Flying Dutchman Bulletin 163 IFDCO by Marc Strittmatter

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No 163

Flying Dutchman Bulletin

Editorial

Dear FD-sailors and friends of the FD-Class, in front of you is the latest FD Bulletin with a new design by Caro Rudorff and a slightly altered concept. At this point I would like to express my sincere thanks to Ronald Stalman, my predecessor as VP Communications of the IFDCO – for his exceptional work for the IFDCO. With great commitment, Ronald gave the communication concept of the IFDCO a whole new direction and with www.sailifdco.com also gave the class a new appearance. A modern and contemporary visual aspect for the class is also one of the principle elements of the new bulletin. You will find here many up-to-date impressions through results and reports from the worldwide FD regatta scene. In addition are previews of upcoming premier events as well as important information and fundamental discussions on the development of Flying Dutchman sailing. In this edition you will also find a review of the successful world championship held in Sydney Harbour at year’s begin, about the Nationals in New Zealand and North America as well as reports on the season’s start in Spain and Italy. The FD Cup in Diessen on Lake Ammer, Germany and the Austrian Championship on Neusiedler See.

Content

There are important messages concerning the voting process for the development of the large spinnaker as well as about measurement in the European Championship in Croatia. And we include a first look towards Saint Petersburg in Russia, where in 2017 the ‘Worlds’ will be held and in addition a look at the recently founded FD Thermik Cup. Finally, you will find the overall results for the EUROCUP 2014, in which Kilian König and Johannes Brack in GER113 were victorious. Thank you to all contributors around the world! Wishing you all an enjoyable read, but even more fun on the water! MARC GER172

Editorial............................................................. 2 President´s letters.............................................. 4 New GC Members............................................. 6 Sydney Worlds 2015........................................... 8 General Secretary´s Report............................... 14 Flying Dutchman Nationals – New Zealand...... 15 The BIG Kite Vote............................................ 16 Altea Eurocup.................................................. 18 FD-Cup Diessen............................................... 20 Flying Dutchman North Americans................... 22 The Austrian Championship............................. 24 Marina di Carrara............................................. 26 FD Thermik Cup............................................... 28 Notes from Chief Measurer.............................. 30 Umag Euro test event ...................................... 32 2017 Worlds – St. Petersburg........................... 34 2014 Eurocup Results...................................... 36 International Results........................................40 Imprint / Photocredit........................................ 42

Dear friends, the FD sailing season 2015 has begun in Sydney with the World Championship. I was very glad to meet some of the fleets, there, and I congratulate and thank the Royal Squadron Yacht Club, the Organizing Committee and all the volunteers engaged in such a wonderful event. Moreover, during the Championship have been held the IFDCO Competitor Meeting and AGCM 2015. As always, I thank all of you very much for your engagement in this strategic time in renewing and supporting the Class. With regard to the IFDCO management and turnover of the Officers, according to the decision taken during the AGCM 2012 and 2013, a new deal for the FD Class has begun, and since 2015 we have a new IFDCO President, V.P. Communication and a new Treasurer. As reported in the IFDCO website, the new Officers involved in the Class life and IFDCO management, will work to project the Class in the future and to ferry our Class to the new generation of sailors and Officers.

Of course, each new Officers, according to their own skills and the style will influence the Class management in their specific role, looking to the best benefit for the Class. This is required to ensure the continuity, reliability, and growth of the Class. Anyway, the IFDCO needs to go ahead to finalize the future strategies with a team approach, mandatory to improve and fasten every procedure. So, after 14 years of Presidency and further years as Commodore of the Mediterranean Countries, now I hand down my love and passion for the FD Class to a new President. The 25 years lived as FD sailor of which 17 spent as IFDCO Officer, means a life dedicated to the FD, which I consider the ideal concept of sailing, and to the FD Class that I feel as my family. I thank all of you since I have had the chance to live such experience in a team-work with Officers, National Secretaries and sailors, all friends involved in such a permanent “Dream and Reality” called FD. In such a long time I learnt not only to sail but also to understand the history, mechanism, style, strategies and steps, mandatory to increase and improve our Class in the sailing sport environment and care of ISAF, National Sailing Federations, Sailing Clubs and Sponsors. I cannot forget the comments and suggestions received by all of you, and especially the experience and style inherited by people as Ian McCrossin, Peter Hinrichsen and the Officers that in different roles worked and helped me in the Class management.

Moreover, I was so honoured and lucky to learn the essence of the FD, by people as Clè Jeltes and Ann Truett, considered milestone in the history of our boat. I thank all of you for your commitment and dedication to support me during my Presidency , with the aim to improve the FD Class in fame, growth and technical development. I wish to the new President Tony Lyall, the new Treasurer Peter van Koppen, the new V.P. Communication Marc Strittmatter and all the Officers, Commodores and National Secretaries, to enjoy in managing and contributing to our Class life. Of course, I ‘ll go ahead to sail by FD and to live in the FD Class family ; moreover, if you like, I ‘ll be at disposal of the IFDCO for any needs, with my passion and experience. I wish all of you a new wonderful sailing season 2015. See you, soon. Cheers, Alberto Barenghi

PRESIDENT‘S Letter

Dear Fellow FD Sailors I’m truly honoured & privileged to have been elected as the new President of the International FD class and I thank all the members that supported my nomination & voted in my favour. I also extend a warm welcome to Peter Van Koppen our new Treasurer & Marc Strittmacher as VP. Communications, both of whom along with myself were elected onto the General Committee at the Competitors Forum in Sydney. In welcoming the new Officers it would be very remiss of me not to mention those who preceded us and who have served the class so well during their term/s in Office. Alberto who has been the Class’s President for the last 15 years and prior to that he served as Mediterranean Commodore for 2 years, Fred Schaaf was appointed as Treasurer in 2005, and so has been on the General Committee for 9 years and Ronald Stalman who completed a 3 year term as VP. Communications. On behalf of the General Committee & all the FD sailors around the world I would like to say a very big thank you

to all three of them for everything they did for the class. The new ‘intake’ has a lot to live up to!! There are many challenges ahead but I see our three main priorities being…. • to develop a sustainable long term a plan that will attract younger teams into the class. • to work on finding a big name sponsor for the Class. • to encourage & support both the established & developing National fleets worldwide to ensure the legacy of the FD lives on and is not confined to the history books. Following a successful World Championships in Sydney at the beginning of the year, the European season is now well and truly under way. The 6 event EuroCup series ‘kicked’ of with the first event in Altea in March. Since then there have been several events throughout Europe & across the ‘pond’ in the USA. It was great to see that 58 boats entered the Trapeze Regatta at Steinhuder, just a great pity there was no racing due to lack of wind.

In September we have the European Championships in Umag, Croatia, where we are hoping to get over 70 boats, then looking forward to 2016, the World Championships will be held in Germany on the Steinhuder Meer where we are expecting well over 100 boats. Whilst it’s essential that we have good numbers at our major Class Championships it’s equally important that there are strong, well supported National programmes, so I urge you all to spread the word far & wide to try and encourage greater participation and support for these events especially at National Championships because in many cases it is this event alone that the NMA’s look at to gauge the strength of a class. I myself will this year try to attend as many events as time will allow alas they will all be in Europe but even so, I hope to meet up with as many of you as possible during the season. Here’s wishing you all a successful season Tony Lyall President IFDCO

The Interview The new members of the General Committee: IFDCO President Tony Lyall, Treasurer Peter van Koppen and VP Communications Marc Strittmatter

FD Bulletin: Tony, you are the new IFDCO President, but you are not a new face for the class. Could you please introduce yourself for the new readers of the Bulletin. Where do you live? What´s your professional background? Tony: Yes Marc you are right I’m certainly not a new face to the class… I started sailing in the FD in 1970 and apart from taking a few years break to complete my studies & professional qualifications I have been sailing the boat ever since. I joined the British Section Committee in 1991, becoming National Secretary in 2001. In 2013 I was elected onto the IFDCO General Committee as V.P. Development. I also have a keen interest in measurement & the technical aspects of the class. FD Bulletin: Where do you live, what´s your professional background. Tony: I live in the UK with my wife and daughter in the town of Welwyn Garden City which has a population of around 43,500 people and is about 35 km north of London. I’m retired now but when I was working it was as a Building Surveyor. As Head of Corporate Property I led a busy multi-disciplined team of Architects, Surveyors, Services Engineers and Facility Managers responsible for all construction & maintenance related works to the organisations entire corporate property portfolio. I also had powers & responsibilities in the event of a ‘Civil Emergency’. After formally retiring I went to work for the Imperial War Museum looking after all their historic buildings. FD Bulletin: Peter and Marc, you are the new members of the General Committee, how about you? Peter: As the new treasurer it is maybe good to introduce myself to those who don‘t know me. I live in Hilversum close by the Loosdrecht lake in the Netherlands. I have my dental office at the lakeside so sometimes it is hard to focus on my patients. Marc: I cannot claim to look back upon such a long involvement in the FD class. Many FD sailors already know me because for the past five years I’ve been organising the homepage and carrying out promotional work for the German FD class association together with Caro Rudorff. I am 45 years old, I live near Munich and I am happily married to a book dealer. My 15-year-old son is just

