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Great second day of racing on the Bay of Palma
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Courtesy of www.nicomartinez.com
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Courtesy of www.nicomartinez.com
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| Princess Sofia Trophy - Great second day of racing on the Bay of Palma |
| PALMA DE MALLORCA-(6-4-2004) The good weather conditions in the Bay of Palma have given an excellent day of racing in the 35th HRH Princess Sofia Trophy - Madrid 2012. SW winds, 13 knots, have made it possible to have some spectacular sailing.
Spanish sailor Manuel Jiménez is still in the lead in the Europe men and the leader in the Europe women overall standings is Norwegian sailor Siren Sundby.
The lead in the 470 women overall standings is for Greek crew Bekatorou/Tsoulfa followed by Spanish sailors Dufresne/Azón. Argentinian crew Conte/De la Fuente, bronze medallists in the Sydney Olympics are still in the lead followed by US sailors Foerster/Burnham.
Top position in the Tornado class is for US crew Lovell/Ogletree followed by Spanish team Ecahvarri/Paz. The favourite crew Bundock/Forbes are in fourth place overall.
Absolute leader in Finn class with five wins is British sailor Ben Ainslie, who is in good track to win the Absolute Winner Trophy of this year's edition.
The German crews also maintain the leading positions in the Yngling (Wagner/Hoell/Lochbrunner) and Dragon (Müller/Hoesch/Gunnar) classes.
Swedish sailor Daniel Birgmark, last year's winner in the Laser class, is still leading the overall Laser standings followed closely by Karl Suneson also from Sweden.
Overall results available on the regatta website
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Source: Event Media |
