Hansa GUL VR Series 2020 - Series 1 Overall

by David Durston 30 Jun 2020 04:48 NZST 23 June 2020

Hansa Gul VR Series 2020 Podium places © Hansa class

Bob Schahinger, Liberty World Champion 2018 © Hansa class

On June 23rd 17 sailors took to their tablets, smartphones, laptops, and computers to compete in the final 8 races to complete the ten week series of races. There have been 4 events since my last report, and at that time Paul Phillips was in the lead with Rory McKinna and David Durston breathing down his neck (metaphorically obviously).

The last few events has seen an emergence of form from sailors lower down the table, with strong performances from James Woosnam, Mike Everitt, Bob Schahinger, Gerard Beans, and a newcomer, Paul Holzherr. Bob has been joining the events by zoom at midnight every week from Adelaide, and is the President of the International Hansa Class Association, and current Liberty World Champion (pictured here receiving his trophy in Hiroshima, Japan in 2018). His performances have been steadily improving as he has got to grips with the Virtual Regatta app, and is starting to demonstrate his on-water prowess virtually. Similarly, Gerard from the Netherlands has been creeping up the table, and even purchased a new laptop to help his competitiveness. Obviously the right kit is important for off water performances too.

Despite a more consistent set of top five performances David's results lacked the essential top positions that Paul and Rory managed to achieve over the last 4 events. Paul, who represented Hansa in the RYA's eSailing Class Championships as IRL3, kept level headed to the end, achieving two 2nd places, a 3rd place, and finishing on a high with three 1st places on the last day to secure the top spot. So the podium places for this series are:

1st - Paul Phillips
2nd - Rory McKinna
3rd - David Durston

Many thanks to Gul for sponsoring or activities. Paul will receive a £50 Gul voucher, Rory £40, and David £30. At least during this time when sailing is limited for many, and impossible for some, competitors will be able to choose new kit so that they'll at least look the part when the world returns to some sort of normal.

Overall Results:

Overall Pos	First Name	Surname	Pseudoname	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Event 10 Pos	Races	Pts
Event 10													Series (10 Events)
1	Paul	Phillips	IRL3	7	17	2	17	15	14	16	18	68	1	80	671
2	Rory	McKinna	Glasgow Bonnet	14	16	14	15	16	10	4	17	64	3	78	648
3	David	Durston	HansaclassUK	13	14	12	14	14	15	15	13	58	6	80	636
4	Mike	Everitt	Mikeeveritt	9	11	17	6	6	16	17	15	65	2	74	617
5	Gerard	Beens	justdoit	17	3	7	11	17	12	14	14	62	4	78	590
6	Andy	Sheath	G‑Bug	5	15	11	16	13	8	12	1	56	7	79	570
7	Bob	Schahinger	JLS853	16	8	16	10	12	0	13	16	61	5	70	552
8	Peter	Etherton	iCandy	10	1	6	5	7	0	8	5	31	14	80	546
9	Kate	Whyatt	upesi pesi	8	13	10	8	11	13	3	7	47	9	78	532
10	James	Woosnam	Woosy								11	11	18	45	518
11	Dave	Jolliffe	Jolly66	12	6	13	13	4	6	9	9	47	9	80	486
12	Harry	Kennington	Harry K	11	5	8	9	2	17	6	4	45	11	80	435
13	Paul	Pearson	Lib2600	4	7	15	1	5	0	10	3	37	12	63	394
14	Paul	Holzherr	herrholz	15	10	9	12	0	11	7	12	50	8	46	362
15	Mary	Duffy	Muru Golly	2	12	4	2	3	5	5	6	28	16	79	326
16	Wilma	Van den Broek	Twinkel	6	4	5	7	9	7	11	8	35	13	72	303
17	Ivor	Barrett	IvorB	1	2	1	3	10	0	0	10	25	17	80	215
18	Alan	Hillman	F101									0		19	183
19	Robert	Boyd	Spinning Top	3	9	3	4	8	9	2	2	30	15	57	168
20	George	Paxford	George Paxford									0		8	68
21	Nik	Dauncey	fruitbat01									0		16	62
22	Lara	Sturgis	Cloudnine10									0		22	27
23	Joff	McGill	Joff									0		2	23
24	David	Greenfield	Frampton Freddy									0		11	22
25	Philip	Hall	PhilipH									0		5	12