Gibbs leads International 12m2 Sharpie Europeans

by Sail-World on 8 Aug 2007 Chris Gibbs and Tim Gibbs of Britain lead the International 12m2 Sharpie 44th European Championship being held at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. The Gibbs have a two point lead after four races completed.

Second are Tom Weller and Jeroen van Veen (NED) with K Eisenblaetter and S Wussow (GER) in third place.

Wednesday is a lay day with racing continuing on Thursday.

The International 12m2 Sharpie class, designed in 1930, was the Olympic two man boat in the Melbourne Olympics in 1956. Peter Mander and Jack Cropp (NZL) won the Gold, Rolly Tasker (AUS) the Silver and Terrence Smith and Jasper Blackall (GBR) the bronze. Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) is the sailing site for the 2012 Olympics.

Sharpie - Overall leading results after 4 races, 1 discard

1st	GBR 125	Winsdpiel	GBR	C Gibbs	T Gibbs	1	-3	3	1	8	5
2nd	NED 119	Doordrijver	NED	Tom Weller	J V Veen	4	1	2	-8	15	7
3rd	GER 377	Bunyip	GBR	K Eisenblaetter	S Wussow	-5	4	5	3	17	12
4th	NED 008	Bries	NED	J P Braam	I D Boer	-12	11	1	2	26	14
5th	GBR 12	Rock-a-bye	GBR	J Case	D Frary	3	9	-18	4	34	16
6th	NED 128	Spotvogel	NED	P Raalte	J V Dorst	2	8	-23	7	40	17
7th	GBR 009	Annamarie	GBR	P Spink	J Ellison	6	5	8	-11	30	19
8th	NED 137	Plasjager	NED	E Verkaik	N Raalte	7	-13	4	12	36	23
9th	NED 055	Brandaris	NED	A Vliet	J Liesveld	11	6	12	-13	42	29
10th	NED 181	Geep	NED	F Steeneken	J Vliet	10	10	-26	9	55	29
11th	NED 135	Krek Wak Wou	NED	D V Vliet	M Verlaan	8	2	20	-36	66	30
12th	NED 049	Snark	NED	J Hondel	M Hondel	20	-22	6	5	53	31
13th	NED 080	Miriandel	NED	G Post	G Hamilton	17	54	13	6	90	36
14th	NED 077	Typhoon	NED	J Volwater	T Berkel	-25	16	9	15	65	40
15th	NED 230	T olde holt	NED	J Woertman	R Woertman	14	12	-43	18	87	44
16th	GBR 133	Ghost	GBR	J Clark	R Howlett	13	17	15	-32	77	45
17th	NED 004	Geheid Goed	NED	A Vosselman	A Vosselman	15	7	-33	24	79	46
18th	NED 174	Donderstein	NED	B Versteeg	P V Dorst	-28	14	22	10	74	46
19th	NED 138	Mustang	NED	H Dorst	S Mittelmeijer	-27	19	11	17	74	47
20th	GBR 105	Rose of Sharon	GBR	R Spink	W Ellison	-50	20	10	20	100	50
21st	GBR 135	Poelsnip	GBR	M Read	O Read	16	54	16	21	107	53
22nd	NED 129	Brak	NED	A V Kouwen	N V Vilet	-36	27	14	14	91	55
23rd	NED 141	Albatros	NED	H Schoonhoven	K Kuiper	21	54	19	16	110	56
24th	GBR 13	Sea Witch	GBR	Alex Scholes	Gemma Nye	31	25	7	54	117	63
25th	NED 160	Bliek	NED	F Koome	E Berendsen	19	15	-38	29	101	63
26th	NED 192	Deugniet	NED	R Vosselman	M Goedvree	22	18	-27	23	90	63
27th	POR 51	Neo	POR	Nelson M	Jogs C	26	21	-44	19	110	66
28th	GER 122	Very old	GER	U Peters	K Kulle	37	54	21	25	137	83
29th	NED 094	Witwiek	NED	D J Konijnenberg	J Hazendonk	32	54	17	39	142	88
30th	GBR 002	Teal	GBR	B Cracknell	Sally Wayne	29	54	29	30	142	88
31st	GBR 134	Peojse	GBR	B Lambert	T Adams	9	54	54	27	144	90
32nd	GBR 129	Madrigal	GBR	R Cracknell	W Wynne	33	23	54	35	145	91
33rd	GBR 132	Liebchen	GBR	K Spink	J Groome	-40	26	30	37	133	93
34th	NED 219	Quiquibio	NED	C Mittelmeijer	C Mittelmeijer	24	54	54	22	154	100
35th	GBR 61	Vixen	GBR	R Elliott	J Crossman	23	54	54	26	157	103
36th	NED 108	Tramp	GBR	M Zande	J Zelst	42	54	35	28	159	105
37th	GBR 077	Maid of Arnhem	GBR	T Andrews	M Healing	44	54	25	38	161	107
38th	GBR 068	Sea Thrift	GBR	H Burkitt	G C-Smith	39	24	45	-50	158	108
39th	GBR 015	Flyinh cloud	GBR	C Hardy	N Hardy	54	54	24	31	163	109
40th	GBR 096	Tempest	GBR	J Mcewen	G Daubenmerkl	30	54	36	43	163	109
41st	NED 229	Flittchen	NED	J Berkhof	M Willekems	43	54	34	33	164	110
42nd	GBR 128	Capella	GBR	A Smith	P Beachell	48	54	31	34	167	113
43rd	GBR 003	Houri	GBR	C Nye	B Bradshaw	18	54	54	44	170	116
44th	NED 126	Sagitta	NED	F Schutten	J Voorbij	34	54	42	40	170	116
45th	GBR 063	Chuckles	GBR	E Farrell	J Nye	35	54	40	42	171	117
46th	GBR 016	Titania	GBR	B Curtis	C Crawford	38	54	39	41	172	118
47th	GBR 136	Rakker	GBR	C Spink	Oggy	41	54	32	46	173	119
48th	RSA 1	All Weather	RSA	J Fowler	B Beech	49	54	37	45	185	131
49th	NED 062	Baroeboe	NED	D Mulderij	R Mulderij	54	54	28	54	190	136
50th	GBR 124	Ula	GBR	A Graham	H Graham	47	54	41	49	191	137
51st	GBR 118	Cymba	GBR	J Pigney	H Pigney	45	54	47	48	194	140
52nd	GER 215	Nowo	GER	N Steiner	W Frank	54	54	46	47	201	147
53rd	NED 092	Brasem	NED	B Hoogen	W Hoogen	46	54	54	54	208	154