Germans take 49er Europeans

Full results and report from the final day of racing in Laredo

Team GBR sailors Chris Draper and Olympic silver medallist Simon Hiscocks have won the silver medal at the 49er European championships, matching their result at this event last year.

Draper and Hiscocks led the event throughout the week in a mixture of conditions, but with a further four races to sail on the last day there was all to play for and anything could happen.

In light conditions Draper and Hiscocks scored an 8,11,8,15, which was enough to prevent the Spanish pairing of Iker Martinez and Xabier Fernandez from defending their European title, but meant that their training partners Marcus Baur and Max Groy of Germany overtook them and won the gold medal along with the European title.

Fellow British sailor Paul Brotherton and crew Mark Asquith sailed a brilliant final day winning two of the four races, to make a huge jump up the fleet from fourteenth place overall to finally finish fourth. RYA Development Squad sailors Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes finished in tenth place overall with team mates Alister Richardson and Peter Greenhalgh fifteenth.

Draper commented, "we went into today with the same mindset as treating it as any other race day. Unfortunately we didn't get off the start line as well as we could have done and therefore made a bit more work for ourselves. We are still really pleased to have come second and to continue to be so consistent at the regattas this year, you can't win them all but there are definitely some things we will take away from this regatta to work on."

Full results

Pos	Sail Nr	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	Tot
1	GER 12	Marcus Baur/Max Groy	1	5	1	2	6	3	2	6	5	2	9	12	5	10	3	5	55
2	GBR 2	Chris Draper/Simon Hiscocks	3	3	2	1	1	2	4	2	6	DSQ	7	9	8	11	8	15	67
3	ESP 1	Iker Martinez de Lizarduy/Xabier Fernandez	3	3	16	3	4	1	1	7	2	9	17	3	1	5	11	21	69
4	GBR 3	Paul Brotherton/Mark Asquith	5	1	BFD	4	3	7	5	9	9	21	14	13	2	1	5	1	79
5	AUS 15	Chris Nicholson/Gary Boyd	5	7	2	2	9	1	15	21	10	6	2	11	6	7	1	17	84
6	POL 23	Pawel Kacprowski/Pawel Kuzmicki	1	1	3	2	2	3	16	16	DSQ	19	5	20	7	6	14	3	98
7	DEN 723	Allan Norregaard/Klaus Naur	9	5	6	8	3	9	12	11	14	DNF	6	2	3	4	9	11	98
8	NOR 11	Christoffer Sundby/Frode Bovim	4	1	3	1	2	5	3	14	1	15	15	10	16	16	13	DSQ	103
9	UKR 5	Rodion Luka/George Leonchuk	3	3	2	6	3	3	23	15	4	16	13	19	13	12	10	2	105
10	GBR 30	Stevie Morrison/Ben Rhodes	13	2	6	2	1	2	14	12	7	22	4	18	10	13	4	18	108
11	DEN 21	Jonatan Persson/Thomas Iversen	4	4	9	1	2	12	13	3	11	7	3	21	21	14	23	4	108
12	BRA 146	Andre Otto Fonseca/Rodrigo Linck Duarte	8	4	4	9	5	8	18	4	8	8	1	5	9	17	24	23	108
13	DEN 27	Peter Hansen/Soren Hansen	1	2	2	3	2	BFD	22	13	23	4	10	6	12	8	19	8	112
14	IRL 20	Tom Fitzpatrick/Fraser Brown	5	1	8	3	14	4	10	8	20	5	11	8	22	15	25	7	119
15	GBR 007	Alister Richardson/Peter Greenhalgh	15	3	5	5	8	7	7	DSQ	13	10	23	4	11	9	12	12	121
16	DEN 8	Michael Hestbek/Dennis Dengsø Andersen	4	7	6	8	5	4	9	5	3	1	12	25	18	20	21	20	122
17	GRE 183	George Panagiotidis/Alfonso Panagiotidis	2	5	5	3	5	4	24	10	12	11	18	16	24	25	7	19	141
18	FRA 710	Emmanuel Dyen/Yann Rocherieux	2	10	3	9	7	9	20	1	18	13	19	23	19	2	20	13	145
