Light winds disrupts schedule on second day at Delta Lloyd Regatta An almost complete programme of races was completed on the second day of the Delta Lloyd Regatta despite the best intentions of the fickle weather to disrupt proceedings. After Tuesdays near perfect start to the regatta, Wednesday didnt quite go to plan with light winds delaying racing by five hours. Finn The young German sailors are proving something of a phenomenon so far this week in the Finns, with Eike Martens (GER) and overall leader Philip Kasueske (GER) finishing first and second in the first race of the day. In the second race, Pieter-Jan Postma (NED) got a good start at the committee boat and led the fleet to the right before leading round the course, with Martens in second. Overall, Kasueske still leads from Martens and Postma after four races. Postma was very happy with his win. He said, “I won one. Its incredible! Actually the thing is I havent sailed a lot and I couldnt find the speed in the last few days. Ive won every start, and I was winning every race at one moment, but just struggled with speed.” Laser Picking up where he left off on Tuesday, Nicholas Heiner (NED) consolidated his lead in the Laser with a race win followed by a fifth place. He said, “It was a difficult day because of the lack of wind. My first race was very good. The second one was more unpredictable, the wind was gone at the start. Overall I am very satisfied. I hope there will be more wind tomorrow. While we were waiting I went out on the water in a 49er. That was nice, better than staying on shore.’’ Sam Meech (NZL) won the fourth race to remain in second overall, while Andy Maloney (NZL) moves up one place to third. Laser Radial Marit Bouwmeester (NED) has taken the lead in the Laser Radial after four races. She won the first race of the day and placed second in the next. Alicia Cebrian Martinez de Lagos (ESP) won the second race and drops to second, but with a nine point gap to Evi van Acker (BEL) in third. Bouwmeester said, “It was hard today. Almost no wind, you have to be lucky in these circumstances. Yesterday I made a big mistake in the first race. I had to make up a lot. It’s going very well here at Medemblik. I’m looking forward to the rest of the races. I’m feeling well, and making good decisions.’’ Delta Lloyd Regatta - Medemblik NED - Day 2 Laser Std Results Overall: 1st Nicholas HEINER (NED) 2nd Sam MEECH (NZL) 3rd Andy MALONEY (NZL) 4th Thomas SAUNDERS (NZL) 5th Matthew WEARN (AUS) Laser Radial Results Overall: 1st Marit BOUWMEESTER (NED) 2nd Alicia CEBRIAN MARTINEZ de LAGOS (ESP) 3rd Evi van ACKER (BEL) 4th Manami DOI (JPN) 5th Veronika KOZELSKA FENCLOVA (CZE) Finn Results Overall: 1st Phillip KASUESKE (GER) 2nd Eike MARTENS (GER) 3rd Pieter-Jan POSTMA (NED) 4th Tobias KIRSCHBAUM (NED) 5th Jake LILLEY (AUS) All ranking lists: results.deltalloydregatta.org
Posted on: Wed, 21 May 2014 20:01:02 +0000
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