Opening race day for the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships resulted in race wins for British competitors in all three classes.
This rather unusual situation was led by John Gimson and Anna Burnet in the Nacra topping their leaderboard with a 2 3 1 scoreline for 6 pts. They lead from Tinem Kurtbay and Alican Kaynar TUR with 11 pts and Mateo Majdalani and Eugenia Bosco on 17 pts.
In the women’s 49erFX, Freya Black and Saskia Tidey won their second race and are 8th overall. Leaders are Paula Barcelo and Maria Cantero ESP with a 5 2 1 score on 8 pts, with second Mathilde Lovadina and Lou Berthomieu FRA with 12 pts.
And then the men’s 49er. Here James Grummett and Rhos Hawes finished the day in 16th, but maintained the winning GBR sequence with a win in their second race to add to a 12 and 13.
Overall 49er leaders are Diego Botin and Florian Trittel ESP with a 2 1 7 score to tie on 10 pts with Erwan Fischer and Clément Pequin FRA with 4 5 1 . . . And in third are Marius Westerlind and Olle Aronsson SWE on 12 pts.
NACRA 17 Mixed – Leaders after 3 races (40 entries)
1st GBR John GIMSON / Anna BURNET – – 2 3 1 = 6 pts
2nd TUR Sinem KURTBAY / Alican KAYNAR – – 3 1 7 = 11 pts
3rd ARG Mateo MAJDALANI / Eugenia BOSCO – – 10 2 5 = 17 pts
4th ITA Gianluigi UGOLINI / Maria GIUBILEI – – 5 13 4 = 22 pts
5th ITA Federico FIGLIA di GRANARA / Caterina SEDMAK – – 4 17 8 = 29 pts
49er Men – Leaders after 3 races (84 entries)
1st ESP Diego BOTIN / Florian TRITTEL PAUL – – 2 1 7 = 10 pts
2nd FRA Erwan FISCHER / Clément PEQUIN – – 4 5 1 = 10 pts
3rd SWE Marius WESTERLIND / Olle ARONSSON – – 3 4 5 = 12 pts
4th NED Bart LAMBRIEX van AANHOLT / Floris van de WERKEN – – 3 3 7 = 13 pts
5th GER Richard SCHULTHEIS / Fabian RIEGER – – 1 5 9 = 15 pts
Best GBR:
16th GBR James GRUMMETT / Rhos HAWES – – 12 1 13 = 26 pts
49erFX Women – Leaders after 3 races (52 entries)
1st ESP Paula BARCELÓ / Maria CANTERO – – 5 2 1= 8 pts
2nd FRA Mathilde LOVADINA / Lou BERTHOMIEU – – 1 7 4 = 12 pts
3rd CAN Georgia LEWIN-LAFRANCE / Antonia LEWIN-LAFRANCE – – 9 1 5 = 15 pts
4th NOR Pia Dahl ANDERSEN / Nora EDLAND – – 1 7 8 = 16 pts
5th ITA3 Jana GERMANI / Bianca CARUSO – – 2 10 8 = 20 pts
Best GBR:
8th GBR Freya BLACK / Saskia TIDEY – – 6 1 14 = 21 pts
