International Canoe Europa Cup at Deutsch-Britischer Yacht Club - Overall
by Chris Hampe 28 Jul 2018 10:15 BST
23-27 July 2018
The final three races of the 2018 IC Europa Cup had a grandstand finish with the races held directly in front of the Deutsch-Britischer Yacht Club. The race management team completed the full schedule of twelve races in somewhat difficult conditions. For the series, there was only one discard so everything was still to play for despite the dominance of the leading British Trio who were occupying the podium.
Race 1 started shortly after 11am and the boats were soon fighting for positions along the western shore of the Havel. The crosses were close and there were many tacks and position changes except for Robin Wood who led all the way around from Axel Bierwagen and Chris Hampe.
Race 2 was once again back to the British Dominance with Robin Wood, Chris Hampe and Shaun Anderson able to pull well clear of their German competitors. The race was quite fierce between Shaun Anderson and Chris Hampe who engaged in a match race fighting for second place in the overall standings. Hampe would just pull clear ahead at the windward mark after keeping to the western shore whilst Anderson was forced to give way to a barge in the shipping channel.
Going into the final race Robin Wood just needed to finish to secure the championship whilst Chris Hampe and Shaun Anderson were now tied on points in the race to be second. In this final race, the wind was occasionally veering to the East with significant changes in pressure. The start line was heavily biased towards the pin end and Chris Hampe timed his approach with perfection to lead a group of boats towards the shore. With the changing wind, the boats who tacked away early had the advantage as the pressure had filled in on the centre of the course Robin Wood led Shaun Anderson at the windward mark.
On the run, the wind died allowing the lead boats to pull away into a significant lead. There was then an uncharacteristic error from Robin Wood as he headed upwind mistaking one of the channel marker buoys for the windward mark. This allowed Shaun Anderson to come through for the win and secure the second-place spot. Axel Bierwagen also slipped past Robin to ensure the fourth place and secure the German national championship.
See the event website www.intcanoe.org/en/2018europa.php and there are photos at sharegallery.strato.com/u/p1_olIbN/dMJnJWZX#paddelboote/photos/grid
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Design | Boat | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | Pts |
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| 1 | GBR 344 | Robin Wood | Maas | Black Betty | Llandegfedd
Wales | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | (OCS) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | GBR 319 | Shaun Anderson | Morrison 1 | Stringy Bits | Oxford SC | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ‑10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 30 |
| 3 | GBR 340 | Chris Hampe | Morrison 3 | Monkey's Uncle | Royal Western Yacht Club | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | (DNF) | 34 |
| 4 | GER 89 | Axel Bierwagen | Morrison 2 | Turned Turtle | Yacht‑Club Niedersach... | 4 | 4 | 2 | ‑14 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 46 |
| 5 | GER 83 | Simon Beers | Maas | tonIC water | ... | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | ‑8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 59 |
| 6 | GER 82 | Roger Regitz | Maas | | American Internationa... | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | ‑14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 66 |
| 7 | GER 85 | Jan Stahl | Stahl | Deep blue something | Kanu‑ und Segelclub M... | 8 | 8 | 7 | ‑9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 69 |
| 8 | GER 68 | Chris Ossenkopp | IC OD | Das kleine Schwarze | Borsumer Segel‑ und K... | (DNF) | DNC | DNC | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 82 |
| 9 | GBR 275 | Alasdair Alston | IC OD | Mustang Sally | West Kirby Sailing Club | 7 | 9 | 8 | ‑13 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 104 |
| 10 | GER 74 | Eckhardt Pagel | IC OD | Desaster de luxe | Buchholz | 9 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 9 | ‑13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 112 |
| 11 | GER 64 | Fynn Beers | IC OD | California Dreams | Yachtclub Meridian e. V. | 10 | (OCS) | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 112 |
| 12 | GER 81 | Anette Steimann | Maas | | Segeberger Segel‑Club... | 12 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 13 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 8 | 6 | 8 | 118 |
| 13 | GBR 336 | Robert Stebbing | Maas | Hard and Fast | Castle Cove Sailing Club | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 6 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 13 | DNC | 13 | 12 | DNC | 127 |
| 14 | GER 65 | Emma Grigull | IC OD | Pink Panther | Segelclub Preetz e. V. | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 131 |
