17.05.2019 by Ben Remocker

Danes on a roll, but Champs Snap Back

The Nacra gold fleet held the inner harbor for today’s morning racing, and with the brisk Northeasterly breeze filling in overnight, the course would emerge as a tricky test of 3-lap racing for the catamaran sailors.

The Danish team Cenholt/Lubeck held second going into the morning, after a stellar first day of gold fleet racing where they’d scored a 3,2,1. They continued their run with a spectacular first race, starting near the pin, nailing the port layline and rounding the top mark first to run away with the win and into the overall lead. GBR showed the depth of their squad with Rashley/Giovanetti winning the pin to round 2^nd at the top, though they slipped to 5^th by race end. Regatta leaders GBR’s Gimson/Burnett and 3^rd placed ITA’s Tita/Banti both faltered, scoring 23^rd and 13^th respectively, but four races meant the first gold fleet drop came into play.

The second race of the day had more mixing up of the fleet as well as the wind strength. A huge call at the start had the Germans Polgar/Werner port tack the fleet to head out right, but the top left paid off for FRA’s Vaireaux/Ancian, who had come into the day in 20^th position. They led for most of the race before slipping to the Italians Tita/Banti after a split on the second upwind. The tradeoff of the left positioning on the race course versus the bad air of the spinnakers had gone in favor of the Italians, who had split right at the bottom mark, and into the lead for the race, and then the regatta, as behind them Cenholt and Gimson finished 14^th and 15^th across the line. The aussies showed their squad can still perform even without Waterhouse/Darmanin, with Lisa Darmanin’s brother Paul taking 3^rd and the Outteridges finishing 4^th.

The final race of the day the Italians proved they’re the team to beat, solidifying their previous win with another solid start in the middle and another well executed upwind to round the top mark first and never look back. The Brits looked like they had a full squad game plan of heading left, with three of their boats fighting for the pin and Saxton/Boniface winning the inter-country battle, rounding the top mark second and maintaining to the finish. Gimson/Burnet steadily climbed back through the fleet to secure 3^rd for the race, thus stemming the bleeding to drop only to 3^rd overall.    The three point spread this morning from 1^st to 3^rd has shuffled positions and become a 14 point spread, but as we saw today anything can happen out on this race course, and every team can perform well in races out there! 

49er Day 5 Report

49erFX Day 5 Report

Regatta information

Venue:

• Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, Osprey Quay, Portland, Dorset, DT5 1SA

Contacts:

• Will Carson, Event Media Manager – +44 (0) 7769 505203 or will.carson@rya.org.uk
• Dimitris Tsakiroglou, TV Production Manager +306944352961 – dtsak@icarus-sports.com
• Ben Remocker, 49er and Nacra 17 Class Manager – ben@porttackracing.com

Schedule:

Wednesday 8 May          1700                    Beach Clean

Monday 13 May              1055                    Qualifying Races

Tuesday 14 May              1055                    Qualifying Races

Wednesday 15 May        1055                    Qualifying Races

Thursday 16 May             1055                   Fleet Races

Friday 17 May                   1055                   Fleet Races

Saturday 18 May              1055                   Fleet Races

Sunday 19 May                 0955                   Fleet Races

1500                    Medal Races

TBC                      Prize giving

Photography:

49er & 49erFX – https://49er.org/event/2019-european-championship/#photos

Nacra 17 – https://old.nacra17.org/events/2019-european-championship-2/#photos

Live Broadcast:

• From May 16-19 a live show including coverage of the racing will be broadcast via the 49er class Youtube channel and the Nacra 17 class Youtube channel. The presenters are Genny Tulloch, Andy Rice, Stevie Morrison, and Hannah Mills.

1. 49er Sailing – Gold Fleet Day 1 – 2019 Volvo European Championship

URL https://youtu.be/b3fsnwNGyqQ

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2. 49er Sailing – Gold Fleet Day 2 – 2019 Volvo European Championship

URL https://youtu.be/7pxYk7L_Q54

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3. 49er Sailing – Gold Fleet Day 3 – 2019 Volvo European Championship

URL https://youtu.be/OGd_TQC3qEY

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4. 49er Sailing – Gold Fleet Day 4 – 2019 Volvo European Championship

URL https://youtu.be/rxrV_BLsZ_k

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5. 49er Sailing – Medal Races – 2019 Volvo European Championship

URL https://youtu.be/XBxlZofvxPc

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Highlights, Interviews & VNR:

• Between May 16 and 19, Icarus Sports will be producing:
  • A daily two-minute highlights video
  • VNR and interviews for news
• Footage can be downloaded from the Icarus portal – https://portal.icarus-sports.com/
• Please contact Will Carson to request interviews