19	GER 804	Jan-Peter Peckolt/Hannes Peckolt	6	10	18	6	1	3	19	17	16	20	8	24	4	24	2	16	146
20	ITA 6	Pietro Sibello/Gianfranco Sibello	12	9	11	1	4	1	6	20	21	3	OCS	15	23	22	18	6	149
21	SWE 803	Marcus Haas/ Christoffer Haas	7	11	5	4	3	5	17	18	19	17	16	7	15	23	15	10	150
22	USA 18	Andy Mack/Adam Lowry	1	12	1	11	5	8	8	DNS	22	14	22	22	20	3	16	9	152
23	USA 13	Tim Wadlow/Pete Spaulding	11	4	3	6	9	11	OCS	19	17	23	20	1	14	19	6	24	163
24	GER 16	Markus Steeg/Moritz Deml	6	4	8	4	DSQ	7	11	22	24	12	21	17	25	21	17	14	188
25	NED 9	Pieter Lantermans/Pim Nieuwenhuis	7	5	9	OCS	11	1	21	23	15	18	24	14	17	18	22	22	203
26	POL 743	Marcin Czajkonski/Krzysztof Kierkowski	19	7	1	5	10	OCS	10	1	1	2	13	7					57
27	ESP 4	Santiago Lopez-Vazquez/Javier de la Plaza	2	8	8	4	DNF	DNF	1	16	8	5	6	12					70
28	SWE 805	Axel Netterlid/Jonas Lindberg	20	6	7	15	4	12	8	2	18	10	2	6					72
29	GER 808	Gabriel Wicke/Wolf Jeschonnek	9	6	5	10	6	8	31	19	4	22	3	2					72
30	SWE 778	Peter Backe/Anders Bengtsson	10	8	16	5	6	6	6	8	7	13	9	DNC					78
31	AUS 416	Mark Turnbull/Nick Partridge	2	7	7	17	15	13	7	12	24	1	12	5					81
32	DEN 722	Jonas Warrer/Peter Krüger Andersen	8	18	13	8	17	6	13	3	OCS	8	5	4					85
33	FRA 26	Vincent Joyeux/Frederic Moreau	17	10	4	6	15	14	24	6	2	26	4	8					86
34	AUT 29	Nico Delle-Karth/Nikolaus Resch	16	13	11	5	1	6	2	4	16	14	DNC	25					88
35	AUS 766	Ben Tardrew/Marcus Tardrew	4	2	15	8	9	11	27	17	9	17	23	9					101
36	BEL 760	Quentin Blondiau/Lionel Blondiau	6	11	8	7	11	9	21	13	12	11	15	16					103
37	ESP 31	Juan Luis Paez/Carlos de Bricio	14	9	9	9	7	11	18	14	3	32	27	10					104
38	RUS 734	Ilya Ermakov/Maxim Logoutenko	14	8	10	15	11	14	29	29	5	3	1	24					105
39	FRA 777	Nicolas Cau/Kévin Orlandi	18	2	14	15	16	5	4	25	22	4	8	19					105
40	FRA 728	Marc Audineau/Stéphane Christidis	6	11	4	12	7	8	9	9	DNC	16	24	30					106
41	USA 32	Dalton Bergan/Zack Maxam	10	6	7	10	19	DNC	14	7	26	9	11	13					106
42	GRE 785	Athanasios Pachoumas/Vasilis Portosalte	13	6	7	7	8	7	32	21	23	BFD	17	1					110
43	GBR 831	Ben McGrane/Jonathan Clegg	11	16	11	15	7	4	17	11	6	29	19	29					117
44	NOR 673	Øyvind Peder Jahre/Frank Kirkeland	10	15	9	7	16	12	12	24	15	15	7	18					118
45	ITA 33	Luca Modena/Manuel Modena	9	13	10	12	4	10	3	DNC	20	19	20	27					120
46	FIN 754	Jan Thorstrom/Matias Niemelainen	15	12	15	11	18	15	20	5	17	7	10	31					125
47	AUS 28	John Harris/Euan McNicol	12	OCS	12	16	10	2	5	15	10	21	25	DNC					128
48	SUI 19	Chris Rast/Christian Steiger	10	9	1	10	13	OCS	16	22	DNC	6	DNC	21					133
49	NZL 635	Mike Bassett/Kurt Riechellmann	7	8	16	13	10	BFD	11	10	14	23	22	32					134
50	FRA 755	Eric D'Hooghe/Cedric Chateau	14	10	10	11	13	10	23	18	13	31	18	20					137
51	ITA 752	Michele Mazzotti/Francesco Ivaldi	3	17	10	14	12	11	15	DNC	29	12	30	17					140
52	DEN 633	Emil Toft Nielsen/Simon Toft Nielsen	13	12	19	11	8	5	25	28	DNC	18	31	3					142
53	NOR 724	Aleksander Brekke/Carsten Hopstock	7	15	13	12	21	13	19	20	11	28	DNC	DNC					159
54	SUI 712	Marcel Walser/Caspar Buettner	13	14	11	14	12	17	26	23	19	20	21	22					163
55	GBR 717	Alex Hopson/John Garth	23	14	13	13	6	2	30	DNF	DNF	25	14	28					168
56	GBR 736	Greg Barker/Diederik Bulters	16	15	14	14	11	9	DNC	DNC	28	24	26	11					168
57	ITA 833	Tristano Vacondio/Gabbi Francesco	18	11	12	12	12	13	DNE	27	21	33	29	14					176
58	FRA 709	Alexandre Monteau/Damien Guillon	8	9	12	7	DNC	BFD	22	30	27	BFD	28	15					178
