rij, Rudy den Outer	15	3	0	58	0	5.7	23.7
2	SUI288	Hanseatic Lloyd	Vincent Hoesch	Horro Kniffka, Bernd Faber	5.7	28	5.7	5.7	5.7	8	30.8
3	DEN266	My Way	Berg Frank	Soren Kaestel, Mads Christensen	8	13	3	10	3	58	37
4	DEN336	Nanoq	Frederik	Lars Hendriksen, Kasper Harsberg	0	5.7	8	19	14	11.7	39.4
5	GBR680	Danish Blue	Poul Hoj-Jensen	Claus Hoj-Jensen, Wolfgang Rappel	16	10	22	3	11.7	14	54.7
6	GER980	Bahati	Marcus Brennecke	Markus Wieser, Thomas Auracher	3	19	23	8	17	27	70
7	SWE321	Maria	Tom Lofstedt	Martin Alsen, Martin Larsson	19	45	20	17	8	16	80
8	IRL176	Phantom	Neil Hegarty	Peter Bowring, David Williams	32	21	14	16	13	17	81
9	IRL175	Chimaera	Andrew Craig	Edmund Peel, Aidan O'Connell	10	30	11.7	28	16	23	88.7
10	NED316	Escapade	Pieter Heerema	Dolf Peet, Florian Fendt	31	17	28	0	18	44	94
11	FRA300	Ar Youleg	Louis Urvois	Gwen Chapalain, Sebastien Magnen	37	0	13	11.7	42	36	97.7
12	DEN341	Malou	Peter Holm	Maria Holm, Bo Selko	20	8	25	30	58	15	98
13	SWE311	Deja Vu	Olrog Thomas	Peter Christensson, Thomas Wilton	27	15	40.5	18	34	13	107
14	IRL164	TBB	James Matthews	Rob Jacob, David Good	33	33	30	22	15	10	110
15	IRL144	Rigmarole	John Ross-Murphy	Ailbe Millerick, Con Murphy	13	36.5	10	32	23	58	114.5
16	IRL171	Diva	Richard Goodbody	Rick Johnson, John Veale	26	31	58	21	19	19	116
17	GBR682	Ecstatic	Eric Williams	Nigel Young, Jamie Lea	53	20	21	25	20	30	116
18	IRL172	Kin	Simon Brien	Ruan O'Tiarniagh, David Gomes	41	22	45	15	38	3	119
19	GER983	Sinewave	Thomas Muller	Mario Wagner, Bjorn Oesterreich	36	16	39	20	10	58	121
20	USA310	Clairevoyant	Ted Sawyer	Martin Payne, Will Willett	14	34	19	35	32	24	123
21	GER970	Montana	Peter Koch	David Dirk, Ingo Hermann	29	24	32	33	22	20	127
22	IRL139	King Rat	Garry Treacy	Paul Maguire, Aidan Tarbett	11.7	41	31	27	24	35	128.7
23	FRA305	Dirastac'h	Yann Kersale	Munier Franck, Tanguy Ravach	23	11.7	29	45	21	58	129.7
24	FRA330	Ar Maout	Claudia Urvois	Vincent Saleau, Pierre Canevet	28	32	37	29	26	22	137
25	SWE314	Lea	Gutta Johansson	Dan Walker, P-O Soderberg	21	43	47	14	33	29	140
26	IRL162	Puca	Jay Bourke	Ben Mulligan, Norman McDonnell	30	40	16	26	29	43	141
27	IRL168	Tatsu	Cameron Good	Harry Lewis, Simon Furney	38	18	15	49	35.5	38	144.5
28	GER968	Chi	Michael Schattan	Christian Paucksch, Peter Andra	17	49	26	44	27	33	147
29	IRL173	Electra	Peter O'Reilly	Francis Rhatigan, Eddie Tingle	45	36.5	24	47	46	0	151.5
30	FIN50	OTT	Tom Rindell	Mini Jaatinen, Kim Konttinen	22	38	33	42	44	18	153
31	IRL161	Jessica	Ward Woods	Brian Mathews, Mark Pettitt	44	14	36	39	25	41	155
32	GBR675	Water Rat	Ian Ratnage	Jono Ratnage, Vincent Slevin	34	26	43	36	30	31	157
33	GBR602	Chaotic	Willie Jordan	Matt Armstrong, Jonathan Fletcher	46	46	44	13	35.5	21	159.5
34	GBR660	Aimee	Julia Bailey	Graham Bailey, David Heritage	18	39	58	50	31	26	164
35	IRL150	Eve	Matthias Hellstern	Sally Ann Tucker, Fergal O'Hanlon	39	42	18	40	41	28	166
36	IRL142	Cloud	Clare Hogan	Tom Hogan, Mel Collins	24	35	38	34	39	58	170
37	GBR614	Sapphire	Neil Payne	Jon Mortimer, David Ross	54	51	27	23	43	34	178
38	IRL166	Whisper	Mick Cotter	Don O'Dowd, Prof O'Connell	43	47	17	31	47	42	180
39	GBR684	Hand of Fortune	Mike Holmes	James Holmes, Alex Burnett	48	25	46	46	45	32	194
40	DEN340	Lil	Peter Warer	Frank Eriksen, Lars Bo Povlsen	25	27	58	58	28	58	196
41	NED309	Furie	Gus de Groot	P van Reeuwijk, Thiery van Vierssen	40	23	58	24	58	58	203
42	AUS156	Canewdon Witch	Trish Ford	Andrew Twine, Chris Foulkes	55	29	40.5	58	37	46	207.5
43	IRL159	Deemin	Don Donoghue	Peter Dee, Matt Minch	47	50	50	41	49	25	212
44	IRL169	Christianna	Olaf Sorensen	Shawn Kingston, Anthony O'Neill	49	44	35	37	50	47	212
45	JPN46	Heigh-Ho	Bocci Aoyama	Takahiro Ohyama, Masami Kimura	50	55	34	48	51	40	223
46	GBR633	Fel Lins Flirtation	Ron James	Julia James, Derek Gibbon	57	52	49	43	53	39	236
47	IRL136	Lucky Lucky	Tim Pearson	Denis Bergin, Matt Kennedy	51	48	58	58	40	45	242
48	IRL154	Setanta	Pat Murphy	Daniel Murphy, Sean Murphy	52	54	58	58	48	37	249
49	GER965	Bunny	Max Glas	Dominik Glas, Wolfgang Steuer	56	56	48	38	52	58	250
50	SWE315	Minc	Sputte Baltscheffsky	Stefan Haskel, Jacob Wallenberg	42	53	42	58	58	58	253
51	GBR572	Quicksilver ll	Rob Campbell	Matt Walker, Ian Gray	35	58	58	58	58	58	267