Flying Dutchman Worlds in Spain

by Gerald New on 13 Jul 2007 The Flying Dutchman class, which was the two-man Olympic dinghy from 1960 to 1992, are holding their 2007 World Championship in Spain at Mar Menor. The class, which was taken up enthusiastically in the UK after its choice as an Olympic class, still attracts large fleets, especially within Europe.

Although the idea of a 20ft trapeze dinghy went against the norm for dinghy sailing in the UK at that period, when 12 to 16ft dinghies were enjoying a boom, especially home built ones. British crews sailing in the class in the sixties lead a breakthrough in Olympic sailing success.

Keith Musto and Tony Morgan won Silver at the Enoshima Games in 1964 and during a time of huge growth in dinghy racing in the UK, most class champions tried their hand at competing in the class as each Olympic Games approached - full time dinghy sailing was then almost unknown except for the soviet block countries.

In those much more laid-back days, top competitors would move into the class in the year preceding the Games and challenge the small group of regular FD sailors. And with a Bob Hoare built hull becoming almost obligatory, the triumphant of Musto/Morgan, Oakley/Hunt and multi-medallist (2 Gold and 1 Silver) Rodney Pattison with various crew, ruled the major events thro the sixties and seventies.

Jo Richards and Peter Allem won Britain's final Olympic medal in the class, a Bronze, at the Long Beach Games in 1984. The class was omitted from the Olympics after Barcelona in 1992.

After the replacement of the FD in the Olympics, the class suffered a to be expected downturn in new building, but always a popular boat on the continent, especially on the large lakes, the class maintained numbers and has gradually rebuilt to become a popular international racing class again.

International events are well supported and 77 boats from 16 countries will be racing at the 2007 Worlds in Spain. The British class is well represented with ten entries . . . . .

