Etchells Europeans
Thursday December 11th 2003, Author: Olivier de Turkheim, Location: Mediterranean
For the first time the Etchells Europeans were held in Antibes, South of France. This international regatta was held over three days, from November 20th to 23rd and twenty crews from Australia, Great Britain, Italy and France attended.
During these three days the weather allowed the organisers to run seven races in an East-North-East wind ranging from 15 to 25 knots, a strong swell and two-meter waves.
The race committee, presided by Michel Briand from La Rochelle, had prepared nice match racing course with dog legs starting just under Antibes rampart.
The Etchells organisation, managed in France by Jean-Christophe Demarchelier, was supported by an SNSM security vessel and by the Antibes Yacht Club who has been offering its infrastructure, committee boats and a team of over fifty volunteers. Races were closely monitored by an international Jury presided by Mr Grosgogeat from Grenoble.
The three days of racing ended in a joyful prize giving during which the British crew skippered by Ant Razmilovic on Swedish Blue were presented with first place. The two French crews ranked 6th on Fort Sail skipped by Nicolas Charbonnier, and 10th on Femme Fatale skipped by Sebastien Canard.
The competitors have been enthusiastic about the sailing area, the warm welcome and the outstanding organisation, they promised to come back for another regatta in the future and maybe for the Etchells world championship planned in 2007.
Results:
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Skipper | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Points | Total |
1 | GBR 1251 | SWEDISH BLUE | RAZMILOVIC Ante | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
2 | GBR 1021 | BUSHFIRE | TILLY Jerish | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 17 |
3 | GBR 804 | WHITE ON WHITE | MCNELL Willy | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 20 |
4 | AUS 1271 | PACESETTER | SIMONESCHI Riccardo | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 20 |
5 | GBR 1110 | FESTINA | TILL Mike | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 49 | 28 |
6 | FRA 996 | FORT SAIL | CHARBONNIER Nicolas | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 35 |
7 | GBR 1194 | DESPERATE | DRAKE Robert | 7 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 66 | 45 |
8 | GBR 1172 | ICING ON THE CAKE | SKINNER Geoffrey | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 45 |
9 | GBR 1175 | DARLING S | ES FORT O.B.E | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 59 | 47 |
10 | FRA 78 | FEMME FATALE | CANARD SEBASTIEN | 12 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 63 | 51 |
11 | MON 836 | ARABELLA | SIMON Jean Laurent | 9 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 83 | 62 |
12 | ITA 1037 | PAOLA | POLI Gianluca | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 86 | 65 |
13 | ITA 260 | VLAG | CIMAROSTI Marco | 14 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 95 | 79 |
14 | ITA 854 | THE ASHES | RIGHI Roberto | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 105 | 84 |
15 | FRA 460 | ONDINE | MOTTA Raffaella | 16 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 102 | 85 |
16 | FRA 942 | GROWLER | STEELE Bill | 21 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 112 | 91 |
17 | GBR 1014 | PALAVER | THOMPSON Ronald | 15 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 116 | 95 |
18 | GBR 843 | THE BUCCANEER | PLATT Nick | 17 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 126 | 105 |
19 | ITA 841 | INDIGO | HELLER Thomas | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 132 | 111 |
20 | ITA 896 | IASC2 | PICOLLI Attilio | 21 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 143 | 122 |
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