The 2015 RS500 Worlds, hosted by Aquavitesse in The Netherlands, is off to a flying start. With an amazing entry just under 70 boats, the fleets were split into 4 flights for the first time, and a qualifying series of 4 races was held over the first 2 days.
Day one was light (and amazingly hot & sunny), and only one race could be completed before the wind switched off completely and we were all towed in. The Dutch Party was the usual fun and frolics, with a heart-warming opening ceremony, those terrible red, white & blue drinks, and DJ Henk keeping us dancing.
Day 2 - sunny and hot again, but this time with a fine F3, and the 3 scheduled races were held, providing a qualifying series and allowing the fleets to be split into gold and silver for the rest of the Championship.
Pete Barton & Heather Chipperfield lead the field counting 3 firsts in the qualifying series, with Peter & James Curtis just behind with 1,1,2.
Today the sun is waiting for us to launch to show itself, and the wind has piped up to F4. 3 good races to come... then the Brit Party!
| Pos | Sail No | Helm & Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | GBR 1015 | Peter Barton & Heather Chipperfield | 1 | 1 | 1 | ‑4 | 3 |
| 2 | GBR 659 | Peter Curtis & James Curtis | 1 | 3 | 1 | ‑8 | 5 |
| 3 | NED 727 | Jane Olive & Chris Tuckett | 4 | ‑9 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | ITA 950 | Tommaso Gommellini & Rudolfo Rubina | 3 | 2 | 4 | ‑8 | 9 |
| 5 | NED 1054 | Graeme Bristow & Izzy Bristow | 2 | 6 | 2 | ‑7 | 10 |
| 6 | ITA 944 | Francesco Bozano & Andrea Dellepiane | 2 | ‑10 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | ITA 111 | Peter Bokmark & Marin Person | 9 | 2 | ‑10 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | NED 112 | Malin Broberg & Johan Rook | ‑23 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 9 | FRA 718 | Max Groen & Bjorn Oude Avenhuis | ‑11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | NED 51 | Martin Johansson & Axel Johansson | ‑7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 11 | GBR 819 | Pim Vugt & Lisa Vugt | ‑9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 12 | NED 1003 | Thomas Rot & Marloes Rot | 6 | 6 | ‑9 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | NED 1089 | Gerard Marin & Paul Batttle | 8 | 1 | 8 | ‑10 | 17 |
| 14 | ITA 946 | Luca Abergo & Stefano Costini | ‑16 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 |
| 15 | CZE 894 | Bruno Goris & Edith Kanters | ‑15 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 16 | NED 1066 | Michiel Geerling & Hilde Geerling van Susante | 5 | (dsq) | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 17 | ITA 1035 | Martina Gommellini & Beatrice Xodo | 4 | 11 | 5 | ‑16 | 20 |
| 18 | GBR 1032 | Michele Oppizzi & Pietro Frazzica | 6 | 9 | 5 | ‑20 | 20 |
| 19 | FRA 940 | Olivier Thomas & Paco Thomas | 3 | ‑18 | 14 | 9 | 26 |
| 20 | NED 965 | Willemijn van Susante & Nick van Alphen | 13 | ‑15 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 21 | GBR 1069 | Hugo Tucker & Tom Collino | 5 | 13 | 9 | ‑23 | 27 |
| 22 | GBR 777 | Marleen Blomsma & Jody de Jager | ‑22 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 23 | FRA 1031 | Matteo Cara & Leonardo Pizzagalli | 12 | 12 | ‑15 | 5 | 29 |
| 24 | NED 994 | Jochem Slikboer & Anna Bertling | ‑25 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 31 |
