The 2015 RS Feva European Championships took place in a picturesque town square in Gargnano, Italy, bordered on one side by Italian restaurants and coffee shops and on the other by the unrivalled view of Lake Garda in all her glory! Held between 23rd – 25th May and hosted by Circolo Vela Gargnano, 81 teams from 11 nations gathered to compete for the European title and to enjoy the friendly buzz of the International RS Feva fleet.
Saturday brought a drizzly and overcast morning, a combination unconducive to allowing a stable breeze. A delay on the water ensued as the race committee waited for the breeze to stabilise before the first start of the championship could get underway. A light and shifty race saw British teams at the front and with the 2nd race of the day abandoned, the top spot overnight was taken by last year’s overall Silver medallists and Junior European Champions, Jack Lewis and Lucas Marshall (GBR). The hotshot female team, Freya Black and Hatty Cage (GBR) snapped at the boys’ heels to sit in 2nd place overnight.
An early start on Sunday with rising temperatures and sunshine meant racing was split between the morning and afternoon, offering a civilised lunch break when sailors could be spotted soaking up the Italian rays on the grass and crowding around the ice cream parlour in the square!
4 races saw all change on the leader board, and the fight thrown wide open with 4 nations inside the top 8. Daniel Lewis and Tristan Payne of GBR leapfrogged Freya and Hatty to take the lead, while the girls consolidated their 2nd position. Nicolo Codeghini and Edoardo Gamba of Italy finished the day with a ‘bang’, taking two bullets and firing them into 5th place overall in hot persuit of teammates, Mattia Zinetti and Davide Carbonelli who were just one place ahead. Meanwhile cousins from the Czech Republic, Jaroslav Cermak and Petr Kostal put in a strong performance to put them in 7th position overnight and Keith Luur and Rasmus Maalin from Estonia climbed to 8th overall.
The final day saw 2 morning races in a dying Northerly breeze. Lithuanian team, Simonas Jersovas and Kajus Oskutis won the day, heroically shooting up the score board from 13th to 6th overall. It was a close fought battle at the front as Jack Lewis and Lucas Marshall (GBR) snuck back into the lead, only beating the British girls, Freya Black and Hatty Cage on tiebreak. Jack and Lucas were crowned RS Feva European Champions 2015 as well as leading juniors for the second year running, while the girls took the trophy for the leading girls. Meanwhile Jaroslav Cermak and Petr Kostal (CZE) maintained their 7th position and took the ‘1st family’ prize and Keith Luur and Rasmus Maalinn (EST) finished 8th overall.
We owe a big thank you to our event sponsors, Magic Marine and Hyde Sails for providing prizes for all the deserving winners. Next stop will be the Crown Cup to be held on Lake Lipno in the Czech Republic from 20th – 22nd June. This will constitute round 2 of the RS Feva Eurocup Series 2015, and after 5 Nations filled the top 8 spots at the 2015 Europeans, it’s set to be an exciting year. The pinnacle of International RS Feva Sailing in 2015 will be the PA Consulting Allen RS Feva World Championships, which will take place from 18th – 24th July in Travemunde, Germany. There are already nearly 150 entries for the World Championships from 17 nations so competition will be fierce.
