A second consecutive race win for Eric Monnin on SUI100 Duclop has given him the overall lead after Day 4 of the International Six Metre European Championship.
While in the Classic Championship Violeta Alvarez on GBR57 Erica fought back from outside the top ten at the final mark to take her fourth consecutive third place in the series and retake the overall lead.
In Race 5 of the Open series, the Duclop crew took their second consecutive win, with Dieter Schön’s IVB145 Momo making the biggest gain on the final leg, as they moved up from fifth to second.
Loic Forestier’s SUI77 Junior took third, with Jamie Hilton on SUI144 Eau Vive finishing fourth.
After five races completed in the eight-race series, Duclop now leads the Open Championship with 12 points, ahead of Eau Vive in second with 14 points and third overall Momo with 17 points.
The Classic fleet were also a little over-eager with their first start, requiring a black flag for the second attempt.
After a fading and increasingly unpredictable breeze, the arrival of fresh breeze on the final downwind leg allowed Jean Daniel Guex’s second-placed SUI15 Beausobre to slip past and take the win.
His Majesty King Juan Carlos I of Spain’s ESP16 Bribon finished second, with Erica making huge gains on the final leg to take third.
Violeta Alvarez’s Erica now holds a one-point lead over Bribon with two more races left in the schedule. Yesterday’s overnight leader, Reinhard Suhner’s SUI45 Mecara, now sits in third overall after a sixth place today.