Germans come through

Report and final results from the Soling Worlds in Castiglione Della Pescaia, Italy

The Soling World Championship ended yesterday and the German team Koch, Koch, Bornemann on GER 300 were crowned World Champion in the class. The Championship has brought Castiglione Della Pescaia into the limelight, confirming itself as an ideal course on which to hold yacht races, with more than 120 competitors from 13 nations and three continents racing on the crystal blue waters of Maremma and partying at night in the many restaurants and clubs of the medieval village.

Local authorities were present at the prize giving ceremony; two special awards were bestowed to honour of Vittorio Porta, Soling class secretary for over 15 years, and of Johannes Segaar, the Dutch sailor who died tragically while traveling to Castiglione to race.

Smiling and triumphant the World Champion Team GER 300 posed for photographers and televisions wearing the special 'Big Maremma Boys' tee-shirt, a gift from the small 'brothers' of the Castiglione sailing club. Best among the Italian teams and winners of the Vittorio Porta trophy was ITA 243 of Tognozzi G., Seri, Soffici who finished in 15th position.

Sonia Andrei, President of the Castiglione della Pescaia Sailing Club (CVCP) commented: "I think the closing balance is extremely positive. A good image and an excellent press office will certainly make our many sponsors and the local administration happy. This was superb promotion for our region and I am glad this event has confirmed the club's importance to the local economy."

Roman Koch, Soling World Champion 2005 (GER 300) said: "I began racing with my brother in 1970 and we loved being a team from the beginning. It's a lesson for real life; you can only progress if you work together, like the fingers of a hand. You can only be successful if you are comfortable with yourself and your surroundings. Here I feel a part of a big family we can sail with a free mind. I think that if you are talented and work hard, eventually it will pay off. After 5 Olympic campaigns I still dreamed of a world title. This is a wish come true."

Results:

