Finn World Masters at Medemblik, Holland

Finn World Masters at Medemblik, Holland - Days 3 & 4

by Robert Deaves, IFA 15 May 2008 18:27 BST 11-16 May 2008

The 229 boat fleet at the Finn World Masters in Medemblik, Holland © Suzanne van der Horst

Budzien wins second Finn World Masters with a day to spare

The final two qualification races have been sailed in the 229 boat Finn World Masters in Medemblik in general light to moderate conditions.

Wednesday's race brought lighter winds with a few upsets, however after five races the discard had an equally large effect, bringing to the top many sailors who had picked up a high score in the first few races. In the first heat, defending World Champion, Andre Budzien (GER) continued to lead the scoreline, but tainted his copybook with a third place finish behind Thierry van Vierssen (NED) and Han Bergma (NED). In the second heat, Ilias Hatzipaulis (GRE) won in front of Gerko Visser (NED) and Eric Bakker (NED).

The Dutch home fleet are having a great regatta with no less than 9 boats inside the top 20. Many have been training here for months in preparation for this regatta.

On Thursday, the wind started at around 15 knots but soon dropped to about 10 knots once the starts got underway, and at times during the races dropped to 4-5 knots. It was very tricky sailing at times.

Wide pressure differential across the course also caused a few upsets, but Budzien assured himself of his second consecutive title by placing second in his heat behind Hatzipaulis who won his second race in a row. The other heat was won by Mihail Kopanov (BUL) in a race plagued by large wind shifts and patchy holes across the course.

The final race will be sailed tomorrow at 11.30, and although the winner is assured, everyone else in the top 10 is already discarding a high score, so the other medal places are wide open.

Results after Day 4: (6 races)

