RS500 World Championships – Competitive final day

by Heather Chipperfield on 7 Aug 2015 The last day of the RS500 World Championships started when a loud horn sounded ashore. Due to a lack of wind, the first start, which was scheduled for 10:55, would be postponed for at least an hour.

All the flags in the harbour were still hanging still when another hour was added to the delay. However, around 11:30, the flags began waving, indicating that the predicted wind had finally started to blow. At noon, a final decision about the races for the day would be made, but telling all the competitors proved to be unnecessary. A steady wind had come up and all the sailors were ready to get onto the water.

The gold fleet started two hours later than scheduled and sailed three races today. Racing in the gold fleet turned out to be very competitive. Large amounts of boats arrived at the marks at the same time and everyone was close together. The battle between first and second place was also a very serious one, between Malin Broberg and Johan Rook (SWE 112) and Peter Barton and Heather Chipperfield (GBR 1015). Due to an unlucky OCS from the Swedish team, the overall victory was claimed by Heather and Peter. Congratulations!

The silver fleet sailed two races today, which were also quite competitive. In this fleet, more boats had difficulties with the winds, which resulted in some capsized boats. Even though the boats were more spreaded across the field, the racing was taken very seriously and everyone gave it their all.

Back ashore, the event was concluded with the price giving, hosted by Michiel. Prices were given for 'fun winners', which included for example the 'faithful dog award' and the 'most epic moment caught on camera'. I think it is safe to say that it has been a very satisfying week for all the sailors and all the volunteers, to whom I would like to say a big thank you. See you all next year!

Results RS500 - Gold

No	Sailno	Name	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	GBR 1015	Peter Barton, Heather Chipperfield	30,0	1	1	8	4	4	(9)	7	1	4
2	SWE 112	Malin Broberg, Johan Rook	32,0	8	5	1	1	7	7	2	(ocs)	1
3	GBR 659	Peter Curtis, James Curtis	45,0	2	8	4	2	12	(14)	4	7	6
4	SWE 111	Peter Bokmark, Martin Person	49,0	7	4	5	6	(25)	11	12	2	2
5	ESP 1089	Gerard Marin, Paul Batttle	59,0	13	3	2	(ret)	15	8	1	3	14
6	NED 819	Pim van Vugt, Lisa van Vugt	59,0	11	6	16	(22)	2	1	6	5	7
7	SWE 51	Martin Johansson, Axel Johansson	62,0	10	7	10	8	5	6	(16)	11	5
8	NED 1066	Michiel Geerling, Hilde Geerling van Susante	65,0	16	11	3	11	14	(19)	3	4	3
9	GBR 727	Jane Olive, Chris Tuckett	81,0	3	2	17	15	13	5	17	(ocs)	9
10	ITA 950	Tommaso Gommellini, Rudolfo Rubina	86,0	4	12	15	(25)	17	4	8	6	20
11	GBR 1054	Graeme Bristow, Izzy Bristow	94,0	5	9	(dnf)	5	22	3	27	13	10
12	NED 1003	Thomas Rot, Marloes Rot	97,0	12	13	7	3	18	(27)	20	12	12
13	NED 777	Marleen Blomsma, Jody de Jager	105,0	22	16	9	9	8	(20)	10	20	11
14	ITA 944	Francesco Bozano, Andrea Dellepiane	110,0	6	25	14	(29)	3	2	25	16	19
15	NED 718	Max Groen, Bjorn Oude Avenhuis	110,0	9	10	11	12	16	(24)	24	10	18
16	NED 67	Johan van Veen, Viktor Haaksman	119,0	25	14	21	7	21	(22)	9	9	13
17	ITA 946	Luca Abergo, Stefano Costini	122,0	14	17	(ocs)	13	1	23	13	ret	8
18	NED 965	Willemijn van Susante, Nick van Alphen	122,0	20	22	6	10	26	18	5	15	(dns)
19	NED 894	Bruno Goris, Edith Kanters	132,0	15	15	18	23	11	10	(26)	14	26
20	NED 1038	Anneke Kikkert, Floris Stapel	136,0	26	(23)	23	14	6	12	21	18	16
21	SWE 821	Stephan Fassberg, Johanna Fassberg	150,0	27	18	(ocs)	16	29	15	11	17	17
22	ITA 1031	Matteo Cara, Leonardo Pizzagalli	152,0	23	29	13	28	20	17	14	8	(dsq)
23	NED 994	Jochem Slikboer, Anna Bertling	162,0	24	20	20	17	(27)	25	18	23	15
24	FRA 940	Olivier Thomas, Paco Thomas	169,0	19	26	26	19	10	21	23	(ocs)	25
25	GBR 1069	Hugo Tucker, Tom Collino	170,0	21	19	19	18	28	28	15	22	(ret)
26	NED 1074	Robin Rijnhout, Maarten Berendschot	171,0	29	24	12	21	24	(26)	19	19	23
27	ITA 1032	Michele Oppizzi, Pietro Frazzica	188,0	18	28	(ocs)	24	9	13	30	dsq	ret
28	ITA 892	Giulio Foggi, Adriana Campanella	201,0	32	21	25	20	(30)	29	28	24	22
29	GBR 1005	George Wilson, Laura Wilson	202,0	28	30	22	27	(31)	31	22	21	21
30	ITA 1035	Martina Gommellini, Beatrice Xodo	212,0	17	32	(dns)	31	19	16	31	ret	dns
31	FRA 1039	David Jones, Sylvie Jones	216,0	31	31	27	26	23	(32)	29	25	24
32	NED 961	Giel Blokker, Corinne van Dalen	239,0	30	27	24	30	32	30	(ret)	dns	dns

