The entries for the 2000 European Championship have now reached 50, with quite a few commitments who have not yet entered so a fleet of about 70 boats is expected.
As previously advised, the entry fee will be held at GBP 120 for all pre-entries, that is entries received by Wednesday, August 9th. All entries after that date will be at the full rate of GBP 150, as per the Notice of Race. So if you haven't got your entry in get it in quick - GBP 30 is lot of beer
The social programme:
| Saturday | Free; all meet in club house bar. Daily prize giving in club house 6.30pm Free beer 2 pints per boat daily. |
| Sunday | After prize giving: Commodore's reception and welcoming party. |
| Monday | After prize giving: Beach games organised by Rich Berry. |
| Tuesday | UK AGM: 5pm. Prize Giving 7pm. |
| Wednesday | After prize giving a BBQ with 2 free tickets per boat. Extra tickets available at registration. |
| Thursday | Prize giving. Free night or own entertainment by members |
| Friday | Final prize giving. Jane's 70's party: 3 course buffet, tickets £10. |
| Snacks and meals every day 8am till late. If dinner required book with Jane before sailing. | |
GBR 8526 Tim Bird / Andrew George Burton GER 8746 Stefan Bohm / Gerald Roos SCV Erftstadt GBR 8535 Francis Cram / Dougal Cram HISC GER 8750 Wolfgang Hunger / Holger Jess PYC GER 8751 Muchlbauer / Angela Stenger DTYC GER 8609 Christian Mullejans / Eike Friedrich SVWU GBR 8481 Simon Payne / Bill Masterman HISC BEL 8106 Benoit Romcent / Philippe Chevelier ULYC
The 505 class moved to the Weymouth over the weekend of 22/23rd July for the final open meeting prior to next months European Championships. This year the racing was run from the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy in the old Naval base which proved to have excellent facilities.
On Saturday the sailors were greeted with an easterly force 5 and sunshine. Two races were scheduled inside the harbour and it was once again Ian Pinnell and Nick Powell who proved the boat to beat. Having been asked by the race officer if they would step in as the gate boat after Jim Berry had to return to shore to replace a ripped mainsail, they managed to round the windward mark in first place and succeeded in maintaining their lead until the finish. Second place was taken by Dave Smithwhite and Neil Fulcher who were hot on the tail of Pinnell until they capsized bearing away round the windward mark. Richard Sims and Simon Wood took third place.
The second race on Saturday was run on a windward/leeward course and it was again Pinnell/Powell who were first round the windward mark. This time though things didn't go their way as they bore away and the kicking strap broke. This meant that Smithwhite moved through to first place which he maintained to the finish. Richard Lord/Simon Lake took Second and Andy Williams/Andy Edmonds took third.
Sunday saw a change in conditions with the wind easing to a force 3 to 4 and moving to the north east. Race three again saw Pinnell take the winners gun and Smithwhite take second. However Terry Scutcher and Richard Tew found the slightly lighter conditions more to their liking and took third place.
Race four proved to be very close with Pinnell leading from Smithwhite for the majority of the race with Scutcher and Debbie Jarvis/ Dan Johnson chasing hard. Despite his best efforts Smithwhite was passed on the last run when Jarvis and Scutcher gybed early and caught a gust of wind. Final results of race four were Pinnell first, Jarvis second and Scutcher third.
The last race of the weekend saw Scutcher take the early lead from Pinnell only to lose it at the gybe mark when the spinnaker pole became entangled in the downhaul rope. Rob Napier and Jonathan Rennie took third place with some clever down wind sailing and what appeared to be a very large spinnaker.
1 8736 Ian PINNELL Nick POWELL 1 18 1 1 1 = 4 2 8555 Dave SMITHWHITE Neil FULCHER 2 1 2 4 18 = 9 3 8556 Terry SCUTCHER Richard TEW 5 5 3 3 2 = 13 4 8432 Debbie JARVIS Dan JOHNSON 7 4 5 2 18 = 18 5 8460 Martin GOULT Gordon RUSSELL 8 7 6 5 6 = 24 6 8291 Richard SIMS Simon WOOD 3 10 4 12 9 = 26 7 8495 Dave PEACOCK Chris HEWKIN 18 6 7 9 4 = 26 8 8419 Stuart TURNBULL Jason LUNN 6 8 8 8 7 = 29 9 8705 Richard LORD Simon LAKE 4 2 11 13 18 = 30 10 8493 Chris DANDO Donald SLOAN 9 9 9 7 8 = 33 11 8694 Andy WILLIAMS Andy EDMONDS 18 3 13 14 5 = 35 12 8429 Rob NAPIER Jonathan RENNIE 18 18 10 6 3 = 37 13 8483 Simon SIDDENHAM Matthew BRITTIN 10 14 15 11 11 = 46 14 8745 Chris PEARSON Frank RAINSBOROUGH 18 11 12 10 14 = 47 15 8467 Chris ROMANS Brenda ROMANS 11 12 17 16 12 = 51 16 8678 Jim BERRY David BANKS 18 13 14 15 13 = 55 17 8474 Chris THORNE Andy TYAS 18 18 16 17 10 = 61
Awful conditions for the French won by Ian Pinnell in winds over 30 knots at times.... and very lumpy sea state... Even Philippe Boite could not cope with the conditions and finished second to Ian.... No need to tell you that none of the French are in favour of a great kite after such a windy championship.
Avec trois victoires et une place de sixieme, Ian Pinnell and Nick Powell ont survole l'Open de France 2000 !
The French 5o5 National Championship was held over the 14 July long week end in the great Hyeres bay surrounded West by the Presqu'ile de Giens, the islands of Porquerolles and Port Cros to the South and le Fort de Bregancon on the East where Jacques Chirac spends his hollidays every summer. The championship was hosted for the first time by the Yacht Club de La Londe les Maures in a very convincing manner with great roses and beautiful dancers.