Pos	Sail No	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	GER 711	André Budzien, M	1	1	1	1	-3	2	6
2	BUL 24	Mihail Kopanov, M	5	4	2	3	-33	1	15
3	NED 100	Han Bergsma, M	-21	3	2	5	2	3	15
4	GRE 1	Ilias Hatzipaulis, GM	10	2	8	(dns)	1	1	22
5	NED 29	Bas de Waal, M	3	9	10	4	(ocs)	4	30
6	NED 804	Cees Scheurwater, M	10	4	11	2	4	(dnc)	31
7	NED 747	Thierry van Vierssen, M	6	5	16	6	1	(dnf)	34
8	NED 780	Jan Willem Kok, M	8	6	3	2	20	(ocs)	39
9	GBR 2	Allen Burrell, M	-52	1	1	9	28	4	43
10	NED 888	Luuk Kuijper, M	11	2	5	6	-30	21	45
11	GBR 669	Adrian Brunton, M	-51	7	15	1	25	2	50
12	FRA 99	Allain des Beauvais Marc, GM	16	16	6	5	-38	7	50
13	USA 808	R. Phillip Ramming, GM	23	6	7	9	6	-58	51
14	FRA 75	Laurant Hay, M	15	8	9	8	(ocs)	11	51
15	NED 703	Eric Bakker, M	12	7	13	-20	3	18	53
16	DEN 196	Lars Hall, M	-61	17	3	12	13	9	54
17	GBR 8	Tim Carver, M	-25	11	4	14	18	7	54
18	NED 897	Ed van der Steene, M	2	-24	11	16	14	13	56
19	USA 24	Conrad Brown, M	4	-17	17	10	13	12	56
20	NED 62	Alex Breuseker, M	-40	5	8	11	19	13	56
21	GER 310	Ralf Behrens, M	21	15	-22	8	4	10	58
22	DEN 140	Michael Bæk, GM	5	23	-37	7	5	23	63
23	GBR 10	Robert Deaves, M	8	15	14	15	15	-28	67
24	GRE 71	Panagiotis Davourlis, M	7	8	4	19	-42	30	68
25	DEN 7	Michael Staal, G	-48	14	12	21	16	5	68
26	NED 27	Paul Kamphorst, M	7	11	-27	10	14	27	69
27	RSA 1	Greg Davis, GGM	-64	3	7	7	39	16	72
28	ITA 38	Claudio Bosetti, GM	22	18	10	17	-29	8	75
29	NED 81	Gerko Visser, M	4	13	22	35	2	-51	76
30	NED 55	Eddy Huisman, M	17	10	12	-69	23	20	82
31	CRO 110	Luksa Cicarelli, GGM	11	18	19	14	-31	22	84
32	RSA 2	Alan Serritslev, GM	-65	34	14	11	16	10	85
33	NED 25	Arwin Karssemeijer, M	-41	9	9	4	33	31	86
34	GBR 61	John Heyes, M	3	-41	31	20	25	15	94
35	NED 54	Joos Bos, GM	19	32	18	(dsq)	12	14	95
36	CZE 8	Jiri Outrata, GGM	24	25	-35	31	12	6	98
37	FRA 150	Pascal Tetard, GGM	18	34	-39	34	11	6	103
38	SWE 734	Stefan Fagerlund, M	17	33	-39	17	28	14	109
39	GBR 1	Sander Kooij, M	6	12	29	23	(ocs)	41	111
40	GBR 672	David Potter, M	(dsq)	20	5	27	40	21	113
41	DEN 17	Lars Juel Christensen, M	44	10	15	22	22	-80	113
42	GER 39	Erich Karl-Heinz, GM	14	21	-40	35	31	12	113
43	GER 217	Carsten Niehusen, GM	(dsq)	29	13	30	7	35	114
44	GBR 77	Howard Sellars, GGM	39	21	-54	13	10	38	121
45	RSA 51	Philip Baum, GGM	16	22	21	30	32	-39	121
46	IND 1	Roel van Olst, M	22	33	-44	37	23	8	123
47	SWE 721	Mikael Brandt, GGM	14	27	-47	43	11	29	124
48	GBR 567	Martin Hughes, GM	42	16	28	18	-47	22	126
49	NED 66	Ewout Meijer	46	-56	34	26	5	18	129
50	RUS 5	Sergey Zabotin, GM	9	46	27	13	34	-68	129
51	GER 701	Klaus-Dieter Götz, GM	20	37	(ocs)	37	19	17	130
52	GER 208	Uwe Kinast, GM	37	27	(ocs)	16	15	37	132
53	AUS 242	Bob Buchanan, GGM	41	-43	18	36	24	15	134
54	GBR 665	Julian C Smith, M	25	26	32	32	-48	19	134
55	NED 2	Wouter Molenaar, GM	42	(dsq)	24	24	8	37	135
56	NED 77	Jan-Jaap Lamme	30	31	31	12	-35	32	136
57	NED 11	Henk de Jager, GM	-52	23	23	29	34	27	136
58	NED 860	Loek Kruijer, GGM	-53	22	43	32	17	25	139
59	CZE 318	Martin Plecitý, GM	13	28	46	51	-58	5	143
60	NED 30	Hero Mulder, M	2	12	6	15	(dnc)	dnc	151
61	HUN 4	Lajos Varga, M	40	37	-44	41	8	31	157
