International Canoe Europa Cup at Travemunde Woche
by Chris Hampe 5 Aug 2010 08:09 BST
The International Canoe class held their Europa Cup as part of the 121st Travemunde Woche in Germany.
The opening day saw testing conditions with the wind varying from 20 to 25 knots, but it was the large and steep choppy Baltic sea that caught many competitors out resulting in many capsises. Chris Hampe dominated the first race leading all the way around the course unchallenged from Johan Elfstrom in 2nd. In race two Chris led the fleet again But only to capsise
on the final beat to the finish letting Johan through for the win. Axel
Bierwagen was the only other sailor to finish both races as the conditions took
their toll on the fleet.
Day two and conditions were only slightly better, Hampe again lost the lead to
Johan who began to find another level of performance and recorded a 1, 2, 1
scoreline to move to the head of the leader board. The 2009 rules boats were
still struggling in the conditions, Peter Ullmann was the only boat to record a
finish, But was well down the order of ICOD's. The home charge from the German
fleet was hotting up as Frederick Steimann closed the gap on Axel for third.
Day three and no wind on the course area forced the committee in to a long delay
until a sea breeze could fill in and stabilise. Racing eventually got under
way at 16:00 with wind varying from 12 to 18 knots with a moderate chop. Johan
Elfstrom continued to dominate winning all three races and securing overall
victory. Peter Ullmann was able to fair better in the 2009 rules boat to lead
around the course whilst Roger Regitz was able to pace the front running ICOD's.
Axel Bierwagen had the second best day scoring 2, 3 , 2 to assure himself of
finishing in third. Behind the front two sailors racing was extremely close with
boats separated by seconds. Chris Hampe had a disappointing first race of the
day but improved in each race to secure second place overall.
The final day's racing was abandoned at midday.
ICOD Class results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | T-Pts |
|---|
| 1 | SWE 101 | Elfström, Johan | [2] | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8,00 |
| 2 | GBR 238 | Hampe, Christopher | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | [5] | 4 | 3 | 17,00 |
| 3 | GER 77 | Bierwagen, Axel | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | [7] | 2 | 3 | 2 | 22,00 |
| 4 | GER 58 | Steimann, Frederik | [DNC] | DNF | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 46,00 |
| 5 | GER 76 | Stahl, Arne | 4 | [DNS] | 4 | 7 | DNC | 7 | 6 | 7 | 50,00 |
| 6 | GER 56 | Gillen, Jan | [DNC] | DNF | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 53,00 |
| 7 | GER 74 | Pagel, Eckhardt | [DNC] | DNC | DNC | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 56,00 |
| 8 | GER 43 | Beers, Simon | [DNC] | DNC | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 56,00 |
| 9 | GER 52 | Steimann, Anette | [DNC] | DNC | DNF | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 58,00 |
| 10 | GER 64 | Beers, Frido | [DNC] | DNC | DNS | DNS | DNS | 10 | 10 | 10 | 90,00 |
| 11 | GER 49 | Volkmer, Alfred | [DNC] | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 105,00 |
| 11 | GER 15 | Gercken, Heike | [DNC] | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNF | DNS | 105,00 |
| 11 | GER 59 | Praetz, Ulrike | [DNC] | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 105,00 |
| 11 | GER 60 | Junge, Marei | [DNC] | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 105,00 |
IC Class results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | T-Pts |
|---|
| 1 | GER 79 | Ullmann, Peter | [DNC] | DNC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9,00 |
| 2 | GER 78 | Regitz, Roger | [DNC] | DNC | DNF | DNS | DNS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18,00 |