25 May 2011
Brazil and Croatia Continue to Dominate on Day 2 of Delta Lloyd
A total change to yesterday's conditions, with Wednesday morning's day 2 of the Delta Lloyd Regatta delivering a sea “as flat as a pancake”. However, despite the slow start and shifty conditions, racing got underway in a building 8 knot south-westerly breeze.
470 Women
2008 Olympic bronze medallist Fernanda Oliveira with new crew Ana Luiza Barbachan (BRA) have taken the lead in the 470 after top three results in today’s tricky conditions. Yuka Yoshisako and Noriko Okuma (JPN), who finished #5 at the 470 Spring Cup are now in second position overall. After mixed results (19th and 1st), the overnight leaders Martine Grael and Isabel Swan (BRA) are in third in front of Dutch team of Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout who have collected near perfect results with a first and a second.
470 Women – Top 10 Overall
| Pos | Nation | Helm | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
| 1 | BRA | Fernanda Oliveira | Ana Luiza Barbachan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | JPN | Yuka Yoshisako | Noriko Okuma | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | BRA | Martine Grael | Isabel Swan | 4 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | NED | Lisa Westerrhof | Lobke Berkhout | 2 | DNF | 1 | 2 | 33 |
| 5 | CHN | Feng Huimin | Huang Lizhu | 7 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | DEN | Henriette Koch | Lene Sommer | 9 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 33 |
| 7 | JPN | Ai Kondo | Wakako Tabata | 1 | OCS | 3 | 8 | 40 |
| 8 | NED | Nina Keijzer | Anneloes van Veen | 12 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 43 |
| 9 | POL | Agnieszka Skrzypulec | Jolanta Ogar | 13 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 44 |
| 10 | UKR | Anna Kyselova | Anastasiia Krasko | 19 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 50 |
470 Men
In the 470 Men fleet, Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic (CRO) are conserving their lead, three points over the world #1 team of Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page (AUS). The day went to the Japanese teams with Tetsuya Matsunaga / Kimihiko Imamura and Ichino Naoki/Ryouhei Froyliche enjoying the conditions with a second and a first each.
“We like the light conditions so today was a day for us,” explained Tetsuya. “We were in the lead at the top mark, but got passed by Ichino and Ryouhei. We beat them again downwind.” The Japanese 470 has a strong team in Medemblik. “We are five boats training together and progressing together as well.”
Tetsuya and Kimihiko, after finishing 18th in Medemblik in previous years, have an objective of top three in this event.
Thursday will be the last day of qualification, when the 470 men who are racing in a split fleet qualify for either the Gold or Silver fleet.
470 Men – Top 10 Overall
| Pos | Nation | Helm | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
| 1 | CRO | Sime Fantela | Igor Marenic | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | AUS | Mathew Belcher | Malcolm Page | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | JPN | Tetsuya Matsunaga | Kimihiko Imamura | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | GRE | Panagiotis Kampouridis | Stathis Papadopoulos | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 17 |
| 5 | AUS | Sam Kivell | Will Ryan | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | FRA | Vianney Guilbaud | Mathieu Fountaine | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | GRE | Panagiotis Mantis | Pavlos Kagialis | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 8 | JPN | Ryunosuke Harada | Yugo Yoshida | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 9 | NED | Sven Coster | kalle Coster | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 26 |
| 10 | FRA | Kevin Peponnet | Julien Lebrun | 9 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 30 |
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More Information:
Event Website
Day 1 Report
Top Image: Fernanda Oliveira and Ana Luiza Barbachan (BRA) © Thom Touw