OCTOBER 2004 - Finn

GERMANY
Reports from Friedrich Müller
Int. Nesselblatt Steinhude
May 7-9 2004
This is a traditional international landmark race in the German calendar,
sailed on the lake of Steinhude, north of Hamburg. This year we had
76 starters from five nations. Six races were sailed with one discard.
There were ideal sailing conditions with a strong committee from the
SLSV club, which made for a very good regatta. Next year the German
Championship will be held at the same club from July 21-24. André
Budzien dominated the regatta. He won all six races, showing a
fabulous start from the lee end of the line every time.
1 GER 711 André Budzien 1 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 GER 8 Jürgen Eiermann 3 4 3 10 12 6 26
3 GER 10 Eberhard Bieberitz 2 8 2 12 4 11 27
4 GER 310 Ralf Behrens 4 3 11 15 7 3 28
5 GER 263 Hartmut Duisberg 8 9 6 7 3 8 32
6 NED 804 Cees Scheuwater 5 7 10 29 8 5 35
7 GER 91 Kai Falkenthal 9 5 20 2 11 10 37
8 NED 66 Ewout Meijer 13 2 17 13 15 2 47
9 GER 13 Wolfgang Tamm 16 10 18 3 6 13 48
10 GER 3 Walter Mai 7 6 13 21 22 12 59
Warnemünde Week 2004
Warnemünde Week 2004 was sailed at the limits on the Baltic with
force 5 to 7 winds and high waves. Walter Mai capsized and injured
his head, by three stitches by Ecke Vincke repaired it!
Results (31 entries)
1 GER 711 André Budzien 5 1 3 1 1 4 10
2 GBR 88 Mark Andrews 4 4 1 4 2 2 13
USA
Finn North American Championship
August 2004, North Cape YC
Chris Cook won the North Americans in tough conditions. He was
very consistent in mostly light and shifty conditions at North Cape YC
where 24 boats gathered for the Finn Class North American
Championships.
1 Chris Cook CAN 41 2 1 4 1 1 1 2 (25) 12
2 Skip Dieball USA 10 4 (7) 6 2 2 3 6 2 25
3 Derek Mess USA 303 3 2 5 8 3 2 5 (9) 28
4 Andy Kern USA 78 6 8 3 6 4 4 1 (14) 32
5 Darrell Peck USA 4 7 6 (8) 4 5 7 8 5 42
6 Jeremy Pape USA 1211 5 3 2 7 6 11 (14) 10 44
7 Michael Honey CAN 31 8 5 11 3 8 (13) 4 7 46
8 Rob Linden USA 110 9 (16) 7 13 10 5 7 1 52
9 Henry Sprague USA 74 1 4 10 (25) 7 9 3 21 55
10 Bill Upthegrove USA 7 (25) 9 1 14 13 6 13 3 59
11 Lou Nady USA 150 73
12 Christopher Kent USA 1 80
13 David Branch USA 3 86
14 Phil Tate USA 1202 89
15 Ed Steeves CAN 5 93
16 Evan King CAN 111 98
17 Charles Heimler USA 32 113
18 James Hynes CAN 6 119
19 Ian Bostock CAN 3 119
20 C S Burke USA 76 123
21 Paul Phelan CAN 220 124
22 Peter Frisell USA 101 128
23 Wayne Myers USA 996 161
24 Art Diefendorf USA 1145173
Other news
Dave and Sue Branch hosted the 4th Annual St Helen’s Finn Regatta on
the Columbia River. Six races were run in 8-10 knots on Saturday, and one
drifter on Sunday. Dave Branch won followed by Tom Willson and Bob
Smith The 2004 Finn New England Championship was sailed under clear
blue skies and the watchful eyes of a great race committee. Day one was
light and shifty and kept everyone on their toes. Day two was a different ball
game with 10 to 15 knots and the occasional slalom course downwind. Derek
Mess won ahead of Dave Powlison and John Audley. The Toilet Bowl turned
into a bit of a washout with just one light air race completed on Saturday
and 2 cancelled attempts. Sunday was no better as the boats remained on
the trollies but it took Art 30 minutes to calculate the results. Dave Powlison
won, followed by Darrell Peck and Dave Branch. 21 boats made the trip for
the 35th running of this event. The Inaugural Lake Champlain Regatta was
a great success. Dave Powlison did a superb job of getting out the boats
to his hometown Finn regatta on Lake Champlain. 22 Finns and five Europes
showed up for the event. After five races in 1-6 knots, Chris Cook won,
followed by Derek Mess, Dave Powlison, and Mike Honey.
3 GER 10 Eberhard Bieberitz 6 3 2 2 3 6 16
4 GER 125 Paul Kessler 2 5 6 3 9 1 17
5 GER 91 Kai Falkenthal 1 15 4 6 4 3 18
6 GER 203 Hartmut Duisberg 20 8 5 5 5 5 28
7 GER 13 Wolfgang Tamm 7 9 7 7 6 dnc 36
8 GER 27 Matthias Wolfe ocs 11 8 8 11 7 45
9 GER 3 Walter Mai 3 2 21 9 13 dnc 48
10 CZE 70 Vaclav Cintl 21 6 17 13 7 8 51
German Championship 2004
September 6-10, Chiemsee
On the large lake Chiemsee south of Munich, the Seebrucker Regata
Verein organised the International German Championship. A record
number of 86 Finns from 7 nations were racing. Warm and sunny
days with light to medium easterly winds with lots of shifts made it
difficult for everyone. The first race was won by Roman Babicki from
the Czech Republic. On the second day there were 4 long races in
medium to strong winds. André Budzien dominated with 3 wins and
a 6th. Jürgen Eiermann was also always in the front pack. On the last
day, the 6th race decided the issue. Again there were light winds
which made it a lottery. Karl-Heinz Erich won with a remarkable lead,
but on the very last leg Roman came from 11th up to finish 4th to win the
event, while Jürgen made it to 2nd and André couldn’t climb above 13th.
