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Star European Championship - Polgar and Koy on top

by Star Europeans amended on 12 Jun 2010
Johannes Polgar (sail number 8414) - 2010 Star European Championship Star European Championship
Star European Championship report.

After four fantastic days in the waters of Viareggio today, Friday, June 11, the wind is the protagonist delaying the departure of more than three hours.


At 16.15 the final race started and ended at 18.15, the wind conditions a steady five to six knots.

Top ten of the day:
101 USA Szabo – Strube
109 GER Polgar - Koy
111 BRA Pascolato – Boening
65 PUR Rodriguez – Rodriguez
26 ESP Garcia Lago – Toro Pietro Piga
59 GRE Papathanasiou – Dragoutsis
95 ITA Negri – Voltolini
94 USA Mendelblatt – Von Schwarz
63 BRA Reis Luiz – Goncalves
99 BRA Scheidt – Prada

At the top of the ranking Polgar – Koy, and then Mendelblatt – Von Schwarz.

'The rivalry has been incredible' - Johannes Polgar said - We're happy with our performance here. We trained hard and it would not have been possible to win here without that effort.

We work very well all together and I'm so happy for this win.'

2010 Star European Championship

Overall

Sailed: 5, Discards: 1, To count: 4, Entries: 132, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank BowNumber Nat SailNo Fleet HelmName CrewName R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total Nett Notes
1st 109 GER 8414 Essener Polgar Johannes Koy Markus 1.0 2.0 6.0 (21.0) 2.0 32.0 11.0  
2nd 94 USA 8267 Tampa Bay Mendelblatt Mark Von Schwarz John (28.0) 3.0 12.0 2.0 8.0 53.0 25.0  
3rd 101 USA 8273 San Diego Bay Szabo George Strube mark 16.0 11.0 3.0 (23.0) 1.0 54.0 31.0  
4th 106 CAN 8401 Vancouver Island Clarke Richard Bjorn Tyler 7.0 7.0 9.0 8.0 (53.0) 84.0 31.0  
5th 95 ITA 8266 Verbano Negri Diego Voltolini Enrico 20.0 4.0 (21.0) 3.0 7.0 55.0 34.0  
6th 11 USA 8423 San Diego Bay Campbell Andrew Nichol Brad 6.0 (20.0) 15.0 14.0 3.0 58.0 38.0  
7th 92 POL 8417 Isolated Kusznierewicz Mateusz Zycli Dominik 4.0 24.0 17.0 4.0 (25.0) 74.0 49.0  
8th 90 BRA 8397 Guanabara Bay Grael Torben Ferreira Marcelo 3.0 13.0 2.0 36.0 (59.0) 113.0 54.0  
9th 99 BRA 8255 Guarapiranga Scheidt Robert Prada Bruno 18.0 (50.0) 29.0 1.0 10.0 108.0 58.0  
10th 83 DEN 8380 Danish Andersen Benny Just Mogen 12.0 29.0 16.0 11.0 (70.0) 138.0 68.0  
11th 44 SUI 8364 Thuner-Bielersee Marazzi Flavio De Maria Enrico 17.0 23.0 24.0 7.0 (133.0 DNF) 204.0 71.0  
12th 100 AUT 8368 Attersee Spitzauer Hans Luezlbauer Adi 15.0 9.0 (47.0) 17.0 30.0 118.0 71.0  
