PALMA DE MALLORCA, SPAIN-(17-4-2003) Sun and light winds in the Bay of Palma on the fouth day of competition with no races for the 470 men and women, Finn and Mistral men and women. Spanish sailors still lead the 49er class while Biritsh and Scandinavian sailors lead eight of the classes
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Santiago López-Vázquez/Javier de la Plaza from Spain lead the 49er, overall standings followed by Ukranian crew Rodion Luka/George Leonchuk, and Iker Martínez/Xavier Fernández.
Swedish sailors Fredrik Svensson and Oscar Claeson are in first and third place overall in the Europa M class. Second place is for Spanish sailor Joan Salamé.
Paul Goodison from Great Britain, Swedish Daniel Birgmark and Diego Romero from Argentina are in the top three places in the Laser class.
Australian crew Darren Bundock/Glen Ashby are now first in the Tornado class followed by crew Mitch Booth/Herbert Dercksen from Holland Xavier Revil/Laurent Guillemett from France.
The Star class results remain the same as yesterday with Swedish crew Fredrik Loof/Anders Ekstrom in the lead followed by team Iain Percy/Steve Mitchell from Great Britain and French team Philippe Presti/Jean Philippe.
British sailor Nick Dempsey is in the first position in the Mistral M, followed by Julien Bontemps from France and Jon-Paul Tobin from New Zealand.
No changes in the Mistral W: Lee Lai Shan from Hong Kong is in the first place followed by Italian sailor italiana Alessandra Sensini and Faustine Merret from France.
In the Dragon class, British team Poul Richard Hoj-Jensen/Jeremy Jordan/Claus Hoj-Jensen are still in first place followed by Cees Nacer/Simon Keyne/María Moi Je from New Zealand and Danish crew Frank Berg/Soren Kaestel/Thomas Schmidt.
Danish crew Dorte O. Jensen/Helle Jespersen/ Rachel Kiel hold the lead in the Yngling class while British team Shirley Robertson/Sarah Ayton/ Inga Leask are up to second place followed by Ulrike Schuemann/Wibke Buell/Winnie Lippert from Germany.
Dutch sailor Carolijn Brouwer is up to first place in the Europe W class and Finnish sailor Sari Multala in down to fourth place. Second overall is Danish sailor Signe Livbjergand third is Sarah Macky from New Zealand.
In the 470 M class, first classified are Swedish crew Johan Molund/ Martin Andersson, con 18 puntos followed by Australian team Mathew/Dan Belcher and Alvaro Marinho/Miguel Nunes from Portugal in third place.
The lead in the 470 W class is for Greek team Sofía Bekatorou/ Emilia Soulfa. Second place is for Australian team Jenny Armstrong/Belinda Stowell and third are Spanish sailors Natalia Via-Dufresne/Sandra Azón.
Ben Ainslie from Great Britain is first in the Finn class followed by Belgian sailor Sebastien Godefroid and Mateusz Kusznierewicz from Poland in third place.
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