Manroland Tornado Worlds at Travemunde, Germany

Manroland Tornado Worlds at Travemunde, Germany - Overall

by Patricia Kirschner 29 Jul 2010 11:18 BST 23-30 July 2010

Tornado Worlds at Travemunde © Patricia Kirschner

Germans Roland and Nahid Gaebler crowned 2010 Tornado World Champions

Fantastic races on day 4, and last, of the Worlds. The Greeks Iordanis Paschalides and Konstantinos Trigonis were the stars of the day with 3 brilliant bullets. But unfortunately not enough to pass the Germans on the scoreboard. They finish a mere 1 point behind and secured the 2nd place overall. Third were German brothers Helge and Christian Sach.

The wind started light and remained so for the first race of the day. The Race Officer held the boats until the wind built before starting the 2nd race. Greeks Danny Paschalides and Kostas Trigonis were on fire but the German couple Roland and Nahid Gaebler were always close behind.

In the 3rd race the wind swung by 40 degrees but the Race Officer was still able to continue by changing the course. By the end of the race the wind had filled in with the rain and was blowing 25 knots. There was some great high speed downwind action on the last leg with some competitors getting their best results.

John Ready was a great example, having picked up a crew who had never sailed Tornado before at the last minute and then finishing 3rd.There was a massive cheer from John and Lucas as they crossed the line. Lucas said it was the first time he “had sailed a Tornado and it's a really cool boat”.

There were two mixed teams in the top 10 which is great to see and both were flying today!

Christina Loweg, one of the mixed teams from Germany said "for me helming the Tornado is not so hard, it's fast and it's fun". The team finished 7th overall.

2010 World Champions Roland and Nahid Gaebler shared their excitement with us:

“First of all we were very happy to see so many Tornados here. The Tornado is back on the track. We are still missing the presence of some nations, but the numbers are surely going up! We could feel a new spirit in our class and highly motivated sailors who want to see the Tornado back at the Olympics. How amazing is it that the youngest competitor was 15 years old and the oldest 72! We have been sailing together for over a year and to beat one of the best Olympic team (Greeks Paschalides and Trigonis) was a real challenge for us. Never mind that we had winds between 6 and 25 knots! We have been married since 1992 and now sailing together on the Tornado plus winning a World Title is unbelievable. We are so happy!”

This is the first time in the Tornado history that a mixed team won a World title.

Thank you to Manroland for sponsoring the event and providing the sailors with such a great event.

Interviews, video and pictures are available at www.tornado-class.org/events/worlds.htm

Results after Day 4: (8 races)

