The Optimist European Championship completed the qualifying stage Thursday in Portorož.
With six races completed, qualifications are over. From Friday the competitors will be divided in Gold, Silver and Bronze Fleets to complete the championship.
After six qualifying races, Adriano Cardi Quan (ITA) is tied for the overall lead on 9 points with Weka Bhanubandh (THA).
In third place is Jaime Ayarza on 19 points, with fourth Xavier Garcia on 21 points, both of Spain.
Britain’s Santiago Sseto Cosby (-16, 5) slips back to fifth overall on 22 points.
In the Girls event, Rebecca Geiger (ITA) posted a 1, 2, 1 score to take the lead with 6 points.
Second is Lisa Vucetti (ITA) who was also well on form with a 3, 1, 1 score and has 8 points.
Ewa Lewandowska (POL) jumps up into third place after a 3, 3, 2 score with 17 points, three ahead of Maayan Shemesh (ISR) in fourth.
Britain’s Emma Breese is best placed in 84th overall.
Optimist Boys – After 6 races, 1 discard (156 entries)
1st ITA 9172 Adriano CARDI QUAN – – 2 1 3 2 -4 1 – – 9 pts
2nd THA 1895 Weka BHANUBANDH – – 1 2 -4 3 1 2 – – 9 pts
3rd ESP 3123 Jaime AYARZA MONTENEGRO – – -22 3 11 2 2 1 – – 19 pts
4th ESP 3136 Xavier GARCIA OLLE – – 3 -18 5 1 6 6 – – 21 pts
5th GBR 6583 Santiago SESTO COSBY – – 5 8 1 3 -16 5 – – 22 pts
6th AUT 1308 David RHODE – – 9 2 8 6 1 -17 – – 26 pts
7th ITA 9385 Giuseppe MONTESANO – – 17 1 6 1 2 -29 – – 27 pts
8th ITA 9417 Alex DEMURTAS – – 4 9 5 6 -25 4 – – 28 pts
9th GRE 2879 Konstantinos PORTOSALTE – – 2 5 10 -27 7 8 – – 32 pts
10th POR 2735 Francisco UVA SANCHO – – 1 12 3 -18 6 12 – – 34 pts
GBR
45th GBR 6470 Charlie GATEHOUSE – – 6 -36 15 22 18 21 – – 82 pts
69th GBR 6043 Thomas KELSALL – – 10 28 20 17 -42 30 – – 105 pts
Optimist Girls – After 6 races, 1 discard (113 entries)
1st ITA 9458 Rebecca GEIGER – – 1 1 -13 1 2 1 – – 6 pts
2nd ITA 9459 Lisa VUCETTI – – -8 2 1 3 1 1 – – 8 pts
3rd POL 1827 Ewa LEWANDOWSKA – – 1 -23 8 3 3 2 – – 17 pts
4th ISR 59 Maayan SHEMESH – – 5 6 -7 1 2 6 – – 20 pts
5th ESP 3041 Patricia BAÑEZ AGUIAR – – 4 8 3 5 -20 3 – – 23 pts
6th ESP 2822 Maria CASTILLO MARTIN – – -33 13 1 2 1 7 – – 24 pts
7th ITA 9214 Federica CONTARDI – – -22 1 2 2 18 2 – – 25 pts
8th FRA 2866 Valade LOMANE – – 2 -17 12 6 7 4 – – 31 pts
9th ESP 3106 Marisa VICENS SEGUI – – 5 7 7 4 -12 8 – – 31 pts
10th RSA 2821 Nicola SADLER – – 15 4 4 -33 12 8 – – 43 pts
GBR
84th GBR 6578 Emma BREESE – – 31 BFD 53 28 51 14 – – 177 pts
89th GBR 6541 Ellie CREIGHTON – – 42 31 -45 39 42 29 – – 183 pts
100th GBR 6444 Gwen SARGENT – – UFD 36 46 31 57 44 – – 214 pts
