Sunday, May 12, 2024
49er, 49erFX - European Championship - La Grande Motte FRA - Day 5
At the end of the qualifications for today's Medal Races, there were three more races yesterday in light winds. In the 49er Hernan Umpierre/Fernando Diz URU were again best of the day and go into the Medal Race with a 12-point lead. James Peters/Finn Sterritt GBR are in 2nd place, 7 points ahead of Sébastien Schneiter/Arno De Planta SUI. Ian Barrows/Hans Henken USA are 8 points behind 3rd place and still have a chance of winning a medal. Joshua Richner/Nilo Schärer SUI finish the European Championships in 42nd place, while Pablo Rüegge/Linus Abicht SUI have improved to 48th place. Im 49erFX Isaura Maenhout/Anouk Goerts BEL should not be displaced from the top spot in the Medal Race, their lead over Sarah Steyaert/Charline Picon FRA is 15 points. Lurking 4 points behind the French are Frey Black/Saskia Tidey GBR. All rankings and the report. The Medal Races start today at 13h.
The Nacras also completed their qualifications for the Medal Race yesterday. Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti ITA were once again the best of the day and go into the Medal Race with a 15-point lead....heir fourth World Championship title in a row is close. In second place are their eternal rivals John Gimson/Anna Burnet GBR, 7 points behind them follow Gianluigi Ugolini/Maria Giubilai ITA. The two Swiss junior teams finished the World Championships in 31st place (Andrea Aschieri/Anja Camusso SUI) and 41st place (Axel Grandjean/Noëmi Fehlmann SUI). The 
The good conditions with sun and moderate winds continued yesterday on the Ijsselmeer, 5 races could be finished. no change at the top of the 29er: Folkert van Surksum/Lars Ganzevles NED lead with now 4 points ahead of Ikke Huber/Liam Berger SUI. Lorin Kuhn/andrin Keller SUI follow in 7th place. This de Ruyter NED held on to the lead in the Opti. Lou Eisenhut SUI is 10th and best girl in the fleet of 195 participants from 10 nations. Dirk Louvrier NED took the lead in ILCA 4, while Loris Schraffordt NED is just one point ahead of Anders Bultynck BEL in the ILCA 6. All 
Still tough times for Oliver Heer SUI: due to a lack of sunshine, his only remaining power source also failed, so he had to steer himself also during the day. Nevertheless, he made somewhat better progress yesterday and is now 730 miles from the finish. In Class 40, Thimoté Polet FRA, sailing in 8th place, suffered a mast break 250 miles from the finish and injured his hand, so that he had to be rescued by helicopter. The 
The junior Olympic windsurfers were in action on Lake Garda until yesterday. They sailed 10 slaloms plus the medal races. Medea Falcioni ITA won the girls' U19 classification with a 21-point lead over Francesca Salerno ITA. Chloë Hugenin SUI follows in 7th place. Rüya Ugurlu TUR won the U17 classification in a superior manner, Ernestine Inversin SUI was eliminated in the semi-finals and finished 4th. There was a triple Italian victory in the men's U19 classification, with Federico Pilloni ITA taking the win. Robin Zeley SUI followed in 9th place. Leopold Brisedou FRA won the U17 classification, Raphael Kobel SUI was 13th out of the 48 participants. All 
The Swiss ILCA Championships continued yesterday with two races on Lake Neuchâtel. Oscar Madonich UKR has taken the lead in the 
Lake Thun also offered the best thermals on the third day of the Star Swiss Championship, so that the series could be completed with 2 more races. With another two race wins, Urs Hunkeler/Ivan Müller YTL made everything clear and took the title - already the 5th for Urs Hunkeler. Jürg Ryffel/Beat Heinz YCR were 4 points behind in 2nd place, followed by Uwe Barth/Steffen Rutz GER in 3rd place. The 
The second part of the first round of the women's league began yesterday with four rounds sailed in sunny and favourable conditions. RC Bodensee with Livia Naef came out on top, followed two points behind by BT La Neuveville with Maren Kausche and CV Lausanne with Stéphanie Hasler SUI in second place. The 
Light winds dominated day 4 of the 49er European Championships in Grande Motte. ----- Hernan Umpierre/Fernando Diz URU moved to the top with two race wins. James Peters/Finn Sterritt GBR are tied in second place. The big-breeze specialists could not finish in the top ten in 4 races yesterday. Isaac McHardie/William McKenzie NZL in 3rd place remain in the title race (6 points behind) as well as Sébastien Schneiter/Arno De Planta SUI 7 points behind. The 
With two day-wins in light winds, John Gimson/Anna Burnet GBR moved up to second place in the Nacra yesterday, only 4 points behind Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti ITA. Gianluigi Ugolini/Maria Giubilai ITA are already 13 points behind in 3rd. Andrea Aschieri(Anja Camusso SUI remained on the 33rd place. ----- The 
