Overnight leader Pieter Heerema of the Netherlands tightened his grip on the Dragon Gold Cup championship by adding fifth and third places to his scorec.
Heerema now has a comfortable, but by no means unassailable, eleven-point delta on his nearest rival. Behind Heerema just four points separate second to fifth places.
Germany’s Dirk Pramann moves up from third to second on twenty-two points thanks to an eleventh and second.
He leapfrogs over reigning Gold Cup Champion Pedro Andrade from Portugal who scored an eighth and seventh to give him twenty-three points total.
Russia’s Dmitry Samokin put in two good races finishing third and fourth to jump up the ranking into fourth on twenty-four points.
While Britain’s Andy Beadsworth sailing for the Turkish Provezza Dragon team came seventh and ninth, dropping them from fourth to fifth on twenty-six points.
In the Corinthian Division Sweden’s Martin Palsson has begun to establish a good lead on his rivals.
He now has a fifteen-point lead over Belgium’s Ben Van Cauwenbergh and Denmark’s Frank Berg, who both count twenty-four points.
Germany’s Benjamin Morgen lies six points behind them in fourth, while Denmark’s Søren Mortensen, Sweden’s Björn Palmquist and Russia’s Viktor Fogelson are both tied on thirty-seven points with Mortensen taking fifth on countback.
The regatta concludes on Friday 20 September with two races schedule for the final day with the first warning signal at 10:00 and no warning signal to be made after 15:30.
Gold Cup Overall Top Ten After Four Races
1st – NED412 – Troika – Pieter Heerema – 1, 2, 5, 3 = 11 pts
2nd – GER16 – Ingrid – Dirk Pramann – 5, 4, 11, 2 = 22 pts
3rd – POR89 – Pedro Andrade – Petti Portugal – 2, 6, 8, 7 = 23 pts
4th – RUS76 – Dmitry Samokhin – Rocknrolla – 4, 13, 3, 4 = 24 pts
5th – TUR1212 – Andy Beadsworth – Provezza Dragon – 3, 7, 7, 9 = 26 pts
6th – AUS551 – Torvar Mirsky – YeahNah – 7, 9, 10, 6 = 32 pts
7th – SWE401 – Martin Pålsson – Nono – 14, 11, 9, 10 = 44 pts
8th – DEN410 – Jens Christensen – Out of Bounce – 6, 19, 4, 18 = 47 pts
9th – JPN56 – Sam Gilmour – YRed – 13, 25, 2, 12 = 52 pts
10th – SWE345 – Jan Secher – Miss Behaviour – 8, 27, 20, 5 = 60 pts
Corinthian Top Five After Four Races
1st – SWE401 – Martin Pålsson – Nono – 2, 3, 2, 2 = 9 pts
2nd – BEL80 – Ben Van Cauwenbergh – FL4T OUT – 4, 8, 11, 1 = 24 pts
3rd – DEN266 – Frank Berg – My Way – 12, 1, 5, 6 = 24 pts
4th – GER1180 – Benjamin Morgen – Rosie – 1, 2, 17 10 = 30 pts
5th – DEN322 – Søren Mortensen – Grace – 17, 10, 7, 3 = 37 pts
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