EUROSAF Youth Sailing European Championship day 4

by John Friend on 23 Aug 2014

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The weather conditions today have proved to be quite a bit leveller in terms of the top sailors in each fleet, as the points totals get closer in the lead up to the medal races at the EUROSAF Youth Sailing European Championship.

Once again the day dawned bright and sunny, but the cloud amounts increased as the day wore on, with the occasion threat of rain. The winds were mostly south easterly and at first and were fairly steady, in the region of 10 knots on course Alpha, but they soon lightened and became less predictable. On course Bravo things were little better, causing more heartache for the race officials. The day started promisingly, with winds of maybe 12 knots, but during the first race it dropped and kept dropping as the day progressed. It had been hoped to sail a fourth race for the Laser Radial and 420 fleets on course Bravo, but by the time the third race had finished there was virtually no wind at all, so the fleets were sent ashore. This means that over the four days of racing, leading up to the medal races on Saturday, the 29er, 420 and Laser Radial fleets each lost one race, with the RS:X completing their full schedule of twelve races.

The 29er sailors arrived ashore around 14.30, having completed four races on course Alpha. Consistency in all weathers is what wins series and so it is proving in the 29er fleet, with the top three crews having regularly been at the front of the fleet since the beginning of the championship. Today was no exception, with Daniel Blight and Rowan Edwards from Great Britain still at the top of the leader board, followed by fellow countrymen Mimi El Khazindar and Emma Loveridge in second, with Tomas and Mads Mathisen from Norway, in third place. They will be joined in the medal race tomorrow by sailors from Finland, Poland and Italy, who together make up the top eight sailors in the 29er fleet. It looks like the top three will be fighting each other for the medals, because there is quite a points gap to fourth placed Alexander Grönblom and Matrin Mikkola from Finland, but with double points scoring it is possible that Alexander and Martin could gate crash the party. Other than these four, the remainder of the fleet will be sailing for points towards the Nations’ Cup Team Trophy, awarded to the top national team.

The Nations’ Cup is currently being hotly contested between Poland, Italy and Great Britain. At the end of day four, today, Poland were equal first with Italy, with Great Britain just two points behind in third place. With double points accruing from the medal races, the trophy could go to any of these three nations. The scoring system for the Nations’ Cup is designed so that smaller teams are not disadvantaged in this competition, with only the best four results for each country counting towards the score.

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Competition for the lead of the Girls 420 fleet is going right down to the wire, with Ewa Romanluk and Katarzyna Goralska from Poland drawing level on points with Italians Laura Izzo and Maria Giovanni Ianzillo in first place, after the racing today. There is then a gap of 14 points to Maria Vittoria Marchesini and Alice Linussi, Italy, who are closely pursued by Emma Barker and Jenny Cropley, and Amy Sparks and Milly Pugh, both from Great Britain, with just two points covering all three crews. This could make for an exciting medal race on Saturday, where these five teams will be joined by two crews from Germany and one from Russia.

In the Boys 420 fleet the top three are all very close, with only one point separating all three crews. The lead is held by Matteo Pinchrie and Ludovico Basharzad, Italy, who are equal on points with James Clemetson and Daniel Whiteley from Great Britain, with Mattia Panigoni and Riccardo Mirra, also from Italy, just one point behind. Tomasz Wawerek and Bana Antoni from Poland sit in fourth place, some 14 points behind, so still have an outside chance of getting into the medals. Joining these sailors in the medal race will be crews from Germany, Poland and Great Britain.

Hannah Anderssohn, from Germany, has led the Girls Laser Radial fleet from day one, but the gap to second placed Magdalena Kwasna from Poland has been closed to just two points. There is also close competition for third place, with Sarah Roeck, Germany and Clementine Thompson, Great Britain, locked on equal points, albeit, some 14 points adrift of the leaders. Gianmarco Pianchestainer from Italy jumped up the leader board in the Laser Radial Boys fleet after the racing today, moving from sixth place yesterday to second today, equal on points with Ivan Krivobokov from Russia. He, in turn, had displaced Adrian Raczkowski, Poland, who is now in fourth place. These sailors along with another from Italy, one from Germany and two from Great Britain will compete against each other in the medal race.

