SAP 505 World Championship at Gdynia, Poland

by Mike Holt 2 Aug 2018 02:11 PDT 21-27 July 2018

SAP 505 Worlds at Gdynia, Poland © Robert Hajduk / www.ShutterSail.com

The 2018 running of the 505 World Championship, hosted by the Polish Yachting Association from the historic port of Gdynia in the Eastern Baltic Polish town and sponsored by SAP, saw 128 boats racing in lovely warm sunny weather.

History dictates that prior to any 505 World Championship there is a Pre Worlds event to give travelers from around the World the chance to get to see the race venue and give the race team a chance to see what the "main event" will look like and adjust accordingly. This year the PRO was the UK's Tim Hancock, assisted by a fantastic Polish team who collectively never put a foot wrong. Three races were run for the Pre Worlds, in moderate offshore conditions. 2017 World Champion, Mike Holt sailing this year with Rob Woelfel ran out convincing winners from Sandy Higgins and Paul Marsh from Australia and Lutz Stengel and Holger Jess filling out the podiums last spot.

SAP 505 Worlds at Gdynia, Poland - photo © Robert Hajduk / www.ShutterSail.com

Following measurement of boats and a lovely opening ceremony with the flag raising for the 14 countries represented, racing started in earnest with two races on day 1. Following up from the Pre Worlds win, America team of Holt and Woelfel got off to the best of starts with two wins in the 10-14 knot conditions that the weather dealt out for the day. Close on their heels were Stengel and Jess with two seconds. British teams Natham Batchelor and Sam Pascoe and Andy Smith and Tim Needham also had solid starts with both teams grabbing a 3rd place finish.

Days 2 and 3 were lost to insufficient breeze which meant for the first time we would be racing on the "lay day". The wind started light but built to a sailable 8-10 knots for the day and in order to get back on track three races were held. Following up on their good start Batchelor and Pascoe led from start to finish to win race 3, Holt and Woelfel took 2nd and Stengel and Jess took 3rd to put these 3 boats solidly at the top of the leaderboard. Races 4 and 5 went the way of the German team of Stengel and Jess to move them into the lead while Holt and Woelfel had a minor blip scoring a 4/5. Batchelor and Pascoe scored another second keeping them in contention and the British pairing of Tom Gillard and Harry Briddon had a good day, top off with a 2nd in the last one.

SAP 505 Worlds at Gdynia, Poland - photo © Robert Hajduk / www.ShutterSail.com

Come Thursday and the leaderboard was taking shape, Germany just on top of the US with the British in 3rd. Three more races were on the cards, with the wind again in the 8-10 knot range, with a nasty slop in the bay making boat speed an important commodity. In these conditions Stengel and Jess has an edge, to roll off 2 bullets and a 5th to give them the title with a day to spare as the Holt/Woelfel team wobbled and dropped too many points. Also having a good day and moving up to third in the standings were the French tam of Phillipe Boite and Mathieu Fountaine, winning the other race and scoring well in the other two.

SAP 505 Worlds at Gdynia, Poland - photo © Robert Hajduk / www.ShutterSail.com

So, the title had gone to the Germans but the other two podium spots were still to play for between a group of 6 boats. The forecast was finally for some wind, but the first race of the day did not receive it and the fleet was "treated" to 6-8 knots. With their sites clearly set on 2nd place, the German team of Jan Philip Hoffman and Felix Brockenhoff won the race, chased by the female team of Nicola Birkner and Angela Stenger also of Germany and Batchelor and Pascoe in third. Close on their heels in 4th was Holt and Woelfel. It was now a two way fight for 2nd overall between the German and American teams.

The final race got underway with the wind having built to a solid 10-15 knots and the Pathfinder team from the US for this race of Tyler Moore and Drew Butner led from the start gun to the finish line, pursued by Gillard and Briddon and Swiss team of Caroline and Philippe Jacot in 3rd. A fourth place was enough for Holt and Woelfel to take 2nd place overall and the 5th place finish in race 10 good enough for 3rd overall for Hoffman and Brockenhoff.

SAP 505 Worlds at Gdynia, Poland - photo © Robert Hajduk / www.ShutterSail.com

A well run event, on and off the water, superbly supported by SAP with their live coverage and analytics seeing five different countries and 3 continents represented in the top ten. The German team of Stengel and Jess were deserving winners, showing great speed and an ability to get themselves out of trouble in the congested race course. However, they will only hold the title for 5 short months as the class heads down under to Freemantle in January for the 2019 Worlds. Will we see a new Champion then?

