Yngling Open Springtime Championship at Fraglia Vela Riva - Day 2

by Elena Giolai 4 May 2012 08:41 BST 2-5 May 2012

It was a beautiful day yesterday on Trentino Garda with sunshine and steady southerly winds for day 2 of The Yngling Springtime Championship, 2012. Three races were completed bringing to a total of 5 out of the 8 scheduled for this edition.

The thirty crews, guests of Fraglia Vela Riva, had an intense afternoon and as the level of competition in this Championship heats up, there is all to play for for a place on the podium. Despite attacks from the Dutch crew of Jamin-Smolders-Berens (3rd last year in the same event),Austrians Mayr-Knittel-Spaengler hold on to the lead (1-9-3 today's partials), even if its only by a single point.

After today's first 2 races the Dutch crew, helmed by Jamin Maarten (1-9 the first partials), were able to overtake but even with today's excellent performance with a fifth and 2 firsts, they were still behind on points after throwing out the worst result. AUT 293 of Rudi Mayr leads with 7 points compared with 8 for Jamin who took advantage of today's strong winds, which reached 20 knots, to win their last two races.

The settled weather forecast until Saturday should guarantee steady winds which would favour Maarten, or will Rudi Mayr be able to stave off the attack and hold on to the lead? Another possibility is that the other Austrian crew AUT 82 of Diem-Hafner-Gebhard could make a move. They are currently in 3rd place, 3 points behind the Dutch. It is definitely too soon to predict the outcome of the Championship.

There was a good performance yesterday from the Swiss crew helmed by Thomas Kristiansen taking 2nd place in the second regatta. They are 6th overall.

Today another day of thrilling regattas on wind-generous Trentino Garda!

Results after Day 2: (5 races)

Pos	Sail No	Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	AUT 293	RUDI MAYR, ANDREAS KNITTEL, MICHAEL SPAENGLER	1	2	1	-9	3	7
2	NED 355	JAMIN MAARTEN, SMOLDERS JAAP, BERENS MENNO	2	4	-5	1	1	8
3	AUT 82	DIEM KLAUS, HAFNER STEPHAN, GEBHARD MANFRED	3	3	3	-15	2	11
4	NED 337	DEEN JAN, OOST SANDER, VAN DER ZEE STEVEN	5	1	-8	3	5	14
5	AUT 276	RIHA WOLFGANG, SKOLAUT GEORG, HOFSTAETTER MARKUS	14	-15	2	4	4	24
6	SUI 77	KRISTIANSEN THOMAS, BECKHAUS NILS, WILD JAN	6	9	-10	2	7	24
7	GER 277	RALF TEICHMANN, VAES JOS, REHE HENNING	7	7	4	-10	6	24
8	SUI 458	THOMAS BECK, MATTHIAS FAHRNI, DANIEL GERBER	4	-19	9	5	8	26
9	SUI 457	RICO GREGORINI, ALDER PASCAL, KIRSTEN WEIBERS	8	10	6	-11	9	33
10	SUI 455	KOHLSCHUETTER CHRISTOPH, SIEGFRIED ANGELIKA, JAKOB MARKUS	-15	8	11	6	10	35
11	NED 365	ROBERT-JAN KENTGENS, TOINE DE LEENW, MICHEL PEULEN	-16	11	7	7	13	38
12	NED 109	DIJKSTRA WALING, WETTING ROBERT, DOLLE FIONNUALA	13	6	13	8	(dnf)	40
13	NED 318	DE KLER R, BERTLING A, HEINTZBERGER L	12	5	16	12	(dnf)	45
14	NED 289	VERBERNE JACQUES, VAN DYK BERTINE, POELMAN JOHAN	9	14	-18	14	11	48
15	SUI 454	JUERG WENGER, RENE' RUEPP, BEAT MELONI	17	13	12	-19	12	54
16	SUI 398	HAAG PATRICK, AUERBACH NIKLAS, GONTARZ ADAM	10	16	15	17	-18	58
17	NED 334	BOT PAUL, DROOG NIGEL, VAN HARTEN LEONIE	18	-21	14	16	15	63
18	NED 329	PEL MARCELLA, VAN DORT FLORIAN, GROVE SOPHIE	19	-20	19	13	14	65
19	NED 346	SLIKBOER JOCHEM, HOPMANS ESTHER, HOPMANS IVO	-21	18	17	18	16	69
20	NED 184	ZWART REINOUT, TORCQUE DICK, DE MEIJER JOSEPHINE	-23	17	20	20	17	74
21	SUI 451	THOMAS MOSER, WALTER BAUMGARTNER, ROGER MARIN	11	12	(dnc)	dnc	dnc	79
22	NED 1	SIJTSMA HERMAN, ROB SOMMERS, VAN DEN AKKEN BAS	20	24	(dnc)	21	19	84
23	NED 312	VAN LIEBERGEN GEORGE, MITTERTREININ RENATE, BIGGS ALEXIA	24	22	21	22	(dnc)	89
24	NED 147	NERSTEYLEN LUC, SEVERIJNEN MARJOLEIN, V.STEYLEN LANWINGER MARION	22	-25	22	25	21	90
25	SUI 195	MAX BISSIG, ANDREAS ROTHE, HANS SCHMID	-25	23	23	24	22	92
26	GER 278	DAEBRITZ PHILIPP, BRELLE JENS, MAYR BORIS	(dnc)	26	24	23	20	93
27	AUT 300	MARTIN LUTZ, CHRISTOPH SKOLAUT, SUSANNE SKOLAUT	(dnc)	dnc	dnc	dnc	dnc	112