Danes dominate

At Setanta Dragon Europeans in Kinsale

Prince Frederik of Denmark continues lead as pressure buids in Setanta Dragon European Championship

At the halfway stage of the Setanta Dragon European Championship at Kinsale, Ireland today, HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark continues to lead the 51-boat fleet thanks to a fourth place in Race 3.

The fresh conditions marked a comeback of sorts for the Irish fleet who placed seven boats in the top 20 with a strong performance by Johnny Ross-Murphy in fifth and Andrew Craig in seventh bringing both back inside the top ten overall.

With the event discard looming, Prince Frederik faces a strong challenge from regular class front-runners including Fred Imhoff who is closing the gap from second place and Switzerland's Vincent Hoesch in third.

Tomorrow's forecast suggests fresh to strong winds for the south coast of Ireland presenting another challenge for the fleet. Today saw four attempts at starting - one postponement due to a wind-shift followed by two general recalls. Six boats were disqualified on the fourth start.

More photos on pages 2 and 3

Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	Tot
1	DEN336	Nanoq	Frederik	Lars Hendriksen, Kasper Harsberg	0	5.7	8	13.7
2	NED247	Danish Joker	Fred Imhoff	Richard van Rij, Rudy den Outer	15	3	0	18
3	DEN266	My Way	Berg Frank	Soren Kaestel, Mads Christensen	8	13	3	24
4	SUI288	Hanseatic Lloyd	Vincent Hoesch	Horro Kniffka, Bernd Faber	5.7	28	5.7	39.4
5	GER980	Bahati	Marcus Brennecke	Markus Wieser, Thomas Auracher	3	19	23	45
6	GBR680	Danish Blue	Poul Hoj-Jensen	Claus Hoj-Jensen, Wolfgang Rappel	16	10	22	48
7	FRA300	Ar Youleg	Louis Urvois	Gwen Chapalain, Sebastien Magnen	37	0	13	50
8	IRL175	Chimaera	Andrew Craig	Edward Peel, Aidan O'Connell	10	30	12	51.7
9	DEN341	Malou	Peter Holm	Maria Holm, Bo Selko	20	8	25	53
10	IRL174	Rigmarole	John Ross-Murphy	Ailbe Millerick, Con Murphy	13	37	10	59.5
11	FRA305	Dirastac'h	Yann Kersale	Munier Franck, Tanguy Ravach	23	12	29	63.7
12	USA310	Clairevoyant	Ted Sawyer	Martin Payne, Will Willett	14	34	19	67
13	IRL176	Phantom	Neil Hegarty	Peter Bowring, David Williams	32	21	14	67
14	IRL168	Tatsu	Cameron Good	Harry Lewis, Simon Furney	38	18	15	71
15	NED316	Escapade	Pieter Heerema	Dolf Peet, Florian Fendt	31	17	28	76
16	SWE311	Deja Vu	Olrog Thomas	Peter Christensson, Thomas Wilton	27	15	41	82.5
17	IRL139	King Rat	Garry Treacy	Paul Maguire, Aidan Tarbett	12	41	31	83.7
18	SWE321	Maria	Tom Lofstedt	Martin Alsen, Martin Larsson	19	45	20	84
19	GER970	Montana	Peter Koch	David Dirk, Ingo Hermann	29	24	32	85
20	IRL162	Puca	Jay Bourke	Ben Mulligan, Norman McDonnell	30	40	16	86
21	GER983	Sinewave	Thomas Muller	Mario Wagner, Bjorn Oesterreich	36	16	39	91
22	GER968	Chi	Michael Schattan	Christian Paucksch, Peter Andra	17	49	26	92
23	FIN50	OTT	Tom Rindell	Mini Jaatinen, Kim Konttinen	22	38	33	93
24	IRL161	Jessica	Ward Woods	Brian Mathews, Mark Pettitt	44	14	36	94
25	GBR682	Ecstatic	Eric Williams	Nigel Young, Jamie Lea	53	20	21	94
26	IRL164	TBB	James Matthews	Rob Jacob, David Good	33	33	30	96
27	IRL142	Cloud	Clare Hogan	Tom Hogan, Mel Collins	24	35	38	97
28	FRA330	Ar Maout	Claudia Urvois	Vincent Saleau, Pierre Canevet	28	32	37	97
29	IRL150	Eve	Matthias Hellstern	Sally Ann Tucker, Fergal O'Hanlon	39	42	18	99
30	GBR675	Water Rat	Ian Ratnage	Jono Ratnage, Vincent Slevin	34	26	43	103
31	IRL173	Electra	Peter O'Reilly	Francis Rhatigan, Eddie Tingle	45	37	24	106
32	IRL166	Whisper	Mick Cotter	Don O'Dowd, Prof O'Connell	43	47	17	107
33	IRL172	Kin	Simon Brien	Ruan O'Tiarniagh, David Gomes	41	22	45	108
34	DEN340	Lil	Peter Warer	Frank Eriksen, Lars Bo Povlsen	25	27	58	110
35	SWE314	Lea	Gutta Johansson	Dan Walker, P-O Soderberg	21	43	47	111
36	GBR660	Aimee	Julia Bailey	Graham Bailey, David Heritage	18	39	58	115
37	IRL171	Diva	Richard Goodbody	Rick Johnson, John Veale	26	31	58	115
38	GBR684	Hand of Fortune	Mike Holms	James Holms, Alex Burnett	48	25	46	119
39	NED309	Furie	Gus de Groot	P van Reeuwijk, Thiery van Vierssen	40	23	58	121
40	AUS156	Canewdon Witch	Trish Ford	Andrew Twine, Chris Foulkes	55	29	41	125
41	IRL169	Christianna	Olaf Sorensen	Shawn Kingston, Anthony O'Neill	49	44	35	128
42	GBR614	Sapphire	Neil Payne	Jon Mortimer, David Ross	54	51	27	132
43	GBR602	Chaotic	Willie Jordan	Matt Armstrong, Jonathan Fletcher	46	46	44	136
44	SWE315	Minc	Sputte Baltscheffsky	Stefan Haskel, Jacob Wallenberg	42	53	42	137
45	JPN46	Heigh-Ho	Bocci Aoyama	Takahiro Ohyama, Masami Kimura	50	55	34	139
46	IRL159	Deemin	Don Donoghue	Peter Dee, Matt Minch	47	50	50	147
47	GBR572	Quicksilver ll	Rob Campbell	Matt Walker, Ian Gray	35	58	58	151
48	IRL136	Lucky Lucky	Tim Pearson	Denis Bergin, Matt Kennedy	51	48	58	157
49	GBR633	Fel Lins Flirtation	Ron James	Julia James, Derek Gibbon	57	52	49	158
50	GER965	Bunny	Max Glas	Dominik Glas, Wolfgang Steuer	56	56	48	160
51	IRL154	Setanta	Pat Murphy	Daniel Murphy, Sean Murphy	52	54	58	164