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Five days are scheduled 10 races 31.7-4.8.2012. Twelve nations have entries with 144 sailors.Three days are scheduled 6 races 5-7.8.2012. Six nations have entries with 10 sailors.

Youth European Championship 2012 Riva del Garda in Italy

Master European Championship 2012 Riva del Garda in Italy

See more website:www.fragliavelariva.it/en/regatta/836/view

I got a copy of the letter of Michael Cholewa to the Nordic countries. Is it possible for you to place this quote of the letter on the Europe website? I have asked Michael's permission for this.<START QUOTE>I had a lengthy discussion with Rudy den Outer from Vintage Yachting Games a few days ago concerning the upcoming Vintage Regatta at Como in July, where the Europe class, as an old Olympic class, has been invited as well.I think this regatta represents an excellent opportunity to activate some of the smaller E class countries, and I think it is important that the "big" E class countries share the responsibility to continue to grow the Europe Class by supporting all activities as much as we can.My thinking is that we should try to make this event, the vintage games, even bigger and more prestige's than the Worlds , where you, as a sailor, have the option to qualify through the backdoor (open week) and that "door" is really open. It is fairly easy to qualify to the Worlds, but the case about Vintage should be different. In Denmark we plan to give the 4 slots to our best sailors (top of ranking - 2 men/2 girls) and we plan to support them financially as well.<END QUOTE>Regards,Rudy den OuterChairmanM: +31 62 421 8063S: vintageyachtinggamesW:

The Vintage Yachting Games Organization is a non-commercial joint venture of the following former Olympic Classes (Vintage Yachting Classes): Europe, 12' Dinghy, O-Jolle, Flying Dutchman, Yngling, Tempest, Soling, Dragon and 5.5 Metre. Her supervisory board consists of the Presidents/Chairmen of above classes.

www.vintageyachtinggames.org

NOTICE OF RACE YOUTH & MASTER EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
The dates are 120729-120804 for the Youths and 120805-120807 for the Masters in Riva del Garda, Italy.
The website has: www.fragliavelariva.it/en/regatta/836/view

Tobias Hemdorff win the Grand Prix Vila de Blanes - SPAIN - The Danish sailor Tobias Hemdorff is the winner of the International Grand Prix Vila de Blanes after a fought last racing day in the Europe class with only one single point from Ibiza's sailor Nicklas Veith. Tobias had to control and neutralize attacks from his closest rivals, like the local sailor Albert Codinachs, the last year's winner of the Grand Prix who also won the last race, and Ivan Moreno, who did an excellent last racing day scoring a 3rd and a 2nd.

At the end Tobias Hemdorff has got the highest level of the podium, Nicklas Veith, second and Ivan Moreno the third.
https://sites.google.com/site/igpvblanes/2012/results-2012/male_EUROPA_4.pdf
The fourth position was Albert Codinachs, CV Blanes, and fifth Juan Calvo, sailor of the RCN Denia. The French Sylvian Notonier was sixth, followed by Ascension Roca who became the winner of the women classification. https://sites.google.com/site/igpvblanes/2012/results-2012/FEmale_EUROPA_4.pdf Results Men https://sites.google.com/site/igpvblanes/2012/results-2012/overall_EUROPA_4.pdf? Results Women https://sites.google.com/site/igpvblanes/2012/notes-de-premsa-2012 Overall General More information and pictures at

Dear Europe friends,From our website you can also download a nice printable calendar for 2012. It comes in three sizes: Small (letter), Medium (A4) and Large (A3). Please feel free to distribute the Vintage Yachting Games calendar 2012 to the Europe sailing community or to other interested parties. Just download from, or give a pointer to: One more thing about the prizes of the event. Besides the event prizes, daily prizes, VIP trophy and country trophy there are perpetual trophies for each class. These trophies has the names of the Olympic victors engraved on the back, symbolizing the Olympic past. On the foot the names of the Vintage Yachting Games winners will be engraved, symbolizing the continuation of the class. In that respect the winners of the Vintage Yachting Games will be expanding the direct line from the 1992 - 2004 Olympic victors.The Vintage Yachting Games Organization is a non-commercial joint venture of the following former Olympic Classes (Vintage Yachting Classes): Europe, 12' Dinghy, O-Jolle, Flying Dutchman, Yngling, Tempest, Soling, Dragon and 5.5 Metre. Her supervisory board consists of the Presidents/Chairmen of above classes.Looking forward to receive you entries and meeting you all at Lake Como,Rudy den Outer

http://vintageyachtinggames.org/ITA2012/?page_id=185

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As I mentioned in my previous mail the entry for the VYG is opened. This event, apart from the ambition of being the replacement for your Olympic event, is also a showcase for the participating classes. Make sure your class will be an eye catcher during the Vintage by entering as many as possible delegates per country to the event.

As you know the entry has two phases. First the counties have to pre-enter (claim) their expected number of delegates on our website. Please do this as soon as possible on our Italian website: http://www.infowave.it/vintage2012/Entry_Form.html . Then in the second phase (10-JAN-2012 - 31-MAY-2012) the teams can be entered by name and sail number.

Great news for our Class: SAILING CLASS OF THE YEAR !!!

