2004 District 9 Championship : Races by Class

Left to right - 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams

Left to right - 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams

2004 District 9 Championship

Henrik Dannesboe and Ramis Fayzullin are the 2004 Champions of the 9th District

The 2004 Championship of the 9th District took place September 10-12 on Lake Annecy. Twenty one teams from various fleets in Switzerland and France took part and discovered the pleasure of sailing on one of the most beautiful lakes in Europe.

Sailing on Lake Annecy
Friday, three races were run with a wind of 6-12 knots. The 3rd race was decisive for the championship results when young (18 years) Martin Tenconi lost all chance of winning the regatta by having an OCS. Even three first place finishes in a 5 race regatta were not enough for him to overcome this handicap. Then it was necessary to wait for the last leg of the last race when the dying wind rearranged the fleet a few dozen meters from the finish.

On Saturday, 2 races were finished in the same wind strength as Saturday and brought the Berenguier father and son team up near the top of the standings with their consistent finishes while confirming the leadership of Henrik Dannesboe and Ramis Fayzullin. That evening a dinner was provided by the Savoie Fleet on the floating restaurant "Le Libelule" which let the teams get to know each other better. The top sailors were to bed early while other teams stayed on late into the night.

Sunday the weather had changed, with therain and lack of wind leading to the cancellation of racing. The placings from Saturday stood with Switzerland and France dividing the four top places.

The Championship also saw some old Stars out sailing, which have been restored at Annecy by the l’Association les Vieux Safrans, such as Star #969 dating from 1933.

Star

Place	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Sail #:	Fleet	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	SUI 7319	Henrik Dannesboe	Ramis Fayzullin	SUI 7319		6	2	2	[8]	2	12
2	FRA 7518	Martin Tenconi	Yves Tenconi	FRA 7518		12	1	[OCS]	1	1	15
3	FRA 7714	Regis Berenguier	Vincent Berenguier	FRA 7714		7	4	[OCS]	3	3	17
4	SUI 8085	Lorenz Zimmerman	Beat Stegmeir	SUI 8085		1	[15]	1	10	7	19
5	FRA 7301	Francis Mercier	Yann Aussedat	FRA 7301		3	5	[9]	7	4	19
6	FRA 7359	Jacques Borel Giraud	Philippe Anthoine	FRA 7359		4	7	12	2	[14]	25
7	SUI 7912	Martin Ingold	Erika Ingold	SUI 7912		5	6	[OCS]	4	13	28
8	FRA 7937	Michel Dreyfus	X De La Ciclais	FRA 7937		9	[13]	10	5	5	29
9	FRA 6653	Jean Luc Chaboud	Alain Pemean	FRA 6653		13	9	4	6	[15]	32
10	FRA 7268	Didier Cossart	Herve Benic	FRA 7268		10	[16]	3	9	11	33
11	GBR 7523	Shaun Maclean	Ian MacLean	GBR 7523		8	11	8	[12]	8	35
12	SUI 7295	Jean Paul Hirt	Michel Budry	SUI 7295		11	3	7	[17]	17	38
13	FRA 7560	Raoul Dabry	Tristan Cotte	FRA 7560		2	10	[OCS]	15	12	39
14	FRA 7494	Clement Brillaud	Philippe Brillaud	FRA 7494		[DNS]	8	13	13	6	40
15	SUI 6	Christian Meylan	Marc Trinquart	SUI 6		17	17	5	[19]	9	48
16	FRA 7527	Jean Pierre Gailes	Francis Chagnaud	FRA 7527		[15]	14	11	14	10	49
17	FRA 7299	Herve Depery	Didier Berling	FRA 7299		14	12	[DNS]	11	16	53
18	FRA 735	Alain Daouphars	Marc Antoine Trossart	FRA 735		16	18	6	18	[20]	58