beginning with FD sailing. For almost 20 years I have been active in publishing and in the book industry. Communication and visual concepts are therefore my hobbies. FD Bulletin: How long have you been FD sailing and why FD? Are there other boat classes you are sailing in? Tony: I was at 8 years of age when I was first introduced to sailing & within a couple of years I was sailing most weekends either with my school or the local Scout Sailing Club in a variety of dinghy’s such as the Mirror, Coypu, Gull, Wineglass, Enterprise, Lazy E and many others classes as well. I was very fortunate in that my Secondary school had a very active sailing club with 2 of the teachers owning Flying Dutchman. So my first experience of sailing the FD was as a crew way back in 1970, from there on I was ‘hooked’ on the boat. The nearest club was on the Blackwater in Essex where there were many FD’s at that time (mainly Bob Hoare or Tiptree Marine boats) so it was fairly easy pick up a crewing job most weekends and often got the chance to have a go at helming. In 1974 I brought my first FD (K 191) an Australian boat which had come over to the UK for the 1974 Worlds. It was a home built wooden boat circa the mid 1960’s with a double floor throughout & a twin spinnaker chute. Since those early days I’ve gone on to own very many FD’s and since the 1990’s I have been a regular face at Championships & Regattas across Europe. I’ve owned & sailed a couple of Flying Fifteens which are like the FD but with a keel & no trapeze. They are somewhat slower than the FD but even so can be very hard work to sail especially in a breeze when you have to do a lot of ‘hiking out’ As there is now very little FD sailing in the UK

Interview new GC members

I’m looking to buy a Solo which I can race when there are no FD regattas on. Big advantage is it’s a single hander so I don’t have to worry about finding a crew! Marc: I began sailing only 15 years ago, when I was able to buy an old keel boat for a good price, and about 10 years ago I intended my sailing should finally become faster and more athletic. While searching for the fastest, most attractive and most elegant dinghy enjoying large fields of entries as well as many regattas my choice was finally narrowed to the FD, far ahead of other boats. My first steps in dinghy racing with the FD were really hard going, and even now it still presents a long learning curve. However, anything else would certainly prove boring in comparison. Apart from with the FD, I haven’t done much sailing with other regatta boats. With other regatta boats it seemed like sailing with the handbrake on. The FD is the only boat for me. I love this boat! Peter: My very first encounter with the FD was at the age of 8. I could go with Mr Schrem (former G 944) on his boat as third person. Then again he took me on his beautiful Bob Hoare boat at the age of 11. I went on the wire then and was totally and directly infected with the FD virus. This was in 1969. I sailed different other boats till I really started sailing competition in 1977. Then Mr Bierman asked me to crew for him in 1979 and directly severeal Nationals were won. I sailed really a lot of FD after that. Olympic campaign in 83 84. Just missed qualification. Sailed with a lot of different helmsman and even had the luck to sail the Nati-

onals in 2007 with Bojsen-Moller. A very impressive experience. From 2006 I sailed a lot with Kai Schäfers but due to a medical problem I had to give up the FD in 2009. As the medical situation is improved I am sailing FD once in a while. FD Bulletin: Which is you favourite regatta? Tony: Difficult question Marc…. I do generally prefer sailing on the lakes of Germany, Austria and Italy so The Marina Pries on lake Garda, Trapeze & Kehraus Regattas hosted by Hannover Y.C. on Steinhuder Meer and the FD Cup on Staffelsee all have to be near the top of the list but my clear favourite has to be the FD Cup at Diessen S.C. on Ammersee. Peter: As for other classes I mostly sailed the Pampus which is a pretty competitive traditionalwooden keel boat class in the Netherlands. Marc: My favourite regatta is the Nikolaus Regatta at the beginning of December on Tegernsee, which often involves sub-zero temperatures and snowfall. Sometimes cold (only while waiting at the start) – but always one of the most beautiful days on the water, and it shortens the long winter break during which no sailing is allowed in Bavaria.

Marc: A round-the-world tour, 12 months, with all National Championships! Peter: My dream season would be to sail regattas for about 20 weekends a year as I used to do. Unfortunately my hands don‘t allow this anymore. FD Bulletin: Your best results in the FD ever? Tony: Winning the Southern Area Championships here in the UK. Marc: The name of Sami Leitl, my successor for the promotional work for the German FD class association, stands alongside mine since 2013 on the Nikolaus Regatta Cup at Tegernsee ... Peter: Best results 3 place Garda Worlds 1995 and third in Melbourne Worlds 2004 and Mexican Hat with also winning Australian Nationals before that. Furthermore 9 Dutch 2 German and a Hungarian National title.

FD Bulletin: What would be your dream season, if there was no limit of time and money? Tony: Spending the whole season going around Europe sailing, doing a regatta every 2nd weekend. I would leave my boat & car in Europe and have someone drive it between venues, making sure it’s all rigged & prepared ready for me to sail. I would then of course fly back & forwards from the UK in my own private jet so I don’t have to rely on Easyjet or Ryanair.

Day 1, Opening Ceremony The sounds of a didgeridoo echoed over the grass of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, calling all sailors to gather around for the commencement of the 2015 Flying Dutchman World Championships. The proceedings began with an acknowledgement to country by Sean Ryan, who provided a brief history of the Aboriginal tribe who had cared for the land from where the sailing began as well as acknowledged it and gave the event a blessing. David Ward, the vice commodore of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron spoke welcoming those from near and far and thanking the amazing work the volunteers had done thus far. He declared the event officially open. Local mayor from North Sydney Council, Jilly Gibson also welcomed the sailors to the area and encouraged them to visit the local businesses that have provided discount vouchers for the sailors. The final speech was given by the departing President of the Flying Dutchman International Class who emphasised the how the Flying Dutchman is a family and each year, the class has the pleasure of visiting the home of a group of its sailors. The IFDCO flag was raised and cheering was to be heard by all. The NewComer Team, Germany 2, also thanked the class for providing it the opportunity to come and sail in Sydney. Race One – course W4 In light to moderate airs, with a east nor-east wind, 48 enthusiastic world competitive Flying Dutchman sailors, set sail. The race commenced promptly at 12.00 after a fulsome briefing inclusive of many warnings about ferries and general Sydney Harbour traffic. The course was set at W4, which in layman’s terms is four sausages. AUS 377 had a blinder of a first beat and was the first yacht to the top mark, while the Australian champion was fourth to the top mark, but it was early in the race and there were many changes to come. In shifty conditions of around 5-10 knots with lots of wash the German and Hungarian boats again began to lead the fleet. HUN 70 won the race coming impressively through the fleet from around 10th at one stage. GER 113 followed in second place with fellow German boat GER 219 not far behind. Then it was NED 26 and an impressive first Australian boat across the line being AUS 377 – Go Dougie -, one of our more mature Aussie FD sailors. 8

Race Two – course 4T With a minimum break after a long first race, the fleet were back on course with finally a triangle in the mix. The breeze had increased to a stronger and steadier pace but the sun was fierce and all were reaching for extra water and sunscreen. At the first mark there were many in the mix including AUS 33, HUN 70, GER 113, closely followed by AUS 7. However the long course had just begun and many boats faced additional challenges in the stronger breeze. One team had a swim, another learnt that it was better if your sails were actually tied up and unfortunately NZL 7 retired early – for reasons unknown at this stage. HUN 70 led all the way by at least 500m or at least half a leg in front. Their style, poise and ability to pick the breeze was impressing all of the spectator fleet and giving other sailors a lesson. Of course they won, followed, not so closely by NED 26, GER 113. Then fourth was AUS 359 with HUN 11 not far behind. Overall, it was a long hot

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day of racing in stunning Sydney sunshine. Many of the boats shall have amazing pictures with the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge in the background. The sailors are tired but the fleet is highly competitive and the excitement is building. Day 2 The day began serenely with a competitors meeting on the lawn under the shade of two massive Australian snow gums. With a touching speech from our immediate past president Alberto Barenghi, we were reminded how the annual world meeting of the Flying Dutchman society is so important, he likened it to a family gathering. Alberto’s 14 years as president will be remembered for his promotion of the class and his passion for FD’s. Congratulations to Tony Lyall who was elected as new world president of the Flying Dutchman. Dressed appropriately in Australian colours, he acknowledged that he has big shoes to fill. Discussions then rapidly moved to where FD

sailors may wish to holiday, inclusive of 2018 options with classic words like “Kiwi swell” and “jobbled”. Technical options or changes to the class were also discussed in detail. Race 3 – W3 040 As we set off for race 3, it was a day full of promise, with clear sky and a light nor-easterly wind. The course was set for W3 (three sausages and a finish) 040 degree focussed finish. Discussions were varied however I kept hearing that the ” middle might pay”. At 12.07 the starting gun went on a very close start. So close in fact that it was immediately followed by a general recall. The second start of race 3 occurred at 12.15 under black flag conditions but everyone got away cleanly with a building breeze. First around the top mark were yesterdays winners HUN 70 and NED 26 and in third place we had an Aussie boat AUS377. Each race is at least 90 minutes long and so there still many opportunities for change

to follow. One FD in the drink after a close ferry episode, another retired with a cracked mast and others switching places regularly. By the second beat the first three boats separated the fleet with daylight behind them. At the third top mark the German boats had caught the top three. Again HUN 70 had an impressive win, they cleared the bottom mark at 1.30pm and officials were calling for the finish line to be set while some FD’s were still setting kites. They raced to the finish line while other FD’s were still rounding the top mark. Congratulations to HUN 70 (finishing first at 1.40 pm), NED 26 and GER 88 on being the first three across the line and to AUS 7 and AUS377 on being the first 2 Aussie boats to finish. Race 4 – W3 025 The race lead boat Mischief called for an extended start line at 2.25 pm. All had rested, consumed copious water and increased their engergy levels with sugar of some form or another. 9

