Victory for German trio

A report from the final day of racing at the Soling Europeans in Medemblik, Holland

What looked to start as a day without any wind and a lot of sunshine turned out to be another good sailing day. The conditions where favourable for the Hungarians Wossala, Vezer and Nemeth who won the last race of the event. The Dutch team with Offermans, Zijlstra and Dusee were second and there was a surprising third place this morning, the German Kochen, Deertz and Holl sailed their best race today.

Overall winners and going home with the European Championship Perpetual Trophy donated by the Royal Danish Yachtclub and the Perpetual Trophy (half model) from the Sweden Royal Yacht Club are Roman Koch, Maxl Koch and Gregor Bornemann.

In second place is the Hungarian team Wossala, Vezer and Nemeth and overall in third are the Norwegians, Usterud, Ottestad and Goldeng.

The first three teams win models of a Soling with crew, made by Jos Soethoudt. The prize for the best helmsmen of 25 and younger went to the British sailor Paul Allen from Liverpool.

The organisation had a special gift for the captain of the spectators boat Lucien Dusee, who has had sponsors and supporters on boat all week.

All in all, winds were good, spirits were up and we all had a good week.

Results

Pos	Helmsman	Middleman	Bowman	Sail	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Tot
1	Roman Koch	Maxl Koch	Gregor Bornemann	GER 300	1	5	1	3	1	1	DNS	12
2	George Wossala	Karoly Vezer	Nemeth Peter	HUN 77	2	3	6	2	7	3	1	17
3	Dag Usterud	Arne Ottestad	Eskil Goldeng	NOR 133	3	2	5	1	3	4	5	18
4	Johan Offermans	Hans Zijlstra	Bas Dusee	NED 25	4	4	2	7	5	2	2	19
5	Rudy den Outer	Leo Determan	Ronald den Arend	NED 33	5	1	3	5	2	10	4	20
6	Mike Preston	Ron Preston	Bryan Bottomley	GBR 170	6	6	4	4	6	11	6	32
7	Bram Soethoudt	Gilbert Figaroa	Geert Verheij	NED-38	10	8	14	10	4	8	7	47
8	Matias Collins	Iain Loudon	Maarten de Boers	USA 807	8	9	8	8	DNF	7	9	49
9	Gary Richardson	Karl Sloane	Stewart Lee	GBR155	7	10	7	13	10	5	11	50
10	Frank Lavrsen	Poul Andreasen	Carsten Moesgaard	DEN 112	9	15	13	9	8	9	8	56
11	Heino Schuckmann	Markus Marquardt	Christian Mack	GER 318	15	11	10	6	16	6	DSQ	64
12	Jan Carl Kochen	Deertz Bernd	Alexander Holl	GER 267	17	14	9	12	12	14	3	64
13	Pål Kristiansen	Torben von Huth	Elisabeth Sedivy	NOR 141	13	7	15	15	11	12	10	68
14	Paul Allen	Derek Priestley	Gary Adams	GBR 164	12	12	16	11	9	DSQ	12	72
15	Hamish Loudon	Bas Fountain	Mark Brammer	GBR 161	11	13	19	16	13	15	13	81
16	Peter Hewitson	Judith Hewitson	Peter Dilks	GBR167	16	16	12	14	15	13	14	84
17	Jos Soethoudt	Andre Kijzer	lion charmant	NED 21	19	18	11	17	14	17	15	92
18	Gernot Heller	Peter Guenther	Dirk Hensel	GER 312	18	17	20	18	17	16	17	103
19	Emil Kuchta	Sabine Kuchta	Susanne Kuchta	GER 243	16	DNF	18	19	19	19	18	109
20	Harald Voit	Gerold Zauner	Anton Hüttl	GER 127	20	19	17	20	18	28	16	110