13th 93 SWE 8387 Birka Loof Fredrik Tillander Johan 11.0 26.0 27.0 10.0 (28.0) 102.0 74.0  
14th 51 USA 8422 Lake Hopatcong Merriman Rick Sperry Austin 37.0 12.0 7.0 19.0 (81.0) 156.0 75.0  
15th 107 CRO 8339 Kvarner Lovrovic Jr Marin Mikulicic Sinisa 8.0 (48.0) 23.0 35.0 12.0 126.0 78.0  
16th 26 ESP 7384 Laredo Garcia-Lago Soler Fernando Toro Pietro-Puga Jano 9.0 (133.0 OCS) 42.0 24.0 5.0 213.0 80.0  
17th 142 ITA 8332 Perla della Versilia Chieffi Enrico Corsi Manlio 32.0 19.0 (133.0 OCS) 18.0 11.0 213.0 80.0  
18th 80 BRA 8392 Paranoa Grael Lars Schmidt Seifert Ronald 13.0 18.0 (30.0) 30.0 21.0 112.0 82.0  
19th 22 FRA 8270 Villefranche Florent Guillaume Rambeau Pascal 10.0 28.0 (37.0) 22.0 24.0 121.0 84.0  
20th 97 FRA 8237 Nice Rohart Xavier Ponsot Pierre Alexis 33.0 10.0 13.0 (38.0) 29.0 123.0 85.0  
21st 84 GER 8378 Moehnesee Babendererde Johannes Jacobs Timo 48.0 17.0 26.0 5.0 (133.0 OCS) 229.0 96.0  
22nd 122 BRA 8283 Rio de Janeiro Brun Gastao Kunze Gustavo 21.0 22.0 (31.0) 27.0 26.0 127.0 96.0 GM
23rd 33 POL 8412 Isolated Grabowski Maciej Lesinski Lukasz 2.0 (46.0) 22.0 43.0 34.0 147.0 101.0  
24th 49 AUS 8107 Isolated Mckenzie Paul Toth Philip 39.0 (41.0) 8.0 40.0 14.0 142.0 101.0  
25th 65 PUR 7784 Isolated Rodriguez Ernesto Rodriguez Jesus 56.0 34.0 11.0 (133.0 BFD) 4.0 238.0 105.0  
26th 104 IRL 8385 Isolated Treacy Max Shanks Antony (95.0) 58.0 4.0 32.0 15.0 204.0 109.0  
27th 88 POR 8309 Cascais Domingos Afonsos Melo Federico 19.0 21.0 51.0 (133.0 BFD) 18.0 242.0 109.0  
28th 29 GBR 8333 Solent Gimson John Greig Ed (80.0) 8.0 34.0 13.0 56.0 191.0 111.0  
29th 96 NZL 8187 Isolated Pepper Hamish Monk Craig 22.0 (133.0 OCS) 5.0 9.0 84.0 253.0 120.0  
30th 89 ESP 8297 Laredo Echavarri Erasun Rivero Fernando 57.0 14.0 (73.0) 26.0 23.0 193.0 120.0  
31st 14 ITA 8384 South Garda Celon Nicola Natucci Edoardo (67.0) 32.0 39.0 28.0 22.0 188.0 121.0  
32nd 114 IRL 8418 Isolated O'Leary Peter Burrows David 44.0 53.0 18.0 12.0 (89.0) 216.0 127.0  
33rd 01 CRO 7287 Dalmatian Arapov Mate Sitic Ante (133.0 DSQ) 5.0 38.0 20.0 68.0 264.0 131.0  
34th 117 POR 8276 Porto Lima Gustavo Roxo Basilio Rubrio 52.0 16.0 (58.0) 31.0 32.0 189.0 131.0  
35th 67 GER 8140 Luebeck Bay Schlonski Alexander Kleen Frithjof 62.0 6.0 1.0 (133.0 BFD) 65.0 267.0 134.0  
36th 72 GER 8340 Berliner Stanjek Robert Stanjek Philipp 25.0 (56.0) 56.0 15.0 42.0 194.0 138.0  
37th 91 ARG 8381 Laredo Kouyoumdjian Juan Colla Alejandro 36.0 36.0 (49.0) 46.0 20.0 187.0 138.0  