But what will remain in memories will be the very challenging wind and sea state conditions. The Mistral was blowing consistently over 20 knots but for one race and the sea was very lumpy giving very challenging spinnaker runs. In those difficult conditions the British champions demonstrated a second to none performance winning 3 races out of 4. They miss the second race only failing to get a 180 degree wind shift which brought to the line the peloton leaving the leaders windless and powerless. The French crew Philippe Boite and Jean Luc Muzellec finished second overall after having finished second to Ian in most of the races. In doing so they win their 16th French title since 1982 !!!
Given the challenging conditions only 10 teams out of the 30 were able to finish the 4th and last raced race. And given the Mistral was blowing consistently over 30 knots on the last day, races were cancelled on Saturday, allowing participants to return home earlier than anticipated.
Ian and Nick are now aiming at winning the European before shipping the boat to Durban to compete in the World 2000 in November. They will certainly be a difficult team to beat this year given the very impressive lead they were able to gain with their new improvements.
1 8736 Ian Pinnell Nick Powell 1 6 1 1 =3 2 8702 Philippe Boite Jean-Luc Muzellec 2 9 2 2 =6 3 8709 Alain Boite Fabrice Toupet 3 3 5 3 =9 4 8564 Laurent Hay Franck Tudal 4 4 3 DNF =11 5 8687 Francois Fischer Jerome Delvaux 7 1 8 5 =13 6 8541 Francis Doerenbecher Aubin Doerenbecher 5 7 4 DNF =16 7 8353 Robert Fossard Ludovic Pretot 12 5 6 8 =19 8 8082 Benoit Valleteau de Mouillac SC 14 2 10 10 =22 9 8372 Gilbert Vinches Regis Viateur 6 18 14 4 =24 10 8431 Emmanuel Boyer Boyer 9 11 16 6 =26 11 8677 Michel Christ Philippe Claude 8 13 20 7 =28 12 8449 Philiippe Lucienne Bernard Bonnet 11 10 13 9 =30 13 8400 Marc Jouany Ivan Doerenbecher 10 16 9 DNC =35 14 8716 Christian Silvestre Pierre Yves Partant 16 14 15 DNC =45 15 7941 Veronique Dousselin Jean Peter 15 8 23 DNC =46 16 8748 Gilles Carvallo Samuel Carvallo 18 19 11 DNF =48 17 8717 Antoine Lortat Jacob Bertrand 13 DNC 7 DNC =51 18 8301 Bernard Blondy Jean-Pierre Noclain 23 12 17 DNC =52 19 8455 Marcel Buffet Damien Trouillet 17 17 19 DNF =53 20 8090 Loic Bleuez Michel Bonnet 20 15 21 DNC =56 21 8733 Michel Boiry Bruno Gallardo DNF 20 18 DNF =69 22 8348 Jacques Bochu Christophe Bochu DNC DNC 12 DNF =74 23 8459 Christian Chevalier 22 21 DNC DNC =74 24 7999 Marc Riot Geoffroy Riot 21 22 DNC DNC =74 25 8337 Bernard Taine Dominique Theron 19 DNF DNC DNC =81 26 8484 Philippe Blanchard Carole Blattner DNC DNC 22 DNC =84 DNA 8157 Bernard Dugrip Laurent Camusson DNC DNC DNC DNC =93 DNA 7932 Jacques Raguet Jacques Cavalie DNC DNC DNF DNC =93 DNA 8238 Jean-Marc Noclain Lionel Lessol DNC DNC DNC DNC =93 DNA 8704 Jean-Baptiste Dupont Thierry Gresle DNF DNC DSQ DNF =93
A fleet of forty four 505s from Germany, Denmark and Britain competed for the Europa Cup event which is part of Kiel Week. There are five Europa Cup events held throughout the season with the best three results counting for a competitor's overall position.
The German 505 fleet is thriving with young sailors from the 470 and 420 classes. Not only is the class on the increase but the standard is also rising. The racing was held on one of the outside courses which meant good winds away from the immediate influence of the land, although it meant a long sail to the start. The local team of Wolfgang Hunger and Holger Jess dominated the light air series with Hunger winning his 13th Kiel Week. Incidentally, he also has two 470 world championships to his credit.
Five races were held with Hunger and Jess winning four of them. The other race was one by Stefan Bohm crewed by Gerald Roos. Bohm also comes from the 470 class.
1. GER8750 Hunger/Jess 1 1 1 3 1 (4) 2. GER8746 Boehm/Roos 15 2 4 1 3 (10) 3. GER8663 Lehmann/Kurka 2 3 5 2 8 (12) 4. GER8670 MGoerge/Hauerland 4 10 2 5 4 (15) 5. GER8720 Filimonov/Stoeckmann 13 4 3 4 5 (16) 6. DEN8620 Saugmann/ 3 9 6 11 2 (20) 7. GER8744 Rix/Vierth 11 5 10 6 9 (30) 8. GBR8481 Payne/Masterman 6 14 8 26 10 (38)
I am pleased to confirm that the 2001 World championship will be held at Clube Naval de Cascais, Nr Lisbon in Portugal from 19 to 28 September inclusive. There will be a practice series on 19 and 20, measurement on 21 then the Worlds proper from 22 to 28 inclusive. The formal NoR will be published this autumn.
The venue is half an hour's drive from Lisbon (international airport and container port) and racing will be on the open Atlantic with sheltered launching down a wide concrete slip into a marina before hitting the open sea. The Clube has hosted major championships for Lasers, Dragons, 470's and 49ers in recent years. More later. - Chris Thorne, International Secretary