29er European Championship – Fluky conditions on Day 5
by Jerelyn Biehl on 20 Jul 2012
Marti Llena and Oriol Mahiques, ESP 3rd place - 29er European Championship 2012 Day 5 Robert Hajduk
29er European Championship 2012 fifth day of competition got underway in Sopot, Poland today, Thursday 19th July. Ida Marie Baad Nielsen and Marie Thusgaard Olsen (DEN) are not giving up.
The girls from Denmark kept in front of the Gold fleet with consistent sailing today in tough, fluky conditions including rain, no wind and then gusty squalls. Their 3-6 finishes in the two races sailed give them a 10 point lead over Kevin Fischer and Yannick Jauvin of France who are tied with Marti Llena and Oriol Mahiques of Spain with 34 points.
At press time, the French have a protest lodged against the fifth place Polish team in race five which could alter their scores if the outcome turns in their favour.
The Silver fleet were able to sail three races in similar conditions today with Anders Klippenberg and Harald Faste (NOR) remaining atop their fleet with Gael Jaffrezic and Julien Bloyet (FRA) sitting in second. Unfortunately the delay in racing kept the Bronze fleet ashore and they were unable to complete any races today.
Tomorrow is the final day of racing with the prizegiving scheduled for the late afternoon. The majority of the competitors will pack their boats and bags and head to Travemuende, Germany for the 29er Worlds which begin next week with 219 registered boats.
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