Photo Credit: Francesco Fogazzi
Results
Final results
RSFEVA European Championship 25.05.2015
Scores take into account 1 discard
No Sailno Name Scores
1 1 GBR 4945 Jack Lewis, Lucas Marshall, Male, Male, Draycote water sailing club Junior 21,0 1 2 6 4 7 1 (17)
2 GBR 4631 Freya black, Hatty Cage, Female, Female, Hayling Island Sailing Club All girls 21,0 2 3 8 2 4 2 (31)
3 GBR 5450 Daniel Lewis, Tristan Payne, Male, Male, Draycote Water SC 35,0 4 10 2 3 2 14 (28)
4 ITA 4909 Codeghini Nicolò, Gamba Edoardo, Male, Male, C.V.Toscolano Maderno 50,0 16 19 (29) 1 1 7 6
5 ITA 4921 Mattia Zinetti, Davide Carbonelli, Male, Male, CV Toscolano Maderno 57,0 7 6 1 12 9 22 (57)
6LTU 5425 Simonas Jersovas, Kajus Oskutis, Male, Male, Traku Buriuotoju Klubas 60,0 11 15 (33) 17 12 4 1
7 CZE 2186 Jaroslav Cermak, Petr Kostal, Male, YC Pardubice Family 71,0 8 13 23 19 5 (24) 3
8 EST 4337 Keith Luur, Rasmus Maalinn, Male, Male, Pärnu Yacht club 71,0 19 (24) 16 6 6 10 14
9 GBR 5763 Henry Jameson, Rupert Jameson, Male, Male, Hayling Island Sailing Club Family 78,0 15 5 5 16 20 17 (39)
10 ITA 3688 Giacomo Giambarda, Daniele Minoni, Male, Male, Circolo Vela Gargnano 79,0 31 (45) 3 10 14 5 16
11 GBR 4904 Tiger Tellwright, Finbar Tellwright, Male, Male, Seaview Yacht Club Family 80,0 (29) 11 10 23 8 18 10
12 GBR 6102 Matthew Leckie, Izzi Bristow, Male, Female, Leigh and Lowton 82,0 13 12 (34) 24 15 16 2
13 ARG 1343 Pablos Soldano, Carlo Soldano, Male, Male, Circolo Velico lago di Lugano Family 88,0 (dnf) 14 28 25 10 6 5
14 GBR 4890 Fin Armstrong, Dan Armstrong, Male, Male, RTYC Family 100,0 5 1 24 (43) 22 8 40
15 CZE 906 Vojtech Broz, Matous Hlavacek, Male, Male, CYK 100,0 (ocs) 28 4 11 11 13 33
16 ITA 5017 Nicolo Forasacco, Nicolò Roina, Male, Male, na Junior 102,0 21 9 21 18 3 (32) 30
17 ITA 4217 Boletti Giovanni, Magri Benedetto, Male, Male, Società Canottieri Garda Salò 106,0 9 7 11 45 (47) 11 23
18 CZE 5707 Jakub Dobry, Tereza Dobra, Male, Male, TJ Lokomotiva, Plzen Family 110,0 34 23 9 31 (50) 9 4
19 GBR 6100 Graeme Bristow, Madeleiene Bristow, Male, Female, Leigh and Lowton Family 114,0 25 4 26 27 (29) 3 29
20 GBR 3638 Alice Edmonds, Louis Gibbs, Female, Male, Chew Valley Lake SC 125,0 18 25 27 21 (39) 15 19
21 GBR 5626 Matthew Caiger, Niamh Davies, Male, Female, Sevenoaks School 130,0 14 20 37 7 24 28 (56)
22 CZE 5243 Cechura Premysl, Cechurova Veronika, Male, Female, YCLP 131,0 (ocs) 59 14 8 17 21 12
23 GBR 2508 Jessie Jobson, Caitlin Webster, Female, Female, RTYC All girls and junior 144,0 35 8 (44) 5 18 35 43
24 GBR 6103 Dermot Gannon, Connie Stevens, Male, Female, Burghfield Sailing Club 145,0 28 34 19 30 13 (36) 21
25 ITA 4541 Zanola Francesco, ligasacchi Giovanni, Male, Male, Società Canottieri Garda Salò 149,0 10 16 31 15 23 (54) 54
26 ITA 4264 Alessandro Lissoni, Niccolò Banfi, Male, Male, PERSPORT SSD 152,0 40 22 18 14 16 42 (55)
27 GBR 6101 Pierce Harris, Alfie Cogger, Male, Male, Windermere School Junior 155,0 (ocs) 21 25 22 26 23 38
