This is an old post from 2012 (Tornado Worlds)

Final Results

No	Numero	Nome	Punti	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	GRE 7	IORDANIS PASCHALIDIS, KONSTANTINOS TRIGKONIS, NAUTIKAL CLUB THESSALONIKI	8,0	1	1	1	1	(2)	1	1	2
2	GER 1	Roland Gaebler, Nahid Gaebler, MIX, KYC-NRV	29,0	7	5	3	7	(13)	2	2	3
3	ITA 8	Matteo Ferraglia, Lorenzo Bianchini, CV ARCO	32,0	2	3	4	5	1	4	(dnf)	13
4	GRE 11	Nikos Mavros, Alexander Tagaropoulos, Nautical club of Thessaloniki	33,0	5	9	7	(11)	4	3	4	1
5	AUS 330	Brett Burvill, Ryan Duffield, Nedlands Yacht Club	34,0	3	4	2	3	10	9	3	(11)
6	SUI 228	Martin Rusterholz, Simon Koster, RVS	39,0	(12)	8	6	2	5	8	5	5
7	CZE 686	David Krizek, Adam Zdenek, YC LP	41,0	6	2	5	6	(18)	5	11	6
8	AUT 377	Manfred Schönleitner, Georg Hirsch-Stronstorff, Union Yachtclub Attersee	48,0	4	6	8	4	3	7	(dnf)	16
9	SUI 22	Marcel Steiner, Jörg Steiner, Simpl	63,0	8	(12)	10	9	7	12	7	10
10	GBR 7	Joe Bennett, Marko Reynolds, Felixstowe Ferry SC	68,0	10	11	14	8	9	10	6	(19)
11	SUI 232	Jean-Marc Cuanillon, Michael Gloor, YCB / SCH	85,0	21	(24)	17	13	6	6	15	7
12	GER 69	Dieter Maurer, Maren Odefey, MIX, LYC	94,0	11	17	9	12	14	23	(27)	8
13	AUS 325	Allan Gamble, Kim Nicholas, Nedlands Yacht Club	105,0	9	13	19	29	11	11	13	(33)
14	GER 60	Arndt Meyer, Manfred Syrowy, YCN	113,0	13	7	12	19	24	(28)	14	24
15	AUT 354	Heinz Boehler, Markus Pinggera, YCRhd	121,0	(23)	10	21	17	12	22	22	17
16	GER 100	Josef Gunkel, David Gunkel, SCFF	123,0	20	18	25	18	8	18	16	(dns)
17	GER 4	Wilfried Jodorf, Ludwig Boecker, FCSS	131,0	22	22	20	16	15	16	20	(32)
18	GER 205	Stefan Lippert, Thomas Grassl, FCSS	132,0	16	16	15	15	31	13	26	(dns)
19	AUS 305	Paul Peterson, Jared Eyles, Nedlands Yacht Club	135,0	17	21	23	22	19	(ocs)	8	25
20	GER 2	Betz Markus, Betz Andreas, SMCÜ / RVÜ	135,0	19	19	16	10	(dnf)	dnf	9	21
21	NZL 89	Aaron Young, Robert Butterfield, Timaru Yacht & Power Boat Club	136,0	25	20	11	(30)	26	30	12	12
22	GER 99	Klaus Rocholl, Sven Rausch, Lübecker Yachtclub	145,0	28	(dnf)	18	14	25	15	18	27
23	GER 111	Hayung Schodde, Björn Helmerichs, Wilhelmshavener Segelclub	146,0	14	(ocs)	22	dnf	23	19	23	4
24	AUT 3	Dietmar Salzmann, Arno Müller, YCRhd	146,0	15	14	28	28	20	21	(dnf)	20
25	ESP 211	Jentsch Jürgen, Steimer Klees Sarah, MIX, SCFF/ CNSE	147,0	(33)	23	27	26	27	20	10	14
26	GER 947	Guggenmos Wilhelm, Maier Alex, Segelclub Füssen Forggensee	153,0	18	15	24	(dnf)	32	25	24	15
27	GER 990	Hannes Jantke, Philipp Wetzig, Segel-Club Salzgitter e.V.	161,0	27	26	13	(dnf)	dnf	17	19	18
28	GBR 11	John Ready, Matt Johnson, MYC	164,0	24	25	26	27	16	(dnf)	17	29
29	ESP 15	Dominik Kopp, Florian Kopp, Segelclub Mattsee	177,0	32	30	29	20	17	26	(dnf)	23
30	FRA 294	JEAN CARON, GUILLERME NICOLAS, YACHT CLUB DE CARNAC	182,0	31	27	30	23	21	29	21	(35)
31	AUT 269	Jens Haefner, Stefan Neussl, ÖSV	187,0	30	31	37	21	34	(ocs)	25	9
32	SUI 223	Laurent Béguelin, Mottier Frédéric, CVMC	188,0	29	(34)	31	24	22	24	28	30
33	AUT 337	Kurt Waibel, Denise Waibel, MIX, YCH	192,0	(34)	33	32	25	33	14	33	22
34	SUI 226	Gudrun Kolb, Dylan Teal, MIX, SCRG	210,0	35	29	(36)	31	28	27	32	28
35	ESP 1	Antonio Bolado Cantera, Aurelio Martínez Gutiérrez, REAL CLUB MARITIMO DE SANTANDE	218,0	(37)	35	35	33	29	31	29	26
36	AUT 371	Harald Breitfuss, Anna Breitfuss, MIX, SYC	228,0	36	32	34	32	30	33	31	(dns)
37	GBR 403	barry arnison, Nicole Davy Burton, MIX, gratham water	247,0	(38)	37	33	35	36	35	35	36
38	GER 1103	Jochen Seifert, Dusi Barske, Augsburger Segler-Club, Royal	248,0	(dnf)	36	dnf	34	35	34	34	34
39	SUI 229	Christian Manz, Artur von Scala, SIMPL	257,0	(dnc)	dnc	dnc	dnc	dnc	32	30	31
40	ITA 25	Lorenzo Sclavi, Paolo Reggio, yacht club italiano	259,0	26	28	(dnf)	dnc	dnc	dnc	dnc	dns