2012 GLOBAL VETERAN CUP IN NEW ZEALAND.Dear Veteran Sailors !Don't forget that the Veteran's Cup is your next event in New Zealand, a sailing paradise.

http://www.boiyachtclub.co.nz/nor.php

Europa Class World Championship Aval-Cdv Gravedona Results are final on August 13, 2011 Overall Results Women Europe Class World Championship 2011 Gravedona Italy Final Results Overall Top Ten Sailors 13.8.2011 Sailed: 11, Discards: 2, To count: 9, Entries: 73, Scoring system: Appendix A Rank Nat SailNo HelmName Vorname R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 Penalties Total Nett 1 ITA 1189 Silvia Zennaro (6.0) (10.0) 1.0 3.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 35.0 19.0 2 DEN 1757 Anna Livbjerg (5.0) 4.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 (5.0) 1.0 2.0 29.0 19.0 3 GER 99 Janika Puls 1.0 2.0 5.0 1.0 3.0 (14.0) 8.0 8.0 2.0 (9.0) 9.0 62.0 39.0 4 DEN 95 Trine Bentzen 9.0 16.0 13.0 (18.0) 5.0 12.0 5.0 2.0 (20.0) 13.0 6.0 119.0 81.0 5 GER 82 Stine Paeper 12.0 (22.0) 9.0 8.0 (17.0) 4.0 14.0 3.0 7.0 10.0 14.0 120.0 81.0 6 SWE 2 Julia Carlsson 26.0 9.0 (36.0) (74.0 DSQ) 11.0 2.0 10.0 7.0 8.0 5.0 11.0 199.0 89.0 7 SWE 28 Antonia Sjöstedt 17.0 (69.0) 15.0 (19.0) 14.0 13.0 4.0 9.0 4.0 15.0 8.0 187.0 99.0 8 SWE 24 Julia Gross 20.0 15.0 (35.0) 4.0 15.0 6.0 (33.0) 6.0 17.0 14.0 5.0 170.0 102.0 9 SWE 3619 Anna Mikkelsen (51.0) 13.0 (41.0) 20.0 2.0 27.0 17.0 12.0 9.0 3.0 4.0 199.0 107.0 10 DEN 23 Christina Andersen 4.0 (26.0) 20.0 21.0 24.0 (33.0) 20.0 5.0 10.0 6.0 3.0 172.0 113.0 www.europeclasswc2011.com/ See more website Gravedona:

Europa Class World Championship Aval-Cdv Gravedona Results are final on August 13, 2011 gold Flight Results Men Europe Class World Championship 2011 Gravedona Italy Final Results Overall Top Ten Sailors 13.8.2011 Sailed: 11, Discards: 2, To count: 9, Entries: 50, Scoring system: Appendix A Rank Nat SailNo HelmName Vorname Birth date Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 Penalties Total Nett 1 DEN 1755 Tobias Hemdorff 30- 11- 1994 (9.0) 4.0 (34.0) 1.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 58.0 15.0 2 ESP 6 Gerard Marin Julia 08- 01- 1982 4.0 3.0 (10.0) 3.0 1.0 6.0 (22.0) 2.0 3.0 8.0 2.0 64.0 32.0 3 NOR 430 Magnus Andersen 25- 10- 1993 3.0 (36.0) 5.0 2.0 1.0 (28.0) 8.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 3.0 125.0 61.0 4 SWE 3656 Carl Hagberg 22- 03- 1991 8.0 4.0 8.0 1.0 8.0 10.0 1.0 (21.0) 6.0 17.0 (27.0) 111.0 63.0 5 SWE 3632 Hampus Appelgren 06- 06- 1992 (42.0) 8.0 8.0 11.0 7.0 13.0 2.0 7.0 7.0 5.0 (23.0) 133.0 68.0 6 SWE 45 Emil Bengtson 03- 02- 1994 15.0 17.0 3.0 5.0 12.0 (19.0) 6.0 6.0 (28.0) 4.0 4.0 119.0 72.0 7 SWE 21 Albin Gipperth 30- 04- 1993 7.0 15.0 3.0 14.0 6.0 7.0 (24.0) 14.0 (31.0) 11.0 10.0 142.0 87.0 8 SWE 3605 David Kölby 25- 06- 1993 (20.0) 20.0 18.0 7.0 3.0 (30.0) 10.0 3.0 11.0 2.0 17.0 141.0 91.0 9 DEN 1758 Mathias Livbjerg 18- 12- 1994 23.0 (30.0) (39.0) 12.0 4.0 24.0 4.0 15.0 2.0 3.0 6.0 162.0 93.0 10 SWE 3517 Carl-Fredrik Fock 17- 11- 1991 17.0 9.0 2.0 4.0 20.0 11.0 18.0 (26.0) 9.0 10.0 (21.0) 147.0 100.0 See more website Gravedona: www.europeclasswc2011.com/

10 Jacob Cholewa SKS 5 4 4 (9) 8 6 3 1 40 31 3502 Philip Gudinge LJS 3 (19) 12 6 9 7 5 2 63 44 3633 Sebastian Novak BOJK (66 OCS) 7 7 16 12 1 2 8 119 53 6 Garard Marin Julia Club Nàutic LLançà 6 5 19 1 1 33 1 (66 DNC) 132 66 Open week - Campionato Italiano Classe Europa
Aval-Cdv Gravedona
Results are final as of 20:35 on August 4, 2011
Overall
Open Week Europe Class World Championship 2011 and Italian Championship Gravedona, Italy
Top Ten Sailors 4.8.2011 Final Sailed: 8, Discards: 1, To count: 7, Entries: 130, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank Fleet Nat SailNo HelmName Vorname Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Total Nett
1 male DEN 1758 Mathias Livbjerg KBL 2 1 1 3 2 2 (11) 3 25 14
2 male DEN 1755 Tobias Hemdorff KBL 8 2 1 3 1 (32) 2 1 50 18
3 male DEN 4 male
SWE
6 male SWE 3659 Eddie Klemets Jollekappseglarna Västerås 1 3 2 4 6 12 (40) 22 90 50
7 male
5 male SWE 42 Nils Åkervall Skoghalls Båtsällskap (11) 8 3 8 11 3 6 6 56 45SWE
9 female DEN 1757 Anna Livbjerg KBL (23) 14 12 4 19 1 10 4 87 64
10 male ESP
8 male DEN 38 Mads Lintrup Andersen SYC 1 10 6 11 11 11 8 (18) 76 58 See more website Gravedona: www.europeclasswc2011.com/

