Flying Dutchman World Titles Napier New Zealand

by Sail-World.com/uk on 25 Dec 2008 Forty-five crews are gathered in Napier, New Zealand, for the Flying Dutchman World Championships which will take place from the 6 to 11 January 2009 with nine races.

Before this the New Zealand Nationals will take place 31 Dec 2008 to 3 Jan 2009 with eight races.

With a small fleet the racing will be very competitive. Hungarians Szabolcs and Andras (HUN 70) will be hot favourites with their previous world title wins in Melbourne and Florida.

British entrants are GBR 382 Peter Doran and Richard Phillips, and GBR 386 Tony Lyall and Alex Rogers. Other European entries have been received from Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Poland and Hungary.

Flying Dutchman World Championship 2009 - Entries

1 AUS 1 Duncan McCowan Andrew McCowan
2 AUS 34 Alister McCowan Simon McCowan
3 AUS 33 Ian McCrossin James Cook
4 AUS 332 Matthew Mitchell Michael Nolan
5 AUS 365 Michael Chapman David Ham
6 AUS 358 Kelly Ryan Moore Matthew
7 AUS 327 John Maguire Noel Whitaker
8 AUS 37 Norman Rydge Richard Scarr
9 AUS 361 Edward Cox Peter Bevis
10 ESP 6 Ginés Romero Álvaro Moreno
11 ESP 91 Marco Sevila Schachermaier Roberto Sevila
12 ESP 9 Dolores Sánchez-Herrero Javier Higuera
13 ESP 81 Martinez Francisco Guijarroviente
14 GBR 382 Peter Doran Richard Phillips
15 GBR 386 Tony Lyall Alex Rogers
16 GER 86 Frank Tobias Frank Simone
17 GER 13 Hans-Albert Konig Heinz Bollweg
18 GER 113 Kilian Konig Johannes Brack
19 HUN 13 András Süli Dávid Papp
20 HUN 70 Szabolcs Mathenyi Andras Domokos
21 ITA 7 Alberto Barenghi TBA
22 NED 341 Toos Zandstra Durk Zandstra
23 NED 33 Tanja Heijink Nettie van der Valk
24 NED 122 Erika Geelkerken Harald Berning
25 NED 348 Thijs Rutten Theo Rutten
26 NED 4 Mark Brouwer Paul van der Pol
27 NED 26 Enno Kramer Ard Geelkerken
28 NED 18 frank nooijen marc van der pol
29 NED 5 Fred Schaaf Casper Schaaf
30 NZL 131 Joseph Bailey Peter Bailey
31 NZL 145 Paul Scoffin Pavel Ruzicka
32 NZL 111 Andrew McKee Matthew Bismark
33 NZL 110 Hideo Tayama TBA
34 NZL 108 Paul Francis Simon Mander
35 NZL 112 Edward Markey Chris Dekkie
36 NZL 103 Tony Lyall John Hoogerbrug
37 NZL 107 Alisdair Daines David Gibb
38 NZL 72 John Bailey Jeroen Bronstring
39 NZL 100 Christine Headey Gun Caundle
40 POL 133 Pawel Swiderski Marcin Zawistowski
41 ROU 100 Butucaru Mihai Blaga Dragos Mugurel
42 USA 36 Lin Robson Ian Gregg
43 USA 251 Tim Sayles Russell Miller
44 USA 1 TBA
45 USA 2 TBA