Laser 2 Worlds at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy Day 5

by Mike Croker 24 Jul 2009 17:58 BST 18-25 July 2009

Windy end to a windy week

With yet more strong winds forecast, the final 2 races took place inside Portland Harbour in a solid Force 5, with occasional big gusts to catch the unwary. Nigel Skudder & Keith Hills gave another demonstration of strong wind Laser II sailing in race 12 before they, and second placed Lisa Buddemeier & Matthias Duwel, withdrew from the final race to give the remaining competitors a chance. This offer was gladly taken up by David Annan and Amanda Childs, after the Scheer brothers had a swim at the gybe mark. Needless to say, the Scheers were not alone in the water for long....

Behind the leaders, Mike & Diana Croker held on to 4th place by 1 point from the leading Dutch boat of Sytze Harkema & Carmen Gerlach, despite broaching into the last gybe mark of the championship! Annan & Childs late charge up the leader board faltered in the first race of the day when their boom broke on the start line, but fortunately they had just enough time to sail in and borrow a replacement for the final race.

So concludes the latest chapter in the 30 year racing history of the Laser II. Whilst the international future of the class looks questionable from some angles, the recent support from the new distributors, sailboats.co.uk, and the youth and enthusiasm of many of the European competitors, offers hope that this affordable and exciting class has many more years of true international competition ahead of it.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Nat	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	Pts
1st	10588	GBR	Nigel Skudder	Keith Hills	1	1	2	1	-3	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	(DNC)	15
2nd	10591	GER	Lisa Buddemeier	Matthias Duwel	2	2	1	2	2	-3	1	2	1	2	3	3	(DNC)	21
3rd	5460	GER	Marian Scheer	Daniel Scheer	-4	3	-5	4	1	2	3	4	3	3	1	2	2	28
4th	5749	GBR	Mike Croker	Diana Croker	3	7	3	-17	5	6	4	8	7	9	4	6	-10	62
5th	9937	NED	Sytze Harkema	Carmen Gerlach	5	5	6	3	4	4	-10	-12	9	6	10	5	6	63
6th	9142	GBR	David Annan	Amanda Childs	11	9	-16	5	8	8	7	5	5	4	5	(DNC)	1	68
7th	10331	NED	Wilbert Van Vliet	Jenneke van der Wal	-22	11	18	7	7	(DNC)	11	6	11	7	8	4	4	94
8th	10592	GBR	Jude Baird	Fred Fuller	6	10	9	-23	(DSQ)	5	5	19	13	11	11	7	3	99
9th	10626	GBR	Michael Clapp	Mark Bond	8	12	4	10	11	(DNC)	13	7	4	12	12	-14	7	100
10th	10610	GER	Ralf Terheyden	Wesley Wloka	10	6	12	6	9	20	6	9	(DSQ)	5	(DNC)	12	13	108
11th	10628	GBR	Chris Huffen	Emma Taylor	14	-17	10	11	-19	12	12	15	8	8	7	9	5	111
12th	10330	GBR	Roger Jamieson	Kate Fitzsimmons	-15	8	8	-18	14	11	14	10	10	10	13	11	8	117
13th	10620	NED	Anne Marks	Claas Visser	9	4	15	9	12	(DNC)	8	3	6	-22	14	22	22	124
14th	6883	GER	Niels Krenz	Christian Gerdum	12	13	-24	-26	15	13	15	14	14	13	22	15	14	160
15th	10100	GBR	Sam Nicholls	Neil Bishop	19	23	-29	16	16	7	-24	24	17	17	6	8	11	164
16th	10599	GBR	Tom Derham	Rachel Willerton	-27	19	17	19	18	15	17	17	12	-30	9	13	16	172
17th	8394	GBR	Ian Carpenter	Imogen Carpenter	17	18	20	13	10	(DNC)	19	18	23	20	-24	21	12	191
18th	10003	GER	Meike Flatau	Venessa Freitag	20	15	11	12	6	19	22	-28	22	28	18.0 RDG	26	(DNC)	199
19th	9257	NED	Frits Klaver	Cynthia Markus	13	14	7	8	13	10	9	11	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	199
20th	10418	NED	Eelke V D Bos	Erik V D Linden	21	16	14	21	26	9	-31	22	19	19	20	-27	26	213
21st	9490	NED	Mark den Heijer	M Van Sijenborgh	-30	27	27	29	27	22	27	20	-31	14	18	10	9	230
22nd	10503	NED	Floris Stapel	Fran Steenwinkel	16	30	21	31	21	(DNC)	25	16	15	23	(DNC)	17	15	230
23rd	10500	NED	Koen V D Kouwe	Sanne Verhoeve	-32	22	28	27	22	14	28	-29	16	18	17	18	21	231
24th	8105	NED	Bram Van Driel	Sophie or Iris Van Driel	24	28	-30	20	20	17	21	23	26	15	23	-29	17	234
25th	10004	NED	Maud Wuisman	Han Horlings	-31	24	22	15	25	(DNC)	16	13	21	29	25	19	27	236
26th	6465	NED	Esther Meewis	Margot Linssen	18	20	19	(DNC)	17	(DNC)	20	27	18	16	DNC	20	24	237
27th	9203	GER	Peter Kruse	Arne Wittemer	25	26	25	24	-29	21	18	21	24	24	19	-28	19	246
28th	10107	GBR	Mark Hardy	Peter Walcroft	26	21	23	14	30	(DNC)	29	-31	27	25	15	23	18	251
29th	9940	GER	Jens Lassman	Britta Wenzek	28	29	-31	22	23	16	-30	30	25	27	16	24	23	263
30th	8344	GER	Christoph Beutler	Thomas Bertram	29	-31	26	-30	28	18	26	25	20	26	21	25	20	264
31st	9179	GBR	Gary Kinch	Jackie Kinch	7	25	13	28	31	(DNC)	23	26	28	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	295
32nd	9473	GBR	Timothy Wild	Michael Wild	23	33	32	25	24	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	29	DNC	DNC	16	25	321
33rd	9144	GBR	Robert Bushell	James Brookes	-36	-34	33	33	32	23	33	33	32	32	26	30	28	335
34th	10609	GBR	Steve Skudder	Louise Griffiths	33	32	34	32	(DNC)	(DNC)	32	32	30	21	DNC	DNC	DNC	360
35th	9277	NED	Martyn Rochx	Bas Venbogt	34	35	36	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	34	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	31	29	389
36th	6450	AUT	Sabine Lengger	Elise Van Dongen	(DNC)	36	35	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	34	DNC	31	DNC	DNC	DNC	402
37th	1062	GBR	Ben Jenkins	Nigel Jenkins	35	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	415