29.7.2011 - WOMEN

YOUTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP WOMEN

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GER 94

Roch, Marisa

1994

UNDER 17 YOUTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP WOMEN

UNDER 19 YOUTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP WOMEN

See more website Travemünde: www.travemuender-woche.de

YOUTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP MEN

29.7.2011 - MEN

UNDER 17 YOUTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP MEN

UNDER 19 YOUTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP MEN

See more website Travemünde: www.travemuender-woche.de

Travemünder Woche122. TRAVEMÜNDER WOCHE 2011Class: EUROPE WOMENL10406007 Travemünder WocheFinal Result
29.7.2011 - WOMEN

Races: 1-10

25. - 29. July 2011

Low-Point
Description of the Regatta: 10, 1 discard
Executive: Peter Ramcke IRO
Referee: Dr. Rüdiger Schuchardt IJ
Results: C. Dederke, O. Franzen
29.07.2011 - 17:37:55

See more website Travemünde: www.travemuender-woche.de

Travemünder Woche122. TRAVEMÜNDER WOCHE 2011Class: EUROPE MENL10406007 Travemünder WocheFinal Result

29.7.2011 - MEN

Races: 1-10

25. - 29. July 2011

Low-Point
Description of the Regatta: 10, 1 discard
Executive: Peter Ramcke IRO
Referee: Dr. Rüdiger Schuchardt IJ
Results: C. Dederke, O. Franzen
29.07.2011 - 17:33:51

See more website Travemünde: www.travemuender-woche.de

Sailing Area "Foxtrott": Europe Youth Europeans.Thirteen countries have entries with 167 sailors of 75 women and 92 men. Travemünde

2011 EUROPE CLASS YOUTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP - TRAVEM ÜNDE , GERMANY 22-31.7.2011

Races are 25-29.7.2011 and planned 15 races during five days.

See more website : www.travemuender-woche.de

Albert Codinachs (ESP) and Anne-Line Lyngso (DEN) win the Int.Grand Prix in Blanes 2011.

NEWS FROM ANDORRA

Please note that our regatta "XXII Gran Premi Principat d'Andorra" will take place at Club Nàutic El Masnou (Barcelona - ESP) as in previous years on November 6 & 7, 2010. Information will be available shortly on our website www.andorravela.com. I would thank you to add this information to the events calendar in the IECU web site.

I enclose two pictures from the regatta, one of current women World Champion Eli Llargués, taking part and winning in 2008, and another of last year's winner, women and rookie categories, Júlia Subira.

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2nd DEN 40 Anne Julie Foght Schytt1st SWE 3625 Emil Bengtson2nd DEN 9 Thobias Hemdorff3rd SWE 8 Marcus Hoeglander

IECU MEDALLISTS YOUTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010

YOUTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP WOMEN
1st DEN 50 Anne-Line Lyngsø
3rd SWE 24 Julia Gross

UNDER 17 YOUTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP WOMEN
1st DEN 50 Anne-Line Lyngsø Thomsen
2nd ESP 537 Mercedes Fernandez
3rd BEL 947 Emma Plasschaert

YOUTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP MEN
1st ESP 650 Albert Codinachs
2nd ESP 10 Juan Calvo
3rd SWE 3632 Hampus Appelgren

UNDER 17 YOUTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP MEN

Final results - GIRLS

Sailed: 10, Discards: 2, To count: 8, Entries: 81, Scoring system: Appendix A

6th

SWE 15

Emma Ericson

Kullaviks Kanot och Kappsegl K

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Opening Ceremony takes place 5.8.2010 p.m. 18.00 and Price Giving Ceremony after last race 10.8.2010 Races are 6-10.8.2010 and planned two races each day a total number of ten races during five days. A maximum number of three races may be sailed on any one racing day. Every day warning signal is first day of the day a.m. 11.00 Thirteen countries have entries with 172 sailors of 83 women and 90 men. See more website Århus:

2010 EUROPE CLASS YOUTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP - ÅRHUS, DENMARK -
2-10.8.2010

www.europeyoutheuropeans2010.dk/

Elisabet Llargues - ESP2. Hanna Klinga - SWE3. Anna Livbjerg - DENMen:1. Sven Stadel - ESP2. Tobias Hemdorff - DENWomen:

IECU MEDALLISTS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010
Women:

3. Kaarle Tapper - FIN

Anne-Line Lyngsø Thomsen - DEN
Photo: Anders Lundin
Men:
Tobias Hemdorff - DEN

1. IECU ROOKIES OF THE YEAR 2009-2010

Once again our Class is showing a constant growth. More and more sailors are discovering how great it is to sail a Europe Dinghy !96 sailors coming from 9 Nations. Wow !!! Kiel Week. Another great event.

The Gold Medal went to Sylvain Notonier ( FRA ). He will be the men to beat at the Worlds in Sweden, after winning almost all events where he participated at. But even more surprisingly than that, is the fantastic performance of the Women's Fleet. 2nd, 3
Have a look at the results : http://results.regatta-info.de/result_details.php?results=2010-06-27_Europe_Wettfahrt_7_Extra.xml
rd, 4 th and 5 th being women on the overall results. Here as well, the World's title will be a hard-fought game.

