Evans and Burling drop to second in 420 Finals

by Sail-World on 17 Aug 2006

Dan Willcox and Mat Jones get away to a clear start in the 420 Europeans Event Media

New Zealand 420 World Champions Carl Evans and Peter Burling have dropped out of first place for the the first time in their European tour. Sailing in the 420 Junior European Championships, in the Gold fleet Finals section of the regatta, the New Zealand duo are one point behind Balzeau Berenger and Fountaine Mathieu (FRA) who won all three races in the Gold Fleet.

Evans and Burling did not have a good day, by their standards finishing with two seconds and a third, but used their carried forward win from the Qualifying Round to minimise the gap.

Lying in 18th overall are a second New Zealand crew of Dan Willcox and Mathew Jones - sons of old 470 rivals Hamish Willcox and Murray Jones, who are both engaged in America's Cup campaigns and are based in Europe.

CLUBE NÁUTICO DE TAVIRA
420 JR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP-FINAL SERIES
11 TO 19 AUGUST 2006
Gold Fleet
Series Summary
Pl	Sail #	Crew	Sg	Flt	1	2A	3A	4A	Tot
1	FRA52290	Berenger Balzeau & Mathieu Fountaine		Gold	4	1	1	1	7
2	NZL51984	Carl Evans & Peter Burling		Gold	1	2	2	3	8
3	GBR52479	James Ellis & Daniel Ellis		Gold	3	4	3	4	14
4	POR52378	António Rosa & Francisco Lacerda		Gold	5	7	10	2	24
5	ISR51753	Amit Brokman & Moshe Appel		Gold	2	3	6	15	26
6	FRA52369	Vincent Berthez & Thibault Heurley		Gold	6	20	5	8	39
7	FRA52424	Robin Fiault & Jeremie Mion		Gold	9	17	4	14	44
8	SUI52146	Raphael Gabella & Jonathan Simon		Gold	12	13	20	10	55
9	GBR52710	Sophie Ainsworth & Jasmine Husband	F	Gold	24	11	24	6	65
10	ESP52246	Felipe Parejo Palop & Pablo Fernandez-Palac		Gold	19	33	12	5	69
11	ISR52583	Lior Lavie & Gadi Logoboi		Gold	22	8	28	13	71
12	POR52379	Bernardo Freitas & Manuel Arriaga		Gold	11	6	9	47	73
13	GBR52405	David Brewer & Oren Richards		Gold	10	29	17	17	73
14	GER51158	Julius Schrader & Torben Boddeher		Gold	23	34	8	9	74
15	ISR51253	Guy Abad & Tomas Navot		Gold	8	5	41	25	79
16	BEL52382	Gertjan Cleeren & Koen Cleeren		Gold	32	22	13	12	79
17	ITA52300	Alberto Brolli & Federico Brolli		Gold	26	25	23	7	81
18	NZL52462	Dan Willcox & Mathew Jones		Gold	21	26	16	20	83
19	GBR52229	James Rusden & Will Rusden		Gold	17	21	19	29	86
20	AUT51168	David Bargehr & Lukas Linhart		Gold	36	9	25	18	88
21	IRL51760	Fionn Jenkinson & Sean Collins		Gold	13	38	21	23	95
22	GER51735	Wolfgang Panuschka & Mathias Weidenbach		Gold	20	23	31	21	95
23	BEL52383	Nikolaas Van De Loock & Mathieu Seynaeve		Gold	44	19	7	28	98
24	GRE52141	Makarios Neoclaras & Orestis Tsang		Gold	31	10	18	39	98
25	GBR52425	Hannah Mills & Peggy Webster	F	Gold	7	39	37	16	99
26	GER52585	Ferdinand Gerz & Bastian Henning		Gold	46	15	11	31	103
27	FRA52352	Romain Marie & Logan Vergy		Gold	27	40	15	22	104
28	POR51163	António Pereira & Afonso Prieto		Gold	28	16	50	11	105
29	ITA52309	Federico Maria Maccari & Rocco Vitali		Gold	37	18	29	24	108
30	IRL51758	Tuathal Maccolgain & Peter Duggan		Gold	14	35	26	34	109
31	GBR51428	Owain Matthews & Joe Williams		Gold	16	28	43	30	117
32	GRE51859	Thanassis Aivazis & Markos Petridis		Gold	25	24	27	43	119
33	GER52137	Andreas Ebel & Jacob Schranck		Gold	40	12	34	36	122
34	HUN51817	Imre Varadi & Balzs Nemethi		Gold	30	41	33	19	123
35	ISR52402	Roei Sandovsky & Shavit Shailo		Gold	15	46	22	41	124
36	GBR52227	Frances Peters & Kate Sparks	F	Gold	34	43	14	44	135
37	GBR52205	Stephen Tiernan & Jamie Crapnell		Gold	33	42	36	26	137
38	POR52408	Miguel Mamede & Tomas Almeida		Gold	18	14	57\DNF	57\DNF	146
39	ITA52306	Jacopo Pasini & Umberto Molineris		Gold	45	31	48	27	151
40	ESP51538	Jorge Martinez Doreste & Juan Bolivar Castro		Gold	43	36	44	32	155
41	POR51571	Nuno Bispo & Mauro Lobo		Gold	29	44	38	45	156
42	GRE52586	Periklis Aidinidis & Christos Zalidis		Gold	56	27	45	33	161
43	ITA52802	Matteo Morelli & Edoardo Raimondo		Gold	41	50	30	40	161
44	HUN51797	Robert Bakoczy & Kristof Foo		Gold	38	49	40	42	169
45	BEL51949	Jeroen Belis & Arnaud Blij		Gold	55	37	47	35	174
46	FRA51517	Maxime Garbay & Thomas Haddouche		Gold	35	55	35	52	177
47	POR51582	Gonçalo Santos & João Rosa		Gold	47	51	32	48	178
48	AUT52055	Herman Beurle & Nikolas Wienerroither		Gold	39	52	49	38	178
49	GER52497	Anne Krueger & Marie Schonknecht	F	Gold	52	53	39	37	181
50	POR51432	Antonio Mello & Manuel Silva		Gold	51	30	53	50	184
51	AUT50653	Michael Thaler & Hanno Sohm		Gold	50	32	46	57\DNF	185
52	SUI51777	Olivier Gremand & Adrien Gremand		Gold	42	54	42	51	189
53	GER51585	Susanne Baur & Katharina Berggren	F	Gold	48	45	51	53	197
54	BEL51842	Katinka Van Laer & Sofie Belis	F	Gold	53	47	52	49	201
55	IRL51023	Ed Buttler & Marcin Geraghty		Gold	54	48	57\DNF	46	205
56	ESP50824	Hugo Fernandez & Sergio Crespo		Gold	49	56	57\DNF	57\DNF	219