505 European Championship at Medemblik, Holland - Overall
by Iris Anton, translated by Morten Bogacki 10 Sep 2013 19:05 BST
28 August - 1 September 2013
Third title for Bojsen-Møller brothers
The Bojsen-Møller brothers are taking the title back to Denmark, the Germans Bogacki/Dehne and Schomäker/Jess follow in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
With the 9th race of the series the European Championship 2013 concluded on Sunday 1st September. Jörgen and Jacob Bojsen-Møller defended their lead on the final day and sailed to an easy victory with a commanding lead over their rivals. Bogacki/Dehne took 2nd place on equal points after a strong comeback in the final race. The previous European Champions Schomäker/Jess finished 3rd overall, following an unusual bad last race, which resulted in a discard.
Like the day before, the wind was strong on Sunday. Not everyone was able to start due to the damage caused on Saturday, but the rest were fighting to better their standings. The top four were keen to defend their positions and started in each other's vicinity. Bogacki/Dehne missed the pathfinder by more than 50m and Schomäker/Jess were so confident to finish second overall after they saw their opponents buried far behind, that they stopped covering them. This turned out to be a mistake. Bogacki/Dehne fought their way through the fleet and rounded the top mark already ahead of the previous European Champions. But defeat was not certain until the last upwind when Bogacki/Dehne overtook another three boats to finished fifth in the race and claim second in the series.
Jan-Philipp Hofmann and Felix Brockerhoff, who only recently started sailing 505's and raced on the charter boat of the German Class Association, finished an impressive 8th in the Championship and secured the win in the Under 25 category. Hopefully they will continue to sail 505's and form a new generation of sailors in the class. Nicola Birkner and Angela Stenger, even though they were not able to sail the last race due to a broken mast, finished best as the All-Female team.
The next 505 European Championship will be sailed in two years time in Varberg, Sweden. See you all there!
Overall Results: (top ten)
1. Jorgen BOJSEN-MOLLER / Jacob BOJSEN-MOLLER – DEN 9062
2. Morten BOGACKI / Lars DEHNE – GER 9112
3. Meike SCHOMÄKER / Holger JESS – GER 9102
4. Ian PINNELL / Dave SHELTON – GBR 9094
5. Philippe BOITE / Erwan GROSSMANN - FRA 9075
6. Ulf PLEßMANN / Hans-Heinrich RIX – GER 8927
7. Lutz STENGEL / Frank FELLER – GER 8808
8. Jan-Philipp HOFMANN / Felix BROCKERHOFF – GER 8669
9. Stefan KOECHLIN / Andreas ACHTERBERG – GER 9070
10. Stefan BOEHM / Gerald ROOS – GER 9035
More information and full results can be found in the event homepage at www.505euro2013.org