Another proof of this is the high participation at the 2010 Kieler Woche.

2008 WORLD CHAMPION'S IMPRESSIONS

I got my driving licence in the beginning of the year 2008 which made travelling a lot easier this year. Actually I drove our team's boats from Madrid to Portugal.
As we had only three sailors from Finland competing in the Open Week and four in the Worlds we didn't have a proper coach for the regattas. However we had a rib on the water since the third day of the Open Week, which in the end was quite much I needed.
As we didn't have a coach for the regatta I wanted to get familiar with the weather and circumstances already before the Open Week. That's why we were with Petter in Vila Real de Santo Antonio already five days before the Open Week. We were very lucky that the Italian team had arrived already on the previous day and thanks to Raffaele Ravaglia we could train and learn the conditions with them. I believe these trainings bore fruit on the last day of the Worlds when the conditions were a bit different. We also had nice conversations with Raffaele about the weather, current, racing, etc. I think it was important that I could discuss with him and he gave me good tips about the conditions.
My plan for the Open Week was to learn more about the weather and try to sail a bit more aggressively. It didn't seem to be good tactic as I got an OCS already on the second start. I think I was a bit confused about the wind on the first days, as it didn't act as I had expected. On the 3
I managed to do the measurement things already on the same day as the Open Week ended, which was very good as we competed in the Nations Cup on the "lay day". I think the Nations Cup was good for our team spirit and we were ready to start racing on the following day.
The Worlds started with a strong breeze from the sea. The wind was a bit different we had experienced earlier and it made me a bit confused. The first race was pretty bad due to a bad start and wrong side on the first beat. Luckily I managed to get a decent result from the second race. After all I wasn't too worried after the first day as it was still a lot better than in the Open Week!
The second day looked like a normal" day when we headed to the race course. I decided to trust my instinct and not to stick with the plans made before the Worlds. I took good starts in both races and therefore I had all options open on the first beats. This made racing a lot easier compared to the first day. Trusting my instinct seemed to pay off and I had a brilliant day with both races in the top five.
On the third day the wind was calmer than on the previous days. Before the first start the wind was something like 50 degrees more left than on any other day before. I could predict the wind to turn to the right as it did few hundred meters before the first mark. I took all the advantage of this and I was second at the first mark. I kept my place and finished second. The wind picked up a little bit for the next start and I managed to get a nice start from the middle of the start line. I sailed long clean lines and came 6
Going to the lay day I had climbed already to the second place. I had managed to get the reliability to my sailing and improved a lot from the first day. On the lay day I fixed some scratches that I had got to my boat and I checked that the bottom of the boat was clean. I also had a nap on the beach and prepared myself for the last challenging days.
The fourth day was the first day since we came that we could see clouds. Anyway the clouds didn't have any effect on the sea breeze, which built up as usually. In both races I took very good and certain starts from the middle of the start line. I could follow what the fleet was doing and I had the race under control after the first tack to the port. In the second start I lost few places during the second downwind but anyway one brilliant day for me. At shore it was really nice to see that I had taken the lead. It looked like I had put some heat on Kristian. We two were a bit separated from the rest of the fleet in the points.
The fifth day was the same kind of day as the third and fourth. Actually my notes of the day were: "Normal day. Left side was better". Once again I took the starts from the middle and made it to the first mark with four or six tacks. No problem on the downwind either and I extended my overall lead by three points. What's more important than the points was that my both discards were the two races from the first day! Both of my discards were better than Kristian's as well as my third worst. That meant he couldn't match race against me on the last day. The land breeze had become stronger and stronger since the lay day but sea breeze had always beat the land breeze. Anyway now the forecasts were saying that there might be a great chance that the next day the land breeze would be so strong that the sea breeze couldn't turn it over. It really looked like the weather was going to change for the last day so everything could still happen.
As the forecast had predicted the land breeze was strong in the morning. The first start for the girls was at 1 pm. There couldn't be any warning signal after 3 pm. Therefore my plan for the first race was to stick pretty close to Kristian so that I would have good position before the possible second race. On the race course the wind was about 10 m/s from the land. I think that Kristian hadn't sail with the land breeze as he didn't attend the Open Week. That's why I was very confident before the race. I was all the time aware of the wind change but it didn't happen during the first race.
I managed to quickly change the broken sail to another one. I didn't have time to fix the kicker properly as the warning signal came. I lifted the sail when there was only four minutes to the start and barely made it to the start line in time. I considered the situation and I realised that I had to finish right behind kristian or better and not worse than 16
In Finland I got acknowledgement for my achievement for instance from the President of the Republic, Tarja Halonen. She invited me to the Independence Day reception at the Presidential Palace. This year I was the only sailor who had got the honour to be there.
I believe that the Europe Class is the perfect class for younger sailors. It gives you great basis for the future Olympic classes and it's awesome that sailors of wide range of weight can sail it even-handedly.
Best regards to all Europe sailors.

th. I decided to sail my own race and pay little attention to Kristian: The wind strength had dropped dramatically and I realised that the wind was probably going to turn. Anyway I started more from the right side of the start line. It was obvious that now the left side would pay and I made my decision. I let Kristian go to the right and headed to the wind on left. It worked and I was around fifteenth on the first mark while Kristian was far back. I managed to keep my position to the gate although my kicker snapped right after the upwind mark. I gained about ten places on the second upwind and lost a few on the reach as I didn't have the kicker.

