Day 4 - one race only.

Hello from Piran

The weather here continues to puzzle. We had major front passing over us around 11 am which was not forecasted. Strong winds from 25 – 30 knots, gusting to 42! All boats were de- rigged and sails put under cover. Heavy rains, thunderstorm and lightning. The sailors went on water around noon in 20 knots of wind, but by the time they reached the regatta area, the wind had died down.

It took a long time to get the races going and the race committee only managed to get one race for each of the fleets going. A bit disappointing for many. In the boys fleet, false starts took a lot of time. The first start went off at 4PM!

For the boys, more than 40 sailors were disqualified in today’s race and the first start of tomorrows race. (The first boy start tomorrow will start with 50, not 75 sailors..)

For the Australians, the day was mixed. Sam is still struggling to get everything together and finished in the back of the fleet. Ragna almost won her race, but was passed by three boats a few meters from the finish as they lifted passed her. Still a fourth place is reason to celebrate! Georgia had a great reace and finished 9, but unfortuntaly she was OCS’d. Maia finished back of the fleet (but her start was good:-) )

Standings after day 4:


GIRLS

No Sailno Name Scores 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 GER 12302 Rothlauf Paulina 16,0 7 3 3 (8) 1 2
2 GER 12010 Matthiesen Annika 21,0 12 1 1 3 4 (15)
3 FRA 1930 Poret Jennifer 21,0 1 3 (27) 6 8 3
….
54 AUS 541 Agerup Ragna 114,0 (48) 39 26 22 23 4
80 AUS 559 Thompson Georgia 162,0 42 28 32 36 24 (ocs)
88 AUS 542 Agerup Maia 177,0 43 34 29 37 34 (46)

BOYS

1 GER 12337 Hibler Maximilian 20,0 (8) 3 5 2 7 3
2 HUN 151 Vadnai Benjamin 31,0 5 16 6 (23) 2 2
3 TUR 674 Birincioglu Mustafa Sergen 36,0 11 7 (24) 10 5 3
...
101 AUS 556 Blackburn Sam 200,0 58 8 (70) 39 30 65


Sailors paying attention to their Coach..



A bit more attentative (?)US Team listens to Amanda - the US Coach



NZ Team and team leader