Gazprom International Dragon European Championship - Overall
by Imagina 29 Mar 2014 20:31 GMT
24-29 March 2014
The Yacht Club Sanremo organised Gazprom International European Dragon Championship drew to a successful conclusion today at Sanremo with the Danish team made up of Lars Hendriksen, Kleen Frithjof and Anders Bagger taking the 2014 Dragon European Champion title aboard Debutant.
The weather conditions were excellent for the last day of racing which saw the sixth and final race take place under sunny skies in a fresh 18 to 20-knot north-easterly wind. The participants tackled a 12-mile course: the first boat across the line, in fact, was Sophie and her Swiss crew (Pedro Andrade, Martin Westerdahl, Diogo Cayolla) followed by Alfie of Great Britain (Lawrie Smith, Adam Bowers, Joost Houweling) and Drago of Portugal (Jose Sotto Mayor, Gustavo Lima, Frederico Melo).
Overall Results: (top seven)
1st Debutant (DEN): Lars Hendriksen, Kleen Frithjof and Anders Bagger – 28pts
2nd Bunker Queen (UAE): Marcus Wieser, Sergey Pugachev and Georgii Leonchuk – 30pts
3rd Bunker Boys (UAE): Yevgen Braslavets, Igor Sidorov and Sergiy Timokhov – 33pts
4th Agtivists (MON): Philipp Malte, Michael Kurtz, Thorsten Imbeck – 45pts
5th Annapurna (Russia): Anatoly Loginov, Vadim Statsenko, Alexander Shalagin – 50pts
6th Sophie (Switzerland): Pedro Andrade, Martin Westerdahl, Diogo Cayolla – 63pts
7th Cloud (Italy): Giuseppe Duca, Jean Sebastien Ponce, Vittorio Zaoli – 66pts
The Virginie Henriot Cup will be awarded to the helmsman of the winning boat and is an award for the nationality of the latter rather than the boat.
Corinthian Results: (non-professional crews, top three)
1st Tergeste (Italy): Nando Colaninno, Guido Antar Vigna, Mauro Grandone – 77pts
2nd The Knucker (Norway): Martin Palson, Goran Alm, Per Arne Nilsen
3rd Dejavu (Ukraine): Sergiy Pichugin, Sergiy Scherbakov, Igor Severyanov
The complete standings are available online at www.yachtclubsanremo.it
Nations represented
A total of 23 nations were represented: Antigua, Australia, Austria, Denmark, United ArabEmirates, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Monaco, Norway, Holland, Portugal, Russia, United States, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and Hungary.
The sailors present
Some of the top names in Italian sailing competed at Sanremo. British sailor Lawrie Smith – whose achievements have included a bronze medal in the Soling at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, three editions of the Whitbread and the America's Cup in 1983 at the helm of Victory – was aboard Alfie. German Olympic sailor Vincent Hoesch - World and European Champion in various classes including the Dragon, Star and H-Boat - was competing aboard Sinewave. German Markus Wieser - who in 2013 took victory in the International 5.5-metre World Championship and third position in the Dragon World Championships - was aboard Bunker Queen. Marc Bouet – who was Soling World Champion in 1991, competed in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics and helmed Ville de Paris and Cap Harmonie in the America's Cup – was sailing aboard Irina.
Event partners
The Gazprom International European Dragon Championship is being staged in partnership with Gazprom International and BMW (main partners of the event), and Paul&Shark, Transbunker, Ulysse Nardin, Pantaenius Yacht Insurance, Comune di Sanremo, Royal Hotel Sanremo, RegioneLiguria, Casino di Sanremo, Gruppo Cozzi Parodi.