Spain the clear winners

Consistency pays for Echavarri and Paz at conclusion of Tornado European Championship

The Spanish duo of Fernado Echavarri and Antón Paz, eighth at the Games last year, are the 2005 Tornado European Champions, after they were able to discard, their 29th position, leaving them with a scoreline with no result below fifth. With this result they were able to win convincingly over the Athens Gold medallists Roman Hagara and Hans Peter Steinacher, despite the Austrians wining today's final race at Vastervik, Sweden.

Australia's Darren Bundock and Aaron Worrall, who had been leading the non-European division of the regatta dropped down to seventh after disappointing results in the last two races.

The regatta has been dogged by light winds that saw only seven races sailed of the ten scheduled. After reconsideration by the international jury, race five, which was originally discounted due to light winds has been re-instated and will now count towards sailors' overall scores.

The final day of the Championships also got off to a questionable start. With six knots of breeze the Tornados started the first race only to have a general recall and then for the wind to die. Racing was postponed until the afternoon when thankfully the wind co-operated and the race committee were able to start two races, resulting in a complete championship.

Among the GBR team, Leigh McMillan and Will Howden had a solid second place finish in the first race, however were not able to break the top ten in the final results, finishing in 15th overall one place ahead of young British sailors Andrew Walsh and Ed Barney. Rob Wilson and Mark Bulkeley and Hugh Styles and Alistair Richardson finished in 23 and 24 respectively.

