International 14 European Championship 2025 at Segelclub-Eckernförde

International 14 European Championship 2025 at Segelclub-Eckernförde - Day 4

by Harry Kennedy 29 Aug 11:11 UTC 24-29 August 2025

Another light wind day for day 4 of the Europeans in Germany. It was tight at the top between 2 British boats, Glen Truswell & Ed FitzGerald leading Andy Shaw & Rob Struckett by 1 point.

Race 7 started with another large pin bias line and a left hand shift which left Andy and Rob stuck at the committee boat with Glen & Ed, Andy FitzGerald & Carmeron Mitchell and Martin Jones & Harry Kennedy both tacked as the start gun went to cross the fleet.

This lead to a tight battle for 1st, although by the windward with Glen & Ed had dug back out to lead followed by Andy F & Cameron then Martin & Harry, who gybed first and leapfrogged in to 2nd. Meanwhile silently Andy & Rob were charging through the fleet, up into 3rd by the second beat. They split with Martin & Harry halfway down the next run, picked up some pressure and gybed inside them, with both boats having to soak into the final turning mark before the reach to the finish. Andy & Rob tried to go the long way round and punch through to leeward but ran out of run way with Martin & Harry holding on to 2nd place.

The second race of the day started with the most stable breeze of the event so far letting people stretch their legs out up the beat. Coming up to the windward lay line, Glen & Ed were leading once again, finding a rich vein of form in the lighter breezes, followed by championship rivals Andy & Rob, it was clear these two were not going to give each other an inch until the final race was over. Martin & Harry led the rest of the fleet just of the back of the top 2. Up the next beat, it was clear the 2 lead boats had identified the importance of this race, if Glen & Ed won they would go in to the last day with a 3 point gap and discarding a 2nd, if Andy & Rob won it would only be a 1 point gap wtih Andy & Rob currently discarding a 3rd meaning that Glen & Ed could afford to make thing difficult. A tight tacking battle at the windward ensued with neither wanting to overstand and let the other past, but it was Glen & Ed who held their nerve to take match point in to the final day.

As we go into the final day there is 3 points separating 1st and 2nd, and 1 point between 3rd-5th so all to play for on the podium with 2 races to come.

Results after Day 4:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	GBR 1553	Glen TRUSWELL	Ed FITZGERALD	Itchenor Sailing Club	‑2	‑6	1	1	2	1	1	1	7
2	GBR 1569	Andy SHAW	Rob STRUCKETT	Itchenor SC	1	1	‑3	2	1	‑5	3	2	10
4	GBR 1567	Martin JONES	Harry KENNERDY	Royal Yacht Squadron	4	4	4	‑5	4	‑40	2	3	21
5	GBR 1561	Douglas PATTISON	Mark TAIT	SC	‑6	3	2	3	5	4	5	‑7	22
6	GBR 1575	Andy FITZGERALD	Cameron MITCHELL	Itchenor SC	‑11	2	7	‑11	8	3	4	5	29
7	GER 10	Sebastian PRÜTER	Eike DIETRICH	SVAG	5	8	‑22	8	7	7	‑40	6	41
8	GBR 1530	Alex KNIGHT	Stu KEEGAN	Chew Valley Lake SC	8	7	‑15	6	‑18	8	6	9	44
9	GER 22	Dennis GEHRLEIN	Lasse NIELANDT	SLRV	7	9	‑18	7	9	9	‑12	8	49
10	GER 25	Markus OSTERMAIR	Moritz WISKEMANN	SCLW	9	10	16	‑40	‑18	6	8	10	59
11	GBR 1548	Julian PEARSON	Freddie COV	Julian A Pearson	10	11	‑12	10	10	‑13	9	12	62
12	GBR 1544	James CUNNISON	Blake TUDOR	Royal Thames	‑17	12	14	9	‑16	11	10	11	67
13	GER 221	Stephan HEIM	Robert SCHMIDT	PBYC	13	‑25	‑28	14	11	12	11	13	74
14	GER 204	Paula CLAUS		SSVR	18	‑26	8	16	14	10	15	‑20	81
15	GER 73	Inga THOMAS	Philipp KASTELL	SVAG	15	‑20	5	20	‑21	18	14	15	87
16	GBR 1576	Paul ANDERSON	Luca de JONG	Largs sailing club	12	13	10	‑40	20	14	19	‑21	88
17	GER 53	Georg WRITSCHAN	Tobias Pormi PORM	SSVR	16	16	‑23	12	15	‑22	18	17	94
18	GBR 1531	Andy PENMAN	Chris WATSON	Itchenor	14	‑40	19	17	12	17	‑20	16	95
19	GER 23	Erik LATZITIS	Johann PATZELT	SSVR	‑21	14	13	15	19	‑24	16	18	95
20	GBR 1566	Philip GLADMAN	Natasha GLADMAN	WSVLS	‑28	‑40	17	19	13	16	17	19	101
21	GER 255	Thorsten SEGLITZ	Nino SANDMEIER	SVAB / BYC	20	15	‑29	‑40	17	19	22	14	107
22	GER 257	Stefan LAHMER	Ruben HOFMANN	ASVZR	‑40	19	21	13	‑23	15	21	22	111
23	GER 26	Fiene ARP	Laura WEIMANN	WSC 1925	23	‑27	‑24	24	22	21	13	23	126
24	GER 265	Sören HESSE	Ruth HESSE	ASVIK	24	22	20	22	‑29	20	23	‑25	131
25	GER 5	Emma MAHNKE	Jan DEIBER	SSVR	‑40	18	6	21	26	‑40	26	40	137
26	GER 44	Benjamin BENZ	Norman GRUCHOW	ASV	19	23	26	‑40	25	‑26.3	25	26	144
27	GER 202	Lukas SAUERLAND	Gregor THIEM	GSC	22	17	25	18	28	‑40	‑40	40	150
28	GER 3	Anke MEYER	Lenny de SILVA	WSCW	‑40	‑40	11	27	36	25	27	27	153
29	GER 71	Alina BLÜSCHKE	Marisa GRUSE	SSVR	29	‑40	27	23	‑31	23	31	29	162
30	GER 271	Burkhard ZANDER	Sven HOFFMANN	LYC	27	28	30	‑40	24	29.1	24	‑31	162.1
31	ITA 1547	Dominic van ESSEN	Simona SACCANI	Itchenor sailing club	25	21	‑33	29	‑33	26	32	32	165
32	GER 77	Oliver SOMMER	Roman STENZEL	WSVL	‑40	24	32	30	32	‑40	28	24	170
33	GER 1554	Courtney MAHAR	David MOONEY	Perth Dinghy Sailing Club	26	29	34	25	27	‑40	‑40	40	181
34	GER 273	Oseanne BLECH	Alexander BLECH	DBYC	‑40	‑40	40	28	37	27	30	30	192
35	GER 251	Lilith GATZ	Ben ZIMMERMANN	ETUF	‑40	‑40	36	32	35	29	34	28	194
36	GER 228	Lukas SCHAEFER	Christian PERGER von	SCE	‑40	‑40	37	26	34	40	33	33	203
37	GBR 1503	Stewart PATIENCE	Jacopo BONAZZI	SVAB	‑40	‑40	40	40	30	40	29	40	219
38	GER 42	Moritz RAUCH	Tim MODRICKER	HSCF	‑40	‑40	31	40	40	40	35	40	226
39	GER 90	Valentin KRÄMER	Timo FETZ	SGK	‑40	‑40	35	31	40	40	40	40	226