The breeze had strengthened into a true nor east and was even stronger than at the end of the last race. At the eastern end of the start line gathered the German’s, Kiwi’s and Hungarian’s. It was a clean start, with a very close ferry adding significant interest at that end. With stronger breezes and tired sailors there were a few more dramatic events. Many took a swim and words like turtled were exchange. At the first mark it was HUN 70, NED 26, GER 113 and the Australian Champion in fourth place, AUS 7. The order was unchanged for the first three boats at the top mark for the second and third beat, however much was happening beyond the first three positions. There were more capsizes, a few crew getting tea-bagged and some kites went prawning (lunch tomorrowapparently). AUS 66 retired early after a few swims and NZL 7 called for a rescue boat from shark island, as they had unfortunately broken a mast. At 4.00 pm HUN 70 raced across the finish line and about one minute later NED 26 followed in second place. Third was GER 113, closely chased by GER 88. It was then time for the Aussies 5th – AUS 7, 6th – AUS 359 and 7th AUS 21 (apologies if extending results to number 7, shows the bias of the the reporter). At the hard stand many tired sailors were focussed on repairs after two solid days of sailing. All were helping each other with sport-manlike support and a focus on fulsome competition tomorrow. While eating well deserved sausages the trials and tribulations of the day were dissected. With the weekend over, all are looking forwarded to less interruptions tomorrow. Day 3 Sailors were frantic on the hardstand trying to finalise repairs and ensure all boats were ready for the start. Shiprights were in demand and many were having to make do with temporary fixes, knowing that Tuesday is a lay day which will allow more time for proper repairs. Unfortunately, NZL 7 was unable to get a new mast fitted in time. Race 5 – W3 130 Flying Dutchman boats were struggling to actually reach the start line with extremely light winds. Several boats took advantage of passing ribs and opted for a tow to the start. There was a delayed AP start waiting for winds to build and the course to be finalised. The delay allowed for 10

all stragglers to reach the start line. Our reporters rib had an engine failure just near the start line and had to drift out of the way of many tense sailors. The 12.30 start was set and we witnessed HUN 70 move from behind the fleet through the boats and pick a clear hole in the fleet. Unfortunately, this was followed by a rapid double horn, signalling a general recall. At 12.40 the fleet achieved a clean start in light airs and changing conditions. Local knowledge was tipped to be a major factor in these difficult conditions. First to return to the bottom mark was AUS 321 – a very different leader in the mix. By 1.40 pm the lead boats had resumed some predictable order. HIUN 70 was banging straight into Shark Island, as far a possible before tacking for a final straight run to the finish. Results were HUN 70, NED 26 and in third place our Australian Champions, AUS 7. A special mention goes to AUS 321 who held their leading position to come in fourth – massive smiles were seen on Colin’s and Andrew’s faces. During the break, all were wishing for stronger winds and a shorter course – neither of which eventuated. While handing over Arnott’s Cream biscuits to the oldest man in the fleet, we learnt that he was working with a broken traveller. Red Bulls were consumed and the Bausele sponsors were spotted looking very relaxed on the beautiful wooden motor boat, Illywhacker II. HUN 78 was spotted out sailing for extra practice during the delay and AUS 7 spent some time with their coach. The wind was still south easterly and holding. Race 6 – W4 135 The 2.20 pm five minute warning, flagged a long race course with 4 sausages and a beat to finish. The general tactic appeared to be to start starboard, flip onto port, run for Shark Island and then the top mark. That plan was thwarted by 2 general recalls, allowing the overheated press boat to finally get going and see the actual start at 2:42pm. At the first top mark it was HUN 70, NED 26 and GER 88 and it seemed that the result was favouring the right hand side of the course. AUS 7 were the first Aussie boat to the mark. Heading to the bottom mark demanded many jibes with spinakers flapping. On the second beat the breeze was freshening up and HUN 70 had opened up the lead to 35 seconds. GER 88, NED 26 and HUN 78 were all in the mix at the top mark. In lumpy seas HUN 70 lead at the bottom and shortened

tacks as they ran to the third top mark by 3.39 pm – they has gained a 90 second lead on GER 88, closely followed by NED 26. AUS 9 had moved through the fleet and rounded the mark in 7th position. By the fourth top mark HUN 70 had opened up an even greater lead to 2 full minutes, followed by GER 88, NED 26. With the beat to finish day three, the winds dropped off HUN 70 eased back a little and won the race with only a 1 minute 44 second lead! Followed rapidly by GER 88, NED 26 HUN78, GER 100. We then had the first AUS boat across the line in position six, AUS 7. Overall, it is now a truly international leading fleet this the first four places held by different countries – HUN 70, NED 26, GER 88 and AUS 7 Day 4 Race 7 –W2 040 Heading out to race at 11.00 am, all were refreshed and relaxed after the Tuesday lay day. The fleet was complete, as all repairs had been completed. HUN 70 were noted as being calm and relaxed, arriving late and dressing on the way out to the start. The race organisers had a real task with two other races planned in the same area – the State titles for the Australian sports boats and 12ft Skiffs also scheduling Wednesday afternoon sailing on the harbour. The wind was around 8 knots from the north east, and setting the top mark was proving interesting. Combined with avoiding the cardinal mark at Shark Island, the race organisers noted that coming over Shark Island were fluky winds that were spinning around all over the place. Additionally, there was a lot of tide running out and Bradley’s was deemed to be pay out. At 11.55 the orange flag finally went up – 10 minutes to racing. The course was set as W2 with two extremely elongated sausages and a beat to finish. The Australian Sports Boats were first to sound there indicator starting gun and it looked like they may start straight through the FD fleet. Sensibly, the starters called a postponement carefully avoiding what could have been chaos. When the start finally happened the line was close and the need for individual recalls was sounded. At the top mark it was HUN 70, AUS359, NED 26, GER 113 – so some variation in the leading three. AUS 359 were seen prior to the race picking the experienced brain of Ian McCrossin and

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brushing up on specific FD skills given their core competency (national champions) is in 505’s, the additional coaching showed early. At the second top mark the first four boats were unchanged. However by the end of the race HUN 70 were the clear leaders with an extremely close 2nd and third – NED 26 and AUS 359 respectively. Aussies also held fourth – AUS33 and fifth position AUS7. The first boat crossed the line at around 1.35 pm At last there was a break enabling the Sports Boat racing to continue undisturbed, while tired FD sailors largely had their feet sticking above decks and were bobbing around quite calmly. One skipper noted that he had dislocated his should but popped it back in and kept on sailing – FD sailors are tough. Race 8 – W2 050 Commencing at 2.30 we were on final count down with 30 seconds to the start when another postponement was called, this time letting the 12ft Skiffs finish their race. Finally at 2.40 the race began with again some boats having to perform a recall, while others ended up disqualified. The fleet was fully split for the first time this regatta, 50:50 LHS and RHS. At the top mark AUS 359 were first around the mark with AUS33, NED26, GER 113 and GER 8 all in the mix. Interestingly, at this stage HUN 70 were placed around 13th for 12

the first tim this series, having experienced some troubles. As they went down wind HUN 70 went wide and then jibbed to rapidly overtake many boats. At the second top mark the order had shifted to GER 113, GER 88, AUS 359 and NED 26. But the course was extremely long and the breeze was strengthening, so change was inevitable. By the final beat the racing was extreme and exciting, finally someone looked like they might beat HUN 70. Yes, congratulations to GER 113 who came first followed by HUN 70, GER 88, NED 26, NZL 111. Then the first Aussie boat across the line was AUS 359, performing strongly. For others it was a hard day at the office and they returned tired and deflated as the regatta draws to a close. Each are calculating what the order may be after drops while HUN 70 may have to drop a second – very sad – congratulations guys. Day 5 Race 9 – W2 The day was hot with light but building winds and the FD troop were preparing for one final race. Everyone had calculate their current position in the league ladder and manny different personal targets had been set. The competition was still fierce whether the target was getting into the top 10, getting ahead of a brother, out performing a

close rival or actually completing a tough nine race series. I board the wonderful yacht Mivera with 16 other keen supporters, inclusive of three FD sailors who were sitting out the race and one 1968 FD Olympian, Jorgen Kolni from Switzerland who raced against our legendary Carl. The on board commentary was great. The course was set similarly to Day 3 and a clean start was achieved promptly at 12.00 pm. At the top mark the familiar pattern had been set with HUN 70, and NED 26 in first and second place, immediately followed by AUS7 and AUS359 (the battle of the brothers in crew positions). We stayed and waited at the top mark for the second beat, relaxed and actually saw a fairy penguin in Sydney Harbour. The positions were unchanged as they rounded the second top mark but positions were a lot closer than they had been in prior races and the competition was tense. The pressure in the beat to the finish was on, it appeared that NED 26 may actually get in front of HUN 70. Nails were bitten, cheers were heard and everyone felt relieved that NED 26 actually caught HUN 70 in one race. This did not distract from the impressive performance of our overall competition winners, HUN 70 who came in a close second in this race. The HUN 70 team first won an FD world championship 20 years ago – an impressive and enduring FD team! Third across the line were our

