Soling European Championship – Success of the Hungarians

by Fraglia Vela Riva on 17 Jul 2017

Final day – Soling European Championship Elena Giolai/Fraglia Vela Riva

The Soling European Championships at Fraglia Vela Riva close with the undisputed success of the Hungarians (already twice World Champions) Farkas, Vezer, Csaba after four sunny days of nostalgic sailing with varied windy conditions: from 7-8 knots to 22-23 knots on day two.

Overwhelming victory for HUN-11, the team helmed by Farkas Litkey, which after nine races left their opponent 12 points behind with the constant results of 1-2-2-2-3-7-8 (and 12 excluded). However, the battle for the top three has been thrilling until the last day of regattas.

Final day – Soling European Championship © Elena Giolai/Fraglia Vela Riva

The forty Soling teams which competed on Lake Garda and brought back to Garda Trentino their elegant and vintage outlines remembered the enterprises of the Italian teams at the Olympic Games of the past and, more generally, on international level - as it was for the Fraglia’s Gianni Torboli, who met again some of his opponents of the Los Angeles/Savannah Olympic Games. In fact, the Soling class was on Olympic programme from 1977 to 2000, and as math race from 1992 to 2000.

Final day – Soling European Championship © Elena Giolai/Fraglia Vela Riva

The final ranking mirrors the top three of the Saturday provisional results, i.e. the Austrian Felzmann-Felzmann-Schuh are second, and the Ukrainian Yuskho-Pichugin-Severianov are third. These two teams competed neck to neck until the last race, sharing the final equal score.

Thanks to a great final (1-1-1-5), the Canadian team formed by Peter and William Hall and Ross Findiater placed fourth, only one point away from the podium. They showed off their best abilities to sail with lighter wind as it was on the last two days.

Final day – Soling European Championship © Elena Giolai/Fraglia Vela Riva

The Italians fallen behind the leading group: Bruno, Francesco and Marco Maffezzoli placed 17th, who besides the false start, never managed to reach top positions (best results 7-9).

All participants were satisfied with the event organisation led by the Committee President Carlo Tosi and coordinated by the Fraglia Vela Riva staff, who allowed them to sail all the nine races as scheduled.

Final day – Soling European Championship © Elena Giolai/Fraglia Vela Riva

Soon Fraglia Vela Riva will focus once again on the younger sailors with the upcoming regattas of the 420 and 470 classes, the Intervela, the 470 National event on August 2nd-3rd, and the Youth Open European Championships from eighth to 13th August.