38th 34 UKR 8247 Dnipro Gureyev Vasyl Korotkov Volodymyr 29.0 33.0 (48.0) 41.0 35.0 186.0 138.0 M
39th 59 GRE 8296 Greece Papathanasiou Elilios Dragoutsis Alexandros 54.0 42.0 (98.0) 37.0 6.0 237.0 139.0  
40th 108 ITA 8155 Roma Poggi Giampiero Del Col Giancarlo 34.0 61.0 44.0 16.0 (95.0) 250.0 155.0  
41st 112 JPN 8144 Isolated Suzuki Kunio Wada Daichi 64.0 (100.0) 14.0 6.0 79.0 263.0 163.0  
42nd 74 HUN 8386 Oreghegy Tenke Tibor Bezereti Miklos (133.0 OCS) 40.0 33.0 54.0 36.0 296.0 163.0 M
43rd 36 CAN 8427 Biscayne Bay Hebb Stuart Wolfs Mike 14.0 44.0 (92.0) 58.0 48.0 256.0 164.0  
44th 24 ITA 7276 South Garda Fravezzi Albino Fravezzi Fabio (110.0) 15.0 69.0 64.7 RDG 16.0 274.7 164.7 GM
45th 17 UKR 8343 Eastern Ukraine Datsenko Konstantin Bazurin Ilya (71.0) 27.0 43.0 52.0 47.0 240.0 169.0  
46th 110 ITA 7881 Verbano Racchelli Andrea Auguadro Tiziano (69.0) 54.0 35.0 67.0 19.0 244.0 175.0  
47th 27 ITA 8354 Isola Comacina Gatti Giulio Costa Ermes 38.0 (88.0) 66.0 45.0 27.0 264.0 176.0  
48th 02 ITA 8383 Trieste Augelli Marco Kuhar Jacopo 27.0 (75.0) 63.0 25.0 62.0 252.0 177.0  
49th 45 ITA 8220 Conero Marcolini Francesco Rocca Leone 42.0 30.0 46.0 59.0 (75.0) 252.0 177.0  
50th 77 GRE 7973 Greece Tsoulfas Theodore Girogas John 26.0 64.0 32.0 56.0 (82.0) 260.0 178.0  
51st 120 SWE 8351 Rasta Lofstedt Tom Harsberg Kasper 51.0 31.0 62.0 34.0 (133.0 OCS) 311.0 178.0 M
52nd 85 ITA 7958 Lecco Canali Massimo Lattuada Francesco (87.0) 62.0 20.0 60.0 43.0 272.0 185.0  
53rd 111 BRA 8282 Guarapiranga Pascolato Alessandro Boening Henry Raul 24.0 47.0 25.0 (133.0 BFD) 90.0 319.0 186.0 GM
54th 53 GER 8299 Ueberlingersee Miller Mattias Wenk Benedikt 41.0 (133.0 OCS) 10.0 47.0 91.0 322.0 189.0  
55th 113 ITA 8029 Roma Simeone Luca La Porta Manuele (90.0) 59.0 28.0 42.0 67.0 286.0 196.0  
56th 119 ITA 8421 Lecco Locatelli Vincenzo Oggioni Giuseppe 23.0 86.0 36.0 55.0 (97.0) 297.0 200.0  
57th 43 CRO 8280 Kvarner Lovrovic Dan Arapovic Antonio 31.0 77.0 45.0 48.0 (86.0) 287.0 201.0  
58th 23 ITA 8042 Lago di Bracciano Fornaro Andrea Bianchi Emiliano 94.0 45.0 55.0 (133.0 BFD) 13.0 340.0 207.0  
59th 98 ITA 8400 North Garda Santoni Silvio Toccoli Fabio 30.0 (95.0) 65.0 29.0 83.0 302.0 207.0  
60th 63 BRA 8287 Paranoa Reis Luiz Andre Goncalves Samuel 65.0 74.0 (95.0) 61.0 9.0 304.0 209.0 M
61st 06 ITA 7488 Garda Benamati Michele Benamati Roberto 45.0 37.0 (94.0) 72.0 60.0 308.0 214.0  
62nd 68 GER 8154 Chiemsee-Bayrisches Schott Tobias Linke Peter 5.0 (133.0 OCS) 71.0 65.0 74.0 348.0 215.0  
63rd 118 HUN 8076 Oreghegy Litkey Arpat Mesterhazy-Nagy Akos 43.0 52.0 (133.0 DSQ) 83.0 37.0 348.0 215.0  