Emma Watson from Great Britain is another sailor who has shown remarkable consistency throughout the week in the Girls RS:X fleet, never once having been displaced from the top of the leader board. She has been closely pursued by Italian Elena Vacca and Polish sailor Zuzanna Czuryio and the medals will most likely be shared between these three sailors. Sailors from Norway, Russia and another Italian will join the leaders in the medal race. In the Boys RS:X fleet Radoslaw Furmanski of Poland has held the lead after a scorching start to the series, seeing him post four first places and one second in the first five races. Whilst his results have suffered slightly since, he still holds a two point lead over second place Evgeny Ayvazyan of Russia and then there is a 18 point gap to third placed Maciej Kluszczynski from Poland. The medal race will be between three Polish, two Russian, two Italian and one British sailor.

As we come to the end of the fleet racing part of the championship and move forward to the medal races, it is appropriate to compliment all the sailors on their excellent behaviour, both on and off the water, all week. Many are experiencing their first multi-class international championship and their attitude and approach has been outstanding. Congratulations to all concerned.

There will be a report tomorrow about the medal races, final results and closing ceremony.

Results are provisional as of 18:23 on August 22, 2014

29er fleet

Sailed: 15, Discards: 1, To count: 14, Entries: 14, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	fleet	Sail no	Helm	crew	NOC	Birth date	Gender	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	Total	Nett
1st	29er	2223	Daniel Blight	Rowan Edwards	GBR	1997-12-13	M	(9.0)	4.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	42.0	33.0
2nd	29er	11	Mimi El-Khazindar	Emma Loveridge	GBR	1997-05-14	F	4.0	1.0	4.0	(9.0)	1.0	48.0	39.0
3rd	29er	2056	Tomas Mathisen	Mads Mathisen	NOR	1997-04-17	M	6.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	59.0	44.0
4th	29er	2153	Alexander Grönblom	Martin Mikkola	FIN	1998-07-01	M	1.0	3.0	13.0	2.0	4.0	84.0	69.0
5th	29er	1756	Martyna Mik	Wojciech Petlak	POL	1996-08-10	F	3.0	9.0	11.0	6.0	9.0	84.0	72.0
6th	29er	2272	Aleksandra Melzacka	Kajetan Jablonski	POL	1998-05-05	F	2.0	7.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	93.0	81.0
7th	29er	1821	Michele Falsi	Filippo Muraro	ITA	1996-05-09	M	(13.0)	10.0	12.0	10.0	6.0	103.0	90.0
8th	29er	1772	Wojciech Stolarczyk	Damian Knorps	POL	1997-06-06	M	10.0	5.0	9.0	11.0	10.0	136.0	121.0
9th	29er	2035	Cecilia Sandman	Catherina Sandman	FIN	1996-09-29	F	14.0	11.0	6.0	5.0	7.0	144.0	129.0
10th	29er	1234	Jan Marciniak	Lukasz Wilk	POL	1998-07-03	M	8.0	12.0	5.0	8.0	13.0	148.0	133.0
11th	29er	1486	Bianca Guardigli	Martina Cavallari	ITA	1996-10-30	F	7.0	13.0	7.0	13.0	8.0	155.0	140.0
12th	29er	1758	Michal Sawicki	Mikolaj Jaworski	POL	1998-11-28	M	5.0	6.0	14.0	7.0	11.0	164.0	149.0
13th	29er	2034	Adele Tanhuanpää	Sara Ehrnrooth	FIN	1998-12-11	F	11.0	14.0	10.0	12.0	12.0	184.0	169.0
14th	29er	2084	Alyona Nekrasova	Aglaya Mishina	RUS	1998-01-31	F	12.0	8.0	8.0	14.0	14.0	190.0	175.0