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm / Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1	GER 8992	LUTZ STENGEL / HOLGER JESS	2	2	3	1	1	1	5	1	DNC	DNC	16
2	USA 9072	MIKE HOLT / ROB WOELFEL	1	1	2	4	5	13	17	8	4	4	29
3	GER 9121	JAN‑PHILIPP HOFMANN / FELIX BJÖRN BROCKENHOFF	8	6	5	3	24	11	9	2	1	5	39
4	GBR 9203	NATHAN BATCHELOR / SAM PASCOE	3	11	1	2	11	12	6	12	3	8	45
5	FRA 9175	PHILIPPE BOITE / MATHIEU FOUNTAINE	5	4	6	30	13	8	1	5	35	16	58
6	GBR 9177	THOMAS GILLARD / HARRY BRIDDON	21	21	15	10	2	3	19	10	6	2	67
7	AUS 9210	MICHAEL QUIRK / REEVE DUNN	6	12	17	20	10	2	25	7	7	7	68
8	AUS 9191	SANDY HIGGINS / PAUL MARSH	4	5	12	11	8	10	4	15	83	27	69
9	USA 9084	TYLER MOORE / ANDREW BUTTNER	13	8	19	9	4	31	20	16	10	1	80
10	GBR 9190	IAN PINNELL / ALEX DAVIES	16	16	14	12	3	4	37	6	16	10	81
11	USA 9153	HOWIE HAMLIN / HOWIE HAMLIN	12	9	10	7	17	15	18	14	11	11	89
12	GER 9198	JULIAN STÜCKL / JOHANNES TELLEN	11	14	21	8	12	18	16	3	14	15	93
13	GER 9185	STEFAN BÖHM / GERALD ROOS	14	7	25	19	40	5	8	19	18	14	104
14	AUS 9211	ROB DEUSSEN / DAVID SNOAD	7	18	7	15	21	36	15	47	12	17	112
15	SUI 9147	CAROLINE JACOT / PHILIPPE JACOT	25	24	31	18	9	37	3	18	15	3	115
16	GER 9182	ALEXANDER HOLZAPFEL / FINN BÖGER	20	19	20	38	27	9	29	17	9	6	127
17	USA 9102	DOUGLAS HAGAN / PAUL VON GREY	15	32	49	6	6	6	26	22	30	18	129
18	SWE 8926	EBBE ROSEN / OLLE WENRUP	24	22	4	41	26	7	21	4	25	23	130
19	GER 9127	ULF PLESSMANN / HANS HEINRICH RIX	22	13	16	22	18	16	35	13	20	30	140
20	GER 9197	NICOLA BIRKNER / ANGELA STENGER	19	107	32	33	23	17	7	9	2	RET	142
21	GBR 9214	ANDY SMITH / TIM NEEDHAM	9	3	23	29	7	22	36	44	54	13	142
22	DEN 9187	JAN SAUGMANN / JACOB ERNST	10	29	9	24	34	29	23	20	8	19	142
23	AUS 9059	CHRISTOPHER PATERSON / THOR SCHOENHOFF	18	15	33	5	50	26	11	25	24	25	149
24	RSA 8905	GRAEME WILLCOX / JAMES SPIKESLY	17	31	11	35	35	14	28	11	13	39	160
25	GER 9169	TIM BÖGER / MARKUS SCHÖNER	28	20	28	34	15	27	14	27	50	22	181
26	AUS 9167	NIGEL LOTT / BOB FRANKS	40	23	22	16	28	38	12	36	34	12	183
27	AUS 9110	MARK STOWELL / CONALL HANSFORD	26	26	8	26	31	23	41	35	31	20	191
28	GBR 9178	CHRIS LEWNS / JACK KILBURN	39	27	27	14	20	30	10	26	47	48	193
29	SWE 8912	TOM HASTENPFLUG / TONI HASTENPFLUG	30	25	40	42	29	21	31	24	17	28	205
30	GBR 9124	TERRY SCUTCHER / CHRISTIAN DIEBITSCH	42	17	38	23	30	32	22	39	26	21	209
31	GBR 9093	BEN ILIFFE / PAUL DAVIS	33	28	34	31	33	24	13	30	36	29	221
32	FIN 8927	KAJ LINDFORS / JOHAN HALONEN	38	54	42	21	39	25	39	29	5	34	230
33	SWE 9029	TOMAS GRUNDEL / JOHAN STRÖHMDAHL	60	51	29	13	DSQ	20	30	60	23	26	252
