Day 4 of racing at the 57th Semaine Olympique Française in Hyères — Day 2 of racing in Elimination gold / silver fleets.
Penultimate day for the Boards. The top ten move to their medal series racing on Friday 24 April.
The Board medal series comprise: Quarter Final, Semi Final and Grand Finals for each of the four board classes.
The Final comprising four competitors, The first and second overall ranked boards from the Qualification series carry forward one win to the Final. The Final will hold races until one board collects two Wins.
The only British competitor still involved in the Board series is Lily Young, 4th in the women’s Kite.
In the ILCA 7 Australia’s Matt Wearn, won the first two races and has opened up a lead of 5pts over his two British rivals, Mickey Beckett and Elliot Hanson. Germany’s Philipp Buhl won the final race to put himself in 4th.
In the 470, Spain’s Jordi Xammar and Marta Cardona have a 10 pts lead from the Brits, Martin Wrigley and Bettine Harris.
In the Nacra 17, John Gimson and Anna Burnet failed to gain any headway, now in 6th and 17 pts off the new leaders Gianluigi UGOLINI and Maria GIUBILEI of Italy. Former leaders Tita and Banti dropped to 5th after a broken gennaker tack forced them to miss two races.
The dinghy continue to race with their Final series scheduled for Saturday.
Semaine Olympique Française Leaders – Day 4
470 Mixed – Leaders after 10 races (47 entries)
1st ESP Jordi XAMMAR and Marta CARDONA – – 7 pts
2nd GBR Martin WRIGLEY and Bettine HARRIS – – 17 pts
3rd FRA Matisse PACAUD and Lucie DE GENNES – – 19 pts
49er Men – Leaders after 12 races (45 entries)
1st FRA Erwan FISCHER and Clément PÉQUIN – – 23 pts
2nd IRL Robert DICKSON and Sean WADDILOVE – – 23 pts
3rd CHN Zaiding WEN and Tian LIU – – 28 pts
49erFX Women – Leaders after 11 races (24 entries)
1st AUS Laura HARDING and Helen Annie WILMOT – – 41 pts
2nd ITA Sofia GIUNCHIGLIA and Giulia SCHIO – – 45 pts
3rd SWE Vilma BOBECK and Ebba BERNTSSON – – 50 pts
GBR:
22nd GBR Maddy ANDERSON and Katie DABSON – -169 pts
Nacra17 Mixed – Leaders after 11 races (36 entries)
1st ITA Gianluigi UGOLINI and Maria GIUBILEI – – 13 pts
2nd ARG Mateo MAJDALANI and Eugenia BOSCO – – 14 pts
3rd FRA Tim MOURNIAC and Aloise RETORNAZ – – 16 pts
GBR
6th GBR John GIMSON and Anna BURNET – – 30 pts
ILCA 6 Women – Leaders after 10 races (84 entries)
1st USA Charlotte ROSE – – 26 pts
2nd AUS Zoe THOMSON – – 33 pts
3rd HUN Eve MCMAHON – – 34 pts
ILCA 7 Men – Leaders after 9 races (136 entries)
1st AUS Matt WEARN – – 9 pts
2nd GBR Michael BECKETT – – 14 pts
3rd GBR Elliot HANSON – – 19 pts
Other GBR
15th GBR Finley DICKINSON – – 81 pts
Kite Men – Leaders after 15 races (44 entries)
1st SGP Maximilian MAEDER – – 16 pts
2nd ITA Riccardo PIANOSI – – 31 pts
3rd SUI Gian STRAGIOTTI – – 39 pts
GBR
12th GBR Sam DICKINSON – – 96 pts
Kite Women – Leaders after 14 races (22 entries)
1st FRA Lauriane NOLOT – – 15 pts
2nd ARG Catalina TURIENZO – – 52 pts
3rd CHN Chenxue LIU – – 63 pts
4th GBR Lily YOUNG – – 64 pts
Other GBR:
14th GBR Ella GEIGER – – 138 pts
iQFOiL Men – Leaders after 12 races (67 entries)
1st AUS Grae MORRIS – – 30 pts
2nd CHN Kun BI – – 38 pts
3rd Nicolo RENNA – – 29 pts
No GBR
iQFOiL Women – Leaders after 12 races (41 entries)
1st ISR Tamar STEINBERG – – 39 pts
2nd ITA Marta MAGGETTI – – 52 pts
3rd CHN Zheng YAN – – 53pts
GBR
28th GBR Lucy KENYON – – 135 pts
