Pinnell and Gibbon take out 505 Worlds
RESULTS: 505 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2008 AFTER 6 RACES Total Points Exclude One Discarded Race Per Boat No Number Surnames (Helmsman, Crew) Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 GBR 8960 PINNELL, GIBBON, Male 13,0 1 2 4 2 4 (9) 2 USA 8762 HAMLIN, ZINN, Male 30,0 (56) 1 6 11 5 7 3 GER 8957 HUNGER, KLEINER, Male 40,0 4 3 (18) 6 15 12 4 DEN 8962 BOJSEN - MOLLER, BOJSEN - MOLLER, Male 45,0 5 15 3 (54) 3 19 5 DEN 8964 SAUGMANN, RAMSBAEK, Male 53,0 10 6 15 20 2 (27) 6 USA 8714 MARTIN, NELSON, Male 54,0 6 18 (35) 13 6 11 7 GER 8721 CHRISTOPHERSEN, SALEIN, Male / under 25 59,0 7 9 12 (41) 26 5 8 AUS 8817 DAVIS, DUFFIELD, Male 64,0 12 4 27 8 (28) 13 9 GER 8693 DAISENBERGER, LAUTENSCHLAGER, Male / under 25 69,0 21 11 19 (48) 16 2 10 GER 8651 KELLNER, SCHOLER, Male 69,0 15 (35) 20 7 23 4 11 AUS 8920 QUIRK, REFFOLD, Male 72,0 45 (dnf) 5 3 9 10 12 DEN 8826 BOJLAND, FRIIS, Male 78,0 9 29 1 18 (61) 21 13 GER 8728 SCHOMAKER, GORGE, Mixed 87,0 2 27 14 10 34 (55) 14 GER 8927 GORGE, RIX, Male 89,0 29 7 31 21 1 (48) 15 USA 8883 MOORE, FALSONE, Male 90,0 8 14 42 4 22 (60) 16 SUI 8954 STAUFFER, JACOT, Male 93,0 24 25 8 29 7 (46) 17 GER 8875 FINDEL, TELLEN, Male 95,0 31 5 (47) 40 18 1 18 AUS 8840 CAMERON, BOWDEN, Male 95,0 30 (dnf) 7 16 20 22 19 SUI 8543 BART, MARTI, Male 98,0 13 21 2 24 38 (dsq) 20 GER 8947 NIEDIEK, HEISING, Male 98,0 22 16 9 (44) 25 26 21 USA 8715 BIXBY, BOOTHE, Male 102,0 17 23 30 1 31 (44) 22 USA 8830 KEY, BUTTNER, Male 104,0 (52) 26 32 12 19 15 23 GER 8751 BIRKNER, STENGER, Female 108,0 11 10 24 39 (dsq) 24 24 GER 8975 SCHEDER - BIESCHIN, JESS, Male 112,0 3 20 34 42 13 (47) 25 USA 8919 GOSCH, McKEIGE, Male 116,0 34 19 25 9 29 (40) 26 FIN 8466 HYYSALO, SALONEN, Male 119,0 (65) 12 11 26 27 43 27 ITA 8916 CIFERRI, NATALI, Male 127,0 38 13 40 15 21 (53) 28 GBR 8835 WALTERS, CRAM, Male 128,0 19 34 (39) 31 30 14 29 GER 8958 KOCHLIN, ACHTERBERG, Male 129,0 14 (dsq) 21 36 50 8 30 GER 8807 LEHMANN, OEHME, Male 133,0 23 (41) 17 35 35 23 31 FIN 8923 LINDGREN, WOLONTIS, Male 134,0 (40) 36 13 19 32 34 32 GBR 8526 BIRD, NURSE, Male 138,0 50 (dnf) 28 37 17 6 33 USA 8937 TAUGHER, BELL, Male 144,0 54 (dnf) 37 5 45 3 34 GER 8720 TASCHE, TASCHE, Male / under 25 / under 21 149,0 37 17 16 (74) 11 68 35 GER 8672 CONTAG, VON WALTER, Male 152,0 33 8 62 17 (79) 32 36 AUS 8801 CHAPPELL, GILL, Male 160,0 35 (dnf) 22 34 10 59 37 IRL 8961 BARRY, DWYER, Male 165,0 18 24 (52) 32 40 51 38 FRA 8900 GUBRI, DI PEDE, Male 169,0 25 30 (46) 46 37 31 39 USA 8822 HOLT, EDWARDS, Male 197,0 55 (dnf) 45 33 46 18 40 GER 8669 BOGER, SCHONER, Male 199,0 47 (dnf) 10 25 52 65 41 USA 7875 MILLER, SMITH, Male 199,0 67 22 (89) 27 41 42 42 GER 8599 DUWE, HELMS, Male 201,0 16 (dnf) 44 47 53 41 43 GER 8580 WEIGELT, HENNING, Male 205,0 (72) 33 49 59 39 25 44 FRA 8844 BROISE, DES JAMONIERES, Male 205,0 26 (dnf) 33 65 36 45 45 GBR 8935 SHORT, SHORT, Male 206,0 20 37 36 49 (70) 64 46 AUS 8922 CUNEO, WARLOW, Male 