Travemunde winds up

Excellent final day of racing with tight finishes in most classes

The tension of the last races in most classes racing at Travemeunde today could be cut with a knife, although the thrilling finish of the cyclists in the Tour de France absorbed some interest in the race office on Saturday, too.

With the passage of a warm front, a nice breeze provided the best racing conditions of the 10-day event.

On course Golf, three races were scheduled for the the Hobie 14s. Thorin Zeilmaker from the Netherlands made the racing all the more exciting, when he fell into the water in the last race of the day. Despite this he was able to grab on to his boat at the last moment, prevent her capsizing and went on to win the 11th race!

Zeilmaker won the world title with a comfortable margin of 12 points in the fleet of 64 boats. Second was German Frank Suchanek from Krefeld who came fourth in the Hobie 16 Europeans on the Neusiedler See, Austria, a week ago. Third place went to Joachim Wegener from Hamburg, Germany.

The 29er Europeans were won by British duo Tom Smedley and Steve Wilson who were third in the recent 29er Worlds in Laredo, Spain after a tense when the lead changed four times over the four races held. Their last race ended up in the protest room. Lauri Lethinen and Miikka Pennanen from Finland finished in second place while world champions David Evans and Richard Peacock (Great Britain) had to be satisfied with bronze after a disqualification in the third last race.

Pepe Bettini & Federerico Vilambrossa (Argentina) had a terrible day losing what seemed to be an event in the bag. They finished fourth overall.

In the Hobie Tiger class Joerg Gosche and Christoph Bock from Luebeck,
Germany steered their catamaran faster than all other 47 competing teams
from eight nations and won the European Championship 2003 after nine races.
The vice title went to Will Howden and Cori Carmenisch starting for
Switzerland, who could defend the second place with a first in the last
start and left the third rank for Bredendiek/Froehmer from Duesseldorf,
Germany.

The high score in the Olympic single handed Laser class went to Alexander
Nikolaev. The dominating Russian took over the lead in Travemuende from the
beginning and did not give it away until the end after nine races. The
45-year old Russian won with five points ahead of second placed Thomas Endom
from Krefeld, Germany and Claus Wimmer (Bendorf, Germany). In the second
Olympic class that finished on Saturday, the winner was Danish: Emil and
Simon Toft Nielsen, followed by Felix Oehme and Julien Kleine (Hamburg,
Germany).

The title in the British dominated Musto Skiff Euro Cup was won by Richard
Stenhouse. Matthew Toone scored second and Ian Turnbull could secure third
place in the single handed trapeze dinghy. On Sunday, July 27, the 114th
Travemuende Week will finish with the semi finals and finals of the German
match racing championship.


Final results of the 114th Travemuende week from Thursday 24 July 2003

Hobie Cat 14 World Championship (11 races)
1. Thorin Zeilmaker (Netherlands) 48 points;
2. Frank Suchanek (Krefeld; Germany) 60;
3. Joachim Wegener (Hamburg; Germany) 69;
4. Peter Manvis (Netherlands) 79;
5. Jochen Sierck (Kronshagen; Germany) 106;
6. Arnaud Thieme (France) 108.

Hobie Tiger European Championship (9 races)
1. Gosche/Bock (Bremen; Germany) 16 points;
2. Howden/Camenisch (Switzerland) 24;
3. Bredendiek/Froehmer (Duesseldorf; Germany) 31;
4. Beike/Bannert (Luebeck; Germany) 42;
5. Hahn/Hahn (Kiel; Germany) 46;
6. Fequet/Filippi (France) 47.

29er European Championship (10 races)
1. Smedley/Wilson (Great Britain) 29 points;
2. Lehtinen/Pennanen (Finland) 33;
3. Evans/Peacock (Great Britain) 36;
4. Bettini/Villambrosa (Argentina) 41;
5. Chapman/Dawson (Great Britain) 41;
6. Metcalfe/Haywood (Great Britain) 53.

Olympic 49er class (9 races)
1. Toft Nielsen/Toft Nielsen (Denmark) 8 points;
2. Oehme/Kleine (Hamburg, Germany) 13;
3. Homeyer/Sibbersen (Kiel, Germany) 24;
4. Briesenick-Pudenz/Massmann (Flensburg, Germany) 28;
5. Conrad/Conrad (Essen, Germany) 30;
6. Beucke/Beucke (Hamburg, Germany) 41

Olympic Laser class (9 races)
1. Alexander Nikolaev (Russia) 10 points;
2. Thomas Endom (Krefeld, Germany) 15;
3. Claus Wimmer (Bendorf, Germany) 27;
4. Moritz Almes (Hamburg, Germany) 33;
5. Thomas Grosse (Marienfeld, Germany) 35;
6. Ingmar Kirchner (Elmenhorst, Germany) 35.

Musto Skiff Euro Cup (10 races)
1. Richard Stenhouse 12 points;
2. Matthew Toone 20;
3. Ian Turnbull 32;
4. Kit Stenhouse 32;
5. Graeme Oliver 34;
6. Phil Kennard (all Great Britain) 43;

Hobie FX-One Euro Cup (9 races)
1. Pool (Netherlands) 13 points;
2. Zwitser (Netherlands) 19;
3. Deurloo (Netherlands) 22;
4. Schrader (Cuxhaven, Germany) 27;
5. Spellen (Netherlands) 38;
6. Rooij (Netherlands) 45.

Sportsboats Euro Cup/German Open (8 races):
1. „www.Juwel-28.com” Christian Hedlund (Denmark) 6 points,
2. „Team TBS/Quienta“ Patrik Heinrichs (Berlin, Germany)
19, 3. ”www.berlinsegler.de“ Jens Hartwig (Berlin, Germany) 21,
4. “Tyvado” Milah Hajek (Czech Republic) 23,
5. „Lekkerbek“ Axel Stegner (Berlin, Germany) 28,
6. “HDW I” Tim Ross (Hamburg, Germany) 31.

Contender (8 races)
1. Jan von der Bank (Kiel, Germany) 12 points;
2. Karsten Kraus (Kiel, Germany) 12;
3. Marcus Hamilton (Australia) 22;
4. Søren Andreasen (Denmark) 22;
5. Oliver Brandt (Hamburg, Germany) 25;
6. Matt Hosie (Australia) 34.

Hobie 16 Spi "Open" (12 races)
1. Phipps/Cook (Great Britain) 24 points;
2. Crawford/Crawford (Great Britain) 36;
3. Colby/Riców (France) 38;
4. Christoph/Alban (France) 44;
5. Booth/Booth (Australia) 60;
6. Cooper/Martin (Great Britain) 63.

Hobie 16 Spi "Youth" (12 races)
1. Phipps/Cook (Great Britain) 14 points;
2. Crawford/Crawford (Great Britain) 22;
3. Cooper/Martin (Great Britain) 41;
4. Tayler/Tayler (Great Britain) 42;
5. Pimenta/Dinsdale (France) 56;
6. Lecointe/Le Bayon (France) 60;

Hobie Dragoon (12 races)
1. Newton/Tayler (Great Britain) 14 points;
2. Barche/Osterloh (Luebeck, Germany) 34;
3. Hinzpeter/Texdorf (Herrnburg, Germany) 37.