Wet and windy for Flying Dutchmen Worlds

by Alan Henderson on 15 Jul 2014

Olaf Ballerstein - Zobst Wellensiek, Germany - Flying Dutchmen Worlds day one. Alan Henderson

The 2014 Flying Dutchman World Championships started at Largs, Scotland on Monday 14th July. Competitors withstood a tough introduction, in a war of attrition with the conditions. Southerly winds of up to 22 knots in gusts and heavy rain gave a stirring start, with many boats capsizing and suffering gear breakages.

Capsizes and breakages affected many competitors today - Flying Dutchmen Worlds day one. © Alan Henderson

Only half of the fleet of 42 boats were still standing and able to answer the call for the second of the two races sailed today. The first race was held over a long initial leg of two miles, but after visibility closed in, the second race was over a reduced course size of just one mile, but sailed over three rounds of the shorter course, rather than two large rounds.

But the change in course size made no difference to former World Champions Szabolcs Majthenyi and Andras Domokos, of Hungary, who opened the week with two emphatic race wins to establish an early lead in the Championship. They won both races by over two minutes to show their class in these fresh wind conditions.

Also scoring very well were current World Champions Enno Kramer and Ard Geelkerken from the Netherlands. They opened with a third place, then improved with a second place in the second race.

To complete a formidable trio of current or former World Champions at the top of a very competitive event, former World Champions the brothers Jorgen and Jacob Bojsen-Moller, from Denmark, lie in third overall.

The fleet heads to windward - Flying Dutchmen Worlds day one. © Alan Henderson

The depleted fleet in the second race meant opportunities for those who remained, and for instance Germany’s Jan Lechler and Jens Salow took an eleventh place in the second race after opening with a 19th place.

'Championships are meant to be challenging; this was true Championship sailing', said Austria’s Philipp Zingerle.
Racing among this international gathering from eleven countries worldwide will continue tomorrow with another two races.

Results, Race one
1. Szabolcs Majthenyi - Andras Domokos, HUN
2. Kilian Konig - Johannes Brack, GER
3. Enno Kramer - Ard Geelkerken, NED

Race two
1. Majthenyi - Domokos
2. Kramer - Geelkerken
3. Jorgen and Jacob Bojsen-Moller, DEN

