Gazprom Dragon European Championship kicks off at St. Petersburg YC
by Ivan Bidzilya on 19 Jul 2016
Day one of Gazprom Dragon European Championship at St. Petersburg YC Elena Razina
The Gazprom Dragon European Championship started today, 18th July in St.Petersburg YC with one race held in perfect 12-18 knots westerly wind. The race went to the crew of UAE7 Markus Wieser.
Originally, the day didn’t promise any racing due to dead calm. But the Committee took the bold decision to send the 45-strong fleet afloat immediately after the noon and the move paid off. With only first signs of the coming breeze the docks were emptied and the race course was set.
After two general recalls the race finally started under black flag that ended the day for Leonid Klepikov (RUS 81), 2015 Russian Champion Dmitry Samokhin (RUS 76,) Igor Goikhberg (RUS 98) and Karl-Gustaf Lohr (SWE 389).
“We were seeking for the first row start at the pin with full speed, unfortunately, it seems that we pushed too hard - says Dmitry Samokhin, - all in all this is the first day of the Championship and we have to relax and move on”.
Meanwhile the future winners appeared quickly. First on the rounding was four time European champion Markus Wieser (UAE7), followed by Jens Christensen (DEN410) and Anatoliy Loginov (RUS27) – fresh from winning Russian Dragon Open/Pre Europeans last week. The top three never looked back on the course and finished with comfortable lead, followed closely only by POR66 2013 European Champion Jose Matoso with four time Olympian Gustavo Lima as tactician.
Markus Wieser: “We were all surprised to start in that good breeze when a light wind day was forecasted, but when we went out the wind filled in and reached 15 knots eventually. We played middle-right, caught some nice shift first upwind from the left and went ahead. It is easier to stay ahead than to follow. We were quite fast – our new boat is going very well. Boats behind were struggling a bit and we just managed to stretch away – it made our life easier.
All in all, it’s a long week ahead, there’re lot of races to go, a lot of things will happen, and it’s a difficult venue – it will not be a very steady breeze next days – tomorrow breeze from the east is forecasted, it will be very shifty, and everything can happen. Good thing that we’ve won today and we’ll have less pressure than others”.
In the Corinthian division almost all female crew of Sami Salomaa (FIN 91) was first with top-20 overall standing. 2011 Worlds bronze medalist Frank Berg (DEN 408) was second and the third place was taken by Mike Hayles (GBR 764).
| Rank |
Corinthian |
Nat |
SailNo |
Name |
R1 |
Total |
| 1 |
|
 |
UAE 7 |
MARKUS Wieser
SERGEY Pugachev
DIEGO Negri |
1
1,0 |
1,0 |
| 2 |
|
 |
DEN 410 |
CHRISTENSEN Jens
ANDERSEN Kim
VILLEFRANCE Rene |
2
2,0 |
2,0 |
| 3 |
|
 |
RUS 27 |
ANATOLY Loginov
VADIM Statsenko
ALEXANDER Shalagin |
3
3,0 |
3,0 |
| 4 |
|
 |
POR 66 |
JOSE Sotto Mayor Matoso
GUSTAVO Lima
FREDERICO Melo |
4
4,0 |
4,0 |
| 5 |
|
 |
HUN 57 |
FERENC Kis-Szolgyemi
KAROLY Vezer
TAMAS Kiss |
5
5,0 |
5,0 |
| 6 |
|
 |
SUI 311 |
HUGO STENBECK
BERNARDO FREITAS
MARTIN WESTERDAHL |
6
6,0 |
6,0 |
| 7 |
|
 |
FRA 365 |
CHRISTIAN Guyader
GWEN Chapalain
ERWAN Lechat |
7
7,0 |
7,0 |
| 8 |
|
 |
GER 11 |
MARCUS BRENNECKE
JOCHEN SCHUMANN
