Day 2 of racing at the 56th Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères was a test of patience.
A tough day with a lot of postponed races, and the 49er men and the women’s IQFoil not managing any racing. The action all came in a flurry at the end of one of those days on the Med that are good for sunbathing but bad for racing. The Nacra 17s finished their third race just before the sun went down.
Britain’s Lily Young slips to second in the women’s Kite, behind Wan LI of China, who added a third race win to take a one point lead in the single race completed. Izabela Satrjan of Poland is third.
Riccardo Pianosi of Italy leads the men’s Formula Kite from Maximilian Maeder SGP, with Britain’s Sam Dickinson 6th after four races.
In the Nacra17, Gianluigi Ugolini and Maria Giubilei (1, 2, 1) of Italy take a seven point lead from Laura Farese and Matthäus Zochling (2, -13, 7) AUT. Britain’s John Gimson and Anna Burnet (3, 4, 2) are tied on 18 pts with third placed Willemijn Offerman and Scipio Houtman (5, 1, 6) of Holland.
In the 49erFX, Britain’s Eleanor Keers and Jess Jobsen hit the buffers with 31, 24, 23 dropping them to 13th, while Freya Black and Saskia Tidey (20, 26, 3) are now ninth. Isaura Maenhout and Anouk Geurts (1,-22, 1) of Belgium extend their overall lead to nine points.
In the mixed 470, Simon Diesch and Anna Marcroft (2, 3) of Germany extend their lead to six points. Best of the day were Lomane Valade and Julien Bunel of France with back-to-back wins lifting them into third overall. Britain’s Hannah Briston and James Taylor (18, 20) slipping to 16th.
Hong Kong’s Nicholas Halliday (2) now leads the men’s ILCA7 after just one race Tuesday. Second is Duko Bos (11) NED and Poland’s Michal Krasodomski (4) POL moved into third. in the women’s ILCA6 Denmark’s Anna Munch (1) took the overall lead outright. The USA’s Charlotte Rose (3) stays second overall.
For the Brit’s Alastair Brown (3) is fifth in the ILCA men and Daisy Collingbridge (5) is now 12th in the ILCA women, both with their best race scores to date.
Hopefully the forecast Mistral over the next two days will provide the conditions to get the British Team competitors back on track and into the weekend medal races.
Race Leaders after Tuesday racing – 49er and IQFoil Women racing postponed
470 Mixed – Leaders after 4 races (39 entries)
1st GER 11 Simon DIESCH / Anna MARKFORT – – -4 1 2 3 – – 6 pts
2nd FRA 72 Matisse PACAUD / Lucie DE GENNES – – 2 6 -12 4 – – 12 pts
3rd FRA 7 Lomane VALADE / Julien BUNEL – – -25 13 1 1 – – 15 pts
GBR
16th GBR Hannah BRISTOW / James TAYLOR
49FX Women – Leaders after 4 races (38 entries)
1st BEL 18 Isaura MAENHAUT / Anouk GEURTS – – STP 14 1 1 -22 1 – – 24 pts
2nd ESP 21 Patricia SUAREZ GONZALEZ / Melania HENKE – – 9 9 2 12 1 -19 – – 33 pts
3rd USA 49 Paris HENKEN / Helena SCUTT – – 5 13 11 5 2 -18 – – 36 pts
GBR
9th GBR Freya BLACK / Saskia TIDEY
13th GBR Eleanor KEERS / Jess JOBSON
Formula Kite Men – Leaders after 5 races (60 entries)
1st ITA Riccardo PIANOSI – – 1 1 1 -2 1 – – 4 pts
2nd SGP Maximilian MAEDER – – 1 1 -4 2 1 – – 5 pts
3rd GRE Kameron MARAMENIDIS – – -4 4 2 1 2 – – 9 pts
GBR
7th GBR Sam DICKINSON
Formula Kite Women – Leaders after 5 races (22 entries)
1st CHN Wan LI – – 1 -5 4 1 1 – – 7 pts
2nd GBR Lily YOUNG – – 2 1 2 4 -7 – – 9 pts
3rd POL Izabela SATRJAN – – 5 -10 1 2 2 – – 10 pts
IQFoil Men – Leaders after 5 races (76 entries)
1st AUS 81 Grae MORRIS – – -3 1 2 2 1 – – 6 pts
2nd POL 1 Paweł TARNOWSKI – – 3 3 1 -6 3 – – 10 pts
3rd FRA 53 Clément BOURGEOIS – – 1 1 6 -11 3 – – 11 pts
GBR
15th GBR Andy BROWN
NACRA 17 Mixed – Leaders after 6 races (29 entries)
1st ITA 98 Gianluigi UGOLINI / Maria GIUBILEI – – -14 2 1 1 2 1 – – 7 pts
2nd AUT 97 Laura FARESE / Matthäus ZÖCHLING – – 2 1 2 2 -13 7 – – 14 pts
3rd NED 22 Willemijn OFFERMAN / Scipio HOUTMAN – – 1 -9 5 5 1 6 – – 18 pts
4th GBR 21 John GIMSON / Anna BURNET – – -8 6 3 3 4 2 – – 18 pts
ILCA6 Women – Leaders after 3 races (72 entries)
1st DEN Anna MUNCH – – -1 1 1 – – 2 pts
2nd USA Charlotte ROSE – – 1 1 -3 – – 2 pts
3rd BEL Emma PLASSCHAERT – – 2 -3 2 – – 4 pts
Best GBR
13th GBR Daisy COLLINGRIDGE
19th GBR Matilda NICHOLLS
ILCA7 Men – Leaders after 3 races (112 entries)
1st HKG Nicholas HALLIDAY – – 1 -27 2 – – 3 pts
2nd NED Duko BOS – – 1 3 -11 – – 4 pts
3rd POL Michal KRASODOMSKI – – -20 2 4 – – 6 pts
4th IRL Ewan MCMAHON – – -19 3 3 – – 6 pts
5th GBR Alastair BROWN – – 5 -18 3 – – 8 pts
