Finn World Masters at Medemblik, Holland

Finn World Masters at Medemblik, Holland - Day 1

by Robert Deaves, IFA 13 May 2008 09:31 BST 11-16 May 2008

World Champion Budzien opens with two bullets

They may be old, they may be grey and some may even be a bit wrinkly, but that doesn't stop the sailors currently sailing in the Finn World Masters in Medemblik from enjoying tough and competitive racing. Two challenging races were sailed today, Monday, in very different conditions.

In the first the breeze hardly got over 5-6 knots, with lots of pressure differential across the course. In the afternoon, a 12-14 knot wind kicked in producing exciting downwind legs and providing a physical challenge rather than a mental one.

One sailor who got in right in both races was defending World Masters Champion, Andre Budzien (GER), who won both his heats. The 232 boat fleet has been split into yellow, blue, green and red fleets with each colour racing the others twice, before a gold/silver split on Friday.

In the other heat, race wins went to Jurgen Kraft (GER) and Allen Burrell (GBR). Burrell, a previous double bronze medalist at this event placed 55th in the morning race, but clearly enjoyed the afternoon breeze.

At the opening briefing, Chairman of the International Jury Chris Watts (GBR) commented, “Despite sailing a singlehanded boat, Finn sailors are the most friendly and fun bunch of sailors around and it's a real pleasure being here.” On the water, the Jury had little to do, with a few yellow flags in the morning race and even less in the afternoon with the 'O' flag up for free pumping throughout.

Two more races are scheduled for Tuesday with a forecast of stronger winds coming through.

Results after Day 1: (two races)

