Day one at Kiel

A Team GBR report on a good start for the Bitish 49ers

49ers blast through day one of Kiel Week

The opening day of the Kiel Regatta was bathed in sunshine and warm temperatures.  Racing kicked off at 14.00 hours with shifty 11-14 knot winds on the Kiel Fiord. 

In the 49er, Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks had a solid performance. Scoring a three and two first's, the pair finished the day at the top of the fleet. Draper commented “Simon and I are really enjoying being back in the boat and are just having a lot of fun.  We have managed to get in a bit more practice since the Holland Regatta and today it paid off. We look forward to racing again tomorrow.”

Also back in good form in the 49er are Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes. In May, the pair took home the gold at the Holland Regatta and today proved they haven’t lost their touch. Finishing in second just behind Draper and Hiscocks, Morrison and Rhodes will have their sights set on sailing consistently again tomorrow.

Opening day was also a success for Laser sailor Paul Goodison. With two seconds and a first place Goodison, is only one point behind the leader Robert Scheidt of Brazil. “Today was a good day,” Goodison explained “I had the right boat speed and I got off the starting line well.  I was overtaken in the first race but I used that as my motivation to sail faster and better in the following races.” 

Helena Lucas sailing in the 2.4m also had a notable performance. Finishing with a third and two first's, Lucas is currently in gold medal position.

The event continues through to Sunday 26 June. 

Results

470 Men

1-Mathew Belcher-Nick Behrens, AUS (2,1,1) 4 pts
2-Matias Buhler-Marcos Lamas, AGR (1,2,1)  4 pts
3-Lucas Zellmer-Heiko Seelig, GER (1,5,2) 8 pts

Other GBR

5-Jonny McGovern-John Mapplebeck (2,8,3) 13 pts
22-Guy Tipton-Chris Tattersall (10,10,13) 33 pts

470 Women

1-Marcelien de Koning-Lobke Berkhout, NED (4,2,2) 8 pts
2-Sabine Walter-Amtje Struckat, GER (9,1,5) 15 pts
3-Stefanie Rothweiler-Vivien Kussatz, GER (8,7,4) 19 pts

Other GBR

20-Melissa Heppell-Rebecca Marriott (24,20,20) 64 pts
21-Elizabeth Greenhalgh-Rachel Larman (21,26,18) 65 pts

49er

1-Chris Draper-Simon Hiscocks, GBR ((3),1,1) 2 pts
2-Stevie Morrison-Ben Rhodes, GBR (2,(4),2) 4 pts
3-Iker Martinez-Xabi Fernandez, ESP (1,(14),4) 5 pts

Other GBR

10-John Wilson-James Barker ((13),9,5) 14 pts
31-John Pink-Alex Hopson (6,15,3,DNC,(DNC) 57 pts
37-Roger Gilbert-Olivier Vidal (,9,16,10, (DNC)) 68 pts
38-Tom Dawson-Steve Wilson (DNC,DNC,(DNC)) 68 pts
44-Ian Martin-BenMcGrane (16,9,11,DNC, (DNC) 69 pts
49-Paul Campbell James-Jony Clegg (21, 20, 7, DNC, (DNC)) 81 pts
57-Dave Evans-Rick Peacock (15, DNC, 15, DNC, (DNC)) 96 pts

Finn

1-Gasper Vincec, SLO (2,3) 5 pts
2-Jonas Hoegh-Christensen, DEN (4,2) 6 pts
3-Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic, CRO (3,9) 12 pts

Other GBR

7-Ed Greig (8,17) 25 pts
18-Mark Andrews (16,29) 45 pts
26-Ed Wright (BFD, 1) 66 pts
43-Matt Howard (BFD, 20) 85 pts

Laser

1-Robert Scheidt, BRA (1,2,1) 4 pts
2-Paul Goodison, GBR (2,2,1) 5 pts
3-Andreas Geritzer, AUT (1,3,2) 6 pts

Other GBR

8-Mark Powell (5,5,4) 14 pts
11-James Gray (6,6,3) 15 pts
16-Stephen Powell (4,13,2) 19 pts
19-Charles Ballie Strong (14,2,5) 21 pts
23-Nick Thompson (10,3,10) 23 pts
27-Andy Brooks (4,12,9) 25 pts
31-Keir Clark (1,12,16) 29 pts
41-Andrew Commander (14,16,5) 35 pts

Laser Radial

1-Paige Railey, USA (1,2,2) 5 pts
2-Tatiana Drozdovskaya, BLR (3,1,2) 6 pts
3-Karin Söderström, SWE (2,4,1) 7 pts

Other GBR

17-Andrea Brewster (9,18,5) 32 pts
19-Charlotte Dobson (15,12,8) 35 pts
23-Lizzie Vickers (20,14,5) 39 pts
35-Colette Blair (17,18,19) 54 pts
38-Laura Baldwin (OCS, 13,6) 57 pts

Yngling

1-Vlada Ilienko/ Natalia Gaponovich/ Ekaterina Kovalenko, RUS (1,4,2) 7 pts
2-Ekaterina Skudina/ Tatiana Lartseva/ Diana Krutskina, RUS (3,5,1) 9 pts
3-Ruslana Taran/ Ganna Kalinina/ Svitlana Matevusheva, UKR (8,2,5) 15 pts

Other GBR

6-Sarah Ayton/ Annie Lush/ Lisa McDonald (7,3,10) 20 pts
11-Dom Lindsey/ Diana Shanks/ Fleur Oswald (12,10,11) 33 pts
17-Gemma Farrell/ Rachel Howe/ Caroline Bowen (OCS,14,16) 53 pts

2.4mR

1-Helena Lucas, GBR, (1,3,1) 5 pts
2-Heiko Kröger, GER (2,1,2) 5 pts
3-Thierry Schmitter, NED (3,2,3) 8 pts

Other GBR

5-Allan Smith (4,9,6) 19 pts
7-Michael Cogswell (6,13,4) 23 pts