Entry for Flying Dutchman Worlds 2007

AUS AUS123 DOUGLAS PARKER/FERDO MATULJA
AUT AUT11 MOSER WALTER/WOLFGANG
AUT AUT382 CHRISTOPH AICHHOLZER/PHILIPP ZINGERLE
AUT AUT40 ALEXANDER SCHMID-SIEGEL/WOLFGANG SKODA
CRO CRO51 TIN MATULJA/ROBIN MATULJA
DEN DEN21 JORGEN BOISEN-MOLLER/JAICOB BOISEN-MOLLER
ESP ESP6 GINES ROMERO/ALVARO MORENO
ESP ESP7 CARLOS BELTRI FERNANDEZ/JAVIER CAYUELA CASTILLEJO
ESP ESP77 IGNACIO ITURRIOZ/
ESP ESP8 ALVARO ECHEVARRIA CAMPOS/ALVARO GARCIMARTIN GARCIA
ESP ESP81 FRANCISCO MARTINEZ/ARTURO MANCHADO
ESP ESP85 JUAN MONTOYA/FRANCISCO MARTINEZ
ESP ESP86 JOSE SANCHEZ PASTOR/JAVIER HIGUERA
ESP ESP87 JUAN LUIS FRENICHE IBAÑEZ/JUAN LUIS FRENICHE ROWE
ESP ESP9 DOLORES SANCHEZ-HERRERO GARCIA/JUAN PABLO DE DIEGO DE LA TORRE
FRA FRA16 CONAN PATRICK/CONAN MARC
GBR GBR003 MATT YOUNG/
GBR GBR007 CHRIS FIELD/
GBR GBR033 NIGEL LOVETT/
GBR GBR343 PAUL ATKINSON/JIM HARROP
GBR GBR367 JONATHAN GORBOLD/ANNA GORBOLD
GBR GBR369 JOHN STRANGLER WILLIAMS/ALEX ROGERS
GBR GBR373 NEIL PYE/JAMIE WHITAKER
GBR GBR382 PETER DORAN/RICHARD PHILLIPS
GBR GBR385 JOSEPH BAILEY/PETER BAILEY
GBR GBR386 TONY LYALL/COLIN BURNS
GER GER113 KILIAN KÖNIG/JOHANNES BRACK
GER GER12 ERNST GRETEN/DETLEF KRÜGER
GER GER122 ERIKA GEELKERKEN/HARALD BERNING
GER GER13 HANS-ALBERT KÓNIG/HEINZ BOLLWEG
GER GER130 CHRISTIAN VON MULERT/MARKUS GIEL
GER GER133 ELISA KÖNIG/TIMO SAUDROCK
GER GER173 THORSTEN WENTEN/STEPHAN HANDICK
GER GER19 PEGGY BAHR/TORSTEN BAHR
GER GER199 DIRK BOGUMIL/MICHAE LISKEN
GER GER202 JÖRN BOROWSKI/ANDREAS BERLIN
GER GER206 KAY-UWE LÜDTKE/KAI SCHÄFERS
GER GER210 JÖRG WITTE/STEFAN MÄDICKE
GER GER213 ROLF ALBERT/LUTZ ALBERT
GER GER22 RAINER GIERSTL/PETER HOLLENDER
GER GER259 RALF BUNDEL/SVEND VIEWEG
GER GER41 EDWIN NEUE/CAROLINE RUDORFF
GER GER66 KURT PRENZIER/HEINZ
GER GER74 GROB JÜRGEN/SCHAY PHILIPP
GER GER75 DR. CHRISTIAN ZBIL/PAUL BICHLER
GER GER79 JOCHEN SPAAN/THOMAS VOIGT
GER GER87 HANS-PETER SCHWARZ/ROLAND KIRST
GER GER98 SHMUEL MARKHOFF/JENS-UWE KRÜGER
GER GER99 UNE SKINGROB/SVEN HERMENAU
HUN HUN13 ANDRAS SULI/DAVID PAPP
HUN HUN70 SZABOLCS MAJTHENYI/ANDRAS DOMOKOS
HUN HUN78 ANTAL KARDOS/CSABA POLGAR
ITA ITA10 ROBERTO CIPRIANI/STEFANO MORELLI
ITA ITA4 VESPASIANI NICOLA/
ITA ITA45 VESPASIANI FRANCESCO/GERUNZI FRANCESCO
ITA ITA53 LUCA UNRARO/MARCO UNRARO
ITA ITA7 ALBERTO BARENGHI/VICENTE GUIJARRO
NED NED25 WIJGERS/KAMPHUIS
NED NED26 ENNO KRAMER/ARD GEELKERKEN
NED NED304 JOHAN VAN WERKHOVEN/DENNIS VAN WERKHOVEN
NED NED312 PIETER STAAL/ARNOUT WIJS
NED NED315 CLOVIS BUIJS/MARLENE VAN BALLEGOOIJEN
NED NED32 BAS VAN DER FOL/MARC VAN DER POL
NED NED327 FRANK NOOIJEN/RONALD HUIJSMANS
NED NED33 TANJA HEIJINK/NETTIE VAN DER VALK
NED NED334 SJORS RIEMSLAG/KLAAS VAN DER SPEK
NED NED341 DURK ZANDSTRA/HUGO MAARLEVELD
NED NED348 THIJS RUTTEN/THEO RUTTEN
NZL NZL110 HIDEO TAYAMA/ADRIAN LAURENCE
NZL NZL111 ANDREW JAMES MCKEE/MATTHEW RICHARD BISMARK
POR POR99 RAFAEL PARAISO/BALTAZAR PARAISO
ROM ROM100 MIAI BUTUCARU/LIVIU DOARA
SLO SLO1 LUKA TOMORI/URBAN JAN
USA USA1435 PETER F. WELLS/BARBARA R. WELLS
USA USA2 BILL BERNARD/
USA USA251 TIM SAYLES/PAVEL RUZICKA
USA USA36 LIN ROBSON/ROBERT PALLER