Etchells Europeans

20 boats turn out in Antibes for the Bugatti sponsorsed event held in November

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:

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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