| MEDEMBLIK, THE NETHERLANDS-(23-5-2003) After three days of racing, it is Great Britain
that leads in five classes, namely Finn, 49-er, Star, Tornado and Yngling.
France is second country with leading positions in the 470 Men and Mistral
Women. In the 470 the Dutch female team De Koning/Berkhout took over the
lead, whereas the Dutch male team Coster/Coster dropped to the second place
overall. Friday was again a good sailing day with 15 to 20 knots wind. All
races are completed according to the racing schedule.
Laser sailor Robert Scheidt (BRA), Mistral surfers Jon-Paul Tobin (NZL) and
Lise Vidal from France and the British Yngling team Robertson/Webb/Ayton are
totally lonely at the top. Despite the tough competition, they have leaded
their classes since the first racing day.
According to the race officer of the Mistral course, Jon-Paul Tobin from New
Zealand is superior on his Mistral board. It was remarkable that today there
was only one OCS in the Olympic windsurfing class. In the previous days many
surfers had a OCS. Today, for Lise Vidal it was more difficult to defend her
first position, but she succeeded.
Due to major wind shifts competition in the Yngling class remains exciting.
The fleet stays close together, but the classification changes every day.
Janneke Hin from the Netherlands: “Sometimes you make the right choice with
a perfect wind shift and you can easily pass five boats. But it is also
possible to loose many places, if you are at the wrong place of the course.”
The British team is very consistent at the top, but the second and third
positions have changed every day.
Today’s Champion’s Cup was won by the Dutch Tornado sailor Herbert Dercksen.
Results
Mistral Men:
1. Jon-Paul Tobin, NZL, 5 pts
2. Ricardo Dos Santos, BRA, 10 pts
3. Marcos Galvan, ARG, 13 pts
Mistral Women:
1. Lise Vidal, FRA, 9 pts
2. Lee Lai Shan, HKG, 20 pts
3. Yin Jian, CHN, 21 pts
470 Women:
1. Macelien de Koning/Lobke Berkhout, NED, 19 pts
2. Nike Kornecki, ISR, 28 pts
3. Therese Torgersson/Zachrisson Vendela, SWE, 28 pts
470 Men:
1. Philippe Gildas/Nicolas le Berre, FRA, 15 pts
2. Swen Coster/Kalle Coster, NED, 17 pts
3. Alvaro Marinho/Miguel Nunes, 18 pts
Tornado:
1. Leigh Mcmillan/Mark Bulkeley, GBR, 17 pts
2. Mitch Booth/Herbert Dercksen, NED, 20 pts
3. Swen Karsenberg/Micha Heemskerk, 32 pts
49-er:
1. Chris Draper, GBR, 12 pts
2. Chris Nicholson/Gary Boyd, AUS, 18 pts
3. Paul Brotherton, GBR, 21 pts
Star:
1. Ian Percy/Steve Mitchel, GBR, 15 pts
2. Rohart Xavier/Adde Yannick, FRA, 25 pts
3. Fredrik Loof/Anders Ekstrom, SWE, 30 pts
Yngling:
1. Shirley Robertson/Sarah Webb/Sarah Ayton, GBR, 9 pts
2. Betsy Alison/Lee Lcyda/Suzy Leech, USA, 23 pts
3. Kristin Wagner/Anne Hoell/Veronika Lochbrunner, GER, 27 pts
Laser:
1. Robert Scheidt, BRA, 9 pts
2. Irec Suneson, SWE, 12 pts
3. Paul Goodison, GBR, 14 pts
Finn:
1. Ben Ainslie, GBR, 8 pts
2. S. Godefroid, BEL, 13 pts
3. Mateusz Kusznierewicz, POL, 13 pts
Europe:
1. Wiebke Schroder, GER, 17 pts
2. Sari Multala, FIN, 18 pts
3. Christiane Petzke, GER, 25 pts
For the total results, please check www.sparegatta.org.
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