After four races at the International 14ft European Championship in Germany hosted at the Flensburger Segel-Club, Archie Massey and Harvey Hillary are tied for the lead with Neale Jones and Ed Fitzgerald.
Germany’s Georg Borkenstein and Eike Dietrich opened the scoring with a win in the first race ahead of Britain’s Massey and Hillary.
Julian Pearson and Richard Sheridan then stepped up to win race 2, again with Massey and Hillary in second place.
In race 3 Massey and Hillary finally won a race, with Jones and Fitzgerald taking second.
Jones and Fitzgerald then proceded to win race 4 with Oliver Voss and Eike Ehrig of Germany in second and Borkenstein and Dietrich taking third.
International 14 – European Championship, leaders after 4 races (43 entries)
1st GBR 1563 Archie MASSEY and Harvey HILLARY 2 2 1 6 – – 11 pts
2nd GBR 1553 Neale JONES and Edward FITZGERALD 4 4 2 1 – – 11 pts
3rd GER 28 Georg BORKENSTEIN and Eike DIETRICH 1 9 5 3 – – 18 pts
4th GBR 1548 Julian PEARSON and Richard SHERIDAN 6 1 12 7 – – 26 pts
5th GBR 1530 Andy FITZGERALD and Richard DOBSON 7 3 3 13 – – 26 pts
6th GER 91 Oliver VOSS and Eike EHRIG 9 6 11 2 – – 28 pts
7th GBR 1561 Douglas PATTISON and Mark TAIT 5 11 7 5 – – 28 pts
8th GBR 1544 Andy SHAW and Rob STRUCKETT 3 5 17 4 – – 29 pts
9th GER 221 Stephan HEIM and Robert SCHMIDT 11 8 6 12 – – 37 pts
10th GBR 1557 Katie NURTON and Tom BRACEWELL 8 7 10 17 – – 42 pts