Delta Lloyd Regatta Finn day two lead to Wright

by Robert Deaves on 26 May 2011 Delta Lloyd Regatta day two for the Finns in Medemblik brought race wins for Vasilij Zbogar (SLO) and Ed Wright (GBR).

Conditions were lighter in complete contrast to day one.

Leg five of the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Cup opened with postponements for two hours due to the lack of wind. The Finns were again scheduled to start in the afternoon, which meant another late finish. By the time the Finns races were started, the wind was blowing a steady eight knots south-westerly, but with big shifts across the course area.

Vasilij Zbogar (SLO) took the lead in race three to record a nice win from Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO) and Dan Slater (NZL). Zbogar, who has two Olympic medals in the Laser class behind him, is competing against long time Finn sailor Gasper Vincec (SLO) for the Slovenian place on the start line in 2012, and the two are often neck and neck in each regatta.

Zbogar ended up with a 1, 6 for the day while Vincec scored a 6, 4 and the pair ended the day with just two points separating them, this time in Zbogar's favour. Meanwhile, Slater, who is relatively unopposed for the New Zealand place, picked up a second black flag in the series in race four. He also picked up a black flag in yesterday's opening race.

Ed Wright (GBR) was back to winning ways in race four to record his second win of the series, this time ahead of Piotr Kula (POL) and Brendan Casey (AUS). A mix up in the results on day one left some sailors unscored after Tuesday’s opening races, including Casey, so he opened day two in third place overall, but a 34th in race three has left him in ninth overall, though when the drop comes into effect on Thursday, he should be able to discard that.

Kula is challenging the 2008 Olympian Rafal Szukiel (POL) for the Polish place in 2012. Kula scored 35, 2 today to sit in 10th overall, while a more consistent Szukiel placed 7, 7 to end the day in eighth. Yesterday's surprise Greg Douglas (CAN) had another great day with a 12, 6 to stay in fifth place overall. Elsewhere in the fleet there are many other two boat as well as three or four boat battles going on, as many sailors have started their Olympic selection series for 2012.

The forecast for Thursday is 15-20 knots in the morning gusting to more than 25 knots in the afternoon. Fleet racing continues to Saturday with the medal race for the top 10 boats on Sunday 29 May.

Results after four races:

Results - FINN

Rank	Country	Sail Nr	Start Nr	Helmsman	R1	R2	R3	R4	Points
1	GBR	11	5	Edward Wright	2	1	4	1	8
2	CRO	524	1	Ivan Kljakovic Ga	1	2	2	9	14
3	SLO	573	15	Vasilij Zbogar	5	12	1	6	24
4	SLO	5	16	Gasper Vincec	3	13	6	4	26
5	CAN	5	64	Greg Douglas	4	6	12	8	30
6	CRO	25	6	Marin Misura	8	10	18	5	41
7	NED	842	14	Pieter-Jan Postma	10	5	17	11	43
8	POL	7	75	Rafal Szukiel	12	19	7	7	45
9	AUS	1	20	Brendan Casey	6	4	34	3	47
10	POL	17	19	Piotr Kula	7	14	35	2	58
11	CZE	1	41	Michael Maier	14	7	26	18	65
12	BRA	109	39	Jorge Zarif	15	27	11	14	67
13	USA	619	68	Caleb Paine	42	11	5	13	71
14	CZE	52	34	Tomas Vika	11	17	21	22	71
15	AUS	235	26	Timothy Castles	16	24	15	16	71
16	UKR	1	51	Oleksiy Borysov	32	8	28	21	89
17	UKR	5	33	Gusenko Andrrii	9	30	36	17	92
18	AUS	2	32	Rob McMilllan	21	18	22	33	94
19	CHN	42	38	Ai Ming Cheng	18	34	13	32	97
20	CHN	1	25	Zhang Peng	13	22	55	10	100
21	CHN	8	36	Cheng Cheng Kong	25	20	33	24	102
22	TUR	21	43	Alican Kaynar	24	15	25	39	103
23	NED	841	55	Hein van Egmond	20	16	40	28	104
24	CHN	43	37	Li Zhen	40	39	16	12	107
25	GER	64	44	Lennart Luttkus	23	28	27	30	108
26	TUR	7	46	Akif Muslubas	31	42	9	29	111
27	EST	11	47	Lauri Vainsalu	29	38	30	15	112
28	USA	21	48	Gordon Lamphere	30	41	19	35	125
29	TUR	211	42	Ali Kemal Tufekci	26	21	14	BFD	128
30	AUS	11	30	Shaun Wells	28	44	20	36	128
31	DEN	46	50	Kaspar Andresen	22	33	42	31	128
32	CAN	110	63	Martin Robitaille	46	25	32	25	128
33	NED	83	35	Timo Hagoort	17	23	24	BFD	131
34	NED	787	76	Nanno Schuttrups	45	48	23	19	135
35	CHN	6	24	Gong Lei	19	31	53	34	137
36	NED	29	72	Bas De Waal	33	35	29	40	137
37	AUS	261	29	Oliver Tweddell	54	9	8	BFD	138
38	NZL	1	10	Dan Slater	BFD	3	3	BFD	140
39	POL	1	71	Jakub Dumara	DNF	37	10	27	141
40	HUN	8	22	Marton Beliczay	38	36	44	23	141
41	HUN	6	28	Gaszton Pal	27	32	59	26	144
42	IRL	4	31	Ross Hamilton	34	26	45	42	147
43	NED	909	59	Simeon Tienpont	39	40	37	45	161
44	NED	7	73	Cees Scheurwater	51	51	48	20	170
45	GRE	41	54	Panagiotis Kotsovos	43	43	56	37	179
46	HUN	10	61	Richard Hirschler	37	50	49	44	180
47	NED	54	69	Joos Bos	50	46	38	47	181
48	GER	501	45	Fabian Lemmel	48	49	43	41	181
49	GBR	18	23	James Hadden	47	47	41	49	184
50	CAN	26	65	Paul Brikis	35	29	54	DNF	185
51	DEN	262	49	Bo Teglers	36	45	61	48	190
52	GER	129	70	Walter Siemers	55	57	39	43	194
53	BUL	855	74	Dimitar Vangelov	41	53	64	38	196
54	GRE	71	53	Panagiotis Davourlis	52	54	31	BFD	204
55	NED	50	67	Jan Zetzema	53	56	50	52	211
56	NED	724	58	Stefan Marechal	49	52	52	BFD	220
57	NED	8	60	Rodrick Casander	DNF	DNF	46	46	226
58	USA	81	40	Joshua Revkin	44	55	DNF	DNF	233
59	NED	100	77	Arend van der Sluis	DNF	DNF	47	53	234
60	NED	835	27	Jaap Goede	DNF	DNF	51	55	240
61	NED	22	21	Peter Hubregtsen	DNF	DNF	57	51	242
62	SVK	15	52	Slavomir Sopuch	DPI	DNF	63	50	247
63	NED	110	56	Diederik Sarels van Rijn	DNF	DNF	58	57	249
64	NED	941	57	Pim Mommersteeg	DNF	DNF	62	54	250
65	USA	56	62	Charles Heimler	DNF	DNF	65	56	255
66	USA	74	66	Henry Sprague	DNF	DNF	60	DNF	261

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