SPA Regatta - Olympic
sailing in Medemblik, the Netherlands
Fourth day SPA Regatta: light wind conditions
keep five classes ashore
Medemblik,
24 May 2003 – On the fourth day of the SPA
Regatta six classes completed one or two races.
The Star and Yngling competed twice. Light wind
conditions, sometimes only two knots, forced the
race committee to postpone and cancel the races
in the Tornado, Laser, Finn, Mistral Men and Women.
Star
Sailing was like the lottery today. Wind shifts
and sometimes a top down wind direction brought
new winners over the finish line. Team Neeleman
/ Niekerk from the Netherlands won today’s
first race in the Star, followed by the German
team Koch / Koy and the Australians Walker / Williams.
The Swiss team Marazzi / De Maria won the second
race of Saturday. Alwin van Daelen and Gerard
Potma from the Netherlands, who are in 33rd position
overall, finished secondly, followed by the Germans
Koch / Koy.
Europe
Sari Multala (FIN), winner of last year’s
SPA Regatta, took over the lead in the Europe.
She had a third place in the only race of today.
Teja Cerne
(SLO) won and the Chinese Lu Chunfeng got a second
position. Wiebke Schroder from Germany crossed
the finish line in 16th position, which was not
enough for remaining in the lead. She felt back
to a second place overall.
470
Although the French 470 men team Gildas / Le Berre
finished in 30th position, they remained in the
lead with only one point difference. The British
team Plummer / Hawkley won the race, followed
by team Kosmatopoulos / Trigonis from Greeche
and Molund / Andersson from Sweden. The Dutch
brothers Coster finished in 12th position, which
kicked them out of the top three for the first
time of this year’s SPA Regatta. The same
happened to the Israeli female 470 team from Nike
Kornecki. Due to a 28th position in today’s
race, they also felt back to a fourth position
overall. Marcelien de Koning and Lobke Berkhout
from the Netherlands are still leading the fleet.
Despite
today’s cancellations, tomorrow the races
will be sailed according to the schedule. Every
class will sail one more race.
For
the total results, please surf to www.sparegatta.org.