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national champions AUS 7, Closely followed by GER 113, then AUS 359. We hovered at the finish line waiting for all boat to cross over, watching exhausted make post series mistakes like capsizing and being particularly impressed by AUS 338 who finished last but won the resilience and persistence award. All the supporters cheered profusely have watched them battle with ferries and other traffic and yet doggedly and with determination complete the entire series. After the race the the awards ceremony was held in doors at RSYS, given Sydney’s legendary strong winds had finally blown in. The restaurant was jammed packed with sailors and supporters. Awards were given to the most wins – HUN 70, the oldest boat with the best outcome AUS 359, combined age of skipper and crew greater than 100 -AUS 33, Best female FD sailor – NED 33, Best team under the age of 25 GER 2 , just to name a few. Overall results were HUN 70 first, NED 26 second, GER 113 third and GER 88 fourth. Our national champions were 5th. Congratulations to all on a great regatta and thanks again to RSYS for being such brilliant hosts. Over and out – Sally complete results page 38 13

REPORT

General Secretary‘s Report At the Sydney Worlds in January the class conducted its competitors meeting and the general committee met. 2015 represents a period of consolidation for our class and some minor change. Our long serving president and treasurer both finished their terms, and on behalf of the class as a whole those present thanked Alberto and Fred for their years of service. We thank them for the good management that the FD class has had for a decade and as a consequence it remains in a good financial position. In a continuation of the democratic process adopted in Hungary in 2013, the competitors meeting (with proxies) conducted an election for the vacant IFDCO general committee positions. Tony Lyall was elected our new President and Peter Van Koppen our new Treasurer. We congratulate them both and welcome Peter to the general committee. The position of VP Development fell vacant with Tony becoming President. Nominations are sought for the position of VP Development by email to the General Secretary over the coming months in accordance with the Bye-Laws. The election of a new VP Development is to be conducted at the European Championships in Croatia in September. Three issues were the subject of discussion and decision by the competitors and general committee, which I will summarize shortly. (1) an update of IFDCO fees. (2) Arrangements for upcoming championships. (3) Technical matters and particularly any change to the spinnaker rule. First, the financial position of the class was confirmed as healthy, with modest cash reserves. A review of income from fees was conducted, because of rising costs over the last five years. Accordingly the general committee determined that there is to be an increase in fees to meet those rising costs. The cost of sail buttons is to increase to 25 Euros in 2015. From 2016 the annual IFDCO membership fee, collected from all members by national associations, will increase to 30 Euros. We trust that all members will understand that these increases are necessary to meet increasing administrative costs and to ensure the future success of the class. The general committee is conscious of the need to keep FD sailing at a reasonable costs, and minimizing unnecessary expenditure remains a constant goal. Second, the general committee and competitors received detailed reports on the upcoming 14

championship arrangements. The organisation for the 2016 worlds in Stienhude is already well advanced with a strong fleet expected. The unanimous view of all competitors meeting was that entry to this event should not be restricted, and the 2016 worlds will therefore be an open event. To encourage participation by non-European competitors a container subsidy of 2000 Euros per box was approved by the General Committee. For 2017 the proposal from Russia was discussed and carefully scrutinized to ensure that the event will be well attended. To ensure all FD sailors have an opportunity to attend it was determined that the event will only proceed if the Russian fleet can arrange sponsorship for all FD sailors to ship there boats to St Petersburg for FREE, i.e. full sponsored shipping! Over the last 6 months Jan Lechler, in consultation with the Russian fleet, has been working hard to confirm the sponsorship arrangements. At the time of writing, the reports from Russia were favorable, with an announcement of the arrangements expected in September. For 2018 a tentative proposal has been submitted by the Italian class. It is expected that a detailed 2018 proposal from Italy will be available in September for a final decision in Croatia. There are currently no proposals for 2019 and any interested countries should start preparing their proposals for submission to the VP Championships and General Secretary. Third, technical subjects were discussed with the usual strongly held and passionate views. To this end detailed additional hull measurement was conducted using the templates at the Sydney worlds on all boats. This was a valuable exercise for team tape measure who have promised a report in due course on their observations. The thanks of all should be extended to the measurers, volunteers and sailors who made the additional measurement seamless in Sydney, and it was all conducted in a sportsman like spirit of comradary. Spinnakers were again a matter of discussion. Opinions were expressed for and against change (I will not repeat them, the debate seem fully ventilated). It is apparent that after testing in 2014 and 2015 there is no consensus on what rule change is preferable (if any). Some raised concerns about an increase in size to the 505 spinnaker, and on the other hand others questioned whether there was any utility in a more modest change (discussed in my Largs report from 2014). To bring this

debate to a conclusion, one way or the other, the general committee determined that a vote be conducted of all IFDCO members, through national class secretaries and at the 2015 Europeans in Croatia. The question to be voted on is: “Should the International Flying Dutchman Class consider any increase in the spinnaker size?” Note: If the question is answered NO, the IFDCO proposes that there be no change in the current spinnaker rule for at least 5 years. If the answer is YES, then there will be a further period of evaluation and consideration of possible change. No particular change of the spinnaker rule will occur prior to the 2016 world championships. No specific spinnaker rule or size proposal is being suggested, the vote is simply to consider whether any change should be considered further. The procedure for voting will be as follows: “All current IFDCO members may vote on the above question through their national secretary (or by sending an email to the international secretary, if their country of residence does not have a national secretary) or by voting at the Competitors Meeting at the 2015 Europeans in Croatia. All votes submitted via a national secretary (or with the international secretary) must be accompanied by proof that the person is a current IFDCO member. Only votes submitted prior to 10 September 2015 will be valid. Upon the collection of all votes the IFDCO General Committee will at the 2015 General Committee Meeting determine what change or further consideration (if any) is required regarding the rule/s governing the size/design of the spinnaker. All votes and representations received from IFDCO Members will be taken into consideration, but the IFDCO General Committee will make its final decision based on the bests interests of the class. Each national secretary and national association should arrange a vote of its current members. Only current IFDCO members may vote. All votes fore and against should be advised to the general secretary prior to the Europeans in September. Edward Cox FD AUS 7 IFDCO General Secretary

New Zealand

2015 Flying Dutchman Nationals – New Zealand Just two weeks after the five Flying Dutchman yachts that had competed in the Worlds in Sydney arrived back in Nelson, the “Sydney Sailors” gathered once again but this time to compete among themselves. This time it was for the 2015 New Zealand Flying Dutchman Nationals that were held from the 5th to 8th February in Nelson. For those readers on the other side of the world, Nelson is the home of Flying Dutchman yachts in New Zealand as the average wind speeds are very well suited to the Flying Dutchman class and our largest numbers of Flying Dutchman sailors

are based in Nelson. The New Zealand Flying Dutchman Association generally plans one National event in Nelson each two years; on the alternate year, another venue in New Zealand is chosen As well as the Sydney competitors, Alex Chubb, Hideo’s crew in Sydney, also brought his father to compete this time as a father and son team in their boat NZL 1, while Hideo was joined by Chris Lewis. After the crowds and excitement of Sydney Harbour the water seemed very open and spacious. Just a few boats, but all inspired and keen to compete after their experiences sailing with a world class fleet. The racing took place in fine sunny weather over New Zealand’s Waitangi Day weekend. Thursday was a windy day and a number of boats had to retire but the following days brought comfortable windspeeds of 10 to 16 knots and all boats were able to complete the races.

Andy McKee in NZL 111 continued to show his dominance and skill and that the new crew combination with Dave Hislop is working well. Dave Gibb, NZL 107 showed that he can move from crew to helm without lost of performance. It was great to see Rob in NZL 1 sailing with his son and how his son’s experience of sailing the Worlds with Hideo means they are now a very competitive father and son team. Bruce and Richard in NZL 118 have shown the benefit of their experience in sailing at the Worlds giving a consistent performance throughout the regatta and keeping the pressure on those in front of them. Hideo showed that when the conditions are right he is still very fast and the top helmsman upwind being the only yacht to take a first place away from Andy. It was great to get together again and compete and also to talk about our experiences in Sydney. We enjoyed a barbeque at Bruce’s place and were also able to inspect the new Flying Dutchman that he is building out of carbon fibre.