On the downwinds I had to sail broad reach as I couldn't let the sail go further than 45 degrees. To make it even more exciting both men and women came at the same time to the outer loop upwind mark and the last downwind was really a mess. It was really difficult to count the places and I wasn't hundred per cent sure about my position in the finish. I soon realised that I was in the top ten which was enough as Kristian had retired the race.

The women started first and it looked that they got a good lifter from the right hand side. I started at the Race Committee boat and turned to the right pretty quickly after the start. I tried to stay more in the middle of the race course compared to Kristian who went to the right corner. The right paid and on the first mark I was few position behind Kristian. At the gate I broke my sail as another sailor's boom hit my sail. I decided to continue although the crack was 50 cm long. I lost a few places sailing the upwind and my troubles continued on the reach when my kicker broke! I managed to finish 19 th whereas Kristian finished 8 th. So I was still leading by two points.

th to the first mark. I passed a couple of boats on the reach and downwind finishing 3 rd in that race.

rd and 4 th day I started to be more certain about the sides. In the end I managed to climb to the fourth place, which was very good considering I had taken an OCS already on the first day. The best thing about the Open Week was however that I had learnt from my many mistakes and I had got better understanding about the conditions on the race course.

Teemu Rantanen

RESULTS 20ST VETERAN CUP EUROPE CLASS - QUIBERON, FRANCE - 22-31.8.2008

2008 VETERAN CUP in Base Nautique - Quiberon - France
44 sailors have registered and underneath Top Ten results after 4 races:
1. 5608 Jean-Luc Labonne 5.00
2. 5440 Jean-Paul Terret 8.00
3. 5548 Patrick Chevalier 12.00
4. 5643 Séverine Blondet 13.00
5. 5618 Jean-Ariel Bronstein 13.00
6. 5644 Vincent Pham 14.00
7. 1281 Anja Fiedler 17.00
8. 500 Pablo Manuel Fernandez 17.00
9. 5475 Jean-François Guillaumin 19.00
10. 5457 Phillipe Rucheton 31.00
All the information at: http://basenautique.asnq.free.fr/regates/2008/europe/21cveteeurope_s.htm

Melhores Cumprimentos

Associação Naval do Guadiana

FROM UK

The Europe season in the UK has had a few problems with the weather. Our first event at Burghfield Sailing Club was abandoned because the snow stopped people from travelling (does that happen in the Scandinavian countries?), so we have a picture of the real winner!
We have some new Europe sailors in the UK this year, and some who are coming back to Europes after a long gap in another class. Also there will be a UK sailor at the Youth Europeans in Italy. This will be the first for many years, so I'm sure he will be made very welcome and he will have a good time.
We are looking forward to the UK Open Championships at Lancing on 26 and 27 July. We have had enquiries from Belgium and Holland so we hope to have some strong competition from overseas.
Our Northern Championship at South Shields was won by Gareth Williams, and we have just had our Southern Championship at the Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy, home of the 2012 Olympic regatta.
Report of the UK Europe Southern Championship at the WPNSA Regatta
It was the Europe Southern Championships, as well as the National Championships for the Moths, Wanderers and Devon Yawls, and just another Open for the Bytes, Isos, Laser 4000s, Buzzes and 14s! That made over 120 boats, not counting the 30-strong Scorpion fleet at Castle Cove, and assorted Oppies, Picos etc doing there own thing. So it was a busy weekend in Portland Harbour, and fortunately there was enough wind for everyone all the time on the Saturday and most of the time on the Sunday as well.
Given the breezy outlook, Gareth Williams was showing signs of confidence at the pre-race briefing, until Chris Gill made his usual last-minute appearance in the dinghy park! Launching took a while as we waited for thirty-odd foiling Moths to get away. Once on the water the duel between Gareth and Chris began in earnest and lasted for the day, each searching for a little bit extra, so small was the margin between them. In race one Chris touched the windward mark to let Gareth through, Gareth got the better of the runs in the windy race two, but Chris pulled out something extra in the last race of the day. Richard Eagleton was third in each one, close in the last race but a whole leg adrift in the other two. Katie Mapplebeck and Chris Wilkinson and Natalie Campbell took turns at fourth place, but there was a lot of swimming done in race two, and some non-appearances in race three. So the day ended 2-1 to a very chuffed Gareth!
Sunday was an earlier start, our turn to be first at the launching ramp! The wind was in the north so some shifts were to be expected. Richard and Chris Wilkinson got the best shift of the day when having been spat out of the back of the start they both tacked to the right and got lifted almost up to the windward mark, all according to their pre-race strategy. Katie briefly threatened Richard's domination of third spot, and Brett Hill, new kid on the block, almost snatched a fourth place in race four, while Jane Stevens never quite got to grips with the downwind legs. Meanwhile at the front of the fleet Gareth's cheery grin slipped slightly as Chris Gill found its touch, going faster and faster (or was Gareth going slower?) as the wind eased to score three firsts for the day.
Friday's training day, coached by Dave Cockerell and funded largely by the RYA support for class associations was a great success for those that attended. Dave being a former expert Europe sailor had some good ideas about sail trim and mast rake, as well as bringing all his coaching skills as the national Topper coach. We all enjoyed the day, so did Dave, and if we had a spare boat he would have loved to join in!
Southern Championship results
1. Chris Gill 6
2. Gareth Williams 8
3. Richard Eagleton 15
4. Katie Mapplebeck 22
5. Natalie Campbell Adams 25

Richard Eagleton
President - International Europe Class UK

FROM ARGENTINEI'm still President of the Europe Class here in Argentine and as well coach for the Europes.In the Federal Capital, we all meet in the "Centro Naval" to sail alltogether in a fleet.

