| GDYNIA, POLAND-(6-8-2003) Sailors’ struggle has finished the second day of the regatta Idea Gdynia Sailing Days. It was perfect weather for sailing today. In the morning the wind was blowing 8 – 10 knots. During the races, it was blowing up to 20 knots.
- A strong wind coused more than a dosen false starts and even some capsize – says Andrzej Reyman, the chief of the jury.
290 competitors have entered the regatta so far. However those are not all sailors who are going to take part in the event. It is tomorrow that competitors of 730 class enter the regatta in Gdynia. What is more, on Saturady, there is held the Radio Controlled Yachts Regatta in Marblehead class, at the Bulevard ashore.
Three races in each class were held today, according to the schedule. After the fourth race in general classification, all sailors’ worst result was rejected in each class. Another results rejection was planned after the 9th race.
A very interesting competition takes place on SKODA race area, in 470 class. Today, in general classification, the second are placed Rafa³ Sawicki and Pawe³ Nowakowski. The team was not satisfied with the start.
- We made couple of mistakes choosing the right course – says unhappy Rafa³ Sawicki.- Unfortunatelly, we lost the upper hand over the team of Sergey Bartahsevich and Igor Petrowicz (Byelorussia). Luckily, we are losing to them only two points and tomorrow we’ll do our best to get back the first place in the ‘general’.
A difference in two points have two more teams in 49er class (SKODA race area). Polish exported team (Pawe³ Kacprowski and Pawe³ KuŸmicki - foto shows) is still losing to Marcin Czajkowski and Krzysztof Kiekowski (YKP Gdynia). Today, the ‘Kacpry’ were placed second after the first race, and after the other two races they took over all their rivals.
- We are very satisfied with the races today – says Pawe³ KuŸmicki. – We’ve got two more points to catch up our rivals and we will attack the first place in general classification, tomorrow.
In the Mistral class MEN (TVP race area), Piotr Myszka is still leading and is 4 points above the leader in ISAF rankings, Maksim Oberemko.
Among the Finn-ers the leader is Mateusz Kusznierewicz. He won all races today, on the IDEA race area. He is two points above Wac³aw Szukiel.
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