OK Dinghy Spring Cup at Medemblik - Overall
by Robert Deaves 3 May 2015 16:51 BST
1-3 May 2015
Charlie Cumbley (GBR) has won the OK Dinghy Spring Cup in Medemblik for The Rüdiger Prinz Trophy at the first attempt after a win in race 7 sealed the event for him. Jim Hunt (GBR) finished second with Greg Wilcox (NZL) just maintaining third after a late charge from Rene Johannsen (DEN).
The forecast strong winds seemed to blow themselves out overnight leaving a choppy sea and 14-18 knots, which gradually reduced during the day. It was a grey day though with rain coming through later. Wilcox made the best of the first race to lead round the first triangle. Then Cumbley came through on the second beat to lead to the finish for his fifth race win and the overall win with a race to spare.
The wind moderated slightly for the final race with reduced visibility and grey skies. This seemed to suit Hunt, who rounded the top mark in the lead. Cumbley briefly took the lead downwind, but on the second beat Hunt favoured the middle while the rest took the right. Hunt crossed back with a nice lead again and led to the finish.
With Cumbley and Hunt a clear first and second, Wilcox took third by a very narrow margin after Johannsen and Bo Petersen (DEN) closed the gap with some consistent sailing.
It was a very tough weekend, sailed in some testing and tricky conditions across all wind ranges. Charlie Cumbley was the deserved winner of the Rüdiger Prinz Trophy. This is the first year that this trophy has been presented. It was created in memory of long time OK Dinghy sailor Rüdiger Prinz who died earlier this year. It is a half model OK Dinghy in orange, the colour of his boat. The Spring Cup was one of his favourite events, so his friends decided it would be a fitting tribute to his memory. A collection was also taken in the Brakeboer pub last night, where EUR 300 was raised to be given to his family's chosen charity.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | GBR 2173 | Charlie Cumbley | 1 | 1 | 1 | ‑6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | GBR 1 | Jim Hunt | 2 | 4 | ‑7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | NZL 544 | Greg Wilcox | ‑7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | DEN 1442 | Renesarabia Johannsen | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | ‑11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | DEN 1431 | Bo Petersen | (ocs) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 30 |
| 6 | GBR 2150 | Nick Craig | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | (ocs) | 4 | 8 | 5 | 37 |
| 7 | DEN 1420 | Jørgen Lindhardtsen | (ocs) | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 57 |
| 8 | GBR 2177 | Alex Scoles | 6 | 10 | ‑24 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 76 |
| 9 | GBR 2151 | Jon Fish | (ocs) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 81 |
| 10 | GER 693 | Martin v. Zimmermann | 14 | 16 | ‑28 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 87 |
| 11 | GBR 2145 | Tony Woods | 10 | 7 | 13 | ‑23 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 89 |
| 12 | GBR 2175 | David Kenneth Carroll | 5 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 13 | ‑28 | 17 | 13 | 90 |
| 13 | GBR 2042 | Richard Burton | 20 | 6 | 9 | 25 | ‑35 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 100 |
| 14 | GER 772 | Oliver Gronholz
| 9 | 15 | 15 | 18 | (ocs) | 22 | 19 | 8 | 106 |
| 15 | DEN 1 | Bo Reker Andersen | 16 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 23 | ‑26 | 16 | 19 | 109 |
| 16 | GBR 2171 | Simon Cox | 19 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 7 | ‑26 | 23 | 113 |
| 17 | GER 778 | Sönke Behrens | 8 | 31 | (dns) | 27 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 120 |
| 18 | GBR 2172 | Dave Bourne | 17 | 17 | 27 | 26 | 16 | ‑30 | 10 | 10 | 123 |
| 19 | GBR 2154 | Simon Cowood | 13 | 18 | 12 | ‑39 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 21 | 127 |
| 20 | GBR 2156 | Robert Deaves | 22 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 23 | ‑24 | 14 | 128 |
| 21 | DEN 1397 | Henrik Kofoed Larsen | 12 | 25 | 14 | ‑30 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 129 |
| 22 | GER 775 | Joerg Rademacher | 15 | 28 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 20 | 21 | ‑29 | 132 |
| 23 | GBR 2147 | Tom Lonsdale | 25 | 22 | (dns) | 24 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 142 |
| 24 | FRA 1823 | de Kervénoaël Guillaume | 23 | 21 | 25 | 19 | ‑30 | 15 | 28 | 18 | 149 |
| 25 | GER 777 | Andreas Pich | 18 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 18 | 24 | ‑30 | 27 | 154 |
| 26 | GER 791 | Frank Strelow | 11 | 30 | 22 | 22 | (ocs) | 9 | 33 | 28 | 155 |
| 27 | DEN 22 | Ask Askholm | (ocs) | 14 | 18 | 31 | 27 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 156 |
| 28 | GER 790 | Thorsten Schmidt | 27 | 24 | 17 | 29 | 22 | ‑32 | 18 | 25 | 162 |
| 29 | DEN 1430 | René Bruun | ‑33 | 33 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 29 | 32 | 170 |
| 30 | DEN 142 | Malte Pedersen | 28 | 20 | 31 | 28 | 26 | ‑38 | 25 | 22 | 180 |
| 31 | GER 77 | Ralf Mackmann | 21 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 21 | 33 | (dns) | dns | 186 |
| 32 | SWE 99 | Hans Elkjaer | 24 | 32 | 23 | ‑37 | 28 | 35 | 23 | 24 | 189 |
| 33 | GBR 2139 | Kenneth Carroll | 32 | 36 | 16 | 36 | 31 | (dnf) | 27 | 31 | 209 |
| 34 | GBR 2141 | Simon Davis | (dns) | 27 | 33 | 38 | 24 | 37 | 31 | dns | 237 |
| 35 | GER 665 | Peter Stephan | 26 | 34 | 32 | 35 | 36 | 27 | (dnf) | dns | 237 |
| 36 | BEL 214 | Paul Verrijdt | 30 | 39 | 34 | 17 | 32 | 39 | (dns) | dns | 238 |
| 37 | NED 663 | Stephan Veldman | 34 | 35 | 38 | 33 | 25 | 43 | (dns) | dns | 255 |
| 38 | GBR 2130 | Deryck Lovegrove | 31 | 40 | 36 | ‑45 | 39 | 44 | 32 | 33 | 255 |
| 39 | GBR 66 | Martin Bower | 29 | 37 | 35 | 40 | 33 | 36 | (dns) | dns | 257 |
| 40 | GBR 2129 | Alan Atkin | 36 | 43 | 37 | 34 | 38 | 25 | (dns) | dns | 260 |
| 41 | GER 678 | Heinz Ridder | (dns) | 38 | 39 | 41 | 40 | 41 | 35 | 34 | 268 |
| 42 | GBR 2170 | Bob Bourne | 37 | (dns) | dns | 42 | 34 | 34 | dns | dns | 288 |
| 43 | GER 793 | Karsten Kath | 35 | 41 | (dns) | 43 | 37 | 42 | dns | dns | 292 |
| 44 | GER 737 | Christian Heinze | (dns) | dns | dns | 32 | ocs | 31 | dns | dns | 298 |
| 45 | NED 638 | Robert Bancken | 38 | (dns) | dns | 46 | 41 | 45 | dns | dns | 311 |
| 46 | DEN 112 | Svend jakobsen | (ocs) | 42 | dns | 44 | ocs | 40 | dnc | dn | 314 |