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	GER 1	Gäbler, Roland	Gäbler, Nahid	NRV-KYC	3	1	2	1	1	2	2	[5]	12
2	GRE 7	Paschalidis, Iordanis	Trigonis, Konstantin	n.c.thessaloniki	1	[5]	1	3	5	1	1	1	13
3	GER 11	Sach, Helge	Sach, Christian	PYC	4	2	6	2	2	[10]	4	2	22
4	AUS 322	Burvill, Brett	Duffield, Ryan	NYC	2	3	5	6	4	8	[11]	8	36
5	GER 5	Hemmeter, Veit	Rieger, Moritz	LSC/BYC	6	4	[OCS]	7	8	4	3	7	39
6	GRE 11	Mavros, Nikolaos	Tagaropoulos, Alaexander	NCTH	5	[DNF]	3	4	10	7	6	10	45
7	GER 102	Loweg, Christina	Loweg, Florian	Stsc	8	14	4	9	3	5	[15]	6	49
8	SUI 228	Rusterholz, Martin	Koster, Simon	RVS	7	6	9	5	6	17	9	[OCS]	59
9	GER 68	Söhle, Heiko	Noll, Thomas	LYC	[DSQ]	11	11	13	9	14	5	9	72
10	SUI 217	Beike, Donald	Gloor, Michael	YCSO	11	8	14	14	15	[30]	8	12	82
11	AUS 9	Beattie, Adam	Leitner, Jamie	CYC	[DNF]	7	7	16	14	16	10	18	88
12	AUT 372	Schönleitner, Michael	Rakuschan, Philipp	UYCAs	10	[27]	19	10	11	3	21	17	91
13	AUS 1322	Benson, Jack	Keller, Thilo	DSC	25	12	[OCS]	18	13	15	7	4	94
14	GER 1000	Unger, Fridtjof	Busdiecker, Christian	HYC	13	9	10	19	23	9	[26]	19	102
15	AUT 377	Schönleitner, Manfred	Rausch, Sven	UYCAs	[27]	16	8	12	27	6	23	11	103
16	GER 1084	Moser, Sebastian	Posch, Thomas	SVS	9	19	15	15	7	11	39	[DNC]	115
17	CZE 62	Pavlis, Zdenek	Pavlis, Jiri	YC Kovarov	12	20	[22]	21	18	19	16	14	120
18	GER 69	Maurer, Dieter	Wendt, Andrea	LYC	16	[DNF]	18	11	21	20	19	16	121
19	ITA 25	Sclavi, Lorenzo	Reggio, Paolo	YCI	17	21	24	8	[31]	18	14	26	128
20	AUS 11	Raymond, Paul	Beeby, David	NYC	22	10	12	[35]	30	34	12	21	141
21	GER 60	Meyer, Arndt	Syrowy, Manfred	KSMA	[28]	18	13	27	24	28	18	13	141
22	GER 42	Stadtmüller, Lutz	Neun, Fabian	LYC	15	[31]	29	17	16	12	31	22	142
23	GER 15	Behem, Andreas	Behem, Katharina	LYC	19	24	26	23	20	13	17	[DNC]	142
24	GBR 432	Ready, John	Cale, Lucas	Westmersea	18	17	[OCS]	DNF	12	33	13	3	149
25	GER 12	Blum, Christian	Gührs, Markus	ESV 86	14	15	[DNC]	25	25	25	28	23	155
26	GER 990	Jantke, Hannes	Koch, Thilo	SCSz	24	29	16	34	[DNF]	35	20	20	178
27	GER 2	Betz, Markus	Betz, Andreas	SMCÜ / RVÜ	20	23	[DNC]	20	17	23	24	DNC	180
28	GER 205	Lippert, Stefan	Grassl, Thomas	FCSS	29	26	21	33	34	[37]	22	28	193
29	AUS 317	Gibb, Peter	Neaves, Ethan	Darwin Sailing Club	23	30	23	26	22	21	[DNF]	DNC	198
30	GER 1100	Gunkel, Josef	Guggenmos, Willi	SCFF	33	28	[OCS]	30	26	36	30	27	210
31	SUI 226	Bernsdorf, Stefan	Kolb, Gudrun	RCYC	31	36	28	29	33	[40]	34	24	215
32	CZE 57	Krizek, David	Sedivec, Martin	LOKO Plzen	21	13	17	45	41	27	[OCS]	OCS	217
33	GER 211	Jentsch, Juergen	Jentsch, Tobias	SCFF	[DNC]	33	25	36	28	39	32	29	222
34	AUT 354	Böhler, Heinz	Pinggera, Markus	YCRhd	30	32	31	28	19	31	[OCS]	DNC	224
35	GER 24	Mörtl, Günter	Rübe	SVBb	26	25	20	24	29	[DNF]	DNC	DNC	230
36	ITA 46	Mirco, Mazzini	Oscar, Roberti	H2O SPORT	1 (r)	22	[DNC]	40	43	41	36	15	232,70
37	GER 1082	Messmer, Christian	Runge, Kai	LSC	36	[DNF]	30	41	44	22	35	32	240
38	GER 1074	Stade, Ekkehard	Said, Maximilian	LYC	34	[DNC]	DNC	31	32	32	29	31	242
39	GER 118	Frehland, Peter	Mader, Horst-Uwe	FCSS	37	35	27	39	39	[42]	40	34	251
40	AUT 371	Breitfuß, Harald	Breitfuß, Valentin	SYC	32	[DNF]	DNC	22	DNF	43	27	25	255
41	GER 970	Gührs, Peter	Keil, Axel	ESV 86	38	[DNF]	DNC	32	37	38	33	35	266
42	GER 99	Rocholl, Klaus	Neun, Alexander	LYC/YCM	[DNC]	DNC	DNC	38	36	26	25	DNC	284
43	AUT 315	Häfner, Jens	Neussl, Stefan	ÖSV	39	[DNF]	DNC	44	42	29	42	36	285
44	GER 38	Barth, Bruno	Syring, Fabian	PSV-Mz	[DNC]	DNC	DNC	37	38	24	38	DNC	296
45	SUI 229	Manz, Christian	von Scala, Artur	SIMPL	[DNC]	38	32	43	45	45	43	DNC	299
46	CZE 22	Fousek, Bronislav	Fousek, Filip	ALT Tornado	[DNF]	DNC	DNC	47	35	46	37	30	301
47	GER 112	Kroeger, Christian	Focke, Lars	LYC	[DNF]	37	DNC	48	47	49	41	33	308
48	GER 854	Boltzen, Bernhard	Boltzen, Theo Lukas	WSVK	35	34	[DNF]	46	46	44	DNC	DNC	311
49	AUT 378	Ilmer, Matthias	Ilmer, Heinz	SCTWV	[DNF]	DNC	DNC	49	48	48	44	37	332
50	GER 1111	Messerschmidt, Tom	Bock, Benedikt	BYC	[DNF]	DNC	DNC	42	40	47	DNF	DNC	341
51	GER 1020	Behem, Andreas	Behem, Katharina	LYC	[DNC]	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	371
51	CZE 52	Sedivec, Martin	0	JK Plzen	[DNC]	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	371