We decentralize the Class and now we have three points spread out in our country: Federal Capital Mar del Plata and Bahia Blanca.
Alfredo Bafio Trench
President - Asociacion Argentina Clase Europa

On 15th June we have sailed to the Yacht Club Argentino because the following week-end 21-22 June is taken place the Corbeta Patagon Regatta.
Our class unfortunately is tiny we are like 40 boats all over Argentina, and only 10 in Buenos Aires city, however the class is permanently growing! The children of Optimist are really interested in buying a Europe! I have started since December 2007 and really..... this is the boat.
Martin Jacoby
PR contact - Asociacion Argentina Clase Europa

We always hope that some Europe sailors will cross the sea to visit us. There has been an enquiry from Holland about coming to the UK Open National Championship. This is on Saturday and Sunday 26 There is a Notice of Race and Entry Form, and soon there will be up-to-date information on camping and accommodation. All visitors will be made very welcome - don't forget it is the UK Open as well as the UK National Championships!We also have an event at Weymouth (WPNSA), the venue for the 2012 Olympic Sailing. This is on 7

One thing we love to do is to let a Laser sailor pick up a Europe dagger board, and they are always amazed at how light it is. Then we say the whole point of the Europe is the sensitivity and responsiveness. Not like some boats! Let's hope they believe us. This year we are holding a special event at Burghfield, one of the clubs where Europes are sailed, to invite people to have a trial in a Europe, just to see how good the boat is. I expect we will see some swimming as well as some sailing!
2008 UK Programme
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th and 8 th June, and all Europe sailors are very welcome.

th July, with a day's training on offer on Friday 25 th. The venue is Lancing Sailing Club, a small and very friendly club on the south coast of England near Brighton. The racing is on the open sea in front of the club, and we will launch straight off the beach. You can see pictures of the club at

When the UK sailors come to the World Championships people sometimes say "Why not have the Worlds in the UK? It is a nice idea, but it would be a very ambitious thing for the small UK Europe Association to undertake. However we have heard that the WPNSA at Weymouth would be prepared in some future year (not 2012!) to host the event and help with the organisation. So maybe there is a possibility, one day.Meanwhile, unfortunately there may be no UK Europe sailors at the 2008 World Championships, because of work and other commitments of our best sailors. So we need to know the venue and dates for 2009 as soon as possible! But we wish the class a successful event in Portugal 2008.Richard Eagleton The Future

Chairman IECA (UK)

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The 4th Dimension
Principally the 4th dimension is sailing by the lee with a single-handed boat that allows the boom to go out to nearly 90 degrees. I learnt the art of the 4th dimension sailing the International Europe during the late 80's and early 90's and developed this skill later in the Laser during my '96 Olympic campaign.

I hope to answer some of the common questions and to explain the principles behind 'sailing by the lee', an area of sailing I termed the 4th dimension.

Some of the most common questions asked at Training Talks are:
What is the point of sailing by the lee?
Why does it work?
How do I start?

What is also amazing is that so few people have experienced the benefits of the 4th dimension yet it is not so difficult to learn with a little belief. Many top sailors from backgrounds in conventionally stayed boats can believe the concept but find it hard to change the habits of a lifetime.
Have any of you experienced sailing a laser dead running in lots of breeze, rolling heavily from side to side, sitting on the tiller praying to God that you are not going to capsize to leeward or to windward? Well this article's for you!

The Classic Approach to Wobbly Runs:
The classic advice is to use more kicker. This stops the leach from pushing you to windward because the leach will not be in front of the mast. More kicker will power the sail up in certain circumstances, and can be ideal for flat water sailing when broad reaching. However, it tends to flatten the sail excessively, reduce flow over the sail when dead running and make manoeuvring difficult. With excessive kicker, the power in the sail is held at the leach. When manoeuvring from dead running, the centre of effort of the sail quickly moves from the centre of the sail to the leach and causes excessive amounts of weather helm and heel. Downwind sailing in waves is an art of wave avoidance rather than power sailing, so this unforgiving method of leach control will prevent you from avoiding waves. Typically, when luffing to avoid a large wave the leach will power up very quickly, tipping the boat and causing the boom to catch a wave top and you are swimming. Alternatively, if you don't avoid the wave you will nosedive and fall in anyway.

So to counter the classic advice I would suggest that there is another way to control the leach of the sail that does not flatten it, will stop the boat from rolling excessively to leeward and makes it easier to manoeuvre. This is not an easy subject so I have split it down into understandable chunks......hopefully.

Steve's Postulates or Laws: They will become vital tools in your understanding.
1st Law - pull the rudder towards you and the boom goes towards the water.
2nd law - push the rudder away from you and the boom goes away from the water.
3rd law - nothing else is always true.