Final day – Soling European Championship © Elena Giolai/Fraglia Vela Riva

No	Numero	Nome	Punti	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	HUN 11	Farkas Litkey, Karoly Vezer, Weinhardt Csaba, 099, KMP VSE	29,0	7	1	2	3	2	(12)	4	8	2
2	AUT 135	Florian Felzmann, Michael Felzmann , Margund Schuh, 087, SCK / UYCAS	41,0	10	2	1	2	11	6	5	4	(13)
3	UKR 1	Yushko, Pichugin, Severianov, 081, UNIOR	41,0	2	4	7	6	6	2	10	(14)	4
4	CAN 225	Peter Hall, William Hall, Ross Findlater, 088, RSTLYC	42,0	(22)	9	4	13	8	1	1	1	5
5	HUN 77	George Wossala, Kristof Wossala, Pepe Nemeth, 083, TECON	57,0	1	(dsq)	3	1	7	22	9	3	11
6	NED 33	Rudy den Outer , Theo de Lange , Hans Zijlstra, 086, KZC	62,0	4	10	12	9	5	7	14	(19)	1
7	USA 853	Matias Collins, Rob Mountain, David Baum, 082, CNSI, BYC	65,0	13	(19)	6	5	10	8	2	7	14
8	CAN 233	Tom Freeman, Blair Tully, Dave Veldstra, 091, PSSS	69,0	9	(20)	16	10	15	4	3	9	3
9	HUN 1	Sandor Varjas, Kovasci Laszlo, Gabor Meretei, 094, BYC	73,0	3	12	(20)	7	4	13	8	17	9
10	GER 1	Roman Koch, Bjorn Geisler, Valentin Koch, 101, CYC YCBG SVR	75,0	15	5	15	(16)	1	3	15	11	10
11	GER 11	Michael Dietzel, Vera Geck, Sigrid Dietzel, 104, BYC	83,0	6	8	8	12	14	10	7	(21)	18
12	SVK 1	Mosny, Szomolanyi, Jankovic, 109, FYC SLOVAKIA	89,0	26	6	5	11	3	15	(29)	16	7
13	GER 331	Thomas Scherer, Dominik Meissner, Markus Stallhofer, 108, WSG / YCP/BYC/YCC	93,0	8	11	11	15	12	14	(21)	6	16
14	ESP 26	Carlos Elosegui , Gomez Arisqueta Joaquin, Juan Ramón Jiménez, 102, RCN DE MADRID	96,0	5	3	13	14	9	16	18	18	(dnf)
15	GER 209	Tim Giesecke, Johannes Glitzky, Sven Rikwald, 093, WSV 1921	106,0	(31)	16	22	4	21	23	6	2	12
16	GER 308	Karl Haist, Martin Zeileis, Max Haist, 090, BYC	106,0	25	13	10	8	16	(26)	11	15	8
17	ITA 259	Bruno Maffezzoli, Pierfrancesco Maffezzoli, Marco Maffezzoli, 110, LNI GARDA	110,0	12	7	(ocs)	18	13	9	13	23	15
18	AUT 114	Christian Feichtinger, Florian Leitner, Klaus Kratochwill, 076, SCE	117,0	18	(23)	18	22	17	11	12	13	6
19	AUT 97	David Schuh, Harald Schuh, Tobias Schuh, 084, UYCAS	154,0	21	25	25	23	23	5	(33)	10	22
20	ITA 215	Michele Campagnoni, Francesco, Davide, 095, A.V.A.S.	156,0	11	18	26	24	18	(33)	20	12	27
21	NED 49	Han van Veen, Tom van Veen, Ralph Heemskerk, 078, KZC	166,0	(28)	21	9	17	22	20	24	28	25
22	FRA 198	Marc Lefevre, François Gombeaud, Marc Furic, 103, CVA	176,0	14	30	23	21	26	21	17	(31)	24
23	GER 12	Christian Mack, Florian Lautenschlaeger, Thomas Fabry, 096, WSG	181,0	(34)	24	21	25	20	25	19	24	23
24	AUT 127	Alex Hasch, Bernhard Kreutzer, Oskar Hasch, 105, SCK	187,0	23	17	27	20	24	(30)	27	29	20
25	ITA 258	Michele Tognozzi, Haakon Haraldsen, Rieder, 111, CVCP	191,0	36	26	14	(dnf)	19	29	28	22	17
26	AUT 102	Ludwig Beurle, Christian Fischer, Ekkehart Steinhuber, 107, UYCAS	196,0	19	(31)	28	29	25	24	16	27	28
27	ITA 251	Federico Boracchi, Vincenzo Greco Manuli, Andrea Negri, 106, CVP	201,0	30	14	17	30	27	28	(35)	25	30
28	GER 323	Matthias-Christoph Dulce, Sean O'Meara, Eberhard Franke, 075, VsaW/BYC	201,0	32	(33)	24	28	29	18	23	26	21
29	HUN 17	Istvan Szucs, Gabor Gyulai, Peter Szucs, 098, BHSE	205,0	17	28	19	27	31	(35)	30	34	19
30	ESP 46	Francisco Villa, Miguel Martinez, Allo, 097, CNSR	206,0	20	32	32	(dnf)	dns	19	22	5	dnf
31	ITA 241	Fabio Armellini, Attilia Papini, Nicola Armellini, 100, CVT	212,0	33	34	30	26	(dns)	17	26	20	26
32	NED 37	Ben Boogaerdt, Gerben den Hartog, Karsten Kraan, 079, KZC	218,0	27	27	31	19	28	32	25	(36)	29
33	GER 312	Gernot Heller, Gerhard Auerswald, Frank Gundlach , 085, SCE / SCAS	231,0	29	15	29	31	30	31	34	32	(dnf)
34	AUT 136	Johann Kalhs, Nikolaus Kalhs, Tamara Kalhs, 089, STYC	245,0	24	35	(dnf)	32	33	27	32	30	32
35	ITA 252	Alberto De Amicis, Matteo Vanelli, De Amicis Marco, 092, CVB	258,0	35	22	34	(dnf)	dns	34	31	33	31
36	AUT 185	Hermann Beurle, Stephan Beurle, Veronika Beurle, 077, SCK	273,0	16	29	(ocs)	dnf	dns	dnc	dnc	dnc	dnc
37	NED 48	Danker Rijk, Danker Rijk Jr., Arko Hoondert, 080, WSVW	274,0	(37)	36	33	33	32	36	36	35	33