Soling World Championship - Hungarians claim victory

by Matias Collins (As Amended by ISAF) on 3 Oct 2013

Hungarian duel at the 2013 Soling World Championships Soling

Hungary's Farkas Litkey, Vezer Karoly and Csaba Weinhard were named the new Soling World Champions after a light air race on the last day of the championship, in which the match against Canada's Peter Hall, Paul Davis and William Hall paid off due to a black flag start in which both end up being BFD.

It was a tough week for Solings from the 13 nations and four continents, races abandoned due to strong winds and postponements also due to light winds, shifty conditions, but in general good weather at Lake Balaton and a pleasant stay in the Hotel Ramadabalaton Spa resort for almost all of the competitors.

The event organizers were very careful on the safety aspect, flying most of the times the life jacket flag, and also doing a perfect job rescuing Marc Lefevre who decided to try see who was tougher, his head or the Soling boom. This was the cause FRA 198 could not race the two races on the fourth day, but after some stiches, Marc was back into the water to face the challenge, this time the patience of light winds…

Brazilian team of Nelson Ilha, Fernando Ilha and Felipe Ilha also did a great job finishing third overall, and showing how strong the competition isin South America; The national associations of Brasil and Argentina together with Uruguay and the Yacht Club Punta del Este are the organizers of the next 2014 Soling Worlds to be held from November 22 to 30 in 2014 at one of the most beautiful summer resorts in the southern Atlantic.

During the week the International Soling Association also held its meetings, and had a record of participation amongst committee members and interested sailors willing to help organize the class.

The racing at the worlds saw many big names sailing back in the fleet, new names coming out of the shadow, some new teams and a few more boats recovered from the abandon.

World Championship / Balaton 19/09/2013 To 25/09/2013. / Rk=2


Pos	Sail	Helmperson	Midperson	Bowperson		Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	D1
1	HUN 11	Farkas Litkey	Vezer Karoly	Csaba Weinhard	HSA	18	1	3	1	1	2	5	5	BFD	32
2	CAN 225	Peter Hall	Paul Davis	William Hall	RSTLYC	28	2	4	4	2	1	2	13	BFD	32
3	BRA 78	Nelson Ilha	Felipe Ilha	Fernando Ilha	VDS	39	3	2	12	19	7	8	1	6	19
4	SLO 1	Bostjan Antoncic	Gennadi Strakh	Karlo Hmeljak	J.K.J.K.	42	4	1	5	9	DSQ	7	9	7	32
5	AUT 1	Christian Holler	Peter Farbowski	Michael Praxmara	SCK	46	11	15	14	4	4	1	2	10	15
6	GER 1	Roman Koch	Maxl Koch	Gregor Bornemann	CYC	52	12	6	9	7	8	3	7	DNF	32
7	GER 308	Karl Haist	Johannes Berggren	Irene Haist	BYC	56	21	18	6	3	10	12	4	3	21
8	NED 1	Johan Offermans	Wick Hillige	Niels van Braam	K.Z.C.	58	9	5	11	5	9	16	15	4	16
9	HUN 77	George Wossala	Christoph Wossala	Pepe Nemeth	MKB	58	7	7	8	16	5	6	11	14	16
10	UKR 1	Igor Yushko	Sergey Pichugin	Dmitriy Yarmolenko	PIONER	60	14	8	2	13	3	13	8	13	14
11	USA 853	Matias Collins	Andy Baumuller	Dominik Meissner	CNSI - BYC - YCS	64	5	9	7	23	14	15	6	8	23
12	HUN 1	Sandor Varjas	Gabor Meretei	Kovasci Laszlo	HSA	69	19	DSQ	10	10	16	10	3	1	32
13	DEN 129	Mogens Jørgensen	Kim Jørgensen	Allan Holst Sørensen	HOBRO	69	6	11	15	8	11	9	17	9	17
14	NED 33	Rudy den Outer	Gavin Lidlow	Ramzi Souli	KZC	74	13	10	13	12	13	4	10	12	13
15	GER 328	Michael Dietzel	Anna Dietzel	Sigrid Dietzel	BYC	81	16	17	18	11	6	11	21	2	21
16	BRA 45	Kadu Bergenthal	Eduardo Cavalli	Vilnei Goldmeier	VDS	94	DPI1	14	3	20	12	DSQ	14	20	32
17	AUT 102	Ludwig Beurle	Christian Fischer	Ekkehart Steinhuber	UYCAS	100	10	12	16	17	18	18	16	11	18
18	CAN 227	Tom Mitchell	David Johnston	Bruce Fielding	EYC	123	22	20	22	6	15	20	23	18	23
19	ITA 254	Domenico Carducci	Leonardo Saletti	Niccolò Trombini	CVCP	133	18	13	21	18	28	21	19	23	28
20	AUS 159	Rodney Housego	Gavin Worth	Bill Dunn	MOFSC	136	26	24	25	22	20	17	12	16	26
21	HUN 7	Ádám Mihály	Gábor Antal	Gergo Beck	HSA	139	DNS	16	19	21	23	14	22	24	32
22	GER 312	Gernot Heller	Gerhard Auerswald	Valentin Koch	SCE/SCAS/DSC	141	23	26	26	15	21	23	18	15	26
23	NED 25	Bernard Vree	Berend Vree	Ben Medendorp	KZC	151	25	22	23	14	24	OCS	24	19	32
24	DEN 104	Martin Klein	Bjarne Nielsen	Lars Oestergaard	?	153	17	21	27	24	22	22	26	21	27
25	HUN 17	Istvan Szucs	Gabor Gyulai	Peter Szucs	DEAC	161	20	27	17	DNS	26	19	20	DNF	32
26	FRA 198	Marc Lefevre	du REAU Louis-Etienne	Christian Jozan	CVA	164	24	23	24	25	19	DNS	DNS	17	32
27	AUT 122	Peter Neumann	Rudolf Hubauer	Rudolf Rager	SCK	167	15	19	20	DSQ	17	DNC	DNC	DNC	32
28	HUN 71	Peter Beliczay	Laszlo Szeremley	Richard Udvardy	PYC	170	DNS	25	DNC	DNS	25	24	27	5	32
29	GER 217	Michael Meister	Georg Meister	Michael Küthe	NRV Hamburg	187	27	29	28	27	29	26	28	22	29
30	HUN 777	Gábor Varró	Zoltán Vajnai,	Nelli Varga	?	188	28	28	29	26	27	25	25	DNF	32
31	HUN 23	Imre Vrabély	Jeno Andrejka	Zsolt Kovács	HSA	213	29	30	DNF	28	30	DNS	DNF	DNC	32