Inter. 420 F fleet

Sailed: 11, Discards: 1, To count: 10, Entries: 10, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	fleet	Sail no	Helm	crew	NOC	Birth date	Gender	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Total	Nett
1st	Inter. 420 F	54946	Laura Izzo	Maria Giovanna lanzillo	ITA	1996-02-11	F	1.0	3.0	7.0	4.0	(9.0)	3.0	5.0	38.0	29.0
2nd	Inter. 420 F	55326	Ewa Romaniuk	Katarzyna Goralska	POL	1996-12-02	F	4.0	1.0	5.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	40.0	29.0
3rd	Inter. 420 F	54873	Maria Vittoria Marchesini	Alice Linussi	ITA	1997-10-15	F	5.0	7.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	8.0	1.0	54.0	43.0
4th	Inter. 420 F	54983	Emma Baker	jenny Cropley	GBR	1998-01-28	F	6.0	5.0	3.0	9.0	3.0	5.0	2.0	55.0	44.0
5th	Inter. 420 F	54853	Amy Sparks	Milly Pugh	GBR	1997-09-30	F	2.0	2.0	4.0	8.0	4.0	9.0	6.0	56.0	45.0
6th	Inter. 420 F	54977	Leonie Eichhorst	Tatjana Hoesch	GER	1996-11-02	F	(11.0 RET)	11.0 DNC	1.0	3.0	7.0	1.0	7.0	61.0	50.0
7th	Inter. 420 F	54396	Olga Shoykhet	Alexandra Nesterova	RUS	1998-05-02	F	7.0	4.0	(10.0)	6.0	6.0	2.0	8.0	70.0	60.0
8th	Inter. 420 F	54143	Luise Wanser	Helena Wanser	GER	1997-06-07	F	3.0	6.0	8.0	7.0	8.0	10.0	3.0	71.0	60.0
9th	Inter. 420 F	53600	Lapinska Agnieszka	Hanna Siwek	POL	1998-03-11	F	11.0 DNC	8.0	2.0	10.0	10.0	6.0	10.0	94.0	83.0
10th	Inter. 420 F	55327	Agata Blazewska	Katarzyna Trautman	POL	1998-01-20	F	11.0 DNC	11.0 DNC	6.0	5.0	5.0	7.0	9.0	94.0	83.0

Inter. 420 M fleet

Sailed: 11, Discards: 1, To count: 10, Entries: 11, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	fleet	Sail no	Helm	crew	NOC	Birth date	Gender	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Total	Nett
1st	Inter. 420 M	55292	Matteo Pinchrle	Ludovico Basharzad	ITA	1996-02-06	M	8.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	(12.0 OCS)	1.0	39.0	27.0
2nd	Inter. 420 M	54947	James Clemetson	Daniel Whiteley	GBR	1998-01-01	M	3.0	5.0	3.0	(9.0)	4.0	2.0	2.0	36.0	27.0
3rd	Inter. 420 M	54901	Mattia Panigoni	Riccardo Mirra	ITA	1997-08-14	M	1.0	1.0	5.0	5.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	37.0	28.0
4th	Inter. 420 M	53619	Tomasz Wawerek	Bana? Antoni	POL	1996-03-17	M	5.0	6.0	4.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	9.0	51.0	42.0
5th	Inter. 420 M	54346	Konstantin Steidle	Tom Lembcke	GER	1998-09-19	M	6.0	3.0	9.0	4.0	9.0	1.0	8.0	65.0	56.0
6th	Inter. 420 M	55357	Gwendal Lamay	Philipp Roitsch	GER	1998-01-14	M	2.0	9.0	6.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	(10.0)	71.0	61.0
7th	Inter. 420 M	54179	Grzegorz Olko	Stanislaw Rymkiewicz	POL	1998-02-07	M	7.0	7.0	(11.0)	10.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	74.0	63.0
8th	Inter. 420 M	52627	Matthew Viney	Dan Atherton	GBR	1998-09-04	M	10.0	8.0	2.0	8.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	75.0	64.0
9th	Inter. 420 M	54429	Mikhail Ushkov	Timofey Zubkov	RUS	1999-30-09	M	4.0	4.0	7.0	3.0	8.0	12.0 RET	7.0	83.0	71.0
10th	Inter. 420 M	54949	Jan Blaszczyszyn	Szymon Nowosielski	POL	1999-12-05	M	9.0	10.0	10.0	6.0	10.0	8.0	6.0	100.0	87.0
11th	Inter. 420 M	55181	Bogdan Golovnin	Nikita Kodanev	RUS	1999-04-09	M	11.0	12.0 DNC	8.0	11.0	12.0 DNC	12.0 DNC	12.0 DNC	113.0	101.0

