RS Feva European Championships at Aquavitesse, Bruinisse, Holland

by Golly Tucker 3 Jun 2014 16:14 BST 29-31 May 2014

RS Feva Europeans at Aquavitesse, The Netherlands © Bongaerts

The RS Feva European Championships 2014 were held over Thursday 29 to Saturday 31 May at Aquavitesse, Bruinisse, Holland. Six nations battled it out for the honours - NED, CZE, BEL, LTU, EST & GBR. Competition was very tight until new UK Champions Harvey Martin & Bobby Hewitt blew everyone away with a stunning last 5 races - 1,1,3,2,1 to win with a comfortable 18pt margin.

Thursday dawned with a fair bit of cloud but a great racing breeze to get the first 3 races in. The day one leaders were Dutch duo Ties v.d. Stroom & Gijs Dutilh. At this point Harvey & Bobby were still settling in but lurked ominously for the others in 3rd place just behind Graeme & Madeleine Bristow. Czech girls Nikol Stankova & Veronika Piklova were 4th with Jack Lewis & Lucas Marshall sniffing around in 5th. Lithuanian pairing Simonas Jarsouas & Gabriele Petraityte made up a four nation top six.

Friday was just fabulous with a good breeze and sun galore for the four races. Harvey & Bobby found their Dutch sealegs and challenged all-comers with a good day ending with a perfect pair of bullets to go into the final day sat on top of the heap. Nikol & Veronika had hitched onto the leaders shirt tails and nipped into second while Graeme & Madeleine were still holding up Jack & Lucas. The Dutch decided that scrappinig amongst themselves was just as much fun and took out places 5 to 8 with Bo v. Wendel d.Joode & Ties v.d. Ploegh doing the most damage.

After a fabulous Dutch sailors dinner and discs (music) on Friday evening, Saturday dawned with the sun flowing over but the wind doing as promised and lurking around behind the bushes. As foecast however the breeze regained it's confidence after a couple of hours and then steadily built all day to give fabulous conditions for the last three races. And Harvey & Bobby just nailed it. Making best use of the second discard kicking in Jack & Lucas managed to pull it out of the bag in the last race to snatch silver by one point from Nikol & Veronika. Getting the unenvied but massively well deserved leather medal were Dutch team Bo & Ties from compatriots Ties & Gijs and more compatriots Willemijn & Manus Offerman thus giving the home nation 4th to 6th.

RS Feva Europeans at Aquavitesse, The Netherlands - photo © Bongaerts

Medals and Trophies:

Gold, Harvey Martin & Bobby Hewitt (GBR)
Silver, Jack Lewis & Lucas Marshall (GBR)
Bronze, Nikol Stankova & Veronika Piklova (CZE)

Ladies

Gold, Nikol Stankova & Veronika Piklova (CZE)
Silver, Nynke Verwoerd & Annabel Wickel (NED)
Bronze, Kotryna Kastaite & Daumante Petrailyte

Junior

Gold, Jack Lewis & Lucas Marshall (GBR)
Silver, Jaroslav Cermak & Petr Kostal (CZE)
Bronze, Jip & Lot Groen (NED)

Family

1st Willemijn & Manus Offerman (NED)
2nd Graeme & Madeleine Bristow (GBR)
3rd Finley & Daniel Armstrong (GBR)