So, now we're on the ferry on the way back to Greece after taking part in this great event. Before we set off last week people were asking how I thought we'd do and at the time I wasn't ruling out the possibility of victory - granted, wishful thinking, but I think it's better to entertain the possibility than to rule it out completely. 

Upon arrival it was quite intimidating seeing the amount of time and money that people had put into their Tornado campaign which sowed the seeds of doubt to how well we'd perform (some of the trailers are quite a lot nicer than the wild wind staff accommodation.)

But after the first race it became apparent that, yes we were quick around the course although quite rough around the edges. 

Having completed the event with a reasonable result i'd now say that knowing what we know now, with a bit of polish to our performance we could realistically get a top 3 position. The top spot however is going to be out of reach for a while as Dannis and Kostas' performance was eons ahead of everyone else's. No mistakes, perfect boat handling and always going the right way. 

On another subject, that of evening socials - the entry fee was around 400 euros yet the only noticeable evening social was a cheese tasting evening which was basically half an hour when the club rolled out it's large cheese and chipped bits off which you could then stick on some bread and then in your gob. 

Whatever happened to having some kind of banquet where everyone sat around a big table ate food, drank booze and had a jolly evening. There was no effort made to get the sailors to mingle and get to know each over. Some kind of entertainment? Come on, 16,000 euros and the club couldn't even come up with a band or a crap magician or a dancing monkey or something.

Ideas for social events;

cruise up the lake - on a boat. nice, buffet dinner, free drinks, perhaps a pan pipes group playing 80's rock ballads.

an excursion to a local lap dancing club - the tornado class mostly blokes and butch women - perhaps a gentleman's club opens on a week night - all sailors get a free dance - very nice. It would certainly get talked about in years to come a lot more than cheese and half an apple.

Crazy golf?

A nice firework display?

Kareoke - everyone love that - you could make it a competition between nations.

or anything else that would get everyone together.

We would again like to thank our sponsors;

James Smith, Peter Reynolds, Mike Ling, John & Ali, Hattie Bennett, Marlene Van Ness, Steve & Christine, windsurfcoaching.com, 3 for 5 Records (evetoadam.com), globalshots.co.uk, Andrew Moore - Felixstowe Ferry Boat Yard, Club Vass Divas, www.wildwind.co.uk

And Dannis (sound advice, boat building and tinkering), Kostas (no beating round the bush), Alex (driver and expert trailer packing) and Nikos (philosopher, moral support and constructive criticism)