Laser R F fleet

Sailed: 11, Discards: 1, To count: 10, Entries: 9, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	fleet	Sail no	Helm	crew	NOC	Birth date	Gender	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Total	Nett
1st	Laser R F	205189	Hannah Anderssohn		GER	1999-11-04	F	1.0	3.0	(6.0)	1.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	29.0	23.0
2nd	Laser R F	197723	Magdalena Kwasna		POL	1998-03-31	F	3.0	5.0	2.0	4.0	1.0	(6.0)	1.0	31.0	25.0
3rd	Laser R F	201377	Sarah Roeck		GER	1996-01-01	F	5.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	6.0	46.0	39.0
4th	Laser R F	206782	Clementine Thompson		GBR	1997-02-19	F	2.0	2.0	5.0	6.0	5.0	2.0	(7.0)	46.0	39.0
5th	Laser R F	203906	Frankie Dickens		GBR	1997-07-15	F	4.0	1.0	(8.0)	7.0	4.0	7.0	8.0	51.0	43.0
6th	Laser R F	204260	Francesca Frazza		ITA	1996-10-04	F	6.0	(10.0 UFD)	7.0	8.0	6.0	1.0	3.0	64.0	54.0
7th	Laser R F	202108	Letizia Ferbel		ITA	1996-10-20	F	(10.0 DNC)	7.0	3.0	3.0	8.0	5.0	2.0	69.0	59.0
8th	Laser R F	192682	Agnieszka Dubiel		POL	1997-01-02	F	7.0	6.0	4.0	5.0	7.0	8.0	5.0	70.0	62.0
9th	Laser R F	206817	Wiktoria Walter		POL	1996-12-07	F	10.0 DNC	10.0 DNC	10.0 DNC	10.0 DNC	10.0 DNC	10.0 DNC	10.0 DNC	110.0	100.0

Laser R M fleet

Sailed: 11, Discards: 1, To count: 10, Entries: 12, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	fleet	Sail no	Helm	crew	NOC	Birth date	Gender	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Total	Nett
1st	Laser R M	205643	Sebastian Kalafarski		POL	2014-02-09	M	2.0	2.0	4.0	(13.0 DNC)	5.0	5.0	2.0	45.0	32.0
2nd	Laser R M	202261	Gianmarco Planchestainer		ITA	1997-02-25	M	3.0	(13.0 UFD)	5.0	7.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	51.0	38.0
3rd	Laser R M	205097	Ivan Krivobokov		RUS	1997-27-10	M	5.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	5.0	51.0	38.0
4th	Laser R M	206497	Adrian Raczkowski		POL	1996-05-25	M	6.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	(11.0)	11.0	6.0	55.0	44.0
5th	Laser R M	203691	Nicolo Villa		ITA	1996-10-20	M	1.0	5.0	11.0	(13.0 DSQ)	1.0	4.0	9.0	59.0	46.0
6th	Laser R M	197200	Max Wilken		GER	1998-12-13	M	9.0	6.0	2.0	1.0	9.0	6.0	3.0	60.0	51.0
7th	Laser R M	206918	Jack Cookson		GBR	1997-06-20	M	10.0	7.0	7.0	2.0	8.0	3.0	(11.0)	64.0	53.0
8th	Laser R M	204536	Matt Whitfield		GBR	1997-03-14	M	7.0	4.0	8.0	10.0	2.0	8.0	10.0	84.0	71.0
9th	Laser R M	206499	Jakub Rodziewicz		POL	1998-07-07	M	4.0	(13.0 UFD)	9.0	5.0	6.0	9.0	8.0	87.0	74.0
10th	Laser R M	204161	Jonas Nelle		GER	1997-07-10	M	(11.0)	8.0	10.0	8.0	10.0	7.0	4.0	97.0	86.0
11th	Laser R M	201833	Maksymilian Jablecki		POL	1996-12-05	M	8.0	9.0	12.0	9.0	7.0	10.0	12.0	110.0	97.0
12th	Laser R M	201373	Dmitrii Efimenko		RUS	1997-27-09	M	12.0	10.0	6.0	6.0	12.0	12.0	7.0	111.0	99.0