62	GER 146	Friedrich Müller, GGM	62	19	36	36	6	(dsq)	159
63	ITA 4	Francesco Faggiani, M	36	(dnc)	26	25	53	19	159
64	RSA 540	Alan Tucker, GGM	-53	26	30	19	37	48	160
65	HUN 2	Peter Sipos, GM	-68	45	38	43	9	30	165
66	SWE 735	Johan Wijk, M	(ocs)	13	25	21	49	57	165
67	FRA 10	Patrick Nicolas, GM	33	42	-46	31	21	40	167
68	NED 1	Jan van der Horst, GM	27	28	37	(dnc)	70	9	171
69	GER 48	Manfred Pöschl, GM	36	29	(dsq)	46	27	33	171
70	NED 58	Pieter de Gooijer, GM	-69	25	20	23	61	44	173
71	GER 206	Klaus Reffelmann, M	56	38	-61	48	30	3	175
72	GER 19	Andreas Bollongino	-90	30	41	40	36	28	175
73	NED 4	Ruurd Baerends, GM	12	55	38	(dnc)	20	53	178
74	NED 47	Auke Woerdeman, M	43	40	19	38	38	-58	178
75	GER 35	Hans-Günter Ehlers, GGM	33	-64	33	22	64	26	178
76	GBR 631	Richard Hart, GGM	51	53	40	-56	18	20	182
77	GER 3	Walter Mai, Legend	24	-58	29	55	50	26	184
78	SUI 496	Thomas Gautschi, M	58	30	16	(dsq)	47	34	185
79	NED 39	Hans Zomer, GM	34	20	76	(dnc)	7	50	187
80	POR 5	Jorge Pinheiro de Melo, M	55	35	17	26	-68	54	187
81	DEN 5	Søren Oster, M	-76	36	45	28	44	34	187
82	CZE 7	Vaclav Cintl, GGM	-64	48	51	27	32	33	191
83	NED 8	Rodrick Casander, GGM	85	19	28	18	(dsq)	43	193
84	GER 209	Steffen Fölsing, M	31	36	23	29	75	(bfd)	194
85	DEN 249	Svend V. Andersen, M	47	14	(ocs)	25	43	66	195
86	NED 777	Albert Kroon, M	78	(dsq)	36	28	17	46	205
87	NED 3	Gert van Woudenberg, GM	31	-66	30	41	63	40	205
88	GBR 12	Daniel Belton, M	49	38	35	46	42	(ocs)	210
89	GER 111	Rainer Haacks	-67	41	48	38	50	35	212
90	NZL 3	Ben Winters, M	-84	44	33	50	64	23	214
91	NED 88	Chiel Barends, GM	20	-71	67	60	27	44	218
92	NED 95	Wobbe de Schiffart, GM	50	31	21	39	78	(dnc)	219
93	NED 10	Nanne Boot, GM	19	50	53	54	-56	45	221
94	NED 35	Bas Proper, GM	72	44	47	39	21	(ocs)	223
95	GER 262	Uwe Barthel, GGM	-66	46	57	33	49	43	228
96	RUS 28	Victor Kozlov, Legend	35	49	-59	52	52	42	230
97	GER 7	Reiner Heinings, M	23	52	56	48	-72	53	232
98	GBR 611	Tony Lock, GGM	44	35	59	-60	40	54	232
99	GER 92	Detlev Guminski, GM	28	55	50	54	46	(ocs)	233
100	MON 234	Michael Kurtz, GM	34	45	(ocs)	34	9	ocs	238
101	HUN 51	Istvan Ruta, M	32	-79	66	59	26	55	238
102	GBR 24	Rory Barnes	43	-67	42	49	58	48	240
103	RUS 151	Vladimir Butenko, M	89	(dsq)	25	52	37	39	242
104	GBR 656	Graeme Macdonald, GGM	55	51	52	44	41	-64	243
105	GER 42	Jürgen Kraft, GGM	1	73	(ocs)	70	41	60	245
106	NED 6	Rob Huisman, GM	45	40	(dnc)	33	81	47	246
107	SWE 711	Sten Waldo, GGM	30	39	68	45	65	-83	247
108	GER 119	Peter Bronke, GGM	-81	24	55	80	66	29	254
109	ESP 260	Victor Serrano Conesa, M	-84	49	58	40	48	59	254
110	FRA 69	Philippe Lobert, M	98	47	49	45	(ocs)	17	256
111	GER 202	Rolf Elsaesser, GM	54	50	41	(dnc)	55	56	256
112	NED 835	Jaap Goede, GM	-89	42	45	44	44	81	256
113	SUI 11	Hans Fatzer	-63	53	63	57	60	24	257
114	NED 5	Rene Sala, GM	39	59	-78	78	57	25	258
115	ESP 295	Javier Moreno, GM	37	70	60	47	45	-81	259
116	BEL 5	Yves Verhofstad, GM	38	57	60	72	-76	42	269
117	SWE 740	Sverker Härd, M	47	65	76	-81	43	38	269
118	GER 240	Jürgen Paffrath, GM	(dsq)	39	42	51	103	36	271
119	SUI 13	Peter Kilchenmann, GM	48	54	52	-68	65	52	271
