Koninklijke Liberty Yacht Club, 13 – 14 September
Report by Terry Curtis
26 OK’s from 5 nations attended the Belgian National Championships on Lake Galgenweel in Antwerp over the weekend 13-14th Sept. Due to major disruptions on the channel crossings due to the tunnel fire, only 2 British entries made the trip from the UK.
After a short delay Saturdays racing got underway in a very shifty, patchy North Westerly blowing across the lake. As the day progressed the wind veered to the east & settled a little. Terry Curtis from the UK finished the day with 3,1,3 to hold a narrow lead from Belgian Yannick Laumans with 4,4,1 & Jörg Rademacher of Germany with 1,5,4 in third place.
True to tradition, the host club put on a fantastic BBQ with an appropriate amount of free beer, to ensure a sound nights sleep. Sunday dawned with a very welcome force four from the North East & bright sunshine which stayed throughout the day. Curtis made the most of the conditions winning all three races to take the championship with a race to spare. Germanys Ralf Mackmann took 3 second places losing race 5 by only half a length. Laumans couldn’t get to grips with the conditions & slipped to 5th place overall with Rademacher doing enough to keep 3rd overall.
Pos | Name | Sailno. | Tot-1 |
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1 | Terry Curtis | GBR2118 | 7pts |
2 | Ralf Mackmann | GER711 | 14pts |
3 | Jörg Rademacher | GER730 | 15pts |
4 | Christian Heinz | GER605 | 19pts |
5 | Yannick Laumans | BEL205 | 21pts |
6 | Maurice Slap | BEL203 | 26pts |
7 | Paul Verrijdt | BEL214 | 29pts |
8 | Ronny Poelman | BEL220 | 35pts |
9 | Heinz Ridder | GER651 | 47pts |
10 | Rod Andrew | BEL1 | 52pts |
11 | Stephan Klaus | GER615 | 61pts |
12 | Thomas Neveling | GER664 | 62pts |
13 | Joost Rommelaere | BEL56 | 62pts |
14 | Koen Hopsy | BEL0 | 68pts |
15 | Maxime Manca | FRA1336 | 72pts |
16 | Torsten Albrecht | GER596 | 77pts |
17 | Jan Bechmann | GER567 | 79pts |
18 | Jan Taelman | BEL4 | 82pts |
19 | Uli Borchen | GER587 | 86pts |
20 | Susanne Mackmann | GER723 | 99pts |
21 | Arne Good | NED657 | 102pts |
22 | Alexandre Rosier | BEL | 108pts |
23 | Dominique Istasse | BEL125 | 108pts |
24 | Denis Gilles | BEL5 | 109pts |
25 | James Andrew | GBR2090 | 113pts |
26 | Thierry Demblon | BEL44 | 135pts |