28 GBR 5517 Liam Willis, Arran Mills, Male, Male, Lymington Town SC 159,0 33 37 (49) 20 25 29 15
29 SUI 6083 miriam cerutti, enea beltrando, Female, Male, AVC 165,0 23 46 12 29 21 (50) 34
30 ITA 5332 BARALDI IRENE, GRAZIOSO FEDERICA, Female, Female, CIRCOLO NAUTICO DEL SAVIO All girls 168,5 26 38 7 13 72 12 (dnf)
31 ITA 5346 Landriscina Lorenzo, Calzolari Carlotta, Male, Female, Associazione Nautica Sebina Family 169,0 22 32 22 (40) 19 39 35
32 LTU 5599 Kotryna Kasetaite, Barbora Bernatonyte, Female, Female, Traku Buriuotoju Klubas All girls 189,0 32 27 13 32 42 43 (47)
33 ITA 4913 Bicci Giorgio, Minotti Isabella, Male, Female, PerSport SSD 193,0 52 (53) 42 37 34 19 9
34 ITA 4915 Pietro Zancan, Umberto Barbieri, Male, Male, Fraglia vela Peschiera 196,5 41 (47) 41 36 38 20 20
35 ITA 2949 ZANETTI VLADISLAV, CEOLARO GIACOMO, Male, Male, CVTM 198,5 6 39 30 47 54 (dnf) 22
36 ITA 3948 Tea Faoro, Anna Cavalieri, Male, Female, na 200,0 12 42 56 50 27 (62) 13
37 CZE 2710 Blanka MaršálkováBrno, Tereza Svorová, Female, Female, TJ Lodni sporty Brno All girls 200,0 36 41 (43) 26 33 27 37
38 SUI 5136 arturo beltrando, jacopo Meneghetti, Male, Male, AVC 201,0 (dsq) Junior 31 47 38 40 37 8
39 ITA 5347 IACOPO RONCUZZI, FEDERICO RONCUZZI, Male, Male, Circolo Nautico del Savio (CNS Family 201,0 27 17 36 39 44 38 (48)
40 ITA 5137 Fossati Giorgio, Torchio Nicola, Male, Male, Associazione Nautica Sebina 203,0 (ocs) 35 40 28 67 26 7
41 GBR 5627 William Caiger, Caitie Atkin, Male, Female, Bewl Valley SC 205,0 (dnf) 18 38 51 43 30 25
42 EST 4327 Karsten Holter, Markus Kostabi, Male, Male, Pärnu Yacht club (PJK) 209,0 20 48 39 (61) 28 33 41
43 CZE 4415 Petr Tupý, Dan Viščor, Male, Male, TJ Lodní sporty Brno 209,5 (ocs) 43 35 35 32 40 24
44 ITA 5138 Caterina ridolfi, Raffaella trucchi, Female, Female, C N Savio All girls 211,0 24 33 15 41 45 53 (dnf)
45 SUI 5485 Thomas Lepère, Kaifun Shen, Male, Male, Club Nautique Versoix 226,0 (57) 54 17 9 49 52 45
46 GBR 5775 Tom Holliday, Ollie Dennis, Male, Male, Emsworth SC 231,0 44 30 20 34 69 34 (dnf)
47 ITA 3946 FORTI LUDOVICA, SCARPA TOMMASO, Female, Male, DIPORTO VELICO VENEZIANO 239,5 30 29 48 (ocs) 54 60 18
48 CZE 4056 Sebastian Cervinka, Max Klimes, Male, Male, CYK 254,0 53 40 46 48 56 (dnf) 11
49 ITA 4916 Scomazzon Filippo, Camatta Leonardo, Male, Male, Fraglia Vela Peschiera 258,0 37 36 45 42 46 (63) 52
50 GBR 2046 ETHAN GERRELL, ALEX ELLIS THOMAS, Male, Male, king George 260,5 3 44 59 56 58 40 (61)
51 CZE 5338 Anna Milerova, Klara Houskova, Female, Female, Sokol Dobrichovice All girls 262,0 38 51 50 44 35 44 (53)
52 ITA 3610 Giovanni Chimini, Elia Altieri, Male, Male, Circolo Vela Gargnano 266,0 43 58 53 60 (65) 25 27
53 ITA 2628 VIO NICOLO’, SCARPA PIETRO, Male, Male, DIPORTO VELICO VENEZIANO 267,0 17 26 32 (ocs) 30 dnf dnf
54 ITA 1650 CLAUT SEBASTIANO, LIMOLI LUCA, Male, Male, DIPORTO VELICO VENEZIANO 276,0 45 52 52 (ocs) 37 48 42