Nelson, New Zealand Readers may also be interested to know a little about Nelson City in New Zealand where the New Zealand Nationals were held this year and its connection to Flying Dutchman sailing. Nelson is a city located in a large bay at the top of the South Island of New Zealand. Nelson is known for its very pleasant climate and attractive environment and is a very popular holiday

destination for New Zealanders and travelers from other countries. Although Nelson is in the south of New Zealand it is situated in a wind shadow for the southerly wind, this is important because in New Zealand the southerly wind is the cold, rather than the warm wind that it is in the Northern hemisphere, as our southerly wind blows up from the Antarctic. Although Nelson is a city in New Zealand and has been since the early days of European settlement, it actually achieved city status because of the fact that a cathedral was built rather than any level of population. Today Nelson has a population of 40,000 (a small town to many from more populated countries). You can find more about Nelson City by going to www.nelson.co.nz Peter Bailey

The Big KitE Dear National Secretaries, At the AGCM in Sydney the IFDCO General Committee resolved to conduct a vote of all current IFDCO members on the following question during 2015 (prior to the next General Committee meeting in Croatia). The question is: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Should the International Flying Dutchman Class consider any increase in the spinnaker size?â&#x20AC;? Note: If the question is answered NO, the IFDCO proposes that there be no change in the current spinnaker rule for at least 5 years. If the answer is YES, then there will be a further period of evaluation and consideration of possible change. No particular change of the spinnaker rule will occur prior to the 2016 world championships. No specific spinnaker rule or size proposal is being suggested, the votes is simply to consider whether any change should be considered further. All current IFDCO members may vote on the above question through their national secretary (or by sending an email to the international secretary, if their country of residence does not have a national secretary) or by voting at the Competitors Meeting at the 2015 Europeans in Croatia. All votes submitted via a national secretary (or with the international secretary) must be accompanied by proof that the person is a current IFDCO member. Only votes submitted prior to 10 September 2015 will be valid. Upon the collection of all votes the IFDCO General Committee will at the 2015 General Committee Meeting determine what change or further consideration (if any) is required regarding the rule/s governing the size/design of the spinnaker. All votes and representations received from IFDCO Members will be taken into consideration, but the IFDCO General Committee will make its final decision based on the bests interests of the class. I request that each national secretary and national association arrange a vote of your current members. Please insure that only current IFDCO members vote. I request that all votes fore and against be advised to me prior to the Europeans in September. The date and arrangements for voting within each of your countries is a matter for that country to determine. The only requirement is that only current IFDCO members vote, that the national secretaries collect the votes and advise the IFDCO General Secretary of the results (i.e. the votes for and against the above question) prior to the Europeans. Please let me know if you have any queries. Edward Cox General Secretary IFDCO/FD AUS 7 16

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Euroflyingcup Altea March 19th-21st 2015

Euroflying 2015 was held from March 19th to March 21th along with the Spanish Flying Dutchman Cup in Altea Waters, The CN Altea was in charge of organising a excellent event, as it always does. Eleven FD from three countries attended the competition. Unfortunately weather did not accompany two first days (19th and 20th) and races had to be suspendend due to strong wind and persistent rain. Disapponintment of not sai-

ling was compensated with a wonderful dinner offerend on the evening of the 19th offered by the CN Altea. On the 21st, taking the advantage of a sunny day with wind ranging from 7 to 12 knots, four races were held. Races were generally with very contested starts and legs until first buoy , where leading boat s would start to take a significant advantage. Races were dominated by GER 98, followed by ESP-69 and ESP-80. Euroflying 2015

was finally won by GER 98 with Shmuel Markhoff y Michael Matscheroth as crew, while ESP-69 with Pablo Geras and José Luis Ruiz was the winner of the Flying Dutchman Spanish Cup. Enrique Egea Moreno complete results page 39

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Although almost 60 boats had to wait – in vain – for suitable winds in order to stage at least one race at the International Trapeze Regatta in Steinhude, Lower Saxony, all wind forecasts predicted more than enough wind, at least for the first day, in Diessen: 30 knots: However, everything turned out quite differently: Day 1 Despite all efforts on this initial day by the racing coordination team, a valid race was unable to be held. The wind forecast looks significantly better for Friday and should produce some exciting sailing! Day 2 Instead of the expected winds there was unfortunately only rain falling among the 80 competitors here in Diessen. Consequently, new methods had to be found to test each others’ skills: While some spent their time playing cards, it was above all the FD-youth teams from Alpsee and Ammersee who competed against each other, contesting their sporting honour at table tennis. The wind forecast for the final day is not particularly promising, but at least it should remain dry.

Day 3 Day three of the 54th FD-Cup finally offered the long-desired race. Although the first startattempt had to be cancelled due to lack of discipline at the starting line, and likewise the second attempt through a lack of wind – all good things nevertheless are known to come in threes, and so it was that a shortened race was staged in veering winds between Beaufort 1-2. Our neighbours from Holland, Poland and Austria did especially well in these weather conditions. AUT38 Aichholzer/Zingerle was leading at the luff buoy but was disqualified due to a too early start. NED26 Kramer/ Geelkerken made the best of the favourable situation and won the race easily, ahead of GER202 Borowski/Berlin and POL7 Pierwola/Tyszkiewicz. The wind however was insufficient for any further contest, the crews then dismantling their boats in fine sunshine and loading them onto their trailers. Sami Leitl GER172 complete results page 40

Diessen, Germany

April 17 th-19 th 2015

FD NORTH AMERICANS

Dave Ellis Coronado Yacht Club in San Diego, California was the site for the North Americans this year. An idyllic setting for racing it was indeed, with plenty of parking, open bay for racing and breeze starting promptly at noon, a civilized time to start racing. The small number of entries was due in part to the huge distances in the USA for many Dutchman sailors. It is four days of steady driving one way to San Diego from the New England area of the country. Because of this, some years ago four FD sailors got together and had a 4-boat road trailer built to transport their boats. It usually “lives” in Paul Hempker’s Ohio shop, centrally located in the country. Dave Ellis towed the trailer west for the Santa Cruze, California regatta last fall where it then lived at US FD President Buzz Ballinger’s shop until it was time to tow it down to San Diego for this regatta. Unfortunately, Buzz’s van blew its engine halfway up “The Grapevine” mountain pass north of Los Angeles. The regatta was in jeopardy with half of the fleet stranded.

Ellis, who was to tow the boats back to Ohio after the regatta, got several impassioned phone calls asking for help. So, up from Southern California, through Los Angeles traffic he drove, over the Grapevine and to a small town that seemingly exists solely to fix blown up engines. Then they drove back over the mountain pass and through LA traffic and down to San Diego with the trailer and Buzz He was without his boat, for it was atop his broken van on a garage lift. They arrived there the night before the start of racing. Whew. Friday morning was set-up time for these boats and a bit of practice for those who were there earlier. Nine boats were registered. The Wrenn brothers, after a few long distance phone calls, graciously allowed Buzz to use their boat which was still on the big trailer. So the only boat on that trailer not used was that of Lin Robson, who had shoulder surgery after an injury at the Worlds in Oz this summer. It is not a wimpy sport.

NORTH AMERICA

Coronado Yacht Club had nobody to be the Principal Race Officer for Friday, so Dave Ellis, with help from Wally and his rigid bottom inflatable boat and John, the anchor guy and “P” flag holder, did all the tasks. The first race wind was from just north of west, straight from the Pacific Ocean over a narrow beach and road forming the bay. It crept north during the race for the course of triangle/windward/leeward finish, with the start/finish about 1/3 up the course. Paul Scoffin found himself battling with Buzz Ballinger and Mike Meszaros for the lead, finally getting by near the finish. The wind veered to the NW and with one power boat to do everything the Race Committee moved all of the marks and made their best guess as to where it would settle. It worked. Two more excellent races were held, each about 45 minutes long for the middle of the fleet. In race two a solid 15 knots with some gusts occurred, with a little less in the third race.

The RC had announced during the competitor’s meeting that after three races Tim Sayles was going to sail around the fleet after the finish and get a consensus as to whether a fourth race was wanted. He reported back, “All NO,” from the fleet. So we sailed back to the club. Saturday and Sunday, again with noon starts, had a little less breeze, but good courses and great racing. The Coronado Yacht Club ran our races and had other classes start on the race course, but there was little interference with the faster Flying Dutchman fleet. Paul Scoffin reeled off a series of wins except for race 5 when he had a “boat rigging issue” that he didn’t want to talk about. Doug Dommermuth won that race and a popular win it was. Doug placed fifth overall at the end. But he gets bragging rights for a race win at the North Americans. After that Scoffin easily won the rest of the eight races, with the second as his throw out. He needed Lin Robson to give him more competition. But he and crew Barr Batzer sailing a new Mader, won this event convincingly. Meanwhile, Buzz Ballinger and crew Curt Hemmintsen put together a string of seconds and thirds to take the runner-up position. Mike Mesza-

ros with Gerhard Pamuschka was third, with longtime FD sailor Tim Sayles with Taylor Ballinger in fourth. The weather was warm and sunny, the water refreshing and clear, the Club accommodating and friendly and the racing challenging and fair. What more could we want? After racing on Sunday all stayed to help load the big trailer and hook it up to Dave Ellis’ truck and away it drove across the country to Hempker’s shop to live until another event. complete results page 40