34	GER 9035	RONALD ROOS / MORTEN ROOS	41	34	30	32	37	39	32	41	78	9	254
35	FIN 9069	JARI HAMSTRÖM / TUOMAS LAURILA	35	48	53	36	36	33	40	32	22	24	258
36	POL 9118	JAKUB PAWLUK / MARCIN JÓZEFOWSKI	27	45	24	43	43	40	33	21	32	41	261
37	SWE 8586	GALEN MACK / WILHELM JOHANNISSON	49	RET	18	25	54	51	2	DNF	29	40	268
38	DEN 9055	FABIOLA WONTERGHEM / MICHAEL WONTERGHEM	57	41	13	28	25	42	46	45	42	32	268
39	GBR 9179	TUDOR OWEN / TOM BRUTON	34	43	58	27	19	43	34	40	82	45	285
40	RSA 8725	EUAN HURTER / WARWICK HAM	37	38	44	39	38	34	43	57	21	37	287
41	NZL 1	RICHARD KIFF / NATHAN QUIRK	23	10	35	48	16	48	52	63	67	RET	295
42	GER 9131	JÖRN WILLE / MARTIN BERGMANN	59	36	55	37	44	19	24	64	40	49	304
43	SWE 8974	MALIN BROBERG / JOHAN RÖÖK	31	30	51	40	42	63	54	37	19	54	304
44	AUS 9028	EARLE ALEXANDER / IAN GREGG	32	53	75	17	14	71	45	43	93	47	322
45	GER 8915	DAVINA SCHLESIGER / MARVIN SCHLESIGER	29	35	89	50	41	87	72	56	39	33	355
46	POL 9170	KAROL MILEWSKI / BARTOSZ MILEWSKI	47	37	61	46	47	53	50	65	48	31	359
47	BEL 8898	BAS VAN ASSCHE / TOON VAN ASSCHE	36	52	45	55	57	70	42	34	62	42	363
48	GER 9130	ANDREAS JUNGCLAUS / HANNES KINDERMANN	54	58	50	44	45	54	38	53	43	36	363
49	SWE 9002	PER WESTER / LARS WESTER	52	55	52	82	60	46	63	23	27	52	367
50	GBR 9126	STUART TURNBULL / MICHAEL PRIDDLE	44	42	37	77	67	41	44	67	73	35	377
51	POL 9119	MATEUSZ JURA / BARTOSZ CHROL	82	60	26	47	48	28	47	79	79	46	381
52	AUS 9213	IAN BURFORD / DAVID CHRISTIE	53	56	63	52	22	67	57	71	75	38	408
53	AUS 9105	JIM MCGILLIVRAY / IAN MCGILLIVRAY	88	40	67	53	58	95	58	31	52	55	414
54	FIN 9193	ROSEMARIE HARTMAN / ANTTI SALONEN	64	63	39	83	52	55	27	59	64	58	417
55	GER 8750	PETER KRUSE / ARNE WITTEMER	55	47	65	57	53	68	64	33	53	61	423
56	AUS 8957	PETER WOOLMAN / PHILIP SCAPENS	51	33	62	70	DNC	47	66	46	66	53	424
57	GER 9195	DIRK PENNO / MARCUS PIES	43	39	DSQ	62	60	78	48	49	74	51	426
58	SWE 8694	TOMAS BERG / PATRIC WOLLMERSSON	50	78	60	61	62	35	59	50	56	75	433
59	SWE 8945	TORD LAWNER / JOHAN CALVERT	45	44	54	45	51	89	67	RET	45	DNF	440
60	AUS 9204	MATT HANSEN / JOHN MCLEAN	46	68	48	59	32	50	81	61	109	82	445
61	FRA 9150	HERVÉ DE KERGARIOU / GUILLAUME DE KERGARIOU	72	83	36	54	84	83	51	48	38	65	447
62	GER 8975	MAIKE ROOS / MAREN ROOS	58	88	41	58	63	45	74	88	33	80	452
63	GER 9040	NORBERT DASENBROOK / OLIVER STIEGLITZ	81	49	43	75	56	44	101	73	80	44	464
64	USA 9013	AARON ROSS / ROBERT WATERMAN	66	73	46	60	49	64	53	86	57	73	468
65	GBR 9156	RUSSELL WHEELER / LEE MARRIOTT	61	62	47	72	73	49	62	92	84	50	476
66	FIN 8678	TATU MIETTINEN / VILLE TARVO	70	67	87	78	74	52	61	28	DNF	64	494