120	GER 56	Eckart Klages, M	61	-62	51	50	54	55	271
121	GER 58	Thomas Schulz, GM	-73	58	72	56	29	61	276
122	RUS 71	Leonid Klayman, M	(dsq)	76	34	47	67	56	280
123	NED 895	Jan-Tjeerd vd der Meulen, M	-83	81	54	77	59	11	282
124	GER 26	Willi Meister, Legend	9	85	-88	74	36	80	284
125	FRA 865	Rochet Joseph, GM	38	82	-86	69	45	52	286
126	NED 72	Lacus-jan Groenhout, GM	80	48	20	63	-85	77	288
127	GER 51	Hermann Heide, GM	45	74	(ocs)	79	75	16	289
128	NED 748	Fons van Gent, GGM	60	52	48	-67	63	67	290
129	AUS 2	Rob McMillan, M	(dsq)	dsq	ocs	3	10	47	292
130	NED 69	Remmelt Staal, M	-87	60	50	49	62	71	292
131	NED 899	Gertjan de Blij, GGM	(dsq)	61	32	75	46	79	293
132	RSA 571	Andreas Bohnsack	76	47	(ocs)	42	57	74	296
133	GER 300	Eggo Zopfs	-79	43	64	74	54	61	296
134	NED 43	Jack van Hellemond, GGM	15	73	24	(ocs)	73	ocs	301
135	GBR 46	Patrick Moore, GM	54	63	61	55	-77	68	301
136	POL 21	Jacek Binkowski, GM	83	80	72	(dsq)	35	32	302
137	DEN 192	Johnny Aagesen, M	93	68	62	58	22	(dnc)	303
138	RUS 34	Alexsander Banko	93	60	43	24	84	-94	304
139	GER 195	Peter Wolzen, GM	90	(dsq)	53	53	71	41	308
140	GBR 624	John Torrance, GGM	50	72	67	(dnc)	59	65	313
141	GER 109	Manfred Tomaszewski, GGM	-82	67	69	76	78	24	314
142	NED 786	Johan de Schiffart, GM	-92	57	66	58	86	51	318
143	NED 50	Jan Zetzema	27	54	58	64	(dsq)	dnc	319
144	GER 34	Dieter Borges, GGM	13	62	(dnc)	dnc	53	76	320
145	GER 89	Günter Kellermann, GGM	35	-93	81	71	67	66	320
146	GER 55	Herbert Sondermann, GGM	73	65	71	-80	68	46	323
147	FRA 1	Didier Poissant, Legend	26	87	85	(dsq)	51	75	324
148	NED 823	Nico van Wirdum, M	79	66	69	61	-91	49	324
149	SUI 40	Heinz Stammnitz, GM	58	78	73	62	56	-87	327
150	FRA 800	Yves Zoccola	62	-75	70	57	74	65	328
151	AUS 231	James Mayjor, M	29	106	(ocs)	59	24	dnc	334
152	GER 112	Egbert Vincke Dr., GGM	71	63	65	66	70	-90	335
153	GER 82	Alfons Huber, M	26	51	77	66	(dnc)	dnc	336
154	ITA 43	Pietro Piram, GGM	68	64	56	71	-102	78	337
155	NED 7	John van Altena, GGM	56	(dsq)	26	dnc	55	89	342
156	SUI 7	Jiri Huracek, GM	78	80	71	(dnc)	69	45	343
157	GER 57	Heinz Wendel, GM	-104	82	55	42	98	70	347
158	GER 308	Marco Colombo, M	57	74	84	-88	60	74	349
159	NED 13	Harold Lensing, GM	66	70	-79	62	79	72	349
160	NED 866	Hans Steijn, M	77	77	57	73	-88	73	357
161	CZE 202	Gebhart Zdene, M	-101	78	80	75	66	63	362
162	GER 63	Michael Pandler, GGM	67	84	62	70	80	-88	363
163	GER 155	Edwin Gast, M	72	56	(dnc)	dnc	72	49	365
164	NED 23	Robert Sledziewski, GM	96	(dsq)	73	65	83	50	367
165	GBR 64	Craig Kirkpatrick-Whitby	-104	79	63	65	90	72	369
166	CZE 222	Petr Vinkl, M	86	86	79	84	-100	36	371
167	NED 774	Evert-Jan Nilting, GM	59	69	(dnc)	dnc	62	67	373
168	GER 122	Holger Krasmann, M	85	(dsq)	75	61	82	73	376
169	GBR 54	Keith, GM	28	68	49	(dnc)	dnc	dnc	377
170	NED 9	Jobs Isselmann, M	77	72	74	63	-92	91	377
171	GER 2	Nils Peters, GM	80	75	87	(dnc)	76	60	378
172	GER 32	Felix Spring, M	-98	88	65	53	89	91	386
173	DEN 226	Birger Sund Nielsen, GM	75	-89	82	82	87	62	388
174	NED 848	Pax van de Griend, GGM	46	59	91	(dnc)	79	dsq	391
175	NED 865	Jack Kamminga, GM	29	(dnc)	92	dnc	39	dnc	392
