D-One Gold Cup at Union Yacht Club Wolfgangsee, Austria

by Chris Sallis 11 Jun 2018 19:17 BST 30 May - 3 June 2018

The 2018 D-One Gold Cup hosted by Union Yacht Club, Wolfgangsee, saw a record entry of 43 boats from 9 nations.

Based in the picturesque Austrian town of St Gilgen the championship saw challenging conditions and a competitive fleet including Nick Craig, champion in multiple classes and a 3-times Gold Cup winner; Viktor Teply, Czech 2-time Olympian in the Laser class, Ondrej Teply, a previous winner of the Finn Junior Worlds and 5-time Olympian / 6 time winner of the Finn World Masters Championships, Michael Maier.

Day one saw tricky conditions with the first race which was led by Tim Garvin being abandoned due to a thunder storm warning. The experience of the race team showed as they quickly re-set the course and managed to run 2 races. Viktor scored 2 bullets with Nick 2nd and Giles Chipperfield showing good form with a 3rd and a 6th. Day 2 saw more good race management as the RO anticipated the thermal wind and set up the race course perfectly.

Three races were completed with Nick picking up 2 wins and a second to move into the lead. Day three saw 2 races sailed in a shifting wind with changing pressure across the course. This saw several changes on the leader board. However Nick delivered a strong performance in the conditions taking 2 more bullets. Victor and Giles consolidated 2nd and 3rd places. The final race on Sunday saw the fleet out in the afternoon thermal with Nick once again demonstrating his mastery of the conditions with a clear win over Chris Sallis who finished 2nd and Michael Maier rounding out the top 3.

The final results saw Nick taking the title ahead of Viktor and Giles, with Giles taking the Masters title ahead of Michael Maier and Chris Sallis. Devoti Sailing and Harken both generously provided prizes which were spread throughout the competitors. Union Yacht Club and the Austrian D One fleet, in particular Felix Hofinger and Georg Schofegger, did an excellent job of organising the event with social events every evening and a good supply of free beer sponsored by club members!

The ethos of the D-One class is to travel to new and interesting places, meet with old friends and make new ones whilst enjoying competitive, exciting sailing and great social events and this event certainly lived up to that. With the largest championship fleet to date everybody enjoyed battles on the water and sharing a beer or two afterwards. The UK fleet now has the Nationals at Lymington early in July before heading to one of our favourite venues Santa Margherita Ligure in Italy for the European champions ships in September.

With growing fleets across Europe the class has outlined the international championship programme for the next 2 years with the Gold Cup in France and the Europeans in Switzerland in 2019 and Europeans in Northern Spain and the the Gold Cup coming to the UK in 2020.

Overall Results:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	First Name	Surname	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	GBR	5	Nick	Craig	Frensh	[2]	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	9
2	CZE	81	Viktor	Teply	YC Brn	1	1	5	1	4	2	3	[8]	17
3	GBR	411	Giles	Chipperfield	Lyming	3	6	[9]	4	2	6	5	6	32
4	CZE	55	Ondrej	Teply	Jachtk	6	5	4	6	[11]	4	7	7	39
5	CZE	50	Michael	Maier	JMJ	10	9	7	3	5	5	[14]	3	42
6	GBR	410	Chris	Sallis	GYGSC	5	10	6	8	7	[17]	9	2	47
7	GBR	122	Howard	Farbrother	Queen	9	7	3	13	[17]	7	4	13	56
8	GBR	72	Tim	Garvin	Queen	7	[14]	11	5	6	8	6	14	57
9	CZE	40	Marek	Bachtik	YC Cer	11	11	[18]	7	10	12	2	12	65
10	POL	120	Piotr	Machel	UKS Wi	8	15	2	[16]	16	10	15	4	70
11	AUT	20	Felix	Hofinger	UYCAS	22	13	[24]	9	3	3	12	11	73
12	GBR	703	Ken	Ward	South	12	12	12	11	13	11	[17]	10	81
13	GBR	202	Ben	Falat	Wavene	14	17	13	[26]	8	14	13	15	94
14	AUT	10	Matthias	Böckl	UYCWg	[25]	23	8	10	9	13	24	9	96
15	AUT	16	Stefan	Hess	UYCNs	17	4	16	15	[26]	16	11	18	97
16	ITA	10	Jörg	Deimling	SCA	4	8	21	30	12	18	[41/OCS]	5	98
17	AUT	7	Fritz	Heigerer	SCM	18	3	15	18	21	[33]	10	23	108
18	GBR	8	Nicholas	Crickmore	Wavene	20	20	19	14	23	19	16	[38]	131
19	HUN	122	Géza	Matyasovszki	D‑One	15	[29]	10	19	20	21	23	24	132
20	SUI	7	Patrick	Rüfenacht	YCB	[29]	19	25	12	18	27	19	22	142
21	SUI	53	Michel	Erni	RCO	[28]	21	23	25	25	20	20	17	151
22	GBR	405	Tyler	Harmsworth	Shoreh	21	27	17	22	29	[32]	18	21	155
23	CZE	302	Libor	Hosek	YC Ces	[41/DNS]	18	20	23	39	24	8	26	158
24	AUT	767	Georg	Schöfegger	UYCWg	32	25	[36]	24	15	15	29	20	160
25	AUT	115	Toni	Eigenstuhler	UYCWg	[35]	32	14	27	22	23	21	31	170
26	ITA	111	Alessandro	Gasparini	Lni Be	30	16	26	[31]	28	29	25	16	170
27	ITA	102	Tommaso	Buzzi	LNI Sa	13	28	[37]	21	14	36	30	32	174
28	SUI	101	Andreas	von Arx	Zürche	16	22	29	[35]	32	26	26	27	178
29	AUT	17	Jakob	Lindner	UYCAS	23	24	33	33	33	9	28	[41/DNS]	183
30	FRA	401	Etienne	Lobert	C.V.L.	[34]	33	32	17	24	31	27	25	189
31	CZE	204	Filip	Hosek	YC Cer	27	[41/DNF]	34	29	19	22	31	28	190
32	AUT	5021	August	Schram	UYCWg	19	35	28	32	[41/DNF]	25	35	19	193
33	SUI	316	Joerg	Truebl	YCM	[33]	30	27	20	27	30	32	29	195
34	GBR	502	Steve	Gray	Grgsc	26	34	22	28	31	[38]	34	30	205
35	AUT	13	Martin	Zimmermann	WYC	31	26	31	[39]	36	28	22	34	208
36	GBR	21	Vanessa	Weedon Jones	Grafha	37	36	30	34	30	[39]	33	33	233
37	UN	67	Georg	Friemel	UYCWg	24	31	[40]	36	37	40	36	37	241
38	AUT	1	Michael	Grasmann	UYCWg	39	[41/DNF]	35	37	35	34	37	35	252
39	AUT	21	Gerald	Hurban	UYCNs	36	37	38	38	34	35	38	[39]	256
40	FRA	29	Emmanuel	Abord	Club N	38	38	39	[40]	38	37	39	36	265