Hobie Europeans: Day 2

Official Report from www.travemuender-woche.net — Another great sailing day in Travemuende and new Women and Masters Champions.
The breeze was quite similar to Saturday with ideal wind conditions between 16 to 24 knots. The Hobie 16 Women, Masters, EHCA SPI Cup series had their final day and completed three races. On the Tiger/Wild Cat/FX-One-course they managed to get a total of four races in the box.
Marielle Zonneveld/Celine van Dooren (NED) won the title in the women discipline after a very consistent series. Cecilia Angioni/Valentina Gessa (ITA) took second and the last podium position was taken by Annouck Philippron/Julie Wijnand (NED).
The podium positions in the Masters were all occupied by Germany with Knud Jansen/Anke Delius taking the title with a total of five points in five races in front of local sailing legend Detlef Mohr/Karen Wichardt followed by Tom Schreyack and Stephan Schubert.
The Hobie 16 EHCA Spi Cup was dominated by France taking the top three. Martin Orion/Charlotte Hilliard won in front of Adrian Orain/Olivier Kersuzan and with Cedric Bader/Nathalie Souquet in third.

The Tiger series are lead by “All Star” Gerard Loos/Pieter v. Ruitenburg (NED) in front of the young Belgium team Rombaut/Beckers.
The Wild Cat Europeans are still lead by the Italian team Bissaro/Cesari who have won all races so far in front of German team Gosche/Pegel and Paysen/Heinrich.
In the FX One series Harald Busch moved up from 3rd to 1rst place in front of Marc Verdacver and Michael Pallowitz. Results are due to change after protest hearing. Photo Left: Jasper Van Staveren/Sailshoot.com H16 Women Champs: Mariëlle Zonneveld and Celine van Dooren at Hobie Euros 2009
Racing will continue on Monday with the Hobie 16 Qualifier starting their series and with the HC16 SPI Youth, Tiger, WildCat and FX-Ones continuing their championships.