After the flat start day, the conditions on the Ijsselmeer were good yesterday, and all classes were able to finish three races each, the 29ers even 4: Folkert van Surksum/Lars Ganzevlees NED are now in the lead with a 7-point advantage over Ikke Huber/Liam Berger SUI, who won one race yesterday. Lorin Kuhn/Andrin Keller SUI follow in 7th place. ----- In the ILCA 4, Dirk Louvrier NED took the lead, while in the ILCA 6, Floris Schraffordt NED is now on top. ----- The Optimists have completed 3 races so far, with Ties de Ruiter NED in the lead. Lou Eisenhut SUI in 12th place as the third-best girl. 195 participants from 10 nations are at the start. ----- All 
After the three races on the starting day, which were held in good breeze, there was no wind on Lake Neuchâtel yesterday. In the ILCA 4 Semen Sokol UKR is leading, in the ILCA 6 Ennio Turrin SUI is first and in the ILCA 7 Ben Flower CAN is leading with 3 points ahead of Martin Verhulst SUI. All 
Conditions were perfect at the start of the 2nd round of the European Sailing Series in Portoroz. ----- Peter Karrié GER and his team lead the classification after three races. There are 25 teams from 7 nations at the start. ----- The 
Good thermals also on the second day of the Star Swiss Championship on Lake Thun, and two more races were completed. ----- Urs Hunkeler/Yvan Müller YTL won twice and took the lead. Jürg Ryffel/Beat Heinz YCR follow in 2nd place, 3 points behind. Yesterday's leaders Uwe Barth/Steffen Rutz GER, dropped back to 3rd place. ----- The 
Another 4 flights were completed yesterday on Lake Biel. ----- Thanks to 2 race wins, CN Morges with Manon Luther (and Nathalie Brugger SUI) moved up to 1st place. YC Bielersee with Lea Tschudi and Zürcher SC with Amrei Keller took the places of honor. The 
After the two windy starting days, there were light winds for the first time yesterday at the end of the qualifications, and there was a change of leader in both classes: James Peters/Finn Sterritt GBR moved back into the lead in the English duel of the 49ers, with James Grummett/Rho Hawes GBR following 2 points behind. Sébastien Schneiter/Arno de Planta SUI have moved up to third place, 16 points behind. In 38th place, Joshua Richner/Nilo Schärer SUI clearly miss out on the gold fleet of the top 25 - the 
Light winds characterised the third day of the Nacra World Championship in La Grande Motte, which did not stop the big dominators of the class Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti ITA from extending their lead to 9 points. Laila Van der Meer/Bjarne Bouwer NED moved up to second place as the day's best (2/1/1). Gianluigi Ugolini/Maria Giubilai ITA follow in 3rd place. Andrea Aschieri/Anja Camusso SUI turned up the heat with 10th and 4th place on the day and moved up to 33rd place. The 
Weak winds only allowed a reduced programme on the Ijsselmeer yesterday, the optis didn't sail at all. In the 29er, Vic Rossel/Quinten Opstaele NED won the only race of the day, Ikke Huber/Liam Berger SUI finished 4th. Merijn Dam NED is leading in ILCA 4 and Anders Bultyck BEL is ahead in ILCA 6. All 
Despite grey skies, there were good westerly wind conditions with up to 4 Bft at the start of the Star-Swiss Championship on Lake Thun. Three races were sailed. ----- Uwe Barth/Steffen Rutz GER took the lead with two race wins, followed by Jürg Ryffel/Beat Heinz YCR in second place on equal points. ----- The 
The breeze allowed for an intensive start to the new women's league season on Lake Biel yesterday. After 9 flights, YC Bielersee with Lea Tschudi is just one point ahead of CN Morges with Manon Kivell (and Nathalie Brugger among others). The Zurich SC with Amrei Keller follows in 3rd place. The 
Three races were held in fresh, shifty winds on day 2 of the European Championships in the South of France. ----- The English continue to dominate in the 49ers: James Grummett/Rhos Hawes GBR are now on top - these newcomers have only been sailing together for 6 months and already finished 4th at the World Championships in April! - However, James Peters/Fynn Sterritt GBR, already selected for the British Olympic team, are tied in second place. Isaac McHardie/William McKenzie NZL follow in 3rd place, 11 points behind. Sébastien Schneiter/Arno De Planta SUI have moved up to 5th place with a strong day (6/2/4). The qualifications for Gold and Silverfleet will be finalized today. Joshua Richner/Nilo Schärer SUI in 32nd place still have 25 points to make up for the Goldfleet. Pablo Rüegge/Linus Abicht SUI are 55th of the 76 teams - the 
