International 14 European Championship 2025 at Segelclub-Eckernförde - Day 2

by Mark Tait 27 Aug 11:42 BST 24-29 August 2025

Despite a light forecast the fleet were released on time for a drift in the Eckernforde fjord, fortunately after a relatively short wait the fleet were sent back in by the race officer having found the wind too unstable and too soft for racing. The long wait ensued, made easier with provision of pizza and coaching session from world champion Andy Shaw.

Just before the 3:30 decision cut off the wind switched round and filled in from the more stable NE direction at about 6 knots and D flag came down.

A clean start was very welcome to get proceedings under way with Glen and Ed leading a large group out from the pin on the port biased line, that included the top 4 boats overall; Andy and Rob, Martin & Harry and Oli and Eike, whilst further towards the committee Douglas and Mark were going well with space. There proceeded a game of picking your way through the shifts and pressure to get to the windward mark, which Glen and Ed came out best, followed by Inga and Philipp then Emma and Jan having both put together a fantastic first beat, by the end of the first lap, Mark and Douglas had pulled through to second and Andy and Rob were up to third.

Following a tense final lap the top three remained whilst Martin and Harry displaced Inga and Philipp from fourth just before the finish.

Wednesday's target is for 3 races to catch up the missed race.

Results after Day 2:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	GBR 1569	Andy SHAW	Rob STRUCKETT	Itchenor SC	1	1	3	5
2	GBR 1553	Glen TRUSWELL	Ed FITZGERALD	Itchenor Sailing Club	2	6	1	9
3	GBR 1561	Douglas PATTISON	Mark TAIT	SC	6	3	2	11
4	GBR 1567	Martin JONES	Harry KENNERDY	Royal Yacht Squadron	4	4	4	12
5	GER 91	Oliver VOSS	Eike EHRIG	KYC	3	5	9	17
6	GBR 1575	Andy FITZGERALD	Cameron MITCHELL	Itchenor SC	11	2	7	20
7	GBR 1530	Alex KNIGHT	Stu KEEGAN	Chew Valley Lake SC	8	7	15	30
8	GBR 1548	Julian PEARSON	Freddie COV	Julian A Pearson	10	11	12	33
9	GER 22	Dennis GEHRLEIN	Lasse NIELANDT	SLRV	7	9	18	34
10	GER 10	Sebastian PRÜTER	Eike DIETRICH	SVAG	5	8	22	35
11	GER 25	Markus OSTERMAIR	Moritz WISKEMANN	SCLW	9	10	16	35
12	GBR 1576	Paul ANDERSON	Luca de JONG	Largs sailing club	12	13	10	35
13	GER 73	Inga THOMAS	Philipp KASTELL	SVAG	15	20	5	40
14	GBR 1544	James CUNNISON	Blake TUDOR	Royal Thames	17	12	14	43
15	GER 23	Erik LATZITIS	Johann PATZELT	SSVR	21	14	13	48
16	GER 204	Paula CLAUS		SSVR	18	26	8	52
17	GER 53	Georg WRITSCHAN	Tobias Pormi PORM	SSVR	16	16	23	55
18	GER 5	Emma MAHNKE	Jan DEIBER	SSVR	40	18	6	64
19	GER 255	Thorsten SEGLITZ	Nino SANDMEIER	SVAB / BYC	20	15	29	64
20	GER 202	Lukas SAUERLAND	Gregor THIEM	GSC	22	17	25	64
21	GER 221	Stephan HEIM	Robert SCHMIDT	PBYC	13	25	28	66
22	GER 265	Sören HESSE	Ruth HESSE	ASVIK	24	22	20	66
23	GER 44	Benjamin BENZ	Norman GRUCHOW	ASV	19	23	26	68
24	GBR 1531	Andy PENMAN	Chris WATSON	Itchenor	14	40	19	73
25	GER 26	Fiene ARP	Laura WEIMANN	WSC 1925	23	27	24	74
26	ITA 1547	Dominic van ESSEN	Simona SACCANI	Itchenor sailing club	25	21	33	79
27	GER 257	Stefan LAHMER	Ruben HOFMANN	ASVZR	40	19	21	80
28	GBR 1566	Philip GLADMAN	Natasha GLADMAN	WSVLS	28	40	17	85
29	GER 271	Burkhard ZANDER	Sven HOFFMANN	LYC	27	28	30	85
30	GER 1554	Courtney MAHAR	David MOONEY	Perth Dinghy Sailing Club	26	29	34	89
31	GER 3	Anke MEYER	Lenny de SILVA	WSCW	40	40	11	91
32	GER 77	Oliver SOMMER	Roman STENZEL	WSVL	40	24	32	96
33	GER 71	Alina BLÜSCHKE	Marisa GRUSE	SSVR	29	40	27	96
34	GER 42	Moritz RAUCH	Tim MODRICKER	HSCF	40	40	31	111
35	GER 90	Valentin KRÄMER	Timo FETZ	SGK	40	40	35	115
36	GER 251	Lilith GATZ	Ben ZIMMERMANN	ETUF	40	40	36	116
37	GER 228	Lukas SCHAEFER	Christian PERGER von	SCE	40	40	37	117
38	GBR 1503	Stewart PATIENCE	Jacopo BONAZZI	SVAB	40	40	40	120
38	GER 273	Oseanne BLECH	Alexander BLECH	DBYC	40	40	40	120