Laser Europa Cup - 346 sailors battle in Marseille

by Barbara Murray (As Amended by ISAF) on 17 Apr 2014 The second leg of the 2014 Europa Cup series was held in Marseille, France over the weekend ending on 15 April.

Racing got off most days at around noon except for the third day when the first start was at about five and saliors docking as the sun went down.

There was a bit of everything wind wise including shifty light to around 15 knots at times.

A total of 346 sailors with ages ranging from 15 to 79 competed in this edition of the 2014 series.

First place on the podium for the Standard fleet went to Maxim Nikolaev (RUS) who after eight races and one discard finished on 17 points.

There was a tie of 19 points for second and third place. Antony Munos (FRA) with two bullets on the final day grabbed second overall and Thorbjorn Schierup (DEN) took third.

French sailor Romain Simonnot (FRA) took the title in the Radial fleet finishing on 21 points followed by another tie between second and third place. Marie Bolou (FRA) and William De Smet (BEL) were tied on 25 points with the French sailor breaking the tie having recorded more third place finishes.

The largest fleet of all with a total of 119 competitors was the Laser 4.7. Racing was dominated by Federico Fornasari (ITA) who finished on 10 points from seven races including one discard. Second place went to Seref Unlu (TUR) on 33 points and Aurelien Pierroz (FRA) with 35 points wrapped up the Results

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