64th 09 ITA 8242 Garda Boggi Lucio Lambertenghi Sergio 81.0 25.0 50.0 63.0 (133.0 OCS) 352.0 219.0  
65th 127 GER 8137 Berliner Voigt Manuel Sradnick Paul 55.0 76.0 57.0 33.0 (133.0 OCS) 354.0 221.0  
66th 31 UKR 8314 Eastern Ukraine Golovanov Andrii Mosyazhenko Olexandr (133.0 DSQ) 57.0 67.0 44.0 57.0 358.0 225.0  
67th 130 ITA 8335 Viareggio Righi Roberto Bortoletto David 70.0 55.0 40.0 (133.0 DSQ) 63.0 361.0 228.0 M
68th 144 ITA 8164 Forte dei Marmi Chinca Valerio Ciano Massimo 49.0 63.0 (133.0 DSQ) 39.0 80.0 364.0 231.0  
69th 134 ITA 8206 Perla della Versilia Lanfranchi Alessandro Cinquini Roberto 72.0 1.0 90.0 (106.0) 71.0 340.0 234.0 M
70th 57 ITA 8202 Lago di Bracciano Nazzaro Paolo Marullo Riccardo (133.0 OCS) 65.0 53.0 95.0 33.0 379.0 246.0 M
71st 13 SWE 7712 Kattegatt Carlson Philip Peterson Benjamin 77.0 67.0 60.0 (133.0 BFD) 44.0 381.0 248.0  
72nd 16 ITA 7807 Trieste Danelon Guglielmo Gazzetta Mattia (96.0) 39.0 84.0 77.0 51.0 347.0 251.0  
73rd 07 RUS 8359 Volga Berezhnoy Andrey Masalov Sergey 46.0 73.0 (101.0) 82.0 50.0 352.0 251.0  
74th 126 GER 8204 Hamburg Von Eicken Andreas Hobbie Dietmar 93.0 51.0 41.0 69.0 (133.0 DNF) 387.0 254.0 GM
75th 39 CAN 8235 Lake Ontario Canada Johansson Oskar Hynes James 40.0 35.0 87.0 (133.0 BFD) 93.0 388.0 255.0  
76th 60 GER 8355 Starnbergersee Paucksch Christian Knoll Christian 76.0 (133.0 OCS) 54.0 87.0 38.0 388.0 255.0  
77th 121 UKR 8119 Eastern Ukraine Bondar Pavlo Dmytrenko Mykola 68.0 71.0 19.0 98.0 (133.0 DNF) 389.0 256.0  
78th 38 USA 8077 Lake Springfield Jennings Jack Sharp Brian 61.0 (133.0 OCS) 85.0 50.0 64.0 393.0 260.0  
79th 08 ITA 8258 South Garda Berti David Bradanini Giovanni 35.0 94.0 76.0 57.0 (133.0 DNF) 395.0 262.0  
80th 10 UKR 8141 Eastern Ukraine Bundiuk Velerii Mechetin Dmytriy (79.0) 49.0 70.0 79.0 69.0 346.0 267.0  
81st 28 SUI 8409 Bodensee Gautschi Christoph Gautschi Stephano (114.0) 72.0 64.0 64.0 73.0 387.0 273.0 M
82nd 103 AUT 8369 Carinthian Tomasini Grinover Roberto Bahr Gunnar 50.0 (118.0) 110.0 70.0 46.0 394.0 276.0 GM
83rd 66 SUI 7969 Thuner-Bielersee Scheidegger Kurt Scheidegger Markus 66.0 91.0 (93.0) 81.0 40.0 371.0 278.0  
84th 87 USA 8279 Tempa Bay Bonanni Claude Burgess Richard 60.0 79.0 88.0 53.0 (106.0) 386.0 280.0  
85th 143 ITA 8317 Salerno Tamburini Antonio Di Maio Davide (133.0 OCS) 60.0 91.0 71.0 58.0 413.0 280.0  
86th 42 ESP 8370 Laredo Juarez Agustin Farias Manuel 91.0 70.0 61.0 66.0 (133.0 DNF) 421.0 288.0  