67	CAN 8288	ROBERT BARTLEWSKI / MACIEJ KONDLEWSKI	86	46	59	65	69	96	56	52	102	67	500
68	GER 9054	ANIKA WOLLENBECKER / RAIK WOLLENBECKER	62	50	83	85	64	73	71	58	88	43	504
69	GER 9113	JOSEPH SCHÜTTE / KARSTEN STÜMPEL	78	57	98	67	55	62	49	42	95	RET	505
70	SWE 9143	THOMAS LUNDBERG / OSKAR LUNDBERG	77	75	66	88	46	56	60	38	RET	DNF	506
71	SWE 9038	LARS BJERKE / TORE REINHOLD	68	66	72	51	68	76	79	93	46	88	526
72	FRA 9086	ELISABETH NEIDHART / GOUGEON	69	74	100	66	82	74	85	78	41	56	540
73	GER 9144	JÜRGEN ANTON / ULF DENECKE	76	65	81	68	71	59	86	77	76	60	552
74	GER 9135	JENS BIEDERER / THOMAS WASILEWSKI	48	61	102	86	85	69	88	82	55	68	554
75	POL 9020	TOMASZ BRZOZOWSKI / PAWEL CHOROBA	65	87	56	69	111	103	78	69	60	71	555
76	SWE 9107	FREDRIK HANSSON / SVEN FLOOD	79	76	82	63	59	84	68	62	68	100	557
77	GBR 9125	ROGER DEANE / JONATHAN WARD	56	59	64	49	88	91	94	94	87	72	566
78	BEL 8613	KIM VAN ASSCHE / JEROEN SMEETS	99	90	90	71	78	58	82	51	81	59	570
79	POL 8909	JAN DOMANSKI / MICHAL WDÓWKA	RET	81	101	80	75	92	73	54	65	57	577
80	GER 9100	NATHALIE ZEILER / ZEILER CLAUDIUS	89	92	88	90	66	60	106	76	28	84	581
81	SUI 9060	CATHERINE HOURIET / GIL DONZE	67	84	71	81	79	75	70	75	63	94	581
82	BEL 8625	CASPER MARTENS / STIJN OYEN	97	102	74	56	72	57	DNC	68	90	69	583
83	AUS 9205	SAM CRONIN / KEVIN WHITBREAD	102	86	78	64	65	99	111	90	37	74	593
84	POL 8358	TOBIASZ ZAJACZKOWSKI / MACIEJ GOZDZIK	92	98	69	94	87	94	55	55	58	RET	604
85	POL 8812	SLAWOMIR PLICHTA / PRUS PAWEL	93	79	92	RET	89	61	83	85	51	70	610
86	POL 8802	DOMINIK OSTROWSKI / JAKUB FOLCZAK	80	71	86	95	RET	66	69	80	108	78	625
87	GER 9000	THORSTEN PÖSCH / MORITZ LÜTHER	73	72	96	93	76	72	104	87	98	63	632
88	FRA 8676	VALENTIN DECHAUFFOUR / PIERRE GENDRY	RET	DNS	68	84	70	90	65	111	86	62	636
89	GER 8806	ANNA HAUSCHILD / KATHARINA MENGE	90	77	117	99	91	81	87	81	70	66	643
90	GER 9141	KONRAD OTTO / MARTIN LIETZ	87	DNF	103	89	77	65	84	70	91	85	648
91	GER 8458	ROBERT BAUTZ / SASCHA SPORS	71	95	79	92	113	102	91	91	49	81	649
92	FIN 8466	HANNU PÖYRY / MATTI DILLEMUTH	84	80	76	76	83	77	109	98	77	98	651
93	FRA 8711	FRANCOIS CAMINADE / CLAUDE GACHET	85	94	84	87	61	100	97	118	59	87	654
94	POL 8437	SZYMON KABALA / KACPER KACZMAREK	63	64	107	73	80	105	RET	101	61	DNF	654
95	FIN 9212	THOMAS HELD / THOMAS HELD	94	69	77	91	90	82	80	72	96	DNF	655
96	POL 8665	MARCIN PANEK / JAN WALCZAK	95	99	70	74	98	86	76	84	85	RET	668
97	GER 8550	MARTHA HAUSCHILD / MICHAEL HEYDER	75	85	109	109	86	97	92	83	44	RET	671
98	SWE 9117	FREDRIK MOLANDER / TOMAS JAXING	DSQ	82	95	98	95	80	77	97	72	79	677
