505 Euro Cup Series Leg 1 at La Rochelle Nautique, France – Day 2
by Mike Holt 4 Apr 23:13 PDT
3-5 April 2026


505 Euro Cup Series Leg 1 at La Rochelle © Christophe Favreau / www.christophefavreau.com


Day 2 of the 505 Euro Cup in La Rochelle, France saw a change of conditions, from the rain and fresh breeze of Friday, to a lighter southerly and a warmer and eventually sunny day. The change of weather also brought a change to the leaderboard.


Alex Holzapel and Arne Wittier from Germany were the pathfinder for race 4’s gate start and led around the first mark from a tight grouping of boats. Slowly they were caught and past by Jan Phillip Hoffman and Felix Brockerhoof, who took the win, Alex and Arne held on for 2nd and German Father and son team, Tim and Finn Boeger completed the German sweep.


Race 5 and another pathfinder benefit, this time Howie Hamlin and Jeff Nelson from the USA used the honor to lead from start to Finnish, never being troubled. Showing better speed today, Ian Pinnell and Rich Mundell, a GBR/Canada team took 2nd and JP and Felix took third.


By race 6 the wind was softening but that didn’t slow down JP and Felix who made no mistake to pick up another win, while Ian and Rich again took 2nd. New to the front in third place was the French team of Maxine Paul and Ludovic Roblin.


The wind had backed off even further by the 7th and last race of the day and for most crews it was “off the wire” upwind and looking for good pressure. A right shift halfway up the beat had the teams on the left in trouble and the boats furthest right looking good. Keeping it in the family, JP’s brother Nils Henning Hoffman and Matthias Weidenbach were the furthest right and capitalized to take the win. Behind there was lots of place changing, but where it matters Howie and Jeff crossed in 2nd and Finnish team of Rosemarie Hartman and Tuomas Laurila took third.


After seven races the leaderboard is taking shape and JP and Felix have a strong lead, Howie and Jeff are 2nd and Paul Brotherton and James Fawcett have slipped to third. Mike Holt and Rob Woelfel are 4th and Ian and Rich’s good results move them up to 5th. All still to play for with 3 races to go but it will take some effort by the chasing teams to topple JP and Felix.


Results after Day 2:


PosSail NoHelm and CrewR1R2R3R4R5R6R7Pts
1GER 9251HOFMANN / Jan‑Philipp (NB) BROCKERHOFF / Felix (NB)2‑62131413
2USA 9262HAMLIN / Howard (NB) NELSON / Jeff (NB)354‑1017222
3GBR 9274BROTHERTON / Paul (NB) FAWCETT / James (NB)12179‑17525
4USA 9266HOLT / Mike (NB) WOELFEL / Rob (NB)‑1113844626
5GBR 9283PINNELL / Ian (NB) MUNDELL / Richard (NB)47‑12522727
6GER 9101TREICHEL / Timon (NB) ROOS / Morten (NB)7466135‑2341
7GER 9258HOLZAPFEL / Alexander (NB) WITTEMER / Arne (NB)915102‑169954
8FRA 9270BOITE / Philippe (H) CHIRON / Timothee (H)10911411‑151459
9GBR 9232GULLAN / Robert (NB) CHILDS / Paul (NB)1635‑211961362
10GER 9260BOGER / Tim (NB) BOGER / Finn (NB)1281431214‑1563
11SUI 9096BART / Cedric (NB) BETSCHEN / Rene (NB)1311‑3298131064
12GBR 9214SMITH / Andy (NB) JONNY / Mildred (NB)8109141511‑1967
13FRA 22PAUL / Maxime (H) ROBLIN / Ludovic (H)14161315103‑2571
14GER 9198DAISENBERGER / Michael (NB) TELLEN / Johannes (NB)1512713‑2318873
15FRA 9147DE KERGARIOU / Herve (H) DECHAUFFOUR / Valentin (H)61719167‑351277
16GER 8669HOFMANN / Nils‑Henning (NB) WEIDENBACH / Matthias (NB)1819‑22112022191
17AUS 9134QUIRK / Michael (NB) ALLEN / Rob (NB)‑262116236101793
18SUI 9267JACOT / Caroline (NB) JACOT / Philippe (NB)21131717‑29121898
19GER 9197BIRKNER / Nicola (NB) STENGER / Angela (NB)17182612188‑2899
20USA 9247PUNNETT / Mike (NB) DAVIES / Alex (NB)52282514‑3126100
21GER 9182SWADE / Alexander (NB) TREICHEL / Patrick (NB)23141519524‑27100
22FIN 9069HARTMAN / Rosemarie (NB) LAURILA / Tuomas (NB)‑3620182028193108
23FRA 8904DECHAUFFOUR / Anais (F) RADIER / Benoit (H)242325291720‑35138
24GER 9130BERTALLOT / Kai (NB) HOFMANN / Kai‑Steffen (NB)222923‑30302911144
25GBR 9261WEDGE / Martin (NB) ELLIOTT / Graham (NB)31282824‑351620147
26FRA 8954JEANNE / Muriel (F) AGRAPART / Franck (H)353021182227‑36153
27FRA 9075BLEUEZ / Loic (H) DI PEDE / Thibault (H)272430262523‑31155
28FRA 9220CHAPELIN / Gilles (H) RADIER / Arthur (H)30‑353432212822167
29FRA 94GUILLOU / Nicolas (H) RADIER / Nicolas (H)293224‑35262632169
30FRA 9163GORREMANS / Pierre (NB) GORREMANS / Jean‑Emmanuel (NB)33‑363134242529176
31FRA 9218COMMEIL / Bertrand (H) COMMEIL / Charles (H)1934292732‑3837178
32FRA 9211LOBERT / Jonathan (H) DE JOUX / Charles‑Antoine (H)2525DNS (43)37393916181
33GBR 9253COLCLOUGH / Peter (NB) MORLEY / Alister (NB)373327DNS (43)332133184
34GER 8750GANTENBERG / Mirco (NB) NIEWIARRA / Jacob (NB)2031203938‑4139187
35FRA 9221VEROUL / Frederic (H) VEROUL VERLHAC / Aubin (H)32‑373333363424192
36GER 9169SCHONER / Rayan (NB) SCHOENER / Markus (NB)282736‑40403334198
37FRA 8869BOYER / Emmanuel (H) BOYER / Etienne (H)3426DNF (43)28373640201
38BEL 9121GORREMANS / Paul (NB) HAYETTE / Marie‑Pierre (NB) WAUKA / Capaie (H)3940DNF (43)31273038205
39FIN 9043POYRY / Hannu (NB) DILLEMUTH / Matti (NB)41DNS (43)DNS 4336313230213
40FRA 9164DECHAUFFOUR / Jacques (H) DECHAUFFOUR / Sabine (F)DNC (43)DNC 43DNC 4338343721216
41FRA 8676ROBLIN / Coraline (F) RADIER / Louis (H)38393722DNF (43)DNS 43DNS 43222
42GER 8990BREITENFELDT / Ralf (NB) DRESP / Ingolf (NB)403835‑41414041235