Results:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Sail No	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Net
1	Fernando Echavarri (1972)	Antón Paz (1976)	ESP 1	29	2	3	2	2	5	4	18
2	Roman Hagara (1966)	Hans Peter Steinacher (1968)	AUT 380	1	19	9	16	1	6	1	34
3	Mitch Booth (1963)	Herbert Dercksen (1973)	NED 1	OCS	5	1	9	20	3	3	41
4	Xavier Revil (1971)	Christophe Espagnon (1976)	FRA 1	18	3	17	8	4	8	9	49
5	Francois Morvan (1983)	Matthieu Vandame (1982)	FRA 291	5	7	29	1	7	17	13	50
6	John Lovell (1967)	Charlie Ogletree (1967)	USA 808	10	16	5	15	11	4	5	50
7	Darren Bundock (1971)	Aaron Worrall (1970)	AUS 967	23	4	2	6	8	22	20	62
8	Johannes Polgar (1977)	Florian Spalteholz (1977)	GER 1087	16	23	7	20	23	1	2	69
9	Roland Gaebler (1964)	Gunnar Struckmann (1981)	GER 1094	20	1	23	11	12	7	18	69
10	Matthieu Souben (1982)	Gurvan Bontemps (1980)	FRA 282	43	10	27	5	6	16	7	71
11	Enrique Figueroa (1964)	Jorge Hernandez	PUR 1	3	22	22	17	15	11	11	79
12	Oskar Johansson (1977)	Kevin Stittle (1979)	CAN 7	31	25	8	4	29	21	6	93
13	Tino Mittelmeier (1984)	Niko Mittelmeier (1981)	GER 1096	7	26	25	24	13	13	12	94
14	Karl Sunesson (1975)	Erik Andersson (1984)	SWE 1	14	11	14	7	27	25	25	96
15	Billy Besson (1981)	Arnaud Jarlegan (1976)	FRA 281	21	14	21	10	18	30	16	100
16	Leigh Mc Millan (1980)	William Howden (1977)	GBR 436	13	18	DNF	12	34	2	22	101
17	Andrew Walsh (1982)	Edward Barney (1982)	GBR 430	38	17	11	22	9	23	19	101
18	Francesco Marcolini (1971)	Edoardo Bianchi	ITA 257	32	9	13	13	5	37	34	106
19	Vincenzo Sorrentino (1978)	Giorgio Colombo (1982)	ITA 5	8	13	18	31	19	20	28	106
20	Mischa Heemskerk (1974)	Vincent Huntelman	NED 162	19	20	16	29	25	9	21	110
21	Peder Ronholt (1974)	Mads Moller (1976)	DEN 1	2	28	26	32	30	10	16	112
22	Andrey Kirilyuk (1968)	Valery Ushkov (1971)	RUS 97	15	8	6	26	22	35	DNF	112
23	Rob Wilson (1975)	MarkBulkeley (1979)	GBR 420	34	6	9	19	42	26	23	117
24	Hugh Styles (1974)	Alister Richardson	GBR 434	28	30	12	21	17	12	27	117
25	Baptiste Balzeau (1983)	Gael Ledoux (1983)	FRA 276	22	31	OCS	14	14	18	24	123
26	Thomas Zajac (1985)	Thomas Czajka (1985)	AUT 381	6	24	31	25	26	14	30	125
27	Francois Gabart (1983)	Romain David (1982)	FRA 293	4	29	19	3	10	DNF	DNF	126
28	Mauricio Santa Cruz (1979)	Joao Carlos (1962)	BRA 37	12	37	40	49	32	15	8	144
29	Javier Padron (1986)	Miguel Perez (1978)	ESP 104	11	35	20	18	41	31	31	146
30	Carolijn Brouwer (1973)	Sebastien Godefroid (1971)	BEL 7	25	21	24	36	33	38	14	153
31	Alexey Chekrygin (1983)	Sergey Bogatkin (1980)	RUS 27	9	39	30	35	35	32	15	156
32	Yann Guichard (1974)	Alexandre Guyader	FRA 2	26	12	4	DNF	3	56	DNF	162
33	Robbie Daniel (1962)	Mike Hoey (1966)	USA 804	17	44	33	30	24	27	32	163
34	Hans Wallén (1961)	Anders Bengtsson	SWE 201	27	34	35	27	31	19	26	164
35	Christina Loweg (1984)	Florian Loweg (1983)	GER 1052	35	27	38	28	28	39	10	166
36	Wouter Samama (1981)	Jeroone Van Leeuwen (1981)	NED 888	51	15	28	23	37	28	38	169
37	Diogo Cayolla (1974)	Frederico Cerveira (1986)	POR 1	24	DNF	15	33	49	24	29	174
38	Pavlo Kalinchev (1981)	Olexiy Kholodnitskiy (1979)	UKR 11	40	32	DNF	38	21	29	41	201
39	Stanislav Golimbievskyy (1973)	Alexander Meninkov (1974)	UKR 21	33	33	36	51	38	36	35	211
40	Jens-H Thiele (1984)	Daniel Sulberg (1985)	GER 1080	30	36	34	39	50	40	42	221
41	Patrick Egger (1982)	Dominic Stahl (1978)	GER 1048	36	DNF	DNF	40	16	41	39	233
42	Antoine Koch (1978)	Romaien Bouchet (1982)	FRA 297	37	47	OCS	34	54	33	33	238
43	Paolo Clemente (1963)	Fabrizio Clemente (1965)	ITA 263	47	42	41	45	39	34	43	244
44	Fridtiof Unger (1981)	Philipp Wetzig (1979)	GER 1000	50	38	37	48	40	45	37	245
45	Robin Rettberg (1985)	Niels Löffler (1985)	GER 1021	39	45	39	44	57	48	36	251
46	Piotr Kowalewski (1963)	Maciej Klosowicz (1981)	POL 1	45	48	44	42	36	42	49	257
47	Ruurd van Wieren (1968)	Pieter Ruitenburg	NED 142	54	43	43	43	43	47	46	265
48	Fabian Will (1973)	Sten Höpfner (1973)	GER 1039	41	40	DNF	50	44	43	48	266
49	Kalevi Kostiainen (1967)	Hannu Järvelä (1973)	FIN 2	44	46	42	54	53	44	40	269
50	Michael Grandfield (1949)	Mike Kuschner (1987)	USA 813	42	49	46	47	48	49	44	276
51	Matteo Nicolucci (1972)	Filippo Zumbo	ITA 231	48	52	DNF	41	47	46	47	281
52	Sergei Dziembaev	Oleg Riasanzev	RUS 7	OCS	41	32	37	DNF	DNC	DNC	293
53	Donald Thinschmidt (1984)	Andrew Wierda (1986)	USA 839	49	DNF	DNF	46	46	50	50	302
54	Allesio Zucchi (1979)	Lorenzo Fantoni	ITA 11	53	50	DNF	56	56	52	45	312
55	Ferrarese Simone (1988)	Pallara Luca (1977)	ITA 260	57	53	45	52	DNF	54	DSQ	322
56	Pawel Walencik (1969)	Ewa Gorska (1963)	POL 9	OCS	DNS	DNF	53	45	53	51	324
57	Göran Marström (1942)	Thomas Persson (1976)	SWE 191	46	DNF	DNC	55	51	51	DNF	325
58	Alain Dubuc (1956)	Eve-Marie L'Abbé (1975)	CAN 2	56	DNF	DNF	57	52	55	52	333
59	Gunter Mörtl (1950)	Matthias Behla (1961)	GER 1024	55	51	DNF	58	DNC	DNC	DNC	347
60	Jurgen Tiemann (1945)	Justus Tiemann (1990)	GER 1069	52	DNF	DNC	59	55	DNC	DNC	349