The Edwards International 505 Class European Championships finally got

by Simon J Lake on 14 Aug 2000 RACE 1 - The City of Plymouth Trophy

Stuart Turnball/Jason Lunn were the pathfinders for race one, which started
promptly at 11:00 am in force 4 south westerly winds. Simon Payne/Bill
Masterman passed Ian Pinnell/Nick Powell on the first beat to lead at the
windward mark Pinnell/Powell, were second with Dave Smithwhite/Neil Fulcher
third. The leading three consolidated their positions to finish in the same
order, leaving place changes to the chasing pack. For most competitors the
greatest challenge was finding the finishing line, as the last beat was
sailed in driving rain with only a few hundred metres visibility.

Race one results :-

Position Sail No Helm Crew Club
1 GBR 8481 SIMON PAYNE BILL MASTERMAN HISC
2 GBR 8736 IAN PINNELL NICK POWELL GWSC
3 GBR 8555 DAVID SMITHWHITE NEIL FULCHER
4 GER 8750 WOLFGANG HUNGER HOLGER JESS PYC
5 SWE 8232 EBBE ROSEN OLLE WENRUP MAI ARHOJDENS
6 GBR 8556 TERRY SCUTCHER RICHARD TEW SHOTLEY SC

RACE 2 - Dunhill Trophy

The second race was started in a force 2 winds, pathfinder was Charles
Walters/Christian Diebitsch who helped by a very substaintial wind shift on
the first beat, they arrived at the windward mark second, just behind Hector
Cisneros/Lawrence Crispin. Third at the first mark was the senior team from
Stone SC of Terry Selfe/Alan Montague. The wind shift had changed the first
reach to a run and many of the leading group went off in the wrong
direction. First at the gybe mark was Dave Smithwhite/Neil Fulcher,
Cisneros/Crispin had dropped to about 5th and Walters/Diebitsch dropped to
12th. The final beat turned into a lottery as the wind filled in from the
west.Marcus Mulbauer/Angela Stenger came from the middle of the fleet to win
from Smithwhite/Fulcher and Wolfgang Hunger/Holger Jess who also staged a
great recovery on the final leg.

Position Sail No Helm Crew Club
1 GER 8751 MECHLBAUER ANGELA STENGER DTYC
2 GBR 8555 DAVID SMITHWHITE NEIL FULCHER
3 GER 8750 WOLFGANG HUNGER HOLGER JESS PYC
4 GBR 8458 JACK HAYHURST ADRIAN COATES BURTON
5 GBR 8429 ROB NAPIER JONATHAN RENNIE HOUSE OF LORDS
6 GBR 8679 HECTOR CISNEROS LAWRENCE CRISPIN STONE SC

Overall after two races :-

Overall Position Sail No Helm Crew Club Series Points
1 GBR 8555 DAVID SMITHWHITE NEIL FULCHER 8.7
2 GER 8750 WOLFGANG HUNGER HOLGER JESS PYC 13.7
3 GBR 8736 IAN PINNELL NICK POWELL GWSC 16
4 GBR 8481 SIMON PAYNE BILL MASTERMAN HISC 19
5 GER 8751 MARKUS MULBAUER ANGELA STENGER DTYC 24
6 GBR 8679 HECTOR CISNEROS LAWRENCE CRISPIN STONE 28.7