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118th Travemuende Woche - Day 3

by Andreas Kling 23 Jul 2007 22:17 BST

Skiffs dominated by British sailors

The skiff classes at the 118th Travemuende Week are all dominated by British sailors so far. They won the opening races in five RS Eurocups and lead the German 18 Footer Grand Prix on Monday (23 July). Helge and Christian Sach from Zarnekau, Germany, scored another two bullets in the Olympic Tornado class holding back the Russian’s Chekrygin/Seleznev. The brothers are just about to celebrate their twelfth overall win. After being disqualified Simon Grotelueschen from Luebeck, Germany, was pretty angry because he currently lost the track for defending his title as German Junior Champion in the Laser class.

The wind on the Bay of Luebeck has been fickle again on the third racing day. But minimum one race could be finished in all classes before the wind died early afternoon and didn’t increase in time again. “It was partly cloudy so a constant sea breeze couldn’t build,” explained weather expert Meeno Schrader of WetterWelt in Kiel. The fast 18 Footer skiffs sailing on the course Beach off the beach near the Northern Mole didn’t suffer. They managed all three short races being scheduled. The leading crew Andy and Dave Richards with Andrew Fairley scored two bullets and a second finally the result being discarded. For determine the best European RS sailor the weather pattern was bad luck because the first start was scheduled not before 13 h. Due to lack of wind in the most acrobatic class, the RS 700, just four sailors finished in time. Rob Chaplin was very fast so in consequence only three fellow countrymen managed to cross the finish line within the limit of 20 minutes. The German sailors Christian Brandt and Max Doehler were among those who parked. “Finally the wind died completely,” said Brandt. “Shortening the course would have been saved our life but the race committee continued.”

The 20-year-old Grotelueschen saw the yellow flag on the final beat of Laser race four. Because he already got a penalty the day before he had to abandon the fourth race immediately scoring a DSQ. “The jury said I benefited by tacking too often in short sequences,” reported the current German Junior Champion. Because the disqualification couldn’t be discarded yet after four races the young sailor of the organizing Luebeck Yacht Club lost his overall lead. In the provisional result he his placed ninth. A fifth race was abandoned due to lack of wind but is scheduled for Tuesday (24 July) before the final medal race starts. Grotelueschen: “Hopefully there is enough wind for both.”

Helge and Christian Sach are happy after passing half of the Tornado competition. Finishing five races they are already seven points ahead of the second placed Russians Alexey Chekrygin/Valeriy Seleznev. The local heroes scored two bullets but only the second was predominant when the duo was seven minutes ahead. The next races are scheduled for Tuesday (24 July) in all classes starting 11.30 h. Decisions: 470s, Laser, and Laser Radial, 420s, 18 Footer. Weather forecast is similar to Monday. (end)

Results after day 3:

Championships

RS 800 Eurocup
1st race: 1st Alastair and Penny Shires (UK), 2nd Andrew and Vicky Gould (UK), 3rd Björn and Moana Munko (Wachtberg, Germany), 4th David Holenweg/Laureline Chevalley (Switzerland), 5th Peter Barton/Bonnie Moody (UK), 6th Graham Simmonds/Chris Doe (UK).

RS 700 Eurocup
1st race: 1st Rob Chaplin (UK), 2nd Jon Heissig (UK), 3rd Nigel Walbank (UKn), 4. Mark Pollington (UK), all others missed the time limit.

RS 600 Eurocup
1st race: 1st David Annan (UK), 2nd Andy Heissig (UK), 3rd Richard Mayo (UK), 4th Martin Fear (UK), 5th Tony Mitchell (UK), 6th John Archer (UK).

RS 400 Eurocup
1st race: 1st Stephen und Robertson (UK), 2nd Giles und Heather Chipperfield (UK), 3rd Ian Robson/Sandy Johnson (UK), 4th Howard Farbrother/Louise Hosken (UK), 5th Richard Graham-Enock/Roland Walker (UK), 6th Kevin O'Brien/Uel Webb (UK).

RS 200 Eurocup
1st race: 1st Roy McCubbin/Kirsty McSeveney (UK), 2nd Nicholas Charles/Juliet Kingsnorth (UK), 3rd Trudie Fell/Peter Cruikshank (UK), 4th Ian Pickard/Lucy Matthews (UK), 5th Peter Vincent/Liz Madam Teague (UK), 6th Paul Dorer/Ian Robertson (UK)

German Junior Championship Laser Class
Ranking after four races: 1st Malte Kamrath (Berlin, Germany) 11 points; 2nd Danny Redlich (Berlin, Germany) 19; 3rd Frithjof Schwerdt (Berlin, Germany) 19; 4th Philipp Tanger (Samtens, Germany) 27; 5th Jan Kowalski (Berlin, Germany) 29; 6th Johannes Glitzky (Berlin, Germany) 34.

German Grand Prix 18 Footer
Ranking after six races: 1st Richards/Fairley/Richards (Switzerland) 5 points; 2nd Browne/Tait/Oliver (UK) 13; 3rd Woodworth/Brown/Hamilton (UK) 14; 4th Rueger/Marti/Schürch (Switzerland) 22; 5th Broendum/Holst/Friderichsen (Denmark) 25; 6th Clausen/Ebler/Clausen (Denmark) 30.

Olympic classes

470
Overall ranking after five races: 1st Veit Hemmeter/Martin Hostenkamp (Lindau, Germany) 7 points; 2nd Kristof Doffing/Jan Kaminski (Darmstadt, Germany) 9; 3rd Monica Rodal/Veronica Vold (Norway) 11; 4th Inga und Kristin Runge (Stuttgart, Germany) 15; 5th Neele Hiller/Catrin Janssen (Oldenburg, Germany) 17; 6th Nina Beckmann/Alexander Körner (Steinheim, Germany) 18.

Laser Radial
Overall ranking after four races: 1st Matthias Brühl (Hamburg, Germany) 8 points; 2nd Raisa Chekashkina (Russia) 11; 3rd Jonathan Töpfer (Hamburg, Germany) 15; 4th Moritz Student (Stockelsdorf, Germany) 16; 5th Carsten Beister (Berlin, Germany) 16; 6th Julian Kaduk (Luebeck, Germany) 23.

Laser
Overall ranking after four races: 1st Malte Kamrath (Berlin, Germany) 13 points; 2nd Alexander Schlonski (Rostock, Germany) 19; 3rd Frithjof Schwerdt (Berlin, Germany) 22; 4th Danny Redlich (Berlin, Germany) 23; 5th Philipp Tanger (Samtens, Germany) 33; 6th Jan Kowalski (Berlin, Germany) 34.

Laser U19
Overall ranking after four races: 1st Jan Kowalski (Berlin, Germany) 17 points; 2nd Michael Zittlau (Owingen, Germany) 18; 3rd Oltmann Thyen (Luebeck, Germany) 19; 4th Johannes Glitzky (Berlin, Germany) 20; 5th Max Eysholdt (Berlin, Germany) 30; 6th Tobias Feuerherdt (Brandenburg, Germany) 31.

Tornado
Overall ranking after five races: 1st Helge und Christian Sach (Zarnekau, Germany) 4 points; 2nd Alexey Chekrygin/Valeriy Seleznev (Russia) 11; 3rd Nils Bunkenburg/Susanne Hahn (Surendorf, Germany) 12; 4th Pavel Sozykin/Vitaly Russu (Russia) 12; 5th Christina und Florian Loweg (Stuttgart, Germany) 19; 6th Swen Schnell/Michaela Kirsten (Grossensee, Germany) 29.

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