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MAKING THE MOST OF A LIGHT WIND RACE DAY AT 470 EUROPEANS

09 May 2017

Racing wrapped up on day 2 at the 470 European Championship in Monaco with all scheduled races completed. Carl-Fredrik Fock/Marcus Dackhammar (SWE) take over as new series leaders in the 470 Men and Portugal’s Mafalda Pires Lima/Mariana Lobato retain their lead in the 470 Women.

It could have been a tense day waiting to see if the breeze would to fill in, but the Yacht Club de Monaco has proved to be a relaxing spot. A chilled sailors’ lounge with cafe and cool playlist, boatpark overlooking the marina, post-race pasta party and all-round ambience keep everyone happy.

The race course delivered a lighter swell than yesterday, but again the unpredictable breeze was evident in the scorecards, with consistency hard to maintain. Racing got underway soon after 1700 hours, in a breeze of around 8 knots.

470 WOMEN
A massive reshuffle in the 470 Women after today’s two races, as many of the fleet banked a good result, only to have it offset with a lower fleet finish. Israel’s Noya Bar-Am/Nina Amir took the win in the first race, with team mates Tsuf Zamet/Noa Lasry claiming victory in the next.

Series leaders going into the day, Mafalda Pires Lima/Mariana Lobato (POR), briefly dipped to second overall after race 3, but ended the day where they began out on top, holding a 5 point advantage over Bar-Am/Amir.

Now counting only top 10 results, as the discard kicked in after race 4 to remove their 14th place from yesterday, Gil Cohen/Stav Brokman (ISR) climb to third overall.

From their results you wouldn’t know Pires Lima/Lobato are contesting their first ever 470 Championship, although their former sailing careers provide plenty of experience. When not 470 racing, Lobato has been competing on a GC32 with the Majenta Project, the team on a mission to promote greater opportunities for women’s sailing.

“It has been a really good experience, and now I am with them to do the World Match Racing Tour,” she explained in reference to joining the first all-female team on the WMRT.

Pires Lima is fresh out of 420 racing, having last month won the Portuguese Junior and Open Championship, and twice represented Portugal on the international stage at the Youth Sailing World Championships. The ten year age difference between the two is proving a winning formula of youth and experience.

“The first race we finished 3rd place, it was a tough race because the level is so high and we need to be always checking and trying to focus and not stop the momentum,” commented Lobato.

“Race 4 we did a mistake on the start and it cost us a lot,” she added, in reference to being left to play catch up after being blocked off the starting line. “Well, we learn with mistakes!”

World #1 pairing Afrodite Zegers/Anneloes van Veen are still struggling to find their rhythm, posting what for them will be disappointing results of 38,18, to languish in 16th overall.

470 Women - Provisional Results after 4 races
1. Mafalda Pires De Lima/Mariana Lobato (POR-14) - 13 pts
2. Noya Bar-Am/Nina Amir (ISR-11) - 18 pts
3. Gil Cohen/Stav Brokman (ISR-311) - 21 pts
4. Agnieszka Skrzupulec/Jolanta Ogar (POL-11) - 22 pts
5. Elena Berta/Sveva Carraro (ITA-6) - 22 pts

470 MEN
Two races for the 470 Men wrapped up the qualification series, and decided the top 25 teams who will advance to gold fleet racing and a shot at the podium. The rest of the fleet will battle it out in the silver fleet.

World #1 pairing of Carl-Fredrik Fock/Marcus Dackhammar (SWE) were amongst the few teams to post a consistent scorecard, as racing proved to be a day of two halves for some. The Swedes’ 3,1 performance puts them up front, with Mat Belcher/Will Ryan (AUS) dropping to second.

“There is still a long time to go, with more tight racing and points count more,” predicted Dackhammar on the gold fleet racing ahead and likely battle royal set to unfold with the Australians.

“So far we are really happy with the sailing. I think we prepared well for this Championship and we have good teamwork in the boat and slowly, slowly we are getting there, but it’s challenging.

“The sailing has been really good, and Monaco is a cool place for sure,” he concluded.