87th 133 ITA 7789 Viareggio Mari Adriano Tofani Filippo 82.0 (133.0 OCS) 83.0 107.0 17.0 422.0 289.0  
88th 79 NED 8070 Loosdrecht Van Hellemond Karel Breuseker Alex 74.0 109.0 79.0 (133.0 BFD) 31.0 426.0 293.0  
89th 35 GER 8311 Zugspitz of Wurmsee Hampe Axel Conrads Chris 78.0 81.0 (107.0) 88.0 54.0 408.0 301.0 GM
90th 125 AUT 7846 Haydn Weinreich Gerhald Mittendorfer Martina (92.0) 92.0 75.0 91.0 45.0 395.0 303.0  
91st 56 GER 8149 Essener Muellejans Christian Morf Karsten 73.0 (103.0) 68.0 81.3 RDG 81.3 RDG 406.6 303.6  
92nd 64 ITA 8014 Capri Ritucci Giuseppe Menassa Antonio 47.0 93.0 82.0 85.0 (133.0 DNC) 440.0 307.0 M
93rd 71 GER 8407 Chiemsee-Bayrisches Soeliner Walter Soeliner Xaver 53.0 99.0 (120.0) 96.0 66.0 434.0 314.0 GGM
94th 132 ITA 8330 Perla della Versilia Mugnaini Daniele Mugnaini davide 86.0 (117.0) 86.0 62.0 85.0 436.0 319.0  
95th 129 ITA 8118 Forte dei Marmi Tarabella Andrea Gualandri Carlo 58.0 (104.0) 72.0 92.0 100.0 426.0 322.0  
96th 105 SUI 8316 Thuner-Bielersee Zlot Stefan Roeseler Ronald 104.0 83.0 (108.0) 100.0 39.0 434.0 326.0 M
97th 78 AUT 8226 Traunsee Urban Josef Steinkogler Andreas 120.0 84.0 77.0 49.0 (133.0 DNF) 463.0 330.0 GM
98th 03 AUS 7831 Lake Macquarie Baker Phillip Reffold Simon (103.0) 78.0 133.0 DNE 74.0 49.0 437.0 334.0  
99th 15 FRA 8196 Marseilles Dabry Raoul Cotte Tristan 59.0 (108.0) 102.0 68.0 108.0 445.0 337.0  
100th 32 BRA 8391 Paranoa Gonzaga Neto Admar Figueiredo de Freita Alexandr 105.0 (133.0 OCS) 109.0 84.0 41.0 472.0 339.0  
101st 137 ITA 7562 Viareggio Bettarini Stefano Giachetti Alessandro 83.0 68.0 (133.0 DSQ) 78.0 110.0 472.0 339.0 M
102nd 141 ITA 8375 Perla della Versilia Antongiovanni Massimiliano Saccenti Paolo (119.0) 106.0 80.0 75.0 78.0 458.0 339.0  
103rd 48 ITA 8081 Palermo Mazzeo Giovanni Barbera Antonio 102.0 87.0 99.0 (108.0) 52.0 448.0 340.0  
104th 102 SUI 8085 Luzern Zimmermann lorenz Grygoyev Marc (107.0) 102.0 97.0 51.0 94.0 451.0 344.0  
105th 124 POL 7858 Isolated Wierzbicki Arkadiusz Kuznicki Tomasz 84.0 98.0 (111.0) 93.0 72.0 458.0 347.0  
106th 86 SUI 8329 Zuerichsee Wyss Daniel Joss Urs 97.0 43.0 78.0 (133.0 BFD) 133.0 OCS 484.0 351.0 GM
107th 139 ITA 8057 Perla della Versilia Balderi Antonio Anguillesi Amerigo (118.0) 96.0 59.0 109.0 87.0 469.0 351.0 M
108th 47 ITA 8114 Garda Masserdotti Paolo Tassini Massimiliano (121.0) 66.0 104.0 76.0 105.0 472.0 351.0  
109th 140 ITA 8402 Viareggio Astorri Raffaello Bandiera Enrico 88.0 85.0 (133.0 OCS) 80.0 99.0 485.0 352.0  
110th 55 ITA 8178 Alto Lario Moschioni Vito Bianchini Roberto 63.0 120.0 89.0 86.0 (133.0 DNC) 491.0 358.0  