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Nat	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1st	1389	GBR	Harvey Martin	Bobby Hewitt	Leigh and Lowton/Ogston Sailing Club	2	3	‑11	‑9	3	1	1	3	2	1	16
2nd	4945	GBR	Jack Lewis	Lucas Marshall	Draycote Water Sailing Club	‑16	1	2	3	‑15	5	5	11	4	3	34
3rd	4956	CZE	Nikol Stankova	Veronika Piklova	yc lipno nad vltavou	5	‑6	6	4	4	2	3	5	6	‑8	35
4th	5623	NED	Bo van Wendel de Joode	Ties Verploegh	KZC	‑13	‑15	3	5	6	3	4	2	9	10	42
5th	3691	NED	Ties van der Stroom	Gijs Dutilh	KRZV De Maas	9	2	1	12	‑16	9	9	1	‑19	2	45
6th	2878	NED	Willemijn Offerman	Manus Offerman	WVA‑vinkeveen	8	8	7	8	1	4	‑13	‑9	7	6	49
7th	4610	GBR	Graeme Bristow	Madeleine Bristow	Leigh and Lowton	1	7	8	1	7	6	6	‑24	‑14	14	50
8th	4890	GBR	Finley Armstrong	Daniel Armstrong	Royal Torbay Yacht Club	4	‑16	4	‑15	5	10	7	14	3	7	54
9th	3475	NED	Tom Dutilh	Max Bruijn	Royal Maas YC Rotterdam	6	(BFD)	5	6	‑12	7	8	4	12	9	57
10th	5679	LTU	Simonas Jarsouas	Gabriele Petraityte	na	7	4	9	7	8	12	10	‑16	1	‑15	58
11th	3469	NED	Roos van Lookeren Campagne	Olivier Tan	KRandZV De Maas	10	(BFD)	‑19	10	9	8	16	10	13	4	80
12th	453	GBR	Harry Barker	Josh Beck	Bowmoor Sailing Club	3	9	21	‑31	10	23	2	6	16	(OCS)	90
13th	4768	GBR	Arthur Brown	Hannah Tucker	ROYAL BURNHAM SAILING CLUB	17	17	20	11	2	‑21	‑23	8	5	13	93
14th	5146	GBR	Daniel Lewis	Elliott Marshall	Draycote Water Sailing Club	11	5	‑18	14	‑17	11	11	17	11	16	96
15th	2186	CZE	Jaroslav Cermak	Petr Kostal	YC Pardubice	15	13	13	2	‑35	‑24	15	15	10	20	103
16th	5335	CZE	Vaclav Brabec	Johana Rozlivková	YC CERE	‑22	11	17	13	13	‑18	14	13	15	12	108
17th	3466	NED	Carien Dermer	Bas van Lookeren Campagne	KRZV De Maas	12	12	10	‑18	18	15	‑20	18	8	18	111
18th	4319	EST	August Luure	Artur Luure	SRA NYCS	19	14	12	16	19	17	12	‑21	17	‑26	126
19th	4103	GBR	George Tardrew	Sam Lythgoe	Sea Cadets	21	20	16	19	‑23	13	19	19	‑27	5	132
20th	1620	NED	Naud Bol	Sofie Bol	KRZV De Maas	14	(PI1)	15	27	(DNF)	16	30	7	18	11	138
21st	4309	NED	Tom van Cranenburgh	Philine van Cranenburgh	KWV De Kaag	18	18	14	‑28	‑24	22	17	20	21	17	147
22nd	1619	NED	Thomas Snoek	Tijmen Beemster	Watersport Vereniging Vinkeveen‑Abcoude	23	10	22	21	11	‑26	21	26	‑28	23	157
23rd	3692	NED	Gijs Binkhorst	Boudewijn Binkhorst	KWVLoosdrecht	‑27	19	‑30	17	22	25	18	25	20	27	173
24th	3524	NED	Nynke Verwoerd	Annabel Wickel	kzc	25	23	24	25	25	‑29	‑26	12	23	25	182
25th	4065	GBR	Emma Tardrew	Freddie Simes	BVSC	‑30	24	23	29	14	27	25	22	‑31	19	183
26th	3470	NED	Koen Vierling	Joost Dragt	Royal MaasYC	24	25	‑33	24	21	20	27	‑29	24	22	187
27th	587	NED	Jip Groen	Lot Groen	WVA Vinkeveen	20	‑34	25	22	29	14	22	27	30	‑33	189
28th	5680	LTU	Kotryna Kasetaite	Daumante Petraityte	na	‑32	30	28	23	28	19	‑31	28	22	21	199
29th	3213	NED	Martijn Jessurun	Rozemarijn Beemster	WV Vinkeveen‑Abcoude	‑35	21	27	‑38	30	34	24	23	25	28	212
30th	4833	NED	Tijn Bos	Marit Henkelman	KWVL	‑31	31	29	26	31	28	‑36	31	26	24	226
31st	3272	NED	Folkert‑Jan Oosterkamp	Thymen Ottenhof	Muiden	‑39	28	31	32	20	33	37	‑40	29	29	239
32nd	3473	NED	Wouter van der Veen	Laurens Dermer	KNRZV De Maas	33	‑36	‑35	20	27	30	35	32	32	32	241
33rd	421	NED	Saskia Visser	Baruch Kiestra	Royal Netherlands Yacht Club	29	33	32	‑36	26	31	28	‑35	35	31	245
34th	4441	BEL	Aline Bongaerts	Jentel Van Rijn	RYCB	28	29	‑37	37	34	32	29	33	34	‑39	256
35th	4551	NED	Quirine de Haan	Danique Leunisse	GWV Elfhoeven	38	26	‑39	35	32	‑44	34	39	36	30	270
36th	4111	NED	Max Kortman	Storm Rechsteiner	Royal Netherlands Yacht Club	26	35	‑38	34	33	36	‑45	36	37	34	271
37th	4494	NED	Florine de Haan	Gita Houbolt	WSV Elfhoeven	34	27	26	30	39	38	32	(DNS)	(DNS)	DNS	275
38th	3138	NED	Matts Leunisse	Lukas van den Broek	GWV Elfhoeven	‑40	37	34	‑41	36	37	38	38	40	35	295
39th	6389	NED	Anne van Marioon	Karlijn van Woerkom	Watersport vereniging Oostvoorne	‑42	38	‑42	40	38	35	33	42	39	36	301
40th	1174	NED	Dillan van Dam	Miluska van Rompu	WVA	36	42	‑44	42	41	41	(DNF)	30	33	37	302
41st	5092	NED	Femke van den Berg	Martin Wolters	WVA	‑43	39	36	43	37	40	40	34	(OCS)	40	309
42nd	3694	NED	Ghislaine van Vlijmen	Jorrit Heddema	KWVL	37	32	40	39	(DNF)	42	42	41	(DNF)	43	316
43rd	5670	NED	Chris Schoneman	Gijs Verhulst	WSV Jachthaven Bruinisse	41	43	43	(DNF)	40	39	39	‑44	43	42	330
44th	6390	NED	Jan van Marion	Bas van Woerkom	watersport vereniging oostvoorne	46	44	‑48	33	42	43	43	47	(DNF)	38	336
45th	5248	NED	Ties de la Court	Koen Stein	WSV Herkingen (NL)	44	(DNF)	41	44	(DNF)	DNF	41	37	38	46	340
46th	5567	NED	Justin Rot	Jacob Quak		‑47	41	47	(DNF)	43	45	44	46	41	44	351
47th	4831	NED	Olaf bouwens	Luc Leemhuis	Geen	45	40	45	(DNF)	(DNF)	DNF	DNF	45	44	45	362
48th	5568	NED	Loet Brouwer	Max Vermeulen	Kwvl	(DNF)	(DNF)	46	DNF	44	DNF	DNS	43	42	41	363