| 25 | NED 67 | Johan van Veen & Viktor Haaksman | ‑16 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 34 |
| 26 | NED 1038 | Anneke Kikkert & Floris Stapel | ‑25 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 35 |
| 27 | FRA 821 | Stephan Fassberg & Johanna Fassberg | 7 | (dns) | 13 | 16 | 36 |
| 28 | NED 1005 | George Wilson & Laura Wilson | 10 | ‑23 | 16 | 11 | 37 |
| 29 | NED 1074 | Robin Rijnhout & Maarten Berendschot | 14 | ‑16 | 13 | 10 | 37 |
| 30 | NED 961 | Giel Blokker & Corinne van Dalen | 8 | 13 | ‑22 | 18 | 39 |
| 31 | FRA 1039 | David Jones & Sylvie Jones | 11 | ‑25 | 18 | 12 | 41 |
| 32 | NED 892 | Giulio Foggi & Adriana Campanella | (ufd) | 17 | 11 | 13 | 41 |
| 33 | NED 1088 | Richard Rot & Marieke Gijzel | 14 | 12 | ‑17 | 15 | 41 |
| 34 | CZE 22 | Henrik Sillen & Ralf Lobel | ‑21 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 44 |
| 35 | NED 1076 | Lukas van de Broek & Florine de Haan | 10 | 20 | 16 | ‑25 | 46 |
| 36 | NED 607 | Martijn Jessurun & Folkert‑Jan Oosterkamp | ‑18 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 49 |
| 37 | FRA 748 | Anna Zmura & Keith Sykes | 12 | 17 | (dnf) | 21 | 50 |
| 38 | SWE 708 | Freek Rutten & Rep Boonstra | 20 | ‑26 | 17 | 17 | 54 |
| 39 | NED 1073 | Henry Russell & Matthew Russell | 13 | 22 | 21 | ‑29 | 56 |
| 40 | NED 763 | Anne Johan Buis & Femke Jaarsma | 18 | (dns) | 24 | 14 | 56 |
| 41 | NED 638 | Erik van der Linden & Anna Biesheuvel | 15 | 19 | 23 | ‑24 | 57 |
| 42 | NED 1087 | Marije Willemsen & Lonneke van Es | 17 | 22 | ‑26 | 19 | 58 |
| 43 | SVK 928 | Mathilde Boudrique & Compain | 24 | 16 | 20 | ‑27 | 60 |
| 44 | FRA 980 | Alexandre Emanuel & Guilhem Magnoud | ‑30 | 14 | 19 | 28 | 61 |
| 45 | NED 629 | Thymen Ottenhof & Baruch Kiestra | ‑27 | 27 | 15 | 19 | 61 |
| 46 | NED 1028 | Sander de Jong & Ralf Broer | ‑19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 62 |
| 47 | NED 540 | Jan van den Brink & David van Veen | (dnf) | 15 | 27 | 21 | 63 |
| 48 | NED 1058 | Martin Wolters & Niels Dieleman | ‑26 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 63 |
| 49 | NED 18 | Mark den Heijer & Marco Haas | 21 | 23 | 22 | ‑25 | 66 |
| 50 | NED 890 | Sashua van den Wall Bake & Lisette Hemelaar | (dnf) | 28 | 19 | 20 | 67 |
| 51 | NED 915 | Fabrice Colaert & Laurent Malghem | 20 | 20 | ‑28 | 28 | 68 |
| 52 | ITA 17 | Anna Milerova & Klara Houskova | 26 | (dns) | 25 | 18 | 69 |
| 53 | FRA 563 | Eric Gdalia & Perrine Gdalia | 19 | (dnf) | 24 | 26 | 69 |
| 54 | NED 864 | Jasper Mellema & Robert Mellema | 17 | 24 | (dns) | 30 | 71 |
| 55 | GBR 719 | Marnix Tissing & Okke Tissing | 22 | 21 | 29 | ‑31 | 72 |
| 56 | NED 837 | Wampie Driessen & Niek van der Kooy | 24 | 24 | ‑25 | 24 | 72 |
| 57 | GBR 1019 | Toni Roldan & Laia Roldan | ‑28 | 21 | 26 | 26 | 73 |
| 58 | BEL 935 | Olivier Beyls & Steve Jolley | (dnf) | 25 | 30 | 23 | 78 |
| 59 | GBR 670 | Fleur Leijs & Marieke Reitsma | 28 | ‑29 | 27 | 27 | 82 |
| 60 | GBR 733 | Frank Ottenhof & Rob Jessurun | 27 | 26 | ‑31 | 30 | 83 |
| 61 | GBR 565 | Will Pook & Alex Cole | 23 | (dns) | dns | dns | 93 |
| 62 | NED 1075 | Enno de Haan & tba | (dns) | dns | 28 | 31 | 94 |
| 63 | FRA 654 | Julius de Koning & Thijmen Michiels | 29 | (dns) | dnf | 29 | 98 |
| 64 | ITA 580 | Robert Mazgaj & Petr JenAek | 31 | (dns) | dnf | dnf | 101 |