209,0 43 38 56 43 (83) 29 47 DEN 8828 ANDERSEN, ANDREASEN, Male 212,0 57 (dnf) 41 78 8 28 48 GER 8965 PLATTNER, ALARIE, Male 213,0 58 (dns) 23 30 63 39 49 AUS 8921 LOTT, FRANKS, Male 214,0 53 39 57 28 (67) 37 50 GBR 8881 SCUTCHER, DIEBITSCH, Male 220,0 32 (dnf) 38 14 12 raf 51 SUI 8613 PETERMANN, GROB, Male 231,0 61 (dnf) 43 63 14 50 52 GBR 8701 NAPIER, PEARSON, Male 244,0 28 (dnf) 65 64 33 54 53 AUS 8853 JACKSON, HOLDEN, Male 246,0 59 (dnf) 74 22 71 20 54 GER 8665 SCHLOMKA, WIHLFAHRT, Male 246,0 60 (dnf) 26 55 42 63 55 GBR 8905 TURNBULL, LUNN, Male 254,0 64 42 59 23 66 (78) 56 AUS 8968 HANSEN - KNARHOI, ATTWELL, Male 259,0 70 31 50 38 (72) 70 57 FRA 8270 GACHET, VALERY, Male 261,0 44 (dnf) 53 50 78 36 58 FRA 8950 DE KERGARIOU, CAMUSSON, Male 270,0 71 (dnf) 55 56 58 30 59 IRL 8514 SCANNELL, O' SULLIVAN, Male 277,0 42 (dnf) 29 45 65 96 60 GER 8775 HOLZAPFEL, ENGEL, Male 282,0 68 28 76 77 (100) 33 61 FRA 7771 LOYAL, DETAPPE, Male 284,0 27 (dns) 66 53 62 76 62 FRA 8748 AGRAPART, AGRAPART, Mixed 292,0 49 (dnf) 69 69 43 62 63 GER 8825 TROCH, KONIG, Male 296,0 89 (dnf) 51 51 44 61 64 GBR 8708 GOULT, RUSSELL, Male 306,0 79 (dnf) 48 67 56 56 65 USA 8831 JEANGIRARD, VON GREY, Male 309,0 62 (dnf) 63 75 51 58 66 FIN 8768 NIEMINEN, LEHTONEN, Male 322,0 93 (dnf) 75 61 24 69 67 GER 8929 WALDHEIM, BUSSENIUS, Male 324,0 48 (dnf) 85 87 69 35 68 FIN 8924 RAITA, NURMELA, Male 330,0 (95) 40 84 72 57 77 69 ITA 8097 BOSIO, SUPERINA, Male 333,0 36 (dnf) 54 79 73 91 70 FRA 8949 FAUCHEUX, DUQUESNE, Male 337,0 69 (dnf) 77 58 48 85 71 FRA 8321 NEVO, BOUTON, Male 340,0 99 (dnf) 72 66 87 16 72 GER 8956 FORSTER, NEUSS, Male 345,0 75 (dns) 61 71 64 74 73 FRA 8895 DEVAUX, DUBUC, Male 347,0 39 (dnf) 88 52 81 87 74 FIN 8057 LINDFORS, HALONEN, Male 356,0 74 (dnf) 86 76 82 38 75 POL 8358 JOZEFOWSKI, BARANKIEWICZ, Male 361,0 51 (dnf) 64 57 97 92 76 AUS 8781 ALEXANDER, GREGG, Male 371,0 97 (dnf) 87 60 60 67 77 AUS 8588 SMITH, SMITH, Mixed 376,0 66 (dnf) 81 80 92 57 78 AUS 8855 STOWELL, BAILEY, Male 391,0 84 (dnf) 60 73 99 75 79 GER 8513 KONIG, BRACK, Male 393,0 63 (dnf) 73 93 74 90 80 ITA 8743 GIRALDI, CORBELLINI, Male 400,0 85 32 (dns) 101 80 102 81 FRA 8402 BLEUEZ, ROUCAYROL, Male 400,0 78 (dnf) 82 82 76 82 82 USA 8441 SCHLUTER, SCHLUTER, Male 401,0 46 (dnf) 80 86 109 80 83 AUS 8501 FINCH, SHINER, Male / under 25 / under 21 403,0 105 (dnf) 71 81 75 71 84 GBR 8955 ILIFFE, LAKE, Male 413,0 80 (dnf) 83 92 49 109 85 FIN 8053 EBELING, HEIMSCH, Male 422,0 73 (dnf) 101 70 54 dns 86 GER 6816 JUNGCLAUS, LAUDAGE, Male 427,0 82 (dns) 67 83 102 93 87 IRL 8679 BARRY, LANE, Male / under 25 428,0 83 (dnf) 97 90 59 99 88 USA 8904 GUY, TOTH, Male 431,0 91 (dnf) 108 108 107 17 89 POL 8130 GRABOWSKI, OLKO, Male 433,0 94 (dnf) 78 62 94 105 90 POL 8416 ZAGORSKI, JUCKIEWICZ, Male 434,0 77 (dnf) 98 89 104 66 91 IRL 8542 KENNEALLY, DUNLEA, Male 443,0 41 (dnf) 100 100 88 114 92 AUS 8185 RIDGWAY, ROSS, Male 443,0 98 (dnf) dns 85 55 81 93 FRA 8847 BOIRY, GOUGEON, Male 443,0 86 (dnf) 