Pos	Sail No	Helm	R1	R2	Pts
1	GER 711	André Budzien, M	1	1	2
2	BUL 24	Mihail Kopanov, M	5	4	9
3	NED 747	Thierry van Vierssen, M	6	5	11
4	GRE 1	Ilias Hatzipaulis, GM	10	2	12
5	NED 29	Bas de Waal, M	3	9	12
6	NED 888	Luuk Kuijper, M	11	2	13
7	NED 804	Cees Scheurwater, M	10	4	14
8	NED 780	Jan Willem Kok, M	8	6	14
9	NED 30	Hero Mulder, M	2	13	15
10	GRE 71	Panagiotis Davourlis, M	7	9	16
11	NED 81	Gerko Visser, M	4	14	18
12	GBR 1	Sander Kooij, M	6	12	18
13	NED 27	Paul Kamphorst, M	7	12	19
14	NED 703	Eric Bakker, M	12	8	20
15	USA 24	Conrad Brown, M	4	17	21
16	NED 100	Han Bergsma, M	19	3	22
17	FRA 75	Laurant Hay, M	15	8	23
18	GBR 10	Robert Deaves, M	8	16	24
19	NED 897	Ed van der Steene, M	2	24	26
20	AUS 2	Rob McMillan, M	21	5	26
21	NED 55	Eddy Huisman, M	17	10	27
22	DEN 140	Michael Bæk, GM	5	23	28
23	USA 808	R. Phillip Ramming, GM	22	7	29
24	CRO 110	Luksa Cicarelli, GGM	11	18	29
25	FRA 99	Allain des Beauvais Marc, GM	16	16	32
26	GBR 8	Tim Carver, M	24	11	35
27	GER 310	Ralf Behrens, M	21	15	36
28	GER 39	Erich Karl-Heinz, GM	14	23	37
29	CZE 318	Martin Plecitý, GM	13	28	41
30	ITA 38	Claudio Bosetti, GM	22	19	41
31	SWE 721	Mikael Brandt, GGM	14	29	43
32	NED 62	Alex Breuseker, M	38	6	44
33	GBR 61	John Heyes, M	3	43	46
34	NED 25	Arwin Karssemeijer, M	39	10	49
35	SWE 734	Stefan Fagerlund, M	16	34	50
36	SWE 735	Johan Wijk, M	38	13	51
37	NED 54	Joos Bos, GM	19	32	51
38	CZE 8	Jiri Outrata, GGM	25	27	52
39	GBR 665	Julian C Smith, M	26	26	52
40	DEN 17	Lars Juel Christensen, M	42	11	53
41	FRA 150	Pascal Tetard, GGM	18	35	53
42	IND 1	Roel van Olst, M	20	35	55
43	GBR 669	Adrian Brunton, M	49	7	56
44	NED 1	Jan van der Horst, GM	26	30	56
45	GBR 2	Allen Burrell, M	56	1	57
46	GER 217	Carsten Niehusen, GM	28	29	57
47	RUS 5	Sergey Zabotin, GM	9	49	58
48	GBR 77	Howard Sellars, GGM	37	21	58
49	NED 39	Hans Zomer, GM	36	22	58
50	GER 701	Klaus-Dieter Götz, GM	20	39	59
51	DEN 7	Michael Staal, GM	46	14	60
52	DEN 249	Svend V. Andersen, M	45	15	60
53	NED 77	Jan-Jaap Lamme	29	31	60
54	GBR 567	Martin Hughes, GM	45	17	62
55	GER 48	Manfred Pöschl, GM	35	31	66
56	GER 208	Uwe Kinast, GM	40	27	67
57	NED 4	Ruurd Baerends, GM	12	57	69
58	RSA 1	Greg Davis, GGM	68	3	71
59	NED 10	Nanne Boot, GM	18	53	71
60	GER 209	Steffen Fölsing, M	33	38	71
61	NED 860	Loek Kruijer, GGM	51	22	73
62	SWE 711	Sten Waldo, GGM	32	41	73
63	NED 11	Henk de Jager, GM	50	25	75
64	FRA 10	Patrick Nicolas, GM	32	45	77
65	NED 2	Wouter Molenaar, GM	40	37	77
66	GER 34	Dieter Borges, GGM	13	65	78
67	GER 146	Friedrich Müller, GGM	59	19	78
68	GER 7	Reiner Heinings, M	24	54	78
69	GER 42	Jürgen Kraft, GGM	1	78	79
70	GER 82	Alfons Huber, M	27	53	80
71	MON 234	Michael Kurtz, GM	33	47	80
72	NED 67	Rutger Rozemuller, M	47	34	81
73	HUN 4	Lajos Varga, M	43	39	82
74	DEN 196	Lars Hall, M	65	18	83
75	GER 3	Walter Mai, Legend	23	60	83
76	RSA 540	Alan Tucker, GGM	57	28	85
77	NED 50	Jan Zetzema	29	56	85
78	GBR 611	Tony Lock, GGM	48	37	85
79	NED 6	Rob Huisman, GM	43	43	86
80	NED 899	Gertjan de Blij, GGM	23	64	87
81	NED 95	Wobbe de Schiffart, GM	54	33	87
