Deniss Karpak of Estonia has extended his lead to 17 points with a 3, 1, at the 2025 Finn Gold Cup on Friday.
He was only bettered by defending champion Oskari Muhonen of Finland, who scored a 1 and 2 and is now in third.
Italy’s Arkadii Kistanov is in second after a 2 and 5.
With strong winds again forecast, after consulting with the fleet earlier it was decided to sail only the two races Friday.
Racing concludes on Saturday. With all the top three having a high discard, the battle is far from over.
A possible two races remain, but the forecast is not promising with light and unstable winds until mid-afternoon.
Britain’s Nick Craig finished the day in 15th with an 18, 16 score.
Finn Gold Cup – Leaders after 8 races
1st EST 2 Deniss KARPAK – 15 pts
2nd ITA 51 Arkadii KISTANOV – 32 pts
3rd FIN 8 Oskari MUHONEN – 45 pts
4th ITA 1103 Alessandro MAREGA – 50 pts
5th FIN 99 Jesse KYLÄNPÄÄ – 51 pts
6th NED 6 Martijn VAN MUYDEN – 55 pts
7th FRA 111 Valerian LEBRUN – 60 pts
8th FRA 75 Laurent HAY – 63 pts
9th AUS 2 Rob MCMILLAN – 69 pts
10th BRA 114 Antonio CARVALHO MOREIRA – 70 pts