92 94 98 73 94 AUS 8893 ROBINSON, PENFOLD, Male 445,0 87 (dnf) 68 91 95 104 95 GER 8772 TANNER, TANNER, Mixed 448,0 102 (dnf) 91 68 89 98 96 GER 8744 KANDZIA, DEUTSCHER, Male 459,0 96 (dnf) 70 111 93 89 97 ITA 8127 GAMBARDELLA, CANDELA, Male 460,0 81 (dnf) 111 99 86 83 98 GBR 8497 GEORGE, CARTWRIGHT, Male 469,0 108 (dnf) 58 110 96 97 99 GER 8598 VON MERTENS, VON HOYER, Mixed 471,0 109 (dns) 112 96 47 107 100 GER 8712 LABENZ, LABENZ, Male 475,0 106 (dnf) 105 88 90 86 101 AUS 8628 CROFT, RUSHTON, Male 483,0 114 (dns) 90 119 108 52 102 ITA 8882 GALLO, LOCE, Male 484,0 101 (dnf) 79 dsq 85 95 103 ITA 8944 MANZI, ANNESE, Male 485,0 120 (dnf) 95 118 68 84 104 GER 8862 HANSGEN, RUPPRICH, Male 488,0 113 (dnf) 102 103 91 79 105 AUS 8177 PAYNE, EDMONSTON - FEARN, Male 497,0 90 (dnf) 93 113 77 dnf 106 AUS 8498 WARNE, SCHOLES, Male 497,0 88 (dnf) 94 102 112 101 107 GER 8370 STUMPEL, STUMPEL, Mixed 502,0 103 (dnf) 116 114 120 49 108 GER 8433 ANTON, DENECKE, Male 513,0 92 (dnf) 107 98 105 111 109 GBR 8907 BERRY, BARNES, Male 515,0 115 (dns) 103 95 84 118 110 GER 8500 HENGE, FEDDE, Male 515,0 117 (dnf) 104 97 103 94 111 GER 8730 WILTS, HOLM, Male 516,0 76 (dnf) 106 107 119 108 112 USA 8577 VAN DEVENTER, LALLI, Male 520,0 107 (dnf) 99 104 110 100 113 AUS 8682 HYDE, EDNEY, Male 522,0 100 (dnf) 118 84 117 103 114 GER 8282 LEMPP, RAUNER, Male 535,0 104 (dnf) 109 106 101 115 115 GBR 8591 BELL, WARD, Male 537,0 119 (dnf) 96 105 111 106 116 USA 8245 DORE, PITTACK, Male 544,0 112 (dnf) 115 116 113 88 117 USA 8939 WYLES, RENDA, Male 561,0 (dns) dnf 110 109 106 112 118 USA 8821 LONG, LONG, Mixed 568,0 (dns) dnf dns dns dns 72 119 GBR 8745 MCGALE, PEARSON, Male 573,0 118 (dns) 113 117 115 110 120 CAN 8910 JANIDLO, JANIDLO, Mixed 574,0 111 (dnf) 117 112 118 116 121 GER 7732 FELDMANN, HARTMANN, Female 575,0 110 (dnf) 114 120 114 117 122 GBR 8423 WRIGHT, YOUNG, Male 579,0 116 (dnf) 119 115 116 113 123 ITA 4970 INGOGLIA, INGOGLIA, Male 615,0 (dnf) dns dnf dnf dnf 119
'505 Worlds 2008'
Vincenzo Baglione
After the hooter on the start boat (which coincidentally sounds exactly like the sick horn of a 1966 Fiat 500) sounded thrice, signalling the cancellation of race seven of the 505 Worlds, the British team of Ian Pinnell and Carl Gibbon, (Hayling Island Sailing Club), threw their hands up in glee - then Gibbon promptly chucked Pinnell in the Mediterranean to celebrate their World Championship victory.
This has been a tough series for all involved - with winds in Mondello, Sicily, rarely reaching above six knots and many races were run with crews folded and contorted to leeward. Today's highlight (apart from Pinnell's victory) during the extensive on-water delay, was a game of boat Cricket using a tennis ball and paddle and involving most of the 14 strong Australian contingent and the popular bikini clad German girl's crew.
There is still one race to go tomorrow and that will decide the minor places - with weather forecasts differing dramatically, its hard to know for sure what the outcome will be.
