Measuring up

49er fleet gathers by Lake Garda for this week's European Championship

The 49er European Championships kicks off this week on Lake Garda. This will be the class' last regatta before the Olympics in Athens and most of the top teams are not taking part. However there are some who are such as past world championships Iker Martinez/Xabier Fernandez and the top Aussie duo Chris Nicholson and Gary Boyd.

Measurement started today, Sunday 4 July, and will go on until Monday morning. The sailors will warm up Monday with a practice race. Championship races will start on Tuesday. Around 60 boats are registered and more are expected.

Entries

Helm	Crew	Nat	Club	Sponsor
Christopher Rast	Christian Steiger	17	Regatta Club Oberhofen	ruf; Marinepool; adidas eyewear
Schuerch Mark	Schuerch Res	301	SCStae
CHATEAU Cédric	BROUDIC Bastien	755		Anneville Ambourville
tom lonnqvist	jacob granqvist	829	Brändö Seglare (BS)	GANT
Chris Nicholson	Gary Boyd	AUS	Belmont 16ft SC	Grundig
Delle Karth Nico	Resch Niko	AUT	Kufsteiner Yacht Klub	HOBAS; KELAG
Schandevyl Bert	Royaux xavier	BEL	RNSYC and SRNA	none
Andre Fonseca	Rodrigo Duarte	BRA	FBVM	Federação Brasileira de Vela e Motor
Cook	Ben Remocker	CAN	Royal Canadian Yacht Club
Noa Nincevic	Nikola Topic,	CRO	SAILING CLUB OPATIJA	no
Jonas Warrer	Peter Krüger Andersen	DEN		Elsam, Hempel
Michael Hestbek	Dennis Dengsoe Andersen	DEN	Vallensbek	METTLER TOLEDO / Hempel / Elsam
Emil Toft Nielsen	Simon Toft Nielsen	DEN	Skive Sailing Club	Sparbank Vest - RK Plast - BG Byg
Martin Kirketerp	Dion Valente	DEN	Egaa	OK, Systematic
Allan	Klaus Naur	DEN	Kolding Sejlklub	Elsam, Hempel, Jyske Bank
Lars Schrøder	Michael Henriksen	DEN	Hellerup Sejlklub
Uffe Andersen	Martin Sørensen	DEN	Farum Sejlklub (FAS)
Christian	Kasper	DEN	Kolding Yacht Club	Mercedes-Benz Finans Danmark, BILKA
david santana		ESP	real club mar aguete	westwood sunglasses
IKER MARTINEZ DE LUZARDUY	XABIER FERNANDEZ	ESP
ARTURO ALONSO	FEDERICO ALONSO	ESP		ALFA ROMEO
JAVIER DE LA PLAZA	ALBERTO PADRON	ESP		AUDI
Thomas Johanson	Jukka Piirainen	FIN	NJK - UPS	Audi - Red Bull
richards george	Trancart florian	FRA
AUDINEAU Marc	CHRISTIDIS Stéphane	FRA	YC Antibes - EV Cagnes sur Mer	Banque Populaire - Renault Nice
d'Ortoli Julien	Hoffmann Ulysse	FRA	YCPR
MONTEAU Alexandre	GUILLOU Damien	FRA	cnlorient	banque populaire
LEVAYER Thierry	FOULONGNE Vincent	FRA	YC Mauguio Carnon	Roche / Abbott
VIGNA	GATTI	FRA	Yacht Club de Cannes	no
MEILHAT PAUL	BOURDAIS MATHIEU	FRA	Union Sportive De Créteil	Université Paris XII-Restauration Conseil
Constant Boniface	Constant Emmanuel	FRA	Club Fosséen de voile
LAGRAVIERE	DELPECH Noe	FRA	Yacht Club de Cannes	no
Fleury Cédric	Fournier Bruno	FRA	Centre Nautique de Plerin
DYEN Manu	ROCHERIEUX Yann	FRA	CNS /CNVA	CNS / CNVA
John Pink	Alex Hopson	GBR	Hill Head / Bough Beach
Richard Bone	Christopher Rodway	GBR	Bough Beech Sailing Club
James McIntosh	Philip Kennard	GBR	Southampton Institute/Warwick University	Harken / Dinghystore.co.uk
Fred Shone	Hugh Shone	GBR	Castle Cove Sailing Club
Gill	Noonan	GBR	Stone SC
Evans	Peacock	GBR	Bartley / Corus
Wilson	Dawson	GBR	Sunderland YC
Mark Dell	Paul Dell	GBR	Thorpe Bay Yacht Club	EITS
John Wilson	James barker	GBR	Restronguet SC
Toby Heppell	Richard Herbert	GBR	Colne Yacht Club
Jonny Coates	Charlie Muir	GBR	RYA	X-Marine
Ben McGrane	Jonathan Clegg	GBR	PWSA	RYA
Warren Polly	Jeremy Tomalin	GBR	Ballyholme Yacht Club
Conrad Martin	Conrad Markus	GER	ETUF e.V.	Sparkasse Essen
Kerstin Beucke	Wolf Jeschonnek	GER	Hannoverscher Yacht Club (HYC)	Sprenger / Ott Yacht / HYC
Schmid Frederik	Messmer Christian	GER	LSC
Hannes Wagner	Heiko Thölmann	GER	Kieler Yacht-Club	KYC
Bernd Jahn	Luggi Braun	GER	Segler-Gemeinschaft Utting e. V.
Fricke Leopold	Huber Lorenz	GER	Chiemsee-Yacht-Club
Lewin Martin	Lewin Oliver	GER
Andreas Kupraios	Dimitrios Benakis	GRE		----------------------------------
Athanasios Pachoumas	Basilios Portosalte	GRE		ELIN
RUSSELL MCGOVERN	MATT MCGOVERN	IRL	BYC / RUYC	Fire Safety First
Tom Fitzpatrick	Fraser Brown	IRL	HYC	Vhi Healthcare
Alberto Busà	Marco Garagnani	ITA	LNI
Fabio Emiliani	Andrea Bazzini	ITA	Circolo Velico Ravennate
Gabriele Novelli	Pierluigi Salvi	ITA	Circolo Vela Cesenatico	SIDEA / CITTA' DI CESENA
jaro furlani	daniel piculin	ITA	c.n.t.sirena
modena luca	modena manuel	ita	C.N.brenzone	smalticeram / harken
Jeroen van Catz	Constantijn Weber	NED	WSV Bestevaer	helly hansen, zig zag zeilen
Mikael Eid	Hugo Jan Ruiter	NED	Z & MV De Zuidwal	N/A
Ferdinand van West	Serge de Prie	NED	ZWV Noord-AA	GUL
PAWEL KACPROWSKI	PAWEL KUZMICKI	POL	AZS AWFiS GDANSK
Jorge Lima	Francisco Andrade	POR	Clube Naval de Cascais	Inloco
Eduard Skornaykov	Valery Zatsarinsky	RUS	Moscow Sailing School
Thomas Rüegge	Jörg Steiner	SUI	SVKreuzlingen	Lüber Swiss Made
Johan Qviberg	Petter Elmstedt	SWE	Royal Swedish Yacht Club	Thomas Gross AB