German pair lead 505 Europeans

by Sail-world.com/uk on 9 Oct 2008 Three races have now been completed at the 505 European Championship in Mondello, Italy. Jens Findel and Johannes Tellen of Germany remain in first place with Ethan Bixby and Erik Boothe from the USA second and Ian Pinnell and Carl Gibbon of Britain third.

On the second day the wind of 8-10 knots allowed the two scheduled races to be completed. The first with two false starts and was a race where the European champions, the Danish brothers Jacob and Jorgen Moller Bojsen, won with yesterday's winners Findel and Tellen, finished second with the American's Bixby and Boothe third.

The American pair Bixby and Boothe gained revenge in the second race of the day, winning in front of German's Michael Daisenberger and Florian Lautenschlager, with the German pair Findel and Tellen third, to maintain their lead in the general classification.

The European Championship continues thru Thursday. The World Championship will start Saturday 11 October.

505 Europeans - Leading Results

1 GER 8875 FINDEL, TELLEN, Male 6,0pts 1 2 3
2 USA 8715 BIXBY, BOOTHE, Male 16,0 12 3 1
3 GBR 8960 PINNELL, GIBBON, Male 22,0 2 4 16
4 USA 8830 KEY, BUTTNER, Male 25,0 8 8 9
5 DEN 8964 SAUGMANN, RAMSBAEK, Male 27,0 4 18 5
6 USA 8762 HAMLIN, ZINN, Male 27,0 5 11 11
7 DEN 8826 BOJLAND, FRIIS, Male 28,0 13 5 10
8 USA 7875 MILLER, SMITH, Male 31,0 3 15 13
9 GER 8720 TASCHE, TASCHE, Male / under 25 36,0 6 22 8
10 AUS 8817 DAVIS, DUFFIELD, Male 47,0 17 13 17
11 GER 8651 KELLNER, SCHOLER, Male 49,0 18 17 14
12 USA 8937 TAUGHER, BELL, Male 52,0 10 36 6
13 IRL 8961 BARRY, DWYER, Male 53,0 9 16 28
14 GER 8672 CONTAG, VON WALTER, Male 57,0 14 28 15
15 GER 8965 PLATTNER, ALARIE, Male 72,0 21 26 25
16 DEN 8828 ANDERSEN, ANDREASEN, Male 73,0 16 38 19
17 GBR 8905 TURNBULL, LUNN, Male 74,0 25 31 18
18 AUS 8840 CAMERON, BOWDEN, Male 75,0 19 49 7
19 GBR 8935 SHORT, SHORT, Male 75,0 32 19 24
20 FIN 8057 LINDFORS, HALONEN, Male 77,0 15 42 20
21 AUS 8920 QUIRK, REFFOLD, Male 78,0 27 25 26
22 AUS 8781 ALEXANDER, GREGG, Male 87,0 24 33 30
23 USA 8831 JEANGIRARD, VON GREY, Male 88,0 22 34 32
24 AUS 8588 SMITH, SMITH, Mixed 90,0 20 35 35
25 FIN 8768 NIEMINEN, LEHTONEN, Male 93,0 39 6 48
26 AUS 8801 CHAPPELL, GILL, Male 93,0 36 23 34
27 AUS 8922 CUNEO, WARLOW, Male 100,0 35 44 21
28 FIN 8924 RAITA, NURMELA, Male 101,0 42 32 27
29 USA 8821 LONG, LONG, Mixed 101,0 28 29 44
30 GER 8693 DAISENBERGER, LAUTENSCHLAGER, Male / under 25 102,0 dns 10 2
31 GER 8927 GORGE, RIX, Male 113,0 11 dsq 12
32 DEN 8962 BOJSEN - MOLLER, BOJSEN - MOLLER, Male 114,0 dns 1 23
33 USA 8714 MARTIN, NELSON, Male 115,0 dns 21 4
34 SUI 8543 BART, MARTI, Male 119,0 dns 7 22
35 FRA 8748 AGRAPART, AGRAPART, Mixed 119,0 7 43 69
36 AUS 8893 ROBINSON, PENFOLD, Male 120,0 47 24 49
37 ITA 8127 GAMBARDELLA, CANDELA, Male 122,0 23 52 47
38 ITA 8097 BOSIO, SUPERINA, Male 124,0 26 47 51
39 AUS 8855 STOWELL, BAILEY, Male 127,0 54 40 33
40 FRA 8270 GACHET, VALERY, Male 127,0 41 45 41
41 FIN 8053 EBELING, HEIMSCH, Male 129,0 38 55 36
42 ITA 8916 DI FEO, NATALI, Male 129,0 37 54 38
43 USA 8939 WYLES, RENDA, Male 135,0 30 63 42
44 POL 8358 JOZEFOWSKI, BARANKIEWICZ, Male 138,0 40 53 45
45 AUS 8853 JACKSON, HOLDEN, Male 141,0 dns 12 39
46 GBR 8701 NAPIER, PEARSON, Male 141,0 dns 14 37
47 USA 8883 MOORE, FALSONE, Male 141,0 dns 20 31
48 FRA 8847 BOIRY, GOUGEON, Male 145,0 29 58 58
49 POL 8416 ZAGORSKI, JUCKIEWICZ, Male 145,0 34 57 54
50 FRA 8949 FAUCHEUX, DUQUESNE, Male 146,0 31 50 65