82	GER 92	Detlev Guminski, GM	30	58	88
83	NED 47	Auke Woerdeman, M	46	42	88
84	RUS 28	Victor Kozlov, M	37	52	89
85	AUS 242	Bob Buchanan, GGM	44	45	89
86	NED 43	Jack van Hellemond, GGM	15	76	91
87	NED 7	John van Altena, GGM	60	33	93
88	GER 206	Klaus Reffelmann, M	54	40	94
89	GBR 12	Daniel Belton, M	53	41	94
90	NED 777	Albert Kroon, M	75	20	95
91	POR 5	Jorge Pinheiro de Melo, M	59	36	95
92	GBR 672	David Potter, M	77	20	97
93	GER 26	Willi Meister, Legend	9	89	98
94	NED 58	Pieter de Gooijer, GM	73	25	98
95	GBR 54	Keith, GM	27	72	99
96	NED 3	Gert van Woudenberg, GM	30	70	100
97	BEL 5	Yves Verhofstad, GM	41	59	100
98	NED 66	Ewout Meijer	44	58	102
99	GER 35	Hans-Günter Ehlers, GGM	35	68	103
100	GER 186	Detlef Blaschkowski, GM	17	87	104
101	NED 8	Rodrick Casander, GGM	83	21	104
102	NED 5	Rene Sala, GM	42	62	104
103	GER 202	Rolf Elsaesser, GM	52	52	104
104	GER 119	Peter Bronke, GGM	79	26	105
105	RSA 2	Alan Serritslev, GM	69	36	105
106	GBR 656	Graeme Macdonald, GGM	53	54	107
107	GER 111	Rainer Haacks	64	44	108
108	SUI 13	Peter Kilchenmann, GM	52	57	109
109	ESP 295	Javier Moreno, GM	36	74	110
110	GBR 631	Richard Hart, GGM	55	55	110
111	NED 848	Pax van de Griend, GGM	50	61	111
112	GBR 24	Rory Barnes	41	71	112
113	CZE 7	Vaclav Cintl, GGM	61	51	112
114	HUN 51	Istvan Ruta, M	31	82	113
115	HUN 2	Peter Sipos, GM	65	48	113
116	NED 35	Bas Proper, GM	69	46	115
117	SUI 11	Hans Fatzer	60	56	116
118	FRA 1	Didier Poissant, Legend	25	93	118
119	GER 240	Jürgen Paffrath, GM	76	42	118
120	GER 262	Uwe Barthel, GGM	70	48	118
121	DEN 5	Søren Oster, M	81	38	119
122	SWE 740	Sverker Härd, M	51	68	119
123	NED 748	Fons van Gent, GGM	64	55	119
124	RSA 571	Andreas Bohnsack	73	49	122
125	GER 56	Eckart Klages, M	58	65	123
126	GBR 624	John Torrance, GGM	48	77	125
127	GBR 46	Patrick Moore, GM	58	67	125
128	GER 19	Andreas Bollongino	94	32	126
129	GER 51	Hermann Heide, GM	49	77	126
130	RUS 151	Vladimir Butenko, M	87	40	127
131	NED 774	Evert-Jan Nilting, GM	56	72	128
132	RUS 71	Leonid Klayman, M	47	82	129
133	GER 89	Günter Kellermann, GGM	34	97	131
134	GER 58	Thomas Schulz, GM	70	61	131
135	ESP 260	Victor Serrano Conesa, M	82	51	133
136	NED 72	Lacus-jan Groenhout, GM	84	50	134
137	GER 112	Egbert Vincke Dr., GGM	68	66	134
138	NZL 3	Ben Winters, M	88	47	135
139	GER 155	Edwin Gast, M	76	59	135
140	NED 32	Peter Verhoef, GGM	62	73	135
141	RSA 570	Gerd. H.Bohnsack, Legend	34	102	136
142	NED 13	Harold Lensing, GM	63	73	136
143	NED 835	Jaap Goede, GM	93	44	137
144	ITA 43	Pietro Piram, GGM	72	67	139
145	RSA 51	Philip Baum, GGM	dnf	24	140
146	GER 308	Marco Colombo, M	61	79	140
147	AUS 231	James Mayjor, M	31	110	141
148	NED 865	Jack Kamminga, GM	28	dnc	144
149	SUI 496	Thomas Gautschi, M	dnc	30	146
150	FRA 69	Philippe Lobert, M	96	50	146
151	GER 131	Horst Schlick, Legend	55	91	146
152	SUI 40	Heinz Stammnitz, GM	62	84	146
153	NED 823	Nico van Wirdum, M	77	69	146
154	FRA 800	Yves Zoccola	66	81	147
155	GER 55	Herbert Sondermann	78	69	147
156	DEN 8	Peter Malm, GGM	71	76	147
