French 505 National Championship at Ecole National de Voile, Quiberon

by Mike Holt 17 Jul 2018 15:02 BST 13-15 July 2018

Over the French holiday weekend for Bastille Day and coinciding with the World Cup final, 40 boats contested the 2018 French National 505 Championship at the Ecole National de Voile in the picturesque Quiberon Peninsula. The French teams were joined by four British boats as well as American, Australian, Belgium and Swiss boats.

The light conditions meant that only 4 races were sailed over the three days. Ian Pinnell and Alex Davies (GBR9190) scored a convincing 1,1,6,1 to take the title from an in-form Philippe Boite and Mathieu Fountaine (FRA9175), With Michael Quirk and Reeve Dunne in third, proving that Australian has its eyes on the Gdynia Worlds.

Andy Smith is back from injury, taking 6th with Tim Needham, back in form ready for Poland, and Tim Bird once again proved his light-airs credentials, taking 11th in the 40-boat fleet with Adam Kenney (GBR 8914). Tom Darling and Elliot Wells (GBR8970) were 13th, proving strength in depth for the British fleet.

As would be expected, the French hospitality was fantastic, and despite the lack of wind a good time was had by all. The class now heads to Gdynia in Poland for the 2018 World Championship where more than 130 boats are entered.

Overall Results:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Club	Pts
1	(GBR) PINNEL IAN	DAVIES Alex	GBR	3
2	BOITE PHILIPPE	FOUNTAINE MATHIEU	CVSQ	8
3	(AUS) QUIRK Michael	DUNNE Reeve	AUS	9
4	PAUL MAXIME	VERGY LOGAN	S R ROCHELAISES	12
5	(USA) HOLT Mike	WOELFEL Rob	USA	15
6	(GBR) SMITH Andy	NEEDHAM Tim	GBR	20
7	CHAPELIN GILLES	KARADJIAN ALAIN	C V BORDEAUX	21
8	(SUI) JACOT Caroline	JACOT Philippe	SUI	25
9	LAFORTUNE ANTOINE	LAFORTUNE GERAUD	C V SEINE‑PORT	28
10	MARTIN ALINE	COLTIER YVES	Y C ILE DE FRANCE	29
11	(GBR) BIRD Tim	KENNEY Adam	GBR	30
12	DI PEDE THIBAULT	TOUPET FABRICE	C V SEINE‑PORT	33
13	(GBR) DARLING TOM	WELLS ELLIOT	GBR	35
14	SILVESTRE CHRISTIAN	AUBERGER NICOLAS	Y C ILE DE FRANCE	36
15	MOREL THIBAULT	MOREL MATTHIEU	C V JULLOUVILLE	41
16	NEIDHART ELISABETH	GALLO PIERRE JEAN	Y C ILE DE FRANCE	45
17	LAFORTUNE CLAUDE	LAFORTUNE ADRIEN	C V SEINE‑PORT	48
18	BLEUEZ LOIC	ROUCAYROL FREDERIC	Y C CANNES	49
19	LE BRUN FLORENCE	DECHAUFFOUR SABINE	FFVOILE	49
20	ZIMMOWITCH KILLIAN	ZIMMOWITCH ROMARIC	E V TREBEURDEN	49
21	LE ROY RIWANON	ANCELOT JEAN CLAUDE	ASN QUIBERON	50
22	BRENET VERONIQUE	PETER JEAN‑PIERRE	A C D'ALSACE LORRAIN	51
23	PAIN ANAIS	LE MORVAN BASTIAN	C N BAIE ST VAAST	54
24	BLANCHARD PHILIPPE	DUPLOUY FLORENT	A C D'ALSACE LORRAIN	54
25	DE KERGARIOU HERVE	COLTIER VINCENT	CN ARRADON	55
26	LUCIENNE PHILIPPE		S.R.C Sud‑Oise	59
27	(BEL) CRETS Cedric	LAMBERT Lionel	BEL	61
28	LAFORTUNE BAPTISTE	DELAGRANGE MARINE	C V SEINE‑PORT	61
29	BOYER ETIENNE	BOYER EMMANUEL	LA PELLE‑MARSEILLE	63
30	DE LISLE FRANCOIS	DESJUZEUR MARC	C N FERRET	66
31	GUBRI SERGE	LE MAUGUEN GAEL	C V SEINE‑PORT	70
32	LAFORTUNE JORDANE	PÉNISSON PIERRE	C V SEINE‑PORT	74
33	MICHEL NICOLAS	MICHEL LAURENT	C V MAYENNE	87
34	ARTIELLE JEAN PHILIPPE	DELAGRANGE ANTOINE	Y C BEAULIEU	96
35	DECHAUFFOUR VALENTIN	GENDRY PIERRE	ASN QUIBERON	96
36	VASSOR ERIC	CHENE PIERRE YVES	USAM Voile Brest	98
37	(BEL) VANDERSTEEN Philippe	GEERAERTS Théo	BEL	102
38	MOREL DENIS	MOREL GREGOIRE	C V JULLOUVILLE	102
39	QUEMARD ERIC	VICTOR ANTOINE	Y C ILE DE FRANCE	105
40	DERUNGS JEAN‑PIERRE	ROUSSEL TOM	CVML	106