Laser SB3 European Championships - Day 2

by Clare Molloy on 21 Jun 2007 Another great day of strong breezes and sunshine greeted the 77 boats competing in the Laser SB3 European Championships at the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy Wednesday.

After an hour's postponement in the morning and some discussion about the forecast and as to whether racing should take place in Portland Harbour or Weymouth Bay, racing commenced at about midday out in Weymouth Bay.

15-20 knot Southerly winds and a 2m swell guaranteed fantastic racing with exhilarating down-wind legs.

Geoff Carveth in Palava continued his consistent top-form today with a 1, 4, 1 in his three races sailed. Marshall King in Into the Blue is snapping at Geoff's heels, scoring 2, 3, 1, with 8 points overall to Geoff's 5.

Glenn Bourke was back on form after his gear failure yesterday and is currently sitting in third place overall with 10 points.

Tomorrow is the last day of flight races which will split the competitors into two fleets - Gold and Silver - where they will compete for the ultimate European Champion Crown on Friday.

Laser SB3 leading overall positions

1st PALAVA GBR 3053 GEOFF CARVETH 1 1 1 1 -4 1 9 5pts
2nd INTO THE BLUE GBR 3014 MARSHALL KING 2 1 2 2 -3 1 11 8
3rd MUSTO GBR 3312 GLENN BOURKE 2 4 (DNC) 1 1 2 50 10
4th BADGER RACING GBR 3082 PAUL LOVEJOY 1 -8 3 3 3 3 21 13
5th DOOLALLI GBR 3017 COLIN SIMONDS 3 2 5 -27 6 6 49 22
6th SHAUN BEAVER GBR 3231 TIM FELLS 3 2 4 7 -13 8 37 24
7th TEAM MACLAREN GBR 3031 CHRISTINA SUMMERHAYES 4 7 4 5 -13 4 37 24
8th RISK PREMIUM GBR 3218 MARK RUSHALL -8 5 1 6 7 6 33 25
9th SELDEN GBR 3311 CHRIS JENNINGS 9 6 -13 5 5 5 43 30
10th TEAM TOUAREG GBR 3200 CRAIG BURLTON 12 5 (DNC) 2 7 7 73 33
11th MONEX GBR 3030 NICK CHERRY 13 9 (DNC) 3 5 4 74 34
12th SWORDED FISH GBR 3283 SIMON BLAKE 10 6 10 9 2 -21 58 37
13th TRAXU GBR 3226 MARK RICHARDS 5 -34 15 6 2 13 75 41
14th LASERSAILING.COM GBR 3327 GLEN TRUSWELL 6 11 2 12 10 (40.0 OCS) 81 41
15th NAV.ie IRL 3240 TOM FITZPATRICK 11 4 13 -21 9 10 68 47
16th ROYAL THAMES LUCKY LADY GBR 3065 JAMES FOX 9 12 5 7 14 -15 62 47
17th CECO IRL 3258 PETER KENNEDY 4 3 3 15 24 (40.0 OCS) 89 49
18th LASER SCOTLAND GBR 3235 CALLUM McDONALD -19 15 8 4 19 7 72 53
19th CHEEKY MONKEY GBR 3302 IAN SULLIVAN 13 10 8 -19 11 12 73 54
20th MURPHYANDNYE.CO.UK GBR 3184 GEORGE RICE 12 7 -21 16 21 3 80 59
21st DIRTY HARRY GBR 3201 CHARLES WHELAN 14 8 12 13 -34 12 93 59
22nd PamBERE GBR 3149 MARK GILLETT 17 11 7 19 6 -22 82 60
23rd BLACK PIG GBR 3156 JASON PYKE 14 3 14 -33 14 20 98 65
24th ARGO II GBR 3163 ED HANDASYDE DICK 7 21 -22 17 8 14 89 67
25th CHAMPAGNE BLONDE AUS 3269 DANIEL GEOGHEGAN 11 10 (DNC) 11 4 32 108 68
26th BALOO GBR 3057 MARTIN BOATMAN 8 13 -23 20 22 5 91 68
27th SAIL NAVY GBR 3215 JOE HENRY 17 12 9 -25 11 19 93 68
28th TEAM FORD SFG FRA 3024 LUC VIDEAU 24 17 10 10 -26 8 95 69
29th SQUAT THRUST GBR 3152 JAMES STRUTH 15 14 -25 22 9 9 94 69
30th CARDINAL PUFF GBR 3026 RICHARD BEAMAN 7 14 14 8 -30 27 100 70