111th 20 SRB 7888 Isolated Erac Branislav Tosic Ozren (133.0 DNF) 69.0 113.0 103.0 77.0 495.0 362.0  
112th 128 ITA 8334 Forte dei Marmi Insom Paolo Dell'Innocenti Silvio 108.0 (113.0) 74.0 94.0 88.0 477.0 364.0 M
113th 04 USA 7986 Annapolis Beigel-Vosbury Barbara Avellon Guy 113.0 111.0 81.0 (133.0 DNF) 61.0 499.0 366.0 M
114th 25 ITA 7503 Lago di Bracciano Gallo Andrea Petella Filippo 75.0 97.0 (116.0) 101.0 102.0 491.0 375.0  
115th 21 ITA 8373 Alto Lario Falciola Guido Medolago Federico 109.0 (112.0) 96.0 73.0 98.0 488.0 376.0 M
116th 58 AUT 7458 Attersee Oberkofler Joerg Stelzi Thomas 99.0 (115.0) 115.0 112.0 55.0 496.0 381.0 GM
117th 18 ITA 7879 Lago di Bracciano De Sangro Riccardo Lino Giuseppe 98.0 82.0 (133.0 DSQ) 89.0 112.0 514.0 381.0 M
118th 52 GER 8062 Starnbergersee Meyer Manfred Di Martino Daniele 89.0 107.0 (133.0 DNF) 110.0 76.0 515.0 382.0 GGM
119th 76 GER 7960 Zugspitz of Wurmsee Thurner Frank Nitsche Kai 100.0 (116.0) 103.0 90.0 104.0 513.0 397.0  
120th 75 GER 7866 Kieler Thomsen Dierk Behn Philip 85.0 110.0 114.0 (133.0 DNC) 92.0 534.0 401.0 GGM
121st 46 HUN 8166 Oreghegy Martin Viktor Shapovalov Mykola 112.0 90.0 106.0 97.0 (133.0 DNF) 538.0 405.0  
122nd 41 NED 8263 Medemblik Jorissen Sander Veldhuizen Erik 111.0 38.0 (133.0 DNF) 133.0 DNC 133.0 DNC 548.0 415.0  
123rd 62 GER 8416 Andechser Rauch Hubert Hall Robin 101.0 105.0 105.0 104.0 (109.0) 524.0 415.0 M
124th 81 ITA 7551 Salerno Cristaldini Corrado Irrera Renato 125.0 89.0 117.0 (133.0 DNC) 96.0 560.0 427.0 M
125th 37 ITA 8200 Capri Improta Riccardo Lupoli Andrea 116.0 (133.0 OCS) 52.0 133.0 BFD 133.0 DNF 567.0 434.0  
126th 138 ITA 7882 Forte dei Marmi Baldi Francesco Giorguli Giovanni 117.0 101.0 119.0 99.0 (133.0 DNC) 569.0 436.0  
127th 61 ITA 8158 Mandello Perelli Massimo Paloschi Luca (133.0 DSQ) 133.0 DNF 100.0 102.0 103.0 571.0 438.0  
128th 136 ITA 7705 Perla della Versilia Bonanno Graziano Ticulin Massimiliano 122.0 (133.0 OCS) 112.0 105.0 101.0 573.0 440.0  
129th 131 ITA 7339 Forte dei Marmi Papini Filippo Berni Riccardo 106.0 114.0 118.0 (133.0 DNF) 107.0 578.0 445.0 M
130th 40 SWE 8347 Kattegatt Jorhov Henrik Hasselgren Henrik 115.0 80.0 (133.0 DNF) 133.0 DNC 133.0 DNC 594.0 461.0  
131st 12 ITA 7669 Alto Lario Carbonell Oscar Giovanni Giani Niccolo (124.0) 119.0 121.0 111.0 111.0 586.0 462.0  
132nd 135 ITA 8363 Forte dei Marmi D'Ottaviano Gregorio Maccioni Massimo 123.0 (133.0 OCS) 133.0 DNF 133.0 DNC 133.0 DNC 655.0 522.0 GM




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