Austrian Championship May 1st – 3rd 2015

With a record number of entries – over 40 boats – taking part in the Austrian Championship last year on Achensee in the Tyrol, the location for this year’s event was to be at the other end of the country at Neusiedler See. The Austrian Championship was thus not staged, as is usual in the spring, by the Union Yacht Club, but by the Bundesleistungszentrum für Segeln (national training centre for sailing). And this organisation, it is quite fair to say, met all the demands made upon it for a very professional implementation of the event – on water as well as on land – with flying colours. The 20 crews from 6 nations had to wait a while on the first day for the wind which, coming from the north, very slowly dropped off, and unfortunately ceased completely during the race itself. The majority of the boats in the first race only managed to complete the course by simply drifting across the finish line. In the evening, the Austrian Class Organisation invited all participants and their friends to a traditional wine tavern. The long wait for suitable winds was more than handsomely rewarded on Saturday: 4 races with winds between 14 and 20 knots with a mixture of sunshine and clouds produced FD sailing at its finest! HUN70 Szabolcs Majthényi/András Domokos and AUT38 Christoph Aichholzer/Philipp Zingerle at the front of the pack

fought tight duels with one another to take the lead. Along the up and the down legs of the circuit HUN70 asserted itself in true match race style with a whole series of spinnaker gybes. In two of the four races AUT38 successfully pulled ahead so that by the evening of the second day and following a scratched result, the Hungarian team was in the lead with exactly one point difference. In third place was now CZE21 Jiri Hruby/Roman Houdek, which could only just remain ahead of HUN11 in the final results on Sunday. On the third day of the series in rain and with an easterly wind it didn’t seem at all possible at the beginning to be able to run a regular race. At about 11 o’clock the wind stabilised and three more races were staged with winds between Beaufort 3 and 4, during which HUN70 consistently retained its lead, thus taking home the title of International Austrian Champions. The Austrian Champions were the crew of AUT38 – the defending champions. It was a very successful event with an exceedingly competent race coordination team! MARC GER172 complete results page 41

Austria

Marina di Carrara April 3rd – 4th 2015

Criterium di pasqua, 03/04 – 04/04/2015 – Wonderful weather conditions, light breezes, we must be in Italy. This is how we imagined sailing on the Ligurian coast: three German competing boats consisting of Rolf and Lutz, Felix and Lukas, Christiane and Bernd. And initially we were not disappointed. Two perfect training or wandering days. Then the challenge became more serious. First race day, 20 participants, once again glorious weather and a light wind. After several false starts the first race began. Rounding the buoys proved quite exciting, a constant wind. Wonderful conditions! Sailing on the sea, long waves, not much coastal orientation, a lot of fun! After five hours of competition and three races, a fine, sunny day came to a close. In the evening, the ‘Presidente’ invited all to dinner. As ever in Italy, no one was in any kind of hurry. After a few hours and a number of anti-pasti, warm meals and several bottles of wine, the day thus passed by to its convivial conclusion. Second day, hard to believe: cloudy sky, rain expected. All Italian entries and an Austrian boat are ready to start but remain on land and only GER213, GER222 and GER2103 wish to be punctual, at 10 o’clock, at the start boat. Several Italians thought to themselves: ‘typici tedeschi’. Although they had much more experience of their home weather conditions. Thunder and lightning, dark grey rain clouds formed, the first gusts and GER2103 immediately turned about. The two other boats were blown far out or back ashore by veering or backing winds. After the boats had been covered up there was no more wind, only rain by the bucket-load with no end in sight. Termination of the regatta at 12:30, in fact, after the victory ceremony, 1st place: ITA109 Francesconi, Rinaldi, 2nd place ITA Vespasiani, Vespasiani, 3rd place ITA Gianfreda, Poggianti – it was raining cats and dogs. All in all, a successful start to the sailing season. Christiane Barnes & Bernd Grotzke GER 2103

Italy

In the heat of the day in midsummer when the temperature rises in Bavaria’s pre-alpine lands and one experiences nothing other than screaming masses of bathers around the region’s lakes, then it’s time to load the FD onto its trailer and to drive into the mountains. Not only on the southern side of the Alps are outstanding lakes with outstanding thermals to be found that provide ever better sailing conditions with increasingly improving weather. The north side of the Alps also fulfils all one’s needs: Above all the Tyrol region’s Achensee which, with its Karwendel Cup, has established itself as a large permanent fixture in the international FD regatta calendar. The north wind through the Achen Pass, known as the ‘Boarischer’ (the Bavarian) builds during the afternoons over Achensee up to Beaufort force 5 or 6 and offers fantastic conditions beneath an almost unbelievably beautiful Alpine backdrop. With its Silber FD, the lake at Tegernsee and its somewhat lighter thermals have for decades offered a firmly established traditional regatta under the envious gaze of the many day-trippers from nearby Munich. Since last year the legendary Walchensee has finally become available for the FD class. Not the largest of the Bavarian lakes, but during hot weather the thermals blow at Beaufort force 5 from Herzogstand Mountain so that sailing conditions could hardly be any better. In future, these 3 regattas will not only be individually evaluated, but results will be entered in conjunction with the FD Thermik Cup, which this year will be brought about through the generous support of WH-Gummi of Berlin. The winners’ names will be engraved on this challenge cup, which will be made of wood and silver – two materials with deep roots in the Tyrol and in Upper Bavaria – and designed by FD sailors and master carpenter Paul Bichler. Initiators are Paul Bichler, Sami Leitl, Marc Strittmatter, Christoph Zingerle and Philipp Zingerle. Winners of the Thermik Cup will be the crew with the lowest points-score from all three regattas. The sum of all voluntarily discarded results from all races entered, plus one additional, may be deleted from the overall performance. The best sailor from all three regattas therefore has the best chances at an overall victory. It is possible however to scratch one regatta entirely. In any event the FD Thermik Cup certainly promises all participants much fun and outstanding sport in three high-class regattas at three delightful locations, with midsummer winds one can otherwise only wish for. www.fdthermikcup.de MARC GER 172

Austria and Germany

NOTES FROM CHIEF MEASURER REFERENCE REGATTA INSPECTION AT THE CROATIAN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SEPTEMBER Some of you will be aware that at the last two World Championships we have departed from the norm of Regatta Inspection a bit , in that at Largs we turned all the boats upside down and measured their rocker, in Sydney we turned them upside down again to do some template work with the transom, stn 1 and stn 9 templates. This when compared with the original measurement form , allowed us to verify the accuracy of the data on the original form. This time we are going to look at masts, specifically some of the dimensions at the top of the mast and at band 4 which is where the genoa halyard emerges. our aim is to see what the mast manufacturers have been up to in recent years and whether our existing rules provide sufficient guidance for mast makers in this time of High Modulous Carbon Fibre, which allows makers to build masts that are probably right on the edge of legal. We will not be making a „Big Deal“ of these measurements, we are taking them to allow us to see where the current mast rules are in comparison with what clever mast builders can do. Everybody will be aware that masts have got smaller in diameter and considerably lighter in recent years, we are happy about the weights of the masts, but we want to check the fore and aft and sideways dimensions at the top, which is band 3 and at band 4 , at the hounds ( genoa exit area. ) While we are on the subject of weight, we are going to make your lives easier, and maybe ours as well, at Regatta Inspection, because I have decided to break with years of tradition and allow the centreboard to stay in the boat for weighing, ( do I hear Cheering ?). Not only that , we are going to lay the rudder in the boat as well when it goes on the scales. Needless to say, we will not be expecting the hull to weigh in at 130 kgs, we will be looking for a larger figure. By adding the Centreboard and the rudder we will be adding the hull weight 130 kgs + 4.0 kgs for the rudder + 5.5 kgs for the Centreboard + 1.5 kgs for sheets = a total weight of 141 kgs to be legal. We will aim not to template the centreboard and rudder as well. If any of the Centreboards or Rudders look strange or different in some way then we will put them in the jigs and weigh them separately. The aim of this exercise is to stream line Regatta Inspection, we will have quite a few boats to check in Croatia, I hope, and we are aiming to get each boat through the tent in 10 or 11 minutes, including sails, this WILL require your full co-operation, so I am hoping that I can rely upon that. That way you do less standing about and more sailing at what looks like a lovely location. I look forward to seeing you all there. John Best , Chief Measurer

Measurement Euro Umag

2015 FD Europeans Test Event 18th – 19th of April 2015

Prior to this year‘s FD Europeans that will be held in September in Umag (CRO) the Host Club organized an event to give the sailors a possibility to test the winds and waters of Umag bay. The event gathered 9 crews form AUT, CRO, HUN, ITA and SLO. Saturday was a storm passing over the bay so the fleet didn‘t go on the sea until 2 p.m. when the wind became steady. One race was sailed with NE winds up to 18 knots. The winners of the day were HUN 70 – Majthenyi/Domokos followed by CRO 51 – Matulja/Matulja and HUN13 Süli/Papp. Sunday started with a beautiful sunny day and fresh breeze form the North that gradually increased from 16 up to 22 knots. Three excellent races were sailed. In the first race of the day HUN 70 was keeping the pace in front of CRO 51 and HUN 13 that unfortunately lost the rudder and lost several positions. In the finish first were HUN 70, second CRO 51 and third HUN 11 - Szabo/Argay. In the second race a shift from the right created some trouble in the first reaching that went without spinnakers. To finish first was HUN 70, second was HUN 13 and third was CRO 51. In the last race of the day the wind was already stable

and strong seeing the FDs in their perfect state. First to round the upwind mark was ITA 7 – Barenghi/Gabor in front of HUN 70 and CRO 51. At finishing line HUN 70 was first followed by HUN 13 who sailed a great last race just in front ITA 7 finishing third. The final results are HUN 70 on the first place, HUN13 on second followed by CRO 51 on third. Umag bay has shown a lot of sailing potential and will be really attractive to see a bigger fleet in September. With great infrastructure and beautiful landscape Umag is promising a great Europeans! Mr. Vili Bassanese, the major of Umag city attended a price giving ceremony and invited all the sailors and their families to join beautiful Umag in September for the “big” event. The 2015 European Championship in Umag will be held from Sept 12th till Sept 19th. For all information and online entry visit www.fdeuro2015.com Robin Matulja, FSC complete results page 41