RS:X F fleet

Sailed: 12, Discards: 1, To count: 11, Entries: 10, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	fleet	Sail no	Helm	crew	NOC	Birth date	Gender	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Total	Nett
1st	RS:X F	961	Emma Wilson		GBR	1997-04-07	F	2.0	1.0	5.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	(6.0)	4.0	2.0	31.0	25.0
2nd	RS:X F	52	Elena Vacca		ITA	1996-09-24	F	4.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	6.0	3.0	37.0	29.0
3rd	RS:X F	287	Zuzanna Czurylo		POL	1996-09-29	F	6.0	5.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	(10.0)	2.0	2.0	4.0	48.0	38.0
4th	RS:X F	89	Oda Skaug		NOR	1997-02-14	F	3.0	2.0	3.0	(8.0)	8.0	5.0	7.0	8.0	6.0	63.0	55.0
5th	RS:X F	30	Anna Khvorikova		RUS	1997-08-30	F	5.0	6.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	3.0	(8.0)	1.0	1.0	64.0	56.0
6th	RS:X F	103	Marie Brunvoll Nustad		NOR	1997-01-13	F	7.0	7.0	6.0	5.0	4.0	4.0	(9.0)	5.0	5.0	67.0	58.0
7th	RS:X F	502	Patrycja Lis		POL	1996-04-25	F	1.0	4.0	4.0	9.0	9.0	7.0	5.0	7.0	(10.0)	69.0	59.0
8th	RS:X F	3	Eugenia Bologna		ITA	1997-02-03	F	10.0	11.0 DNF	9.0	1.0	6.0	8.0	1.0	3.0	7.0	87.0	76.0
9th	RS:X F	714	Emily Hall		GBR	1998-02-25	F	9.0	8.0	11.0 RET	6.0	5.0	6.0	3.0	9.0	8.0	90.0	79.0
10th	RS:X F	413	Oliwia Caspari		POL	1996-03-14	F	8.0	9.0	8.0	10.0	10.0	9.0	10.0	10.0	9.0	116.0	105.0

RS:X M fleet

Sailed: 12, Discards: 1, To count: 11, Entries: 14, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	fleet	Sail no	Helm	crew	NOC	Birth date	Gender	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Total	Nett
1st	RS:X M	28	Radoslaw Furmanski		POL	1996-05-16	M	1.0	4.0	(5.0)	5.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	4.0	31.0	26.0
2nd	RS:X M	3	Evgeny Ayvazyan		RUS	1996-04-28	M	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	(8.0)	3.0	5.0	36.0	28.0
3rd	RS:X M	30	Maciej Kluszczynski		POL	1996-06-16	M	3.0	8.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	8.0	1.0	57.0	46.0
4th	RS:X M	38	Michele Cittadini		ITA	1996-06-20	M	6.0	1.0	9.0	8.0	8.0	1.0	6.0	(12.0)	62.0	50.0
5th	RS:X M	1	Andrey Zagaynov		RUS	1996-07-29	M	(11.0)	6.0	2.0	3.0	7.0	9.0	1.0	2.0	67.0	56.0
6th	RS:X M	12	Giuseppe Zerillo		ITA	1997-03-11	M	5.0	3.0	7.0	6.0	5.0	5.0	7.0	10.0	73.0	63.0
7th	RS:X M	962	Daniel Wilson		GBR	1997-10-27	M	9.0	7.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	7.0	4.0	11.0	77.0	66.0
8th	RS:X M	244	Mateusz Grochowski		POL	1997-09-05	M	7.0	11.0	13.0	7.0	6.0	11.0	5.0	9.0	104.0	89.0
9th	RS:X M	466	Cameron Coghill		GBR	1997-05-27	M	10.0	12.0	6.0	10.0	10.0	3.0	10.0	(13.0)	108.0	95.0
10th	RS:X M	57	Arthur Ulrichsen		NOR	1996-07-19	M	4.0	5.0	11.0	9.0	9.0	10.0	13.0	8.0	113.0	98.0
11th	RS:X M	983	Marcel Jagniewski		POL	1998-03-22	M	(13.0)	9.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	6.0	9.0	6.0	113.0	100.0
12th	RS:X M	8	Theodor Sundbye		NOR	1999-05-11	M	8.0	10.0	10.0	11.0	11.0	12.0	12.0	7.0	119.0	107.0
13th	RS:X M	51	Georg Knutsen		NOR	1997-09-12	M	12.0	13.0	8.0	14.0	15.0 DNC	13.0	11.0	14.0	155.0	140.0
14th	RS:X M	123	August Nissen-Lie		NOR	1997-12-10	M	15.0 DNF	14.0	14.0	13.0	15.0 DNC	15.0 DNF	14.0	3.0	159.0	144.0