55 ITA 4911 Mosti Matteo, Di Leo Antonio, Male, Male, Club Nautico Marina di Carrara 280,0 39 50 51 54 41 45 (dnf)
56 DEN 2907 Sofie Tang Christensen, Benjamin Poulsen Mataji, Female, Male, Skaerbæk Baadeklub 309,0 48 66 55 53 (76) 51 36
57 ITA 1312 Drago Stefano, Drago Alessandro, Male, Male, Circolo nautico Brenzone Family 323,0 47 49 (63) 58 60 47 62
58 NOR 6098 Isak Hauge, Iver Jaavold, Male, Male, Baerum Yacht Club 326,0 51 56 (65) 59 63 46 51
59 SUI 5488 Gandel Youri, Senften Yoann, Male, Male, Cllub nautique de Versoix Junior 328,0 (dnf) 72 62 65 48 31 50
60 CZE 1609 Barbora Pourova, Jiri Smrcka Male, Female, Female, Czech Yacht Klub 330,0 46 (67) 58 57 51 55 63
61 SUI 4710 Kira van Woudenberg, Sophie Dransfeld, Female, Female, ESC Ermatingen All girls 331,0 55 (61) 57 46 59 56 58
62 SUI 5489 Bertschy Luca, Emery Raphael, Male, Male, Club nautique Versoix – CNV Junior 332,0 49 (68) 64 33 68 58 60
63 SUI 4489 Gabriele MOTTA, Sofia ROSSOMANDO, Male, Female, AVC – Amicale de la voile du C 333,0 (dnf) 71 61 62 36 59 44
64 ITA 3689 PAPETTI CATERINA, LAZZARINI ILARIA, Female, Female, C.V.Toscolano Maderno All girls 344,0 (dnf) 63 68 55 52 57 49
65 ITA 3618 Sofia Colledan, Elena De Luca, Female, Male, Circolo nautico Brenzone 357,5 41 60 70 49 (77) 72 65
66 ITA 949 EMMA ZILIANI, ISABELLA D’AMBROSA, Female, Female, C.V.Toscolano Maderno All girls 358,0 56 57 (76) 73 75 65 32
67 ITA 4910 Bianchini Giacomo, Baroni Tommaso, Male, Male, Club Nautico Marina di Carrara 361,0 50 62 60 64 64 61 (dnf)
68 GBR 5630 Thomas Bale, Amy Bale, Male, Female, South Caernarfonshire Yacht Cl Family 372,0 58 55 66 72 57 (dnf) 64
69 NED 6099 Chris Schoneman, Gijs Verhulst, Male, Male, Aquavitesse 376,0 (dnf) 74 72 69 31 49 dnf
70 ITA 1990 Zuccotti Riccardo, Zambon Alessandro, Male, Male, Fraglia vela Peschiera 378,0 (ocs) 65 73 71 62 dnf 26
71 SUI 6082 federico meneghetti, tommaso meneghetti, Male, Male, AVC Family 398,0 (dnf) 76 78 66 61 71 46
72 ITA 307 Laino Filippo, Rosin Andrea, Male, Male, Circolo della vela mestre Junior 403,0 54 78 71 63 70 67 (dnf)
73 ITA 5774 Giovanni Bassi, Cecilia Rossi, Male, Female, Orza Minore Asd 404,5 (dnf) 64 54 67 72 66 dnf
74 ITA 2452 Lo Sterzo Maria, Bassi Elisa, Female, Female, Associazione Nautica Sebina All girls 417,0 (dnf) 69 67 68 dnf 73 59
75 SUI 4707 Leon Dransfeld, Clemens Dransfeld, Male, Male, Ermatinger Segelclub Family 423,0 (dnf) 73 75 52 74 68 dnf
76 ITA 5333 Filippo Munaretto, Nicolò Missaglia, Male, Male, CDVM 425,0 (dnf) 70 74 70 66 64 dnf
77 BEL 5484 Verhoest Brent, Verhoest Robbe, Male, Male, CNV Versoix Switzerland Junior 441,0 (dnf) dnf 80 77 53 69 dnf
78 CZE 4195 Frantisek Marsik, Kristian Majchrak, Male, Male, CYK Prague 454,0 (dnf) 79 69 74 dnf 70 dnf
79 ITA 4927 Giulia Rossi, Gea Lassati, Female, Female, Orza Minore Asd All girls 456,0 (dnf) 77 77 76 71 74 dnf
80 GBR 5803 Astasia Amber, Marcus Hobson, Female, Male, Cinque Ports Pirates 466,0 (dnf) 75 79 75 dnf 75 dnf