Frederik The Great

Danish Crown Prince leads Dragon Europeans

Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik leads the Setanta Dragon European Championship at Kinsale Yacht Club, Ireland this evening after the opening race of the six race series.

After a mid-fleet start, the left-hand side of the course was favoured in the moderate westerly breeze and Prince Frederik sailing with Lars Hendriksen and Kasper Harsberg led from the windward mark.

Two laps of the windward/leeward course followed and the chasing pack was led by Germany's Marcus Brennecke with Markus Wiesser and Thomas Auracher ahead of Switzerland's Vincent Hoesch with Horro Kniffka and Bernd Faber.

A surprise absence from the leader pack was Denmark's Poul Richard Hoj-Jensen who placed tenth at the finish. The four-times past European champion will now be counting on the event discard for his passport back into contention.

Of the Irish fleet, former national champion Andrew Craig with Edward Peel and Aidan O'Connell took fifth overall in a trio of home-side finishers. Garry Treacy with Paul Maguire and Aiden Tarbertt was sixth and Douarnenez winner Johnny Ross-Murphy with Ailbe Millerick and Con Murphy was seventh.

Racing continues tomorrow (Tuesday) with a single race per day and the final set for Saturday afternoon.

Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat	Helm	R1
1	DEN336	Nanoq	Frederik	0
2	GER980	Bahati	Marcus Brennecke	3
3	SUI288	Hanseatic Lloyd	Vincent Hoesch	5.7
4	DEN266	My Way	Berg Frank	8
5	IRL175	Chimaera	Andrew Craig	10
6	IRL139	King Rat	Garry Treacy	11.7
7	IRL174	Rigmarole	John Ross-Murphy	13
8	USA310	Clairevoyant	Ted Sawyer	14
9	NED247	Danish Joker	Fred Imhoff	15
10	GBR680	Danish Blue	Poul Hoj-Jensen	16
11	GER968	Chi	Michael Schattan	17
12	GBR660	Aimee	Julia Bailey	18
13	SWE321	Maria	Tom Lofstedt	19
14	DEN341	Malou	Peter Holm	20
15	SWE314	Lea	Gutta Johansson	21
16	FIN50	OTT	Tom Rindell	22
17	FRA305	Dirastac'h	Yann Kersale	23
18	IRL142	Cloud	Clare Hogan	24
19	DEN340	Lil	Peter Warer	25
20	IRL171	Diva	Richard Goodbody	26
21	SWE311	Deja Vu	Olrog Thomas	27
22	FRA330	Ar Maout	Claudia Urvois	28
23	GER970	Montana	Peter Koch	29
24	IRL162	Puca	Jay Bourke	30
25	NED316	Escapade	Pieter Heerema	31
26	IRL176	Phantom	Neil Hegarty	32
27	IRL164	TBB	James Matthews	33
28	GBR675	Water Rat	Ian Ratnage	34
29	GBR572	Quicksilver ll	Rob Campbell	35
30	GER983	Sinewave	Thomas Muller	36
31	FRA300	Ar Youleg	Louis Urvois	37
32	IRL168	Tatsu	Cameron Good	38
33	IRL150	Eve	Matthias Hellstern	39
34	NED309	Furie	Gus de Groot	40
35	IRL172	Kin	Simon Brien	41
36	SWE315	Minc	Sputte Baltscheffsky	42
37	IRL166	Whisper	Mick Cotter	43
38	IRL161	Jessica	Ward Woods	44
39	IRL173	Electra	Peter O'Reilly	45
40	GBR602	Chaotic	Willie Jordan	46
41	IRL159	Deemin	Don Donoghue	47
42	GBR684	Hand of Fortune	Mike Holms	48
43	IRL169	Christianna	Olaf Sorensen	49
44	JPN46	Heigh-Ho	Bocci Aoyama	50
45	IRL136	Lucky Lucky	Tim Pearson	51
46	IRL154	Setanta	Pat Murphy	52
47	GBR682	Ecstatic	Eric Williams	53
48	GBR614	Sapphire	Neil Payne	54
49	AUS156	Canewdon Witch	Trish Ford	55
50	GER965	Bunny	Max Glas	56
51	GBR633	Fel Lins Flirtation	Ron James	57

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