176	NED 32	Peter Verhoef, GGM	65	69	68	(dnc)	dsq	76	394
177	NED 862	Rob Woudstra, GGM	-96	76	83	72	77	86	394
178	SUI 58	Bruno Marti, M	69	93	74	(dnc)	91	71	398
179	RSA 570	Gerd. H.Bohnsack, Legend	32	95	(dnc)	dnc	83	78	404
180	GER 77	Lothar Köpnick, GM	101	(dsq)	64	dnc	69	59	409
181	DEN 8	Peter Malm, GGM	74	71	80	(dnc)	dnc	70	411
182	NED 17	Ab Schippers, GGM	74	84	(dnc)	dnc	26	dnc	416
183	GER 144	Jens Ott, Legend	59	99	83	(dnc)	93	83	417
184	BEL 76	Paul Goossens, M	92	92	94	64	-98	75	417
185	GBR 668	Nick Turley, GM	70	91	85	77	94	-96	417
186	GER 161	Ralf Kratz, M	-109	85	70	73	101	90	419
187	GER 186	Detlef Blaschkowski, GM	18	83	(dnc)	dnc	90	dnc	423
188	NED 836	Bart Kraan	91	95	93	(dnc)	82	62	423
189	DEN 205	Mogens Petersson, GGM	103	86	82	(dnc)	61	93	425
190	DEN 172	Ole Blichfeldt Madsen, M	-107	92	86	68	93	86	425
191	HUN 9	Tamas Beliczay, GM	-97	96	90	76	74	89	425
192	GER 131	Horst Schlick, Legend	57	87	(dnc)	dnc	71	95	426
193	GER 30	Ralf Heim, GM	63	105	(dnc)	dnc	51	92	427
194	NED 813	Lenard Kaptein, M	91	94	88	(dnc)	85	69	427
195	NED 67	Rutger Rozemuller, M	49	32	(dnc)	dnc	dsq	dnc	429
196	NED 723	Pieter Risseeuw, M	99	83	81	67	99	(ocs)	429
197	GBR 14	Steve Sampson, GGM	88	97	93	(dnc)	95	64	437
198	GER 98	André Schmid, M	94	-100	90	78	92	84	438
199	NED 101	Christian Scheen, GM	71	81	(dnc)	dnc	dnc	57	441
200	CZE 4	Božena Šmídová, GGM	70	96	-99	86	95	94	441
201	SWE 752	Hans Wiberg, GM	102	(dsq)	78	83	104	82	449
202	GER 102	Siegfried Boehl, Legend	-99	94	89	85	97	84	449
203	SUI 16	Carlo Lazzari, M	106	88	(dnc)	dnc	80	63	453
204	ESP 179	Emilio Plagaro, GGM	88	90	89	(dnc)	dnc	77	460
205	GER 175	Michael Möckel, GM	82	91	84	(dnc)	89	dsq	462
206	NED 20	Leo Hartman, GM	(dnc)	dnc	dnc	dnc	52	69	469
207	GER 53	Berg, Dr. Kay-Detlev, GGM	100	61	77	(dsq)	dnc	dnc	470
208	NED 367	Arthur van Son, GM	-108	104	91	87	104	87	473
209	NED 870	Gelmus Peeters, GGM	110	(dsq)	96	79	101	88	474
210	GER 9	Friedrich Koch, GGM	60	101	100	(dnc)	ocs	98	475
211	NED 749	Dick Hooijer, GM	97	100	87	(dnc)	dnf	79	479
212	SWE 750	Lasse Larsson, GGM	86	98	(dnc)	dnc	96	85	481
213	NED 68	Martijn David, M	100	102	98	(dnc)	96	85	481
214	NED 51	Maarten Oberman, GM	75	102	(dnc)	dnc	73	dnc	482
215	DEN 174	Jan Verner Nielsen, M	95	90	(dnc)	dnc	99	82	482
216	GBR 583	Paul Brown, GGM	94	89	(dnc)	dnc	84	101	484
217	GER 168	Jack Larsen, GM	106	97	101	(dnc)	88	92	484
218	GRE 180	Basileios Tsampouniaris, M	103	104	92	(dnc)	103	95	497
219	NED 841	Henk van Egmond, GM	81	(dnc)	75	dnc	dsq	dnc	504
220	DEN 178	Ane Zielinski, M	105	99	(dnc)	dnc	86	100	506
221	GER 71	Blass Bernd, M	107	105	97	(dnc)	100	97	506
222	GER 130	Alfred Blum, Legend	87	77	(dnc)	dnc	dnc	dnc	512
223	GER 46	Dr. Peter Truhm, GGM	111	103	95	(dnc)	97	dnc	522
224	NED 48	Boudewijn Kortbeek, GGM	108	103	(dnc)	dnc	81	dnc	524
225	ESP 303	Jose Comesaña, GM	105	101	(dnc)	dnc	87	ocs	525
226	DEN 22	Kim Svare, GM	113	(dnc)	dnc	dnc	102	93	540
227	NED 869	Willem van Dijk, GGM	112	98	(dnc)	dnc	dsq	99	541
228	GER 124	Holger Dietrich, GGM	102	(dsq)	dnc	dnc	94	dnc	544
229	GER 95	Gerd Bollrath, Legend	95	(dsq)	dnf	dnc	dnc	dnc	559