59	FIN 829	Tom Lônnquist/Jacob Granquist	9	13	18	19	14	16	28	31	25	27	16	26					183
60	GBR 17	Andy Rice/Nick Murphy	20	19	14	13	10	6	DSQ	26	DNC	30	32	23					193
61	SWE 509	Magnus Gravare/Peter Mickos	16	18	BFD	20	9	15	2	6	2	7							95
62	SWE 588	Mattias Bengtsson/Niklas Bengtsson	17	16	15	9	16	17	1	1	5	16							96
63	BEL 650	Yohann Blondiau/Pim Peters	21	21	15	13	17	13	5	2	12	2							100
64	USA 34	Ty Reed/Bora Gulari	15	17	17	17	15	10	11	DNF	1	1							104
65	USA 47	Michael Karas/Anthony Boscolo	16	17	12	16	12	15	9	4	3	18							104
66	SUI 737	Cyril Wasmer/Patrick Wasmer	17	19	17	16	14	10	6	3	11	10							104
67	ESP 731	Alberto Padrón Torrent/Antonio Bonilla Paz	19	17	17	19	14	16	7	10	14	6							120
68	GBR 467	Mike Senior/Jonny Sinclair	18	20	21	18	13	15	10	13	13	5							125
69	GBR 688	Paul Towers/Ben Remocker	8	14	DNC	10	15	BFD	4	8	17	DNC							126
70	CAN 741	Andrew McCorquodale/Hunter Lowden	12	12	18	DNF	13	19	14	11	16	13							128
71	HUN 727	Peter Hamrak/Balazs Sükösd	14	16	4	21	20	18	DNC	DNC	10	4							142
72	SUI 542	Cedric Bart /Ueli Marti	22	19	19	16	DNF	18	20	7	9	12							142
73	GBR 599	Mark Dell/Paul Dell	11	21	13	DNS	17	22	3	5	26	BFD							143
74	NED 631	Jeroen van Catz/Constantijn Weber	12	18	DNC	18	DNC	DNC	19	17	4	8							121
75	GBR 806	Jonny Coates/Charlie Muir	23	22	DNF	20	8	16	8	14	15	20							146
76	HUN 251	Miklos Ujhelyi-Gaspar/ Matyas Majthenyi	17	21	23	22	18	17	12	12	18	11							148
77	GBR 691	David Hall/Paul Constable	19	14	17	17	17	12	18	DNC	7	BFD							156
78	ESP 495	Federico Alonso Tellechea/Arturo Alonso Tellechea	11	13	20	DNC	DNC	DNC	17	16	19	14							160
79	ESP 732	Alejandro Dominguez Garcia/Jaime Martínez del Cerro	19	16	20	DNC	16	14	16	DNC	DNC	3							164
80	SUI 301	Mark Schürch/Florian Hotz	21	15	16	18	20	20	DNC	15	6	BFD							166
81	GBR 485	Jon Emmet/Chris Tattersall	23	20	14	18	21	DNC	13	DNC	30	9							173
82	GBR 260	Jerry Ibberson/Gareth Riley	22	20	18	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	9	23	25							192
83	SUI 579	Fabio Pérez/Martin Hofmann	18	BFD	21	23	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	8	15							195
84	GBR 534	Andrew Hadfield/Olivier Vidal	20	18	20	17	18	DNF	DNF	DNC	21	22							196
85	GBR 523	Richard Smith/Ian Turner	22	22	19	19	18	BFD	21	DNC	28	24							198
86	GBR 739	Brian Wilson/Felix Thornton-Jones-	15	19	20	19	19	14	DNC	DNC	24	BFD							200
87	DEN 628	Martin Kirketerp/Dion Valente	5	DNF	6	14	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC							205
88	IND 671	Malav Shroff/Madhavan Thirumalai	24	23	DNC	21	20	18	DNC	DNC	20	19							205
89	IRL 294	Marcus Spillane/Bob M'Carthy	21	22	22	DNF	19	21	15	DNF	27	DNC							207
90	GBR 749	Steve Hopper/Matt Rainbow	23	20	19	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	22	17							211
91	SUI 252	Jorg Hotz/Anja Hotz	20	23	22	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	31	23							229
92	SUI 120	Anne-Katrin Weber/Stefan Braegger	22	22	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	29	21							229
93	TPE 223	Chu-Pin Yang/Chu-Fu Yang	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	25	26							236
94	FRA 801	Gaël Moysan/Bruno Fournier	21	21	21	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC							243