FD World Championships 2014

Largs sailing Club

Results as of 16:24 on July 14, 2014

Overall

Sailed: 2, Discards: 0, To count: 2, Entries: 42, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	SailNo	Fleet	BowNumber	HelmName	CrewName	R1	R2	Total	Nett
1st	HUN70	FD	26	Szabolcs Majthenyi	Andras Domokos	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
2nd	NED26	FD	38	Enno Kramer	Ard Geelkerken	3.0	2.0	5.0	5.0
3rd	DEN21	FD	01	Jorgen Bojsen-Moller	Jacob Bojsen-Moller	5.0	3.0	8.0	8.0
4th	GER113	FD	19	Kilian Konig	Johannes Brack	2.0	8.0	10.0	10.0
5th	HUN13	FD	25	Andras Suli	David Papp	6.0	5.0	11.0	11.0
6th	GER88	FD	16	Kay-uwe Ludtke	Kai Schafers	8.0	4.0	12.0	12.0
7th	GER28	FD	12	Olaf Ballerstein	Zobst Wellensiek	7.0	7.0	14.0	14.0
8th	AUT38	FD	01	Chrisophe Aichholzer	Philipp Zingerle	9.0	6.0	15.0	15.0
9th	GER98	FD	17	Schmuel Markhoff	Michael Matscheroth	11.0	10.0	21.0	21.0
10th	CZE21	FD	42	Jiri Hruby		10.0	13.0	23.0	23.0
11th	ITA7	FD	28	Alberto Barenghi	Gabor Koles	12.0	12.0	24.0	24.0
12th	ITA94	FD	30	Pierfrancesco Eustachi	Paolo Rossi	14.0	14.0	28.0	28.0
13th	GER100	FD	18	Jan Lechler	Jens Salow	19.0	11.0	30.0	30.0
14th	NED18	FD	36	Frank Nooijen	Sjors Riemslag	13.0	20.0	33.0	33.0
15th	GER12	FD	11	Ernst Greten	Detlef Kruger	15.0	18.0	33.0	33.0
16th	GBR389	FD	10	Glyn Sheffield	Chris Rutter	17.0	19.0	36.0	36.0
17th	GBR387	FD	08	Jon Williams	Alex Rogers	24.0	15.0	39.0	39.0
18th	GBR380	FD	06	Julian Bridges	Jack Wild	23.0	16.0	39.0	39.0
19th	GER133	FD	21	Elisa Koenig	Alexander Schmidt	25.0	17.0	42.0	42.0
20th	GER1777	FD	23	Hartmut Wesemuller	Holger Wesemuller	21.0	21.0	42.0	42.0
21st	ITA4	FD	28	Nicola Vespasiani	Francesco Vespasiani	4.0	43.0 DNC	47.0	47.0
22nd	HUN11	FD	24	Gabor Gaborjani Szabo	Bela Argay	43.0 DNC	9.0	52.0	52.0
23rd	AUS7	FD	01	Edward Cox	Peter Bevis	16.0	43.0 DNC	59.0	59.0
24th	GER66	FD	14	Kurt Prenzler	Wolfgang Hoft	18.0	43.0 DNC	61.0	61.0
25th	NED341	FD	40	Ronald Stalman	Durk Zandstra	20.0	43.0 DNC	63.0	63.0
26th	GER123	FD	20	Martin Krumhaar	Uwe Stemmler	22.0	43.0 DNC	65.0	65.0
27th	USA3	FD	41	Paul Hemker	Richard Phillips	26.0	43.0 DNC	69.0	69.0
28th	ITA20	FD	28	Giacomo Samuelli Feretti	Tommaso Samuelli Feretti	43.0 DNC	43.0 DNC	86.0	86.0
28th	NED16	FD	35	Robert DeLange	Pieter Zandstra	43.0 DNC	43.0 DNC	86.0	86.0
28th	NED20	FD	37	Carlo Brugman	Wim Brugman	43.0 DNC	43.0 DNC	86.0	86.0
28th	NED29	FD	39	Durk Schroor	Wiecher Leidekker	43.0 DNF	43.0 DNC	86.0	86.0
28th	GER172	FD	22	Marc Strittmatter	John Maguire	43.0 DNC	43.0 DNC	86.0	86.0
28th	MEX125	FD	31	Rodolfo Valdes Garcia	Satiago Ayala Cortina	43.0 DNF	43.0 DNC	86.0	86.0
28th	MEX126	FD	32	Javier Valdes	Pablo Valdes	43.0 DNF	43.0 DNC	86.0	86.0
28th	NED5	FD	33	Fred Schaaf	Klaas van der Spek	43.0 DNC	43.0 DNC	86.0	86.0
28th	NED10	FD	34	Lotje Meijer	Louis de Ruiter	43.0 DNC	43.0 DNC	86.0	86.0
28th	GER40	FD	13	Bernd Schreiber	Carsten Jacob	43.0 DNC	43.0 DNC	86.0	86.0
28th	GER87	FD	15	Hans-Peter Schwarz	Roland Kirst	43.0 DNC	43.0 DNC	86.0	86.0
28th	GBR310	FD	04	Chris Nicol	Dawn Macrae	43.0 DNF	43.0 DNC	86.0	86.0
28th	GBR373	FD	05	Rosie Pye	Neil Pye	43.0 DNC	43.0 DNC	86.0	86.0
28th	GBR382	FD	07	Peter Doran	Philip Kyewski	43.0 DNF	43.0 DNC	86.0	86.0
28th	GBR388	FD	09	Tony Lyall	Colin Burns	43.0 DNC	43.0 DNC	86.0	86.0