But so far the perennial runner up, and previous World Champion, Howie Hamlin and his crew Andy Zinn from Newport Beach, California look pretty good in second. They are closely followed by another previous World Champion Wolfgang Hunger and Julien Kliener (Germany) and the Bojsen Moller brothers from Denmark. Rounding out the top five are the immediate past World Champions Jan Saugmann and Morten Ramsbeck, also from Denmark.
It would be true to say that things here in Sicily don't exactly run at a blistering pace. There are few clocks visible, people don't wear watches and things tend to be measured in geological time rather than the more common hours, minutes and seconds. That all being said, its pretty easy to forget the troubles of the world here in Mondello where the azure Mediterranean challenges even the most literate to conjur accurate superlatives and the sun worshipping locals' easy, relaxed nature is infectious. Except when you want something done... but otherwise the locals complete lack of stress is only matched by the tranquil ocean's windless beauty. 
Laid back would also best describe Ian 'Nellie' Pinnell's demeanour. Nellie has won numerous Worlds in other classes, but counts this 505 Worlds as his greatest triumph. And for Nellie, it was never really in doubt. His results have been consistent - currently his worst race is a ninth with all the other results in the top four. Truly remarkable and completely unique in this series. From the outset, with a win in the first race, a second in the second then a second and fourth the next day he sprinted to an early and substantial lead where others weren't nearly as consistent. He never really looked in doubt, but when questioned after racing he took it all within his stride, with a typically casual approach, and simply said he'd... 'had a good day and got a bit lucky'. Day after day after day.
When we talked to Ian after the non-race today, he was enjoying a foaming Sicilian Birra, he had this to say about the regatta; 'Well, obviously I am really happy. I guess the biggest thing for us was we were able to be in the right place most of the time and got solid results, where the other boats were a bit up and down. It was our time I guess.
'My crew Carl has been tremendous - the feedback I get from him is invaluable and I don't think any one got past us downwind, he really keeps the boat fast no matter what the conditions.'
Mixed results is right - all of the top boats are carrying some really big numbers, with the series only going to a maximum of seven races there is only one drop which has put the noses out of many boats that were scored DNF
on the second day. More than 80 boats didn't finish within the time limit (did we say it was light here?) of race three. But still as they say, the cream rises and there is no doubt that the top 10 have earned their results. 
by Simon Reffold 
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