THEIS PALM |
8
8,0 |
8,0 |
| 9 |
|
|
RUS 6 |
GEORGY Shaiduko
DENIS Berezkin
BORIS Kucherenko |
9
9,0 |
9,0 |
| 10 |
|
|
UAE 8 |
YEVGEN Braslavets
SERGEY Timokhov
OLEKSANDR Myrchuk |
10
10,0 |
10,0 |
| 11 |
|
|
RUS 31 |
MIKHAIL Senatorov
ALEXANDR Yanin
MAXIM Semerkhanov |
11
11,0 |
11,0 |
| 12 |
|
|
RUS 35 |
VICTOR Fogelson
OLEG Khoperskiy
VIACHESLAV Kaptyukhin |
12
12,0 |
12,0 |
| 13 |
|
 |
GBR 758 |
KLAUS DIEDERICHS
KAROL JABLONSKI
JAMES Antony LEA |
13
13,0 |
13,0 |
| 14 |
|
|
GER 1162 |
STEPHAN Link
FRANK Butzmann
MICHI Lipp |
14
14,0 |
14,0 |
| 15 |
1 |
 |
FIN 91 |
SAMI Salomaa
ANDREAS Johanson
MICHAEL Wilhelmsson |
15
15,0 |
15,0 |
| 16 |
|
|
GER 1157 |
MICHAEL Schmidt
PHILIPP Malte
MARIO Wagner |
16
16,0 |
16,0 |
| 17 |
|
 |
MON 2 |
RATHSACK Jens
PERREIRA Diogo
MARCELLINO Thiago |
17
17,0 |
17,0 |
| 18 |
|
|
SUI 318 |
WOLF WASCHKUHN
DENIS CHARVOZ
DAVIDE BORTOLETTO |
18
18,0 |
18,0 |
| 19 |
2 |
|
DEN 408 |
FRANK Berg
SOREN Hvalsoe
CARSTEN Hey |
19
19,0 |
19,0 |
| 20 |
|
|
UAE 9 |
HENDRICK Witzmann
HENRIQUE Anjos
BJORN Ogstergich |
20
20,0 |
20,0 |
| 21 |
|
|
FIN 72 |
FREDRIK MARKELINk
DAN COLLIANDER
IGOR Frolov |
21
21,0 |
21,0 |
| 22 |
3 |
|
GBR 764 |
MIKE Hayles
MONIQUE Hayles
JULIAN Brooke-Houghton |
22
22,0 |
22,0 |
| 23 |
4 |
|
GER 1175 |
JAN Woortman
SOENKE Bruhns
NICOLAS Raedecke |
23
23,0 |
23,0 |
| 24 |
|
|
GBR 633 |
RON James
JULIA Walsh
JAN Turnbull |
24
24,0 |
24,0 |
| 25 |
|
|
GER 69 |
CHRISTOF Wieland
PETER Koenig
THOMAS Scherer |
25
25,0 |
25,0 |
| 26 |
5 |
|
GER 1113 |
TANJA Jacobsohn
BERNHARD Jakobsohn
JAN Scharffetter |
26
26,0 |
26,0 |
| 27 |
|
|
RUS 34 |
VASILIY Senatorov
IGOR Ivashintsov
SLAVA Varnachkin |
27
27,0 |
27,0 |
| 28 |
|
|
RUS 91 |
ANDREY Nikandrov
KONSTANTIN Senchenko
YURIY Skripkin |
28
28,0 |
28,0 |
| 29 |
5 |
 |
BEL 82 |
XAVIER Vanneste
ANNE Vanneste
KARL Odent |
29
29,0 |
29,0 |
| 30 |
|
|
RUS 48 |
ALEKSANDR Kulikov
YURIY Kulikov
ALBERT Kulakov |
30
30,0 |
30,0 |
| 31 |
|
|
RUS 22 |
VICTOR Los
DENIS Karelsky
MAXIM Karelsky |
31
31,0 |
31,0 |
| 32 |
|
|
RUS 77 |
ILYA Kozhevnikov
SERGEY Dzienbaev
MARAT Nevlyutov |
32
32,0 |
32,0 |
| 33 |
|
|
RUS 11 |
GLEB Suloev
SERGEY Dalnev
ALEXEY Totin |
33
33,0 |
33,0 |
| 34 |
|
|
RUS 45 |
DENIS Pilipenko
TAISIA Borodina
DENIS Razumovich
KODANEV Nikita |
34
34,0 |
34,0 |
| 35 |
6 |
|
FIN 89 |
SARA Antila
RUDY Jurg
MIA Eklund
TUTTI Wiinikka |
35
35,0 |
35,0 |
| 36 |
7 |
|
RUS 20 |
STEPAN Fedotov
SERGEY Rychkov
ALEKSANDR Bubnov |
36
36,0 |
36,0 |
| 37 |
8 |
|
RUS 23 |
BORIS Khabarov
DENIS Bykov
VADIM Fedorov |
37
37,0 |
37,0 |
| 38 |
|
|
RUS 7 |
ANDREW Madison
SERGEY Birukov
IGOR Kopiltsov |
38
38,0 |
38,0 |
| 39 |
|
|
RUS 84 |
SERGEY Bakharev
MARAT Khairov
IGOR Mironenko |
39
39,0 |
39,0 |
| 40 |
9 |
|
RUS 17 |
ANDREY Sevostianov
EGOR Gorelkin
ALEXANDRA Rozdestvenskaya |
40
40,0 |
40,0 |
| 41 |
|
|
RUS 81 |
LEONID Klepikov
ALEXANDER Mironov
YURI Samoilov |
bfd
46,0 |
46,0 |
| 42 |
|
|
RUS 76 |
DMITRY Samokhin
ANDREY Kirilyuk
ALEXEY Bushuev |
bfd
46,0 |
46,0 |
| 43 |
10 |
|
RUS 18 |
YULIA Grigoryeva
ILIYA Degtyar
SERGEY Brestkin |
dnf
46,0 |
46,0 |
| 44 |
10 |
 |
SWE 389 |
KARL-GUSTAF Lohr
MARTIN Rudback
JESPER Bendix |
bfd
46,0 |
46,0 |
| 45 |
|
|
RUS 98 |
IGOR Goikhberg
DMITRY Berezkin
ROMAN Sadchykov |
bfd
46,0 |
46,0 |
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