Pos	Sail	Helmsman	Middleman	Bowman	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	GER 300	Roman Koch	Maxl Koch	Gregor Bornemann	1	2	2	1	3	3	9
2	SLO 1	Bostjan Antoncic	Gennadi Strakh	x TBA	2	4	1	11	1	12	19
3	HUN 1	Balazs Gyenese	Gyula Monus	Karoly Vezer	bdf	1	4	3	13	6	27
4	ARG 32	Gustavo Warburg	Santiago Nottebohmm	Eduardo Coulon	5	7	9	7	33	1	29
5	AUT 117	Carl Auteried	Martin Kendler	Udo Moser	bfd	6	8	4	12	2	32
6	BRA 68	Renato Cunha Faria	Ricardo Ermel	Eduardo Cunha Faria	12	21	7	8	2	9	38
7	GER 304	Thomas Maschkiwitz	Christian Oehler	Christoph Sauerbier	bdf	8	3	10	10	7	38
8	ARG 34	Martin Busch	Pablo Noceti	Maximo Feldtmann	bdf	5	18	6	5	8	42
9	AUT 124	Markus Schneeberger	Volker Moser	Christian Panek	15	12	20	9	4	4	44
10	HUN 77	George Wossala	Nemeth Peter	Kovasci Laszlo	8	11	6	21	27	5	51
11	USA 842	Stuart Walker	John Standiford	Tom Price	11	16	13	17	6	30	63
12	GER 308	Karl Haist	Thomas Olbrich	Torsten Postrach	20	3	21	20	8	13	64
13	NED 25	Johan Offermans	Hans Zijlstra	Bas Dusee	9	15	5	24	31	11	64
14	AUT 127	Michael Felzmann	BJÖRN GILHOFER	Bernhard Klinger	bfd	9	16	14	9	20	68
15	ITA 243	Giovanni Tognozzi	Fausto Ori	Luigi Seri	10	14	10	28	24	18	76
16	USA 807	Joe Hoeksema	Matias Collins	Rose Hoeksema	14	13	25	13	29	14	79
17	NOR 133	Dag Usterud	Arne Ottestad	Eskil Goldeng	bdf	10	26	2	11	31	80
18	CAN 848	Peter Allen	Karl Anderson	Scott Norris	4	24	24	5	30	29	86
19	GER 318	Heino Schuckmann	Markus Marquardt	Tobias Hanke	21	29	14	18	19	16	88
20	NED 38	Bram Soethoudt	Gilbert Figaroa	Geert Verheij	17	20	23	23	7	25	90
21	ITA 201	Piero Romeo	Andrea Maramai	Fabio Piccioni	22	17	19	22	25	10	90
22	ITA 203	Bruno Maffezzoli	x Maffezzoli	xx Maffezzoli	13	19	27	29	16	15	90
23	USA 832	Charlie Kamps	Toby Kamps	Vitas Kasniunas	3	22	31	16	32	19	91
24	ITA 254	Domenico Carducci	Andrea Genna	Gianluca Ferraro	6	dns	22	30	15	23	96
25	NOR 128	Preben Asbjørnrød	Richard Fikse	Bernt Ole Christensen	bdf	18	17	12	28	21	96
26	GER 292	Thomas Scherer	Axel Busenius	Andreas Baumüller	19	23	12	27	23	22	99
27	ITA 242	Giuseppe Veronesi	Samuel Meoni	Denis Consolati	18	26	29	26	14	33	113
28	ITA 194	Michele Tognozzi	Giuliano Carotti	Marco Buglielli	16	28	11	15	DSQ	DNS	114
29	AUT 102	Ludwig Beurle	Christian Fischer	Ekkehart Steinhuber	24	27	38	40	17	17	123
30	AUT 121	Christian Nothhaft	Martin Zeileis	Patrick Wichmann	bfd	25	28	25	21	26	125
31	ITA 258	Viti	Donnini Rinaldo	Viti	23	32	40	31	20	24	130
32	ITA 213	Virgilio Cadei	mauro bortolotti	pietro cadei	27	30	32	19	38	28	136
33	AUT 119	Maximilian Hoyer	Jakob Urbanek	Peter Schiefer	dns	31	15	32	35	27	140
34	GER 267	Jan Carl Kochen	Deertz Bernd	Alexander Holl	7	dns	30	35	34	38	144
35	GER 243	Emil Kuchta	Sabine Kuchta	Susanne Kuchta	30	39	35	39	18	32	154
36	FRA 150	Grenet Grenet	Godest Patrick	Nicolas Baudry	28	36	34	36	26	35	159
37	ITA 255	Fabio Curini Galletti	Massimo Curatolo	Riccardo Turi	26	35	33	33	DNS	DNF	171
38	GER 312	Gernot Heller	Umberto Valle	Dirk Hensel	bdf	33	36	34	36	37	176
39	GBR 164	Derek Priestley	Dave Fish	Shaun Priestley	25	dns	41	38	40	39	183
40	ITA 209	Fabio Armellini	Attilia Papini	Nicola Armellini	bdf	34	39	37	39	36	185
41	GER 14	Herbert Balzer	Gerhard Auerswald	Gisela Balzer	29	37	37	41	DNF	DNS	188
42	GER 228	Heinz Herzer	Alfred Prommer	Georg Fritzweiler	31	40	43	43	37	40	191
43	ITA 241	Luca Montanarella	Francesco Attardo	Carmelo Attardo	bdf	38	42	42	41	34	197

The Soling World Championship was organised by the Club Velico Castiglione
della Pescaia, in collaboration with the International Soling Association, the International Sailing Federation, the Italian Sailing Federation (FIV) and the committee Circoli Velici della Costa Etrusca.

The event has the patronage and support of the Province of Grosseto and the Municipality of Castiglione della Pescaia. It has been made possible thanks to the contribution of Consorzio Albergatori Firenze Hotel de la Pace, SLAM, Banca della Maremma Credito Cooperativo di Grosseto, BMW Concessionaria Auto Fratelli Gori di Grosseto, the Chamber of Commerce of Grosseto, Banfi, Ristorante Pierbacco, C.O.A.R.O, Scalambra Service, Casa Vacanze, Acot Castiglione della Pescaia, Studio Trend, La Gardenia Profumerie.