Croatia

2017 Worlds St. Petersburg Russia The 2017 will be hosted by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club in Russia. St. Petersburg Yacht Club is located directly in St. Petersburg on a 12 Hectare enclosed ground at the top of one island of the Neva river. There are perfect conditions including a large boat ramp. Inside of the club house will be good conditions for sailing measurement:

All other measurement procedures can be made in a big hall, which is used in winter time for boat parking: On the ground 21 different restaurants and bars are located. Near the ramp is a swimming pool, sauna and showers, which can be used by the sailors.

There will be two hotel Yachts organized with each 80 rooms directly at the Sailing club for hosting the sailors and guests: But there are also many other possible hotels in the town of St. Petersburg. Metro station is within 15 minutesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; walk from the Yacht Club with direct connections to the center of St. Petersburg.

Russia

„It is pleasant to see Flying Dutchmans on the waters of planet Earth. I congratulate all enthusiasts

of the class with another World championship regatta! I wish no compromise struggle on the water and friendly socializing and peace on the shore. And let us all old and young from North and South, East and West be forever united by Flying Dutchman.“

Rostislav Novoderezhkin

Rostislav Novoderezhkin – on the most left on the photo with his crew Oleg Ulovkov in front and Valentin Mankin – 3 times Olympic medalist (two golds and one silver) in the middle. Rostislav Novoderezhkin sailed Flying Duthman dingies in 1958-1970s. He participated in World championships in 1958 in Attersee (Austria) and in 1959 in Whitstable, United Kingdom. He is still sailing his Beneteu Firts 40.5 yacht Windmaster in Meditaranean and participates in sailing regattas often getting prizes if not winning.

Eurocup 2014

There were 5 events in 2014 for the Euro Cup. Starting Point was the Euro flying Cup Altea in Spain, 20.03. - 22.03.2015. There were 6 Races with a fleet of 12 Boats from 3 Nations ESP, POR and GER. Second event was the Criterium di Pasqua in Carara/ Italy, 17. - 19.04 2014. 19 Flying Dutchman from Italy and Germany completed 5 Races. Followed by the 3. Event, the Dutch National Championship in Sneek. There was a fleet of 31 Boats from 4 Nations and there where in Total 7 Races completed. Traditional there was the next event in Kiel at Kiel Week 2014; with 25 Boats from 5 Nations at the starting line, finishing 6 Races. The biggest fleet in the Euro cup 2014 was at Ammersee in Germany for the German National Championship in the middle of August. 44 Boats from 10 nations made 6 races over there. The Total number for the Euro cup Ranking 2014 was 30 Races, according to the rules each boat got 7 discards over all. Congratulations to the Winner Crew GER 113 Kilian König / Johannes Brack and also for the places 2 and 3 to GER 92 Caroline Rudorff / Malte Burkert / Peter van Koppen and AHO 3 Henry Koenig / Rob Taal. Jan Lechler VP Championships

EuroCup 2014 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Results

Sydney FD National Championship

December 2014

Pl Crew Sail No. Races Total 1

MAJTHÉNYI, Szabolcs/DOMOKOS, András

HUN 70

COX, Edward/BEVIS, Peter

AUS 7

[2]

[11]

3 KOENIG, Kilian/BRACK, Johannes GER 113 [DNC] 3 2 1 6 8 53 4

GABORJANI-SZABO, Gabor/CZEIZEL, Balazs HUN 11

[9]

BABBAGE, Michael/MCALLISTER, Jame

AUS 361

[8]

32 37

MCCROSSIN, Ian/COOK, James

AUS 33

[DNF]

ZIEGLER, Janos/POLGAR, Csaba

HUN 78

[DNF]

BARTELS, Peter/HOCKING, Darren

AUS 21

[DNF]

HAM, David/GREENHALGH, Michael

AUS 32

[18]

MCKEE, Andrew/HISLOP, Dave

NZL 111

[DNF]

OCS

JAMBOR, Max/GÜNTHER, Kevin

GER 2

[DNC]

NOLAN, Michael/MOORE, Matthew

AUS 9

[17]

MCCOWAN, Alister/MCCOWAN, Angus

AUS 001

[DNC]

104

MITCHELL, Matthew/MACDONALD, Kim

AUS 66

[DNC]

104

BEYER, Brett/RAWSON-HARRIS, Douglas

AUS 377

[DNF]

DNC

105

WHITNALL, Matthew/BEVIS, James

AUS 359

DNC

119

BISMARK, Finn/BISMARK, Matthew

NZL 7

[DNF] DNC

127

[DNF] DNF

[DNF] DNC

BOEHM, Helmut/HURBAN, Gerald

AUT 8

ROBSON, Lin/GREGG, Ian

USA 36

133

[DNF] DNC

DNC

134

MCLEOD, Colin/MCCOWAN, Andrew

AUS 321

LISSANT-CLAYTON, Bruce/SHEPARD, Richard NZL 118

[DNC]

DNF

137

[DNC]

SÜLI, András/PAPP, Dávid

HUN 13

DNC

137

DNF

DNC

145

NZL 131

DNC

158

BAILEY, Peter/BAILEY, Joseph

OCS

DNC

WIGGENHAUSER, Heinrch/KYEWSKI, Philipp GER 2031

[DNC] DNC

159

MCCOWAN, Simon/JENNER, Rowan

AUS 34

[DNF] DNC

160

MCCOWAN, Michael/MCCOWAN, Duncan

AUS 338

DNC

171

TAYAMA, Hideo/CHUBB, Alex

NZL 110

OCS

DNF

DNC

174

SHEFFIELD, Glyn/RUTTER, Chris

GBR 389

[DNC]

DNC

178

BARENGHI, Alberto/NIXEY, William

ITA 7

RYVES, Carl/MAGUIRE, John

AUS 363

KING, Phillip/KING, William

AUS 376

HEMKER, Paul/PHILLIPS, Richard

USA 3

14 [OCS] 21 DNF

Sydney FD World Championship

[DNC] DNC

[DNF] DNC

DNC

179

DNF

DNC

186

[DNC] DNC

DNC

186

DNC

DNC DNC

189

21 DNC

DNC

January 3rd-9th 2015

Pl Crew Sail No. Races Total 1 MAJTHÉNYI, Szabolcs/DOMOKOS, András HUN 70 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 [2] [2] 11 2

KRAMER, Enno/GEELKERKEN, Ard

NED 26

[4]

KOENIG, Kilian/BRACK, Johannes

GER 113

[19]

[16]

SCHAEFERS, Kai/VAN KOPPEN, Peter

GER 88

[7]

[8]

COX, Edward/BEVIS, Peter

AUS 7

[12]

[OCS]

WHITNALL, Matthew/BEVIS, James

AUS 359

[10]

[15]

ZIEGLER, Janos/POLGAR, Csaba

HUN 78

[OCS]

[15]

114

MCKEE, Andrew/HISLOP, Dave

NZL 111

SÜLI, András/PAPP, Dávid

HUN 13

MCCROSSIN, Ian/COOK, James

AUS 33

[20]

BEYER, Brett/RAWSON-HARRIS, Douglas

AUS 377

[14]

164

[DNF]

137

[22]

[17]

108 123

[DNC] [DNC]

HERRMANN, Joerg/HYZYK, Oliver

GER 219

[20]

[23]

BARTELS, Peter/HOCKING, Darren

AUS 21

[24]

[21]

126

BABBAGE, Michael/MCALLISTER, James

AUS 361

[21]

[25]

128

LECHLER, Jan/SALOW, Jens

GER 100

[19]

[17]

120

ROBSON, Lin/GREGG, Ian

USA 36

[17]

[18]

128

JAMBOR, Max/GÜNTHER, Kevin

GER 2

[DNF]

[24]

170

Sydney FD World Championship Pl Crew Sail No. Races Total

GABORJANI-SZABO, Gabor/CZEIZEL, Balazs HUN 11

204

KEIL, Karsten/HAPPICH, Michael Frank

GER 16

[DNF] [DNC] DNC 11

[23]

[DNF]

203

HAM, David/GREENHALGH, Michael

AUS 32

[25]

[33]

190

SHEFFIELD, Glyn/RUTTER, Chris

GBR 389

[DNF]

