Richardson/Johnson new European Champions

International 14 Europeans conclude at Travemuende Week

On the first view the overall results look like the open British Championships. But 46 international teams challenged for the European Champion title in the International 14 class at Travemuende Week finished today on the Bay of Luebeck. After nine races Alister Richardson and Dan Johnson stand on top of the podium followed by their fellow Brits Archie Massey/George Nurton and Katie Nurton/Nigel Ash. The best mixed crew earned bronze while Oliver Voss and Jens Holscher from Germany came sixth as the best non-British crew.

“We had a great time here in Travemuende, nice venue, fine racing - we will come back for sure”, said first time European Champion Richardson at the prizegiving. The 26 year old from Bournemouth earlier in the week was crewing for Olympian Hugh Styles in the Tornado finishing second in the first half of the 116th Travemuende Week. Then he went on to sail an impressive series with title defender and temporary crew Johnson at the foresail sheets. “We had a pretty good rig trim and were really fast on the course”, explained Johnston why they dominated the fleet so much.

After a second in the opening race and five bullets Richardson/Johnson had the luxury to return on shore with two DNC to discard at the end. “We have a very strong skiff fleet in the UK with regattas every single weekend in the summer season”, continued Johnson, “we are pushing each other to the edge.” But the winners also mentioned, that Voss/Holscher sailed a smart regatta: “They are pretty fast too and not that easy to beat.”

More victories at Travemuende week went to Great Britain, Poland and Germany twice. Christopher Lorenz and Friedrich Gebert from Berlin are the new international German junior champions in the 470. Polish entry Tradewinds from Artur Pomorski won the German Open in the Sportsboat class. The best 18 footer trio Barton/Borrett/Turbull came from Great Britain and Duesseldorf-based Roland Franzmann was top scorer in the O dinghy.


Final results after the eighth day of the 116th Travemuende Week

Final results

International 14 European Championship (after eight races):
1. Richardson/Barker (Great Britain) 7 points
2. Massey/Nurton (Great Britain) 14
3. Nurton/Ash (Great Britain) 25
4. Tavner/Clay (Great Britain) 29
5. Pinnell/Hancock (Great Britain) 34
6. Voss/Holscher (Mielkendorf) 34.

International German 470 Junior Championship (after eight races):
1. Lorenz/Gebert (Berlin) 19 points
2. Fischer/Leifer (Bremerhaven) 28
3. Dzembritzki/Schmoldt (Berlin) 30
4. Blaschkiewitz/Genrich (Lübeck) 32
5. Hemmeter/Kaske (Lindau) 37
6. Reichart/Kugelmann (Leutstetten) 39.

Sportsboats German Open (after ten races):
1. TRADEWINDS (Artur Pomorski/Poland) 11 points
2. BERLINER SEGLER.DE (Jens Hartwig/Berlin) 18
3. PETO JR (Riku Ruokolahti/Finland) 24
4. HAIOPEI (Jörn Petry/Flensburg) 32,5
5. BRYZA 7000 (Tomasz Piasecki/Poland) 33
6. PLAYMATE (Hans-Hermann Rüggesiek/Berlin) 39.

18 Footer (after ten races):
1. Barton/Borrett/Turbull (Great Britain) 10 points
2. Clausen/Ebler/Friedrichsen (Denmark) 13
3. Gieser/Nocke/Schürich (Heidelberg) 25
4. Orion/Caiveau/Vallee (France) 30
5. Keser/Meisner/Eggersdorfer (Berlin) 34
6. Paterson/Peter/Müller (Australia) 45.

O Dinghy (after six races):
1. Roland Franzmann (Düsseldorf) 6 points
2 Uwe Kuhlmann (Wunstorf) 9
3. Dr. Axel Forstmann (Wunstorf) 16
4. Axel Schulz (Königs Wusterhausen) 21
5. Hermann Blum (Haan) 26
6. Jörg Legien (Düsseldorf) 36.


Overall standings

Dragon (after six races):
1. von Alt-Stutterheim/Vogler/Wolter (Hamburg) 7points
2: Dankert/Kemme/Möring (Hamburg) 10
3. Plath/Einfeldt/Plath (Hamburg)14
4. Cadmus/Toepfer/Rieck (Hamburg) 14
5. Libor/Kordts/Faber (Hamburg) 24
6. Körting/Hajo/Körting (Hamburg) 27.

Folkboat (after six races):
1. Kipcke/Kipcke/Martens (Neumünster) 10 points
2. Blank/Seidel/Merda (Berlin) 17
3. Schultze/Przywarra/Rosebrock (Rosengarten) 18
4. Dittrich/Nommels/Hansen (Eckernförde) 18
5. Hasselmann/Paulsen/Schlenhoff (Essen) 27
6. Rosehr/Rosehr/Jungkamp (Lübeck) 31.

Offshore:

Ostseecup I (Yardstick) (after three races):
1. LENA (Timo Jacobs/Schneverdingen) 3 points
2. ADMIRAL JACOB (Christine Voigt/Travemünde) 8
3. CHICA (Christian Jäger/Bad Schwartau) 9.

Ostseecup II (Yardstick) (after three races):
1. Froschkönig (Detlef Amlong/Schwedeneck) 4 points
2. TORTENGUSS (Joachim Mueller-Deile/Kiel-Holtenau) 7
3. UMINOKO (Detlef Göpfert/Timmendorfer Strand) 12.

Ostseecup III (Yardstick) (after three races):
1. FLOTT (Hans-J. Bierschenk/Lübeck) 7 points
2. TEST (Dan Bauermeister/Wismar) 8
3. BANDIT (Sepp Stracke/Lübeck) 9.

Ostseecup IV (Yardstick) (after three races):
1. LARN (Jan Neumann/Berlin) 3 points
2. THESSALONA (Holger Behrens/Bad Schwartau) 10
3. FRIDA (Henning Schilling/Schwerin) 10.

Ostseecup V (ORC) (after three races):
1.WESTWIND (Peter Süselbeck/Oberhausen) 3 points
2. ADAMAS (Jan Peters/Lübeck??) 9
3. CLAXPAX (Dr. Klaus Schütte/Hamburg) 12;

X-79 (after three races):
1. SEXTANTEN (Bernd Zeiger/Kiel) 4 points
2. MAMA ’S PETIT (Mathias Siemens/Halstenbek) 10
3. ESPERANZA (Dirk Eggers/Harrislee) 12.