By the lee Sailing Development
The practice of sailing by the lee has been used in many single-handed classes. I like to think that I saw it practised best in the International Europe Fleet during the 80's. This was because the boom was so close to the water when sailing downwind with lots of kicker, so the sailors had to develop methods of sailing downwind with little or no kicker.
A principle exponent of the 4th dimension was a Finnish Europe Sailor who was a student of the Finnish Sailing School (working hard during the winter to sail during the summer). All students had to devise a project and Yyurki Tarmanin's was to investigate how little kicker he could use downwind without opening the leach. He turned up to an International Easter regatta in Holland in 1985 with what seemed like 100 pairs of tell tails on his sail. I remember at the time that he sailed with far less kicker than everyone else, and yet his leach still looked remarkably closed. Two years later I learned of his findings first hand when we trained in France in preparation for the Europe World Championships.
Let's go through some of the benefits:
Avoid those wobbly runs
You can sail with a fuller sail
Use the rudder as a life saver
Wave Avoidance made Simpler
Transitions the Key to Success
Remain in tactical control on the run

Avoid those wobbly runs
I have seen so many sailors struggling on a run in a laser, in fact I remember doing it myself as a youngster. I would wonder which side of the tiller should I be sitting on and ending up sitting on it and praying, soon to be accompanied by a loud splash! Sailing dead downwind is a bit like watching a flag fluttering in the breeze. Once you start trying to sail the boat under the rig, you are in danger of obeying the 1st or 2nd law - and the boat starts to wobble. Also the wind flow moves it one way and then the other. In a similar way if you sail dead downwind, the flow over the sail alternates from 'leach to luff' or 'luff to leach' making the boat almost impossible to control. Try the 'by the lee' way and you will find safety in the confidence that the boat will behave consistently.

Sail with a fuller sail
When sailing by the lee, the wind flow is from the leach to the luff of the sail rather than from luff to leach. This means that little kicker is required, as the mast is the hardest leach anyone could want. The sail can be sheeted in until the leach starts to flick, thus increasing the wind flow over the sail and reduce the load on the leach. Please note, if the kicker is on too much, there is very little room for error before the boom gybes.

Use the rudder as a 'life saver'(1st law)
The common running problem is the violent roll to windward that causes the boat to start to bear away radically. What do you do? Perhaps you pull the sheet in and move your weight to correct the trim, but lets concentrate on the rudder. Do you push the rudder away from you (head up) or pull it toward you (bear away)? For most of you it is probably inconceivable to pull it towards you, but that is actually the right answer! This obeys my first law. Pull the rudder towards you and the boom goes towards the water. You see the alternative is to push it away from you. Then the angle of the rudder will act as a lifting plane and lift the transom out of the water and accentuate the roll (the 2nd law). If you pull it towards you, the rudder becomes a lowering plane and drives the boat both deeper 'by the lee' and forces the boat upright. At the same time, the rig once again becomes stable as the power on the leach is removed (more flow, less push) and the boat again becomes stable. This is explained best visibly the Boat Whisperer Downwind DVD, with some great video and some demonstrations with with my radio controlled laser.

Wave Avoidance made Simpler:
Downwind sailing can be likened to running through a badly organised car park. There always seems to be a car in the direction you want to run in and it is always a compromise direction you take. Occasionally there seems to be a gap opening up which takes you where you want to go at speed, but invariably it's a question of zigzagging through the parked cars. Well the same is true of sailing downwind in waves. If you want to spend your time climbing over cars, then sail straight downwind! If you attempt to avoid waves but cannot do the 'by the lee' thing, then the only option is to head up when facing a wave front (parked car) which ultimately limits the possibilities of making the fastest progress downwind.

Transitions the Key to success
The transitions between normal and 'by the lee' sailing are a crucial tool in the downwind toolkit when sailing in waves, or car avoidance if you are still thinking of cars in a car park. Each transition needs to be both smooth and give acceleration, in a similar way to roll tacking upwind.
To bear away (from a reach):
the helm must ease the mainsheet, creating a roll to windward as the load is reduced. This would normally result in a capsize to windward if no further action were taken.
bear away hard with the rudder, flattening out the boat, using the rudder as a life saver (1st law) as discussed before and reducing the angle of the sail to the wind (effectively sheeting in) and you are there safe and sound! There are some other movements that are required at this stage with moving the body to leeward - again best shown and described on the Boat Whisperer Downwind DVD.

To head back up again (from By the Lee):
So whist By the Lee, the helm must induce the transition (back to the reach) by pushing the boat to the new expected leeward (towards the boom). This is however, currently the windward side of the boat so it will induces a pump to windward (which turns the boat from By the Lee, through the dead run to a reach). I tend to do this in a Laser by standing up to leeward and inducing a push with my legs.

Then as you turn, you must at the same time keep sheeting in as the boat makes the transition so it will not death roll to windward once you have finished the turn. (this is because the turn will generate a heeling effect from the mast's centripetal force which finally finishes once the turn has completed.

Now the sail is in, you can happily sit out against this new force as the centripetal force of the turning hull diminishes. N.B. Make sure you have sheeted a lot in before you transfer your weight as your weight could kill the turn.

Remain in tactical control on the run
Simply the lower you can go at the top mark on the run, the greater the chance of getting the inside overlap at the Leeward Mark. The bear away at the mark is the first crucial aspect to this which is really just the bear away transition discussed above. Clearly there is a lot more sheet easing, but it is this aspect that is the most crucial to begin the transition, then use the rudder as the 'life saver' to end the transition. Once you are sailing deep and 'by the lee', the rulebook becomes your friend. If anyone attacks you to windward (conventionally speaking), you have the option to luff hard or go lower. The lower option might be preferred, as they cannot be on your wind as you are sailing 'by the lee'. Don't forget you are still on the gybe the boom is on, so being on starboard 'by the lee' makes it interesting when approaching a boat on port sailing the same course! Putting yourself in this deeper passing lane gives you an easier route to the mark and makes for simpler mark rounding strategies. Faster boats that are not as deep as you must not only gain an overlap but must also pass you to break the overlap to stop you maintaining your place at the leeward mark. This strategy works well when sailing a typical left handed course that has been set true to the wind and tide.

How do I start?
Now you have got all the facts, it might be worth going over them in your mind one or two times, but trying is really the only way to start. Be prepared to get wet, the more committed you are, the more chance you have of getting wet and learning quicker. I suggest you wear warm tested sailing equipment! Try these exercises as a starter.