Results RS500 - Silver

No	Sailno	Name	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	NED 1088	Richard Rot, Marieke Gijzel	48,0	33	1	2	2	4	(8)	4	2
2	SWE 22	Henrik Sillen, Ralf Lobel	53,0	34	(10)	5	4	1	2	6	1
3	NED 607	Martijn Jessurun, Folkert-Jan Oosterkamp	62,0	36	6	3	8	(9)	4	2	3
4	NED 708	Freek Rutten, Rep Boonstra	70,0	38	5	1	1	18	(21)	3	4
5	NED 540	Jan van den Brink, David van Veen	78,0	47	2	4	3	12	9	1	(dsq)
6	NED 1076	Lukas van de Broek, Florine de Haan	89,0	35	15	6	(16)	6	5	8	14
7	NED 638	Erik van der Linden, Anna Biesheuvel	93,0	41	7	11	7	3	(19)	11	13
8	NED 1028	Sander de Jong, Ralf Broer	109,0	46	8	15	10	11	7	12	(23)
9	NED 629	Thymen Ottenhof, Baruch Kiestra	115,0	45	(19)	10	19	14	11	7	9
10	NED 864	Jasper Mellema, Robert Mellema	117,0	54	3	8	5	(31)	24	15	8
11	NED 837	Wampie Driessen, Niek van der Kooy	122,0	56	9	12	6	(24)	16	17	6
12	NED 1087	Marije Willemsen, Lonneke van Es	124,0	42	11	17	(dnf)	5	6	19	24
13	FRA 748	Anna Zmura, Keith Sykes	129,0	37	22	22	13	20	10	(25)	5
14	NED 1058	Martin Wolters, Niels Dieleman	132,0	48	14	13	12	13	15	(20)	17
15	GBR 1073	Henry Russell, Matthew Russell	133,0	39	12	(dns)	dns	17	17	5	10
16	FRA 980	Alexandre Emanuel, Guilhem Magnoud	136,0	44	23	7	(dns)	19	12	10	16
17	NED 18	Mark den Heijer, Marco Haas	138,0	49	4	(dns)	11	10	18	13	ret
18	FRA 915	Fabrice Colaert, Laurent Malghem	145,0	51	13	14	9	(27)	23	16	19
19	NED 719	Marnix Tissing, Okke Tissing	152,0	55	21	9	14	28	(30)	14	11
20	FRA 928	Mathilde Boudrique, Compain	158,0	43	20	19	(dns)	23	13	22	18
21	NED 763	Anne Johan Buis, Femke Jaarsma	168,0	40	(dns)	dns	dns	2	1	dns	26
22	BEL 935	Olivier Beyls, Steve Jolley	169,0	58	18	16	20	21	(29)	24	12
23	NED 670	Fleur Leijs, Marieke Reitsma	171,0	59	(25)	21	15	15	25	21	15
24	ESP 1019	Toni Roldan, Laia Roldan	174,0	57	17	(dnf)	dns	29	22	9	7
25	NED 890	Sascha van den Wall Bake, Lisette Hemelaar	174,0	50	26	(dnf)	dns	7	14	23	21
26	GBR 565	Will Pook, Alex Cole	182,0	61	16	20	(dns)	16	31	18	20
27	CZE 17	Anna Milerova, Klara Houskova	184,0	52	(dnf)	dnf	dns	8	3	28	27
28	FRA 563	Eric Gdalia, Perrine Gdalia	193,0	53	24	23	18	22	20	(ocs)	ocs
29	NED 733	Frank Ottenhof, Rob Jessurun	209,0	60	28	18	17	25	28	(dns)	ret
30	NED 1075	Enno de Haan, Iris Prummel	224,0	62	27	(dnf)	dnc	26	27	27	22
31	NED 654	Julius de Koning, Thijmen Michiels	236,0	63	(dnf)	dnf	dns	30	26	26	25
32	ITA 580	Robert Mazgaj, Petr JenAek	261,0	64	(dnf)	dns	dns	32	32	dns	dns