157	NED 9	Jobs Isselmann, M	74	75	149
158	NED 69	Remmelt Staal, M	91	62	153
159	GER 195	Peter Wolzen, GM	88	66	154
160	ITA 4	Francesco Faggiani, M	39	dnc	155
161	NED 786	Johan de Schiffart, GM	96	60	156
162	GER 109	Manfred Tomaszewski, GGM	86	70	156
163	GER 2	Nils Peter, GM	78	78	156
164	GER 63	Michael Pandler, GGM	71	88	159
165	RUS 34	Alexsander Banko	97	63	160
166	GER 300	Eggo Zopfs	dnc	46	162
167	GER 9	Friedrich Koch, GGM	57	105	162
168	GBR 668	Nick Turley, GM	67	95	162
169	DEN 192	Johnny Aagesen, M	91	71	162
170	NED 101	Christian Scheen, GM	75	87	162
171	NED 866	Hans Steijn, M	82	80	162
172	GER 122	Holger Krasmann, M	89	75	164
173	GER 144	Jens Ott, Legend	63	103	166
174	SUI 58	Bruno Marti, M	66	100	166
175	SUI 7	Jiri Huracek, GM	83	83	166
176	POL 21	Jacek Binkowski, GM	81	86	167
177	GER 77	Lothar Köpnick, GM	105	63	168
178	GER 53	Berg, Dr. Kay-Detlev, GGM	104	64	168
179	GER 130	Alfred Blum, Legend	85	83	168
180	NED 17	Ab Schippers, GGM	79	90	169
181	NED 895	Jan-Tjeerd vd der Meulen, M	87	84	171
182	NED 862	Rob Woudstra, GGM	94	79	173
183	DEN 226	Birger Sund Nielsen, GM	80	93	173
184	GER 30	Ralf Heim, GM	67	109	176
185	CZE 4	Božena Šmídová, GGM	74	103	177
186	GER 175	Michael Möckel, GM	80	98	178
187	GER 124	Holger Dietrich, GGM	100	80	180
188	CZE 202	Gebhart Zdene, M	99	81	180
189	CZE 222	Petr Vinkl, M	90	90	180
190	NED 51	Maarten Oberman, GM	72	109	181
191	ESP 179	Emilio Plagaro, GGM	86	96	182
192	NED 23	Robert Sledziewski, GM	100	85	185
193	NED 723	Pieter Risseeuw, M	97	89	186
194	BEL 76	Paul Goossens, M	90	96	186
195	GBR 64	Craig Kirkpatrick-Whitby	102	85	187
196	NED 836	Bart Kraan	89	99	188
197	SWE 750	Lasse Larsson, GGM	84	105	189
198	NED 88	Chiel Barends, GM	dnc	74	190
199	GBR 14	Steve Sampson, GGM	92	101	193
200	DEN 174	Jan Verner Nielsen, M	99	94	193
201	GBR 583	Paul Brown, GGM	98	95	193
202	NED 813	Lenard Kaptein, M	95	98	193
203	GER 32	Felix Spring, M	102	92	194
204	HUN 9	Tamas Beliczay, GM	95	100	195
205	GER 57	Heinz Wendel, GM	108	88	196
206	GER 161	Ralf Kratz, GM	106	91	197
207	SUI 16	Carlo Lazzari, M	103	94	197
208	DEN 205	Mogens Petersson, GGM	107	92	199
209	GER 98	André Schmid, M	92	107	199
210	NED 841	Henk van Egmond, GM	85	dnc	201
211	FRA 865	Rochet Joseph, GM	dnc	86	202
212	SWE 752	Hans Wiberg, GM	106	97	203
213	DEN 172	Ole Blichfeldt Madsen, M	104	99	203
214	NED 68	Martijn David, M	98	106	204
215	GER 102	Siegfried Boehl, Legend	103	101	204
216	NED 749	Dick Hooijer, GM	101	104	205
217	GER 95	Gerd Bollrath, Legend	93	dnc	209
218	NED 869	Willem van Dijk, Legend	109	102	211
219	GRE 180	Basileios Tsampouniaris, M	101	111	212
220	GER 168	Jack Larsen, GM	110	104	214
221	NED 48	Boudewijn Kortbeek, GGM	105	110	215
222	DEN 178	Ane Zielinski, M	109	106	215
223	GER 46	Dr. Peter Truhm, GGM	108	107	215
224	NED 870	Gelmus Peeters, GGM	107	111	218
225	NED 367	Arthur van Son, GM	112	108	220
226	GER 71	Blass Bernd, M	111	112	223
227	ESP 303	Jose Comesaña, GM	dnc	108	224
228	DEN 22	Kim Svare, GM	110	dnc	226
229	NED 20	Leo Hartman, GM	dnc	dnc	232