99	FIN 8352	KARI LEHTONEN / TIMO VENNONEN	91	93	105	119	81	79	95	106	69	76	689
100	POL 8736	ADAM KUCZYNSKI / ANDRZEJ BOROWIAK	83	DNC	57	116	114	85	96	66	89	101	691
101	POL 9132	PRZEMEK ZAGÓRSKI / MICHAL OLKO	74	70	RET	79	RET	88	75	74	DNC	DNC	716
102	POL 8416	BOGNA PLACHECKA / ROMAN GLÓWKA	101	103	80	97	104	110	98	99	71	93	742
103	POL 8463	JACEK LUDWICZAK / ALEKSANDER LUDWICZAK	113	113	91	100	97	103	90	89	92	89	751
104	AUS 9071	RICHARD HYDE / LINDSAY GILBERT	103	91	104	103	100	98	105	102	97	77	771
105	SWE 9092	KNUT HASTENPFLUG / JANA HASTENPFLUG	96	101	73	TLE	101	101	93	110	101	RET	776
106	POL 8493	MIECZYSLAW SZWED / KONRAD PLEWA	98	89	106	107	102	106	89	96	106	97	783
107	POL 8769	MICHAL RUCINSKI / PATRYK PLOTKA	104	97	94	96	96	114	99	103	107	95	784
108	POL 8751	EWA PAWLACZYK / WOJCIECH KASPRZYK	109	TLE	85	101	92	113	108	128	94	102	804
109	GER 9123	ENNO WILTS / GEORG MITTERMAYER	110	100	93	110	94	115	115	107	105	92	811
110	GER 8730	ANJA GROTHEER / SEBASTIAN WIEMER	105	104	108	102	RET	107	107	100	99	90	814
111	GER 9148	JAN STREMLOW / CHRISTIAN SONNTAG	100	96	112	111	103	93	102	104	DNC	DNC	821
112	POL 7942	ALEKSANDRA KACHLICKA / MICHAL PRONCZUK	RET	109	97	106	99	109	103	95	104	RET	822
113	GER 8964	IRIS ANTON / BRUNO LAUDAGE	107	RET	99	104	107	117	110	113	103	83	826
114	POL 8483	MARIUSZ MICHALSKI / PIOTR DUMA	108	106	111	114	105	111	100	105	112	86	832
115	GER 8630	LARS LANKENAU / FELIX HUMMEL	112	115	120	108	108	108	117	110	111	99	871
116	POL 8028	ANNA ZABLOCKA / BARTOSZ KOWALCZYK	114	111	110	112	106	116	112	108	100	RET	873
117	POL 8145	PAWEL KLUCZYNSKI / WLADYSLAW KONDEJ	115	105	116	118	110	119	118	119	110	91	883
118	POL 8582	SZYMON SZYMIK / ADAM KOMINEK	106	DSQ	114	105	93	112	113	114	DNF	RET	885
119	POL 8656	EMANUELA BARTKOWIAK / MATEUSZ WOLSZCZAK	111	108	113	117	109	123	122	DNC	114	96	890
120	POL 8129	JAKUB KUSIORSKI / ROBERT KORYBUT ‑ DASZKIEWICZ	117	110	115	115	116	118	114	112	116	RET	915
121	POL 8490	MARCIN PFEIFFER / RYSZARD PFEIFFER	116	DNF	119	123	112	120	116	116	115	TLE	918
122	POL 8212	MICHAL TRACZ / ANDRZEJ ZDROJEK	TLE	112	RET	122	115	TLE	123	123	113	TLE	934
123	FRA 2658	ANNE MARIE DE KERGARIOU / DE KERGARIOU PIERRE	TLE	TLE	123	121	RET	DNF	119	117	117	TLE	941
124	POL 8286	PAWEL RZEPECKI / SZYMON SWOSINSKI	119	114	121	113	117	121	125	121	120	RET	946
125	POL 8422	MARCIN PIETRZAK / MARCIN PIETRZAK	118	RET	118	120	TLE	122	121	115	119	RET	954
126	POL 8359	TOMASZ POLIKOWSKI / ADAM NAJMOWICZ	TLE	DNF	122	124	RET	TLE	124	122	121	TLE	964
127	POL 8770	JAKUB GASIOROWSKI / KAROLINA GASIOROWSKA	TLE	TLE	124	TLE	TLE	OCS	120	120	118	RET	969