RS500 Worlds off to a flying start

by Heather Chipperfield on 4 Aug 2015 2015 RS500 World Championships, hosted by Aquavitesse in The Netherlands, is off to a flying start. With an amazing entry just under 70 boats, the fleets were split into four flights for the first time, and a qualifying series of four races was held over the first two days.

Day one was light (and amazingly hot and sunny), and only one race could be completed before the wind switched off completely and we were all towed in. The Dutch Party was the usual fun and frolics, with a heart-warming opening ceremony, those terrible red, white and blue drinks, and DJ Henk keeping us dancing.

Day two - sunny and hot again, but this time with a fine F3, and the three scheduled races were held, providing a qualifying series and allowing the fleets to be split into gold and silver for the rest of the Championship.

Pete Barton and Heather Chipperfield lead the field counting three firsts in the qualifying series, with Peter and James Curtis just behind with 1,1,2.

Today the sun is waiting for us to launch to show itself, and the wind has piped up to F4. Three good races to come... then the Brit Party!

Results after day two

No	Zeilno	Naam	Punten	1	2	3	4
1	GBR 1015	Peter Barton, Heather Chipperfield	3,0	1	1	1	(4)
2	GBR 659	Peter Curtis, James Curtis	5,0	1	3	1	(8)
3	NED 727	Jane Olive, Chris Tuckett	9,0	4	(9)	3	2
4	ITA 950	Tommaso Gommellini, Rudolfo Rubina	9,0	3	2	4	(8)
5	NED 1054	Graeme Bristow, Izzy Bristow	10,0	2	6	2	(7)
6	ITA 944	Francesco Bozano, Andrea Dellepiane	10,0	2	(10)	3	5
7	ITA 111	Peter Bokmark, Marin Person	12,0	9	2	(10)	1
8	NED 112	Malin Broberg, Johan Rook	12,0	(23)	4	2	6
9	FRA 718	Max Groen, Bjorn Oude Avenhuis	13,0	(11)	4	6	3
10	NED 51	Martin Johansson, Axel Johansson	14,0	(7)	5	7	2
11	GBR 819	Pim Vugt, Lisa Vugt	16,0	(9)	3	6	7
12	NED 1003	Thomas Rot, Marloes Rot	16,0	6	6	(9)	4
13	NED 1089	Gerard Marin, Paul Batttle	17,0	8	1	8	(10)
14	ITA 946	Luca Abergo, Stefano Costini	19,0	(16)	5	8	6
15	CZE 894	Bruno Goris, Edith Kanters	20,0	(15)	8	11	1
16	NED 1066	Michiel Geerling, Hilde Geerling van Susante	20,0	5	(dsq)	4	11
17	ITA 1035	Martina Gommellini, Beatrice Xodo	20,0	4	11	5	(16)
18	GBR 1032	Michele Oppizzi, Pietro Frazzica	20,0	6	9	5	(20)
19	FRA 940	Olivier Thomas, Paco Thomas	26,0	3	(18)	14	9
20	NED 965	Willemijn van Susante, Nick van Alphen	26,0	13	(15)	10	3
21	GBR 1069	Hugo Tucker, Tom Collino	27,0	5	13	9	(23)
22	GBR 777	Marleen Blomsma, Jody de Jager	27,0	(22)	11	7	9
23	FRA 1031	Matteo Cara, Leonardo Pizzagalli	29,0	12	12	(15)	5
24	NED 994	Jochem Slikboer, Anna Bertling	31,0	(25)	7	12	12
25	NED 67	Johan van Veen, Viktor Haaksman	34,0	(16)	7	14	13
26	NED 1038	Anneke Kikkert, Floris Stapel	35,0	(25)	8	12	15
27	FRA 821	Stephan Fassberg, Johanna Fassberg	36,0	7	(dns)	13	16
28	NED 1005	George Wilson, Laura Wilson	37,0	10	(23)	16	11
29	NED 1074	Robin Rijnhout, Maarten Berendschot	37,0	14	(16)	13	10
30	NED 961	Giel Blokker, Corinne van Dalen	39,0	8	13	(22)	18
31	FRA 1039	David Jones, Sylvie Jones	41,0	11	(25)	18	12
32	NED 892	Giulio Foggi, Adriana Campanella	41,0	(ufd)	17	11	13
33	NED 1088	Richard Rot, Marieke Gijzel	41,0	14	12	(17)	15
34	CZE 22	Henrik Sillen, Ralf Lobel	44,0	(21)	10	20	14
35	NED 1076	Lukas van de Broek, Florine de Haan	46,0	10	20	16	(25)
36	NED 607	Martijn Jessurun, Folkert-Jan Oosterkamp	49,0	(18)	14	18	17
37	FRA 748	Anna Zmura, Keith Sykes	50,0	12	17	(dnf)	21
38	SWE 708	Freek Rutten, Rep Boonstra	54,0	20	(26)	17	17
39	NED 1073	Henry Russell, Matthew Russell	56,0	13	22	21	(29)
40	NED 763	Anne Johan Buis, Femke Jaarsma	56,0	18	(dns)	24	14
41	NED 638	Erik van der Linden, Anna Biesheuvel	57,0	15	19	23	(24)
42	NED 1087	Marije Willemsen, Lonneke van Es	58,0	17	22	(26)	19
43	SVK 928	Mathilde Boudrique, Compain	60,0	24	16	20	(27)
44	FRA 980	Alexandre Emanuel, Guilhem Magnoud	61,0	(30)	14	19	28
45	NED 629	Thymen Ottenhof, Baruch Kiestra	61,0	(27)	27	15	19
46	NED 1028	Sander de Jong, Ralf Broer	62,0	(19)	19	21	22
47	NED 540	Jan van den Brink, David van Veen	63,0	(dnf)	15	27	21
48	NED 1058	Martin Wolters, Niels Dieleman	63,0	(26)	18	23	22
49	NED 18	Mark den Heijer, Marco Haas	66,0	21	23	22	(25)
50	NED 890	Sashua van den Wall Bake, Lisette Hemelaar	67,0	(dnf)	28	19	20
51	NED 915	Fabrice Colaert, Laurent Malghem	68,0	20	20	(28)	28
52	ITA 17	Anna Milerova, Klara Houskova	69,0	26	(dns)	25	18
53	FRA 563	Eric Gdalia, Perrine Gdalia	69,0	19	(dnf)	24	26
54	NED 864	Jasper Mellema, Robert Mellema	71,0	17	24	(dns)	30
55	GBR 719	Marnix Tissing, Okke Tissing	72,0	22	21	29	(31)
56	NED 837	Wampie Driessen, Niek van der Kooy	72,0	24	24	(25)	24
57	GBR 1019	Toni Roldan, Laia Roldan	73,0	(28)	21	26	26
58	BEL 935	Olivier Beyls, Steve Jolley	78,0	(dnf)	25	30	23
59	GBR 670	Fleur Leijs, Marieke Reitsma	82,0	28	(29)	27	27
60	GBR 733	Frank Ottenhof, Rob Jessurun	83,0	27	26	(31)	30
61	GBR 565	Will Pook, Alex Cole	93,0	23	(dns)	dns	dns
62	NED 1075	Enno de Haan, tba	94,0	(dns)	dns	28	31
63	FRA 654	Julius de Koning, Thijmen Michiels	98,0	29	(dns)	dnf	29
64	ITA 580	Robert Mazgaj, Petr JenAek	101,0	31	(dns)	dnf	dnf