[DNC] 238

NOLAN, Michael/MOORE, Matthew

AUS 9

[28]

[27]

DAINES, Alisdair/GIBB, David

NZL 107

[30]

[29]

219

MITCHELL, Matthew/VON LEPEL, Joshua

AUS 66

[DNF]

[32]

241

EDGAR, Stewart/GAVIN, Myles

AUS 31

[29]

MCCOWAN, Alister/MCCOWAN, Angus

AUS 001

[35]

[34]

234

BURKERT, Malte/KÖNIG, Hans-Albert

GER 13

262

NOOIJEN, Frank/SCHROOR, Durk

NED 18

[31]

[30]

237

KANIG, Frank/HEYDER, Michael

GER 216

[34]

[35]

256

[DNF] [DNF]

203

[DNC] 238

MCLEOD, Colin/MCCOWAN, Andrew

AUS 321

[38]

DORAN, Peter/ROGERS, Alex

GBR 382

[34]

[35]

270

HEIJINK, Tanja/VELAYO, Rexmond

NED 33

[42]

[DNF]

293

[36]

[DNF]

293

BOEHM, Helmut/HURBAN, Gerald

AUT 8

TAYAMA, Hideo/CHUBB, Alex

NZL 110

BISMARK, Finn/BISMARK, Matthew

NZL 7

[DNF]

LYALL, Tony/GREENROD, Bradley

GBR 388

[39]

[DNF] [DNC] [DNC] [OCS] 32

[39]

[DNC] 280

[DNF] [RAF] 309 14

311

298

308

ROBERT, Christoph/FELDBERG, Gabi

GER 1820

[40]

[41]

MCCOWAN, Simon/MCCOWAN, Duncan

AUS 34

[41]

[DNC] 318

SCHÄFERS, Ulrich W./KINDEL, Frederik

GER 111

[38]

[DNC] 322

BARENGHI, Alberto/JOHNSON, Roddy

ITA 7

DNF

BAILEY, Joseph/BAILEY, Peter

NZL 131

[38]

[41]

325

LISSANT-CLAYTON, Bruce/SHEPARD, Richard NZL 118

[42]

[DNF]

338

[DNF] [DNF] DNC

336

KING, Phillip/KING, William

AUS 376

[DNF]F

[DNF] DNF

HEMKER, Paul/PHILLIPS, Richard

USA 3

[DNC] [DNC] 375

[43]

368

394

DNC

DNF

DNC

403

WIGGENHAUSER, Heinrich/KYEWSKI, Philipp GER 2031

[44]

MCCOWAN, Michael/MCCOWAN, Catherine AUS 338

RYVES, Carl/MAGUIRE, John

Euroflyingcup Altea 2015

AUS 363

[DNF] [DNF] DNF

[DNC] [DNC] DNF

371

March 19th-21st 2015

FD Cup Diessen

May 14th – 16th 2015

Sail No.

Crew

Race Total

NED-26

E. Kramer/A. Geelkerken

1,00

GER-202

J. Borowski/A. Berlin

2,00

POL-7

I. Pierwola/P. Tyszkiewicz

3,00

GER-87

H. Schwarz/R. Kirst

4,00

GER-187

S. Beichl/B. Wiedemann

5,00

CZE-21

J. Hruby/R. Houdek

6,00

GER-74

J. Groß/P. Schay

7,00

CZE-11

P. Storch/T. Palkovsky

8,00

GER-235

A. Krohmer/T. Römmelt

9,00

GER-213

R. Albert/L. Albert

10,00

GER-1777

H. Wesemüller/H. Wesemüller

11,00

GER-1858

F. Böhm/J. Lingl

12,00

GER-103

K. Müller/R. Aicher

13,00

AUT-44

R. Leimgruber/T. Oswald

14,00

GER-66

K. Prenzler/E. Schlißke

15,00

GER-95

A. Gensch/I. Schulze

16,00

GER-98

S. Markhoff/M. Matscheroth

17,00

GER-75

C. Zbil/H. Stephan

18,00

AHO-3

H. Koning/Taal Robert

19,00

GER-10

H. Pilgram/J. Pilgram

20,00

GER-1279

P. Gersing/C. Gersing

21,00

SLO-4

P. Stoka/T. Poganik

22,00

GER-222

F. Albert/L. Merz

23,00

GER-1762

F. Buhl/C. Rogg

24,00

GER-1031

A. Hellbrügge/B. Reichel

25,00

GER-1783

S. Söffing/T. Flebbe

26,00

GER-172

M. Strittmatter/S. Leitl

27,00

GER-261

D. Wehrle/T. Leonards

28,00

GER-21

P. Stanner/A. Kindsmüller

29,00

GBR-388

T. Lyall/P. Kyewski

30,00

GER-40

B. Schreiber/E. Lutz

31,00

GER-72

P. Bichler/M. Mitterer

32,00

GER-178

R. Vogel/M. Zasche

33,00

AUT-22

R. Bauer/M. Panuschka

34,00

GER-56

M. Pöllath/J. Danninger

BFD

43,00

AUT-38

C. Aichholzer/P. Zingerle

BFD

43,00

GER-13

H. König/M. Carp

DNF

43,00

AUT-1

Dr. G. Vogler/E. Schober

DNF

43,00

GER-88

K. Schäfers/J. Brack

BFD

43,00

CZE-9

P. Jelinek/M. Hackl

BFD

43,00

GER-174

F. Dudek/L. Lieret

DNC

43,00

GER-266

F. Finkeldei/M. Dinslage

DNC

43,00

FLYING DUTCHMAN NORTH AMERICANS

17th – 19th April 2015

Sail No. Crew Races Total 1

145

Paul Scoffin

301

Buzz Ballenger

Mike Meszaros

251

Tim Sayles

153

Douglas Dommermuth

DNF

RET

Jim Algert

RET

881

Peter Carr

1451

Jean Jimenez

195

Gregory Whiffen

DNC DNC

DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC

ÖM FD-Klasse FD Pl Sail No. Crew 1 HUN 70 Szabolcs Majthényi/András Domokos

May 1st – 3rd 2015

Race Total 1 1 [5] 1 2 1 1 1 18,0

2 AUT 38 Christoph Aichholzer/Philipp Zingerle [2] 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 12,0 3 CZE 21 Jiri Hruby/Roman Houdek

[8] 3 2 3 6 6 6 7 33,0

4 HUN 11 Gabor Gaborjani Sz/Bela Argay

3 [7] 7 4 7 4 4 4 33,0

5 AUT 15 Gerhard Ulrich/Manfred Zeissel

[14] 10 3 6 4 5 8 6 42,0

ITA 7

Alberto Barenghi/Gabor Köles

[OCS]

45,0

AUT 25

Jacob Holzinger/Paul Srienz

[16]

49,0

8 AUT 39 Martin Pfund/Christoph Zingerle

[16] 6 10 8 8 10 7 5 54,0

9 AUT 23 Martin Dominkus/Günter Grigar

17 5 8 7 [DNC] 9 5 9 60,0

HUN 13

András Süsli/Dávid Papp

GER 75

Christian Zbil/Ioannis Remoundos

[DNF]

79,0

AUT 8

Angelika Stark/Gerald Hurban

[18]

80,0

NED 341

Durk Schroor/Durk Zandstra

[DSQ]

84,0

AUT 22

Reinhold Bauer/Manfred Panuschka

[17]

84,0

GER 172

Marc Strittmatter/Johannes Hamminger

[16]

86,0

AUT 20

Christoph Holzinger/Lukas Holzinger

[DNC] DNC

DNC

72,0

[DNC] 88,0

AUT 5

Fred Zorn/Erich Schober

[DNF] DNC

102,0

AUT 9

Heinz Waerder/Thomas Kainz

[DNF] DNC

DNF

130,0

AUT 6

Werner Rosinak/Wilhelm Sedlak

20 HUN 78

Antal Kardos/Csaba Polgar

[DNC] DNC

DNC

DNC 130,0

[DPI] DNS DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 147,0

New Zealand Nationals

February 5th – 8th 2015

Crew

Total

1 111

Andrew McKee/Dave Hislop

2 107

David Gibb/Callum Folley-Logan

3 1

Robbie Chubb/Alex Chubb

4 118

Bruce Lissant-Clayton/Richard Shepard

5 110

Hideo Tayama/Chris Lewis

6 131

Peter Bailey/Joseph Bailey

Sail No.

2015 FD Europeans Test Event

April 18th – 19th 2015

Races

Sail No.

Crew

Total

HUN 70

Szabolcs Majthenyi, Andras Domokos

HUN 13

András Süli, Dávid Papp 3

7 2 2 7

CRO 51

Robin Matulja, Tin Matulja

ITA 7

Barenghi Alberto, Koles Gabor

5 4 3 11

1 3 4 7

HUN 11

Gabor Gáborjani Szabo, Bela Argay

AUT 8

Boehm Helmut, Gerald Hurban

dns 3 5 5 13 5

SLO 1

Luka Tomori, Urban Jan

7 6 18

HUN 78

Antal Kardos, Csaba Polgar

dnf dns dns dns 30

HUN 4

Janos Ziegler, Gabor Hajto

dns dns dns dns 30

7 15

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