Trying it For Yourself
Remember things are back to front when you are 'By the Lee', so de powering the rig is sheeting the sail in and bearing away will feather the boat in a gust. Confused???
Start by sailing in light winds on flat water and practice the transitions from broad reaching to 'by the lee'. Once there, try more and less mainsheet and feel the differences on the boat. Try to sail as far by the lee as possible. Reaching on the opposite gybe is possible. When the boat heals with a gust, just sheet in a bit more (effectively easing the sail) and bear away even more (effectively fethering the boat). The gust acts in two ways. It obviously give you more heeling moment die to increased wind strength. It also blows the leach forward as it is less supported which makes the boat think you have eased the sheet out (but the lee that's pulling it in). When you sheet in or bear away, you are relieving the load on the leach so it can recover and allow you to resume the less radical by the lee course. I understand the concept of using the rudder as a lifesaver is difficult to grasp. Start by sailing downwind with the rig over you and see what steering the rudder from side to side does. You should notice the effect of it making the boat roll over more or less as you do so.

Try steering the rudder with the tiller extension on the leeward (conventionally speaking) deck, it might help you feel in more control. You can make by the lee sailing as stable or unstable as you like, it just depends on how much weight, rudder and sheet movements you are prepared to make. Still confused, you might find the Boat Whisperer DVD's easier to follow.

Here is a short bit of downwind sailing at Cabarette where I am struggling to pass my very capable wife. The waves were rather uncomplicated but were worth a by the lee bear away at the point in the wave where you needed the most acceleration to take a fast ride.

Also as an extra bonus - there is a short burst of video taken in slightly windier conditions - same venue.

I can be regularly found racing in various circuits, so do stop me and ask me. Lastly - you might want to jack up a Boat Whisperer Talk at your club.

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The 4th Dimension Principally the 4th dimension is sailing by the lee with a single-handed boat that allows the boom to go out to nearly 90 degrees. I learnt the art of the 4th dimension sailing the International Europe during the late 80's and early 90's and developed this skill later in the Laser during my ...

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The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) governs the sport of sailboat and sailboard racing. It is revised and published every four years by World Sailing.

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The Europe is a one-person dinghy designed in Belgium in 1960 by Alois Roland as a class legal Moth dinghy. The design later changed into its own one-design class.

The dinghy is ideal for sailors weighing 50-75 kilos. The hull is made of fibre glass and weighs 45 kg, fully rigged 60 kg. The dinghy is tapering in the stem and round in the bottom. The sail is made of dacron. The mast is made of carbon fibre and specially designed to the sailor. A soft mast is best for light sailors, while heavier sailors use stiffer masts. Sails are also specially designed according to mast stiffness and crew weight.

The Europe was introduced as an Olympic class in the 1992 Summer Olympics as the women's single-handed dinghy. It was replaced by the Laser Radial in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Since 2008 the Europe is one of the Vintage Yachting Classes at the Vintage Yachting Games.

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The Europe is a one-person dinghy designed in Belgium in 1960 by Alois Roland as a class legal Moth dinghy. The design later changed into its own one-design class. The dinghy is ideal for sailors weighing 50-75 kilos. The hull is made of fibre glass and weighs 45 kg, fully rigged 60 kg.

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Swiss Europe ist die offizielle Klassenvereinigung der Europe-Jolle! Check it out!

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Die SECU ist die offizielle Europeklassenvereinigung in der Schweiz. Wir organisieren Punkteregatten in der Schweiz und sind eine offiziell anerkannte Bootsklasse von Swiss Sailing. Die SECU hat sich zu Ziel gesetzt, die Europe- Klasse in der Schweiz besser bekannt zumachen. Das Boot eignet sich sehr gut für SeglerInnen, die aus dem Opti herausgewachsen sind und auf ein grösseres Boot umsteigen möchten. Im Gegensatz zum Laser ist die Europe leichter, agieler und bietet eine Vielzahl von Trimmmöglichkeiten. Wenn du eine Europe hast und diese noch nicht damit dein Boot in das Klassenregister eingetragen werden kann.

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Die SECU ist die offizielle Europeklassenvereinigung in der Schweiz. Wir organisieren Punkteregatten in der Schweiz und sind eine offiziell anerkannte Bootsklasse von Swiss Sailing. Die SECU hat sich zu Ziel gesetzt, die Europe- Klasse in der Schweiz besser bekannt zumachen.

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Nu när isen ligger tung är det kanske en bra tid att bättra på sina teoretiska kunskaper om trim och båthantering. Vi har därför fräschat upp fliken Trimtips där skriften "Fartträning Ostagade båtar" samt flera andra trimguider finns att läsa.

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Nu när isen ligger tung är det kanske en bra tid att bättra på sina teoretiska kunskaper om trim och båthantering. Vi har därför fräschat upp fliken Trimtips där skriften "Fartträning Ostagade båtar" samt flera andra trimguider finns att läsa.

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aecie. 1,196 likes · 1 talking about this. Europe el paso necesario

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Asociación Española Clase Internacional Europa

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Zadownicy i trenerzy! Stowarzyszenie funkcjonuje tylko i wyłącznie dzięki Waszym składkom. Bez składek, nie będzie Stowarzyszenia, bez Stowarzyszenia nasi zawodnicy nie będą mogli brać udziału w imrezach MŚ i ME, a klasa Europa wypadnie z Systemu Rywalizacji Sportowej i Wasze kluby nie dostaną punktów - stracimy na tym wszyscy.