1 CZE 22 Roman Babicki
2 GER 8 Jürgen Eiermann
3 GER 711 André Budzien
4 SUI 465 Christoph Christen
5 GER 10 Eberhard Bieberitz
6 AUT 11 Bernd Moser
7 GER Matthias Miller
8 CZE 318 Martin Plecity
9 GER 146 Friedrich Müller
10 GER 310 Ralf Behrens
11 GER 22 Martin Mitterer
12 HUN 5 Tibor Pallay
13 HUN 6 Pál Gaszton
14 GER Jens Raben
15 CZE 8 Jiri Outrata
FINAL RESULTS – KIEL WEEK 2004
1 ESP 100 Rafael Trujillo 1, 8, 1, 3, 1, 4 10
2 GER 79 Michael Fellmann 15, 1, 10, 1, 3, 3 18
3 CRO 11 Karlo Kuret 5, 2, ocs, 4, 2, 9 22
4 NED 78 Jaap Zielhuis 9, 7, 3, 2, 4, 10 25
5 CZE 1 Michael Maier 3, 9, 5, 7.50, 6, 13 30.5
6 HUN 1 Balazs Hajdu 4, 5, 9, 13, dns, 2 33
7 SWE 736 Johan Tillander 8, 3, 2, 10, 14, 11 34
8 SLO 5 Gasper Vincec 2, 6, 13, 15, 8, 8 37
9 SWE 11 Daniel Birgmark 6, 4, dnc, 18, 5, 5 38
10 BRA 10 Joao Signorini 14, 12, 12, 6, 9, 1 40
11 GER 9 David Mellor 12, 10, 8, 12, 10, 17 52
12 SWE 7 Kristian Adermann 7, dnc, 21, 5, 15, 7 55
13 RUS 1 Vladimir Krutskikh 13, 13, 7, 9, 13, 15 55
14 POL 7 Rafal Szukiel 18, 17, 11, 7.50, 7, 19 60.5
15 NED 6 Stefan De Vries 10, 11, 4, 24, 12, bfd 61
16 NED 80 Sander Willems 11, 15, 6, 16, 16, 22 64
17 CZE 9 Michal Hruby 16, 16, 14, 23, 18, 6 70
18 IRL 10 Aaron O'Grady 17, 14, 19, 14, 11, 23 75
19 ITA 15 Michele Marchesini 20, 19, 18, 11, dnc, 12 80
20 UKR 1 Aleksey Borisov 23, 20, 16, 21, 19, 14 90
21 CZE 3 Rudolf Lidarik 29, 18, 25, 20, 17, 20 100
22 ITA 890 Iacopo Tacchino 22, 25, 15, 19, 22, 27 103
23 DEN 9 Thomas Laursen 21, dnc, 17, 30, 20, 18 106
24 FIN 216 Tapio Nirkko 19, 21, 23, 22, 21, 25 106
25 NED 64 Wietze Zetzema 33, dnf, 21, 17, 24, 16 111
26 GBR 88 Mark Andrews 25, 22, 21, 26, 23, 33 117
27 GER 203 Hartmut Duisberg 26, 24, 24, 36, 25, 31 130
28 HUN 6 Pal Gaszton 28, 28, 29, 33, 26, 21 132
29 GER 91 Kai Falkenthal 30, 27, 30, 31, 27, 24 138
30 GER 165 Dirk Meid 34, 26, 26, 25, 29, 34 140
31 GER 81 Jan-Dietmar Dellas 27, 23, 27, 28, dnc, 36 141
32 HUN 11 Peter Lovas 31, 29, 31, 32, 31, 26 148
33 DEN 22 Per Cederberg dnf, dnf, 28, 27, 30, 28 148
34 NED 804 Cees Scheurwater 24, 32, 33, 35, 32, 30 151
35 DEN 231 Kenneth B¯ggild 32, dnf, 32, 34, 28, 32 158
36 GER 27 Matthias Wolff 36, 30, 34, 29, 33, 38 162
37 GER 190 Alexander Gensch 38, 33, 37, 38, dnf, 37 180
38 GER 173 Jan Hartmann 41, dns, 38, 39, dnf, 29 182
39 GER 307 Jan Schoepe dnc, dnf, 35, 37, dnc, dnc 225
40 AUS 231 James Mayjor 37, dnc, 36, dnc, dnc, 35 226
41 GER 225 Konrad Kuehner 42, dnc, dnf, dnf, dnc, dnc 241
42 GER 108 Sebastian Munck 35, 31, dnc, dnc, dnc, dnc 243
43 GER 127 Andreas Kliver 39, dnc, dnf, dnc, dnc, dnc 256
44 GER 188 Michael Klügel 40, dnc, dnc, dnc, dnc, dnc 276
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