A win in the final race of the day propels Guillaume Pirouelle/Jeremie Mion (FRA) up to third, a position which brought a smile to the face of Mion, as the defending European Champion Mion.

“For sure it’s always about winning and defending our title, but it’s not what we are thinking about now, as Guillaume and I are a new team,” he said in reference to their desire to defend the title Mion claimed with Sofian Bouvet, his former helm.

“We are just thinking about improving ourselves every day and every race. But it’s going well so maybe we can think about the title, but we will think about it at the end of the regatta.”

Joining the Swedish, Aussies and French in picking up a race win were Turkey’s Deniz Cinar/Ates Cinar, but disappointingly were over the line for race 5, scoring a black flag penalty.

470 Men - Provisional Results after 5 races
1. Carl-Fredrik Fock/Marcus Dackhammar (SWE-350) - 7 pts
2. Mathew Belcher/Will Ryan (AUS-11) - 14 pts
3. Guillaume Pirouelle/Jeremie Mion (FRA-76) - 15 pts
4. Sho Kaminoki/Taisel Hikida (JPN-4600) - 16 pts
5. Deniz Cinar/Ates Cinar (TUR-890) - 18 pts

Two races are scheduled for the 470 Men and Women on Wednesday 10 May, with the first start for the 470 Men gold fleet scheduled at 1300 hours. Wednesday looks set to be another light wind day, ahead of the forecast big breeze arriving in Monaco on Thursday.

ABOUT THE 2017 470 OPEN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
The 2017 470 Open European Championship is organized by Yacht Club de Monaco in co-operation with the International 470 Class Association. Racing starts on Monday 8 May, with an 11 race series scheduled for the 470 Men and 470 Women fleets, before the top 10 teams advance to the final Medal Race on Saturday 13 May 2017. Titles will be awarded in the 470 Men and Women for the overall Open European Championship leaderboard and medals will be awarded in the European Championship for European nations.

Nations represented at the 2017 470 Open European Championships are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine.

ABOUT THE YACHT CLUB DE MONACO
With its new facilities designed by Lord Foster to host regattas, the Yacht Club de Monaco is fast establishing itself as an instigator of high level events by organising an international meeting in collaboration with World Sailing at least once a year. The 2,000 members from 68 nationalities who are the lifeblood of the Club love it, with many involved in the smooth running of these events in the “Flotte des Commissaires”. ‎

In accordance with its statutes, this exclusive private Club has a three-pronged mission. A prime function is to bring life to the harbour by organising regattas and other nautical events all year round. It is also a catalyst for the international yachting scene. And last but by no means least it has the resources to satisfy and develop the passion for yachting of its members and owners calling into the Principality

USEFUL LINKS
Championship Website - 2017europeans.470.org
Entry Lists - 2017europeans.470.org/en/default/races/race-inscriptions
Official Noticeboard - 2017europeans.470.org/en/default/toa/race
Results - 2017europeans.470.org/en/default/races/race-resultsall

HOW TO FOLLOW THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Photo Service – The Yacht Club de Monaco photographer will provide daily photo galleries in high and low resolution and provided on a daily basis free of rights for editorial use only. Team photo requests for editorial use should be made to: Presse@Yacht-Club-Monaco.mc. All images used should include the official photograph credit as per the photo. Photos are available at:
Championship Website: 2017europeans.470.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/470-Olympic-Sailing
High Resolution Images on PhotoShelter: worldsailing.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/OLYMPIC-CLASSES/C0000d3Vvt0BmDMQ - then use password: WSimages

Video – ICARUS Sports is the official TV production and distribution company for the Championship. Videos will be published at: www.youtube.com/470OlympicSailing

ICARUS will produce daily highlights videos for social media and websites. A selection of raw footage, sailor interviews for TV and Olympic teams may be available on request, subject to priority and time commitments. Please send requests to jason@icarus-sports.com and manager@470.org

Videos will be available to download from the following server options:

ICARUS SERVER VIA BROWSER:
Link: http://icarussailingmedia.cloudapp.net
Username: events
Password: news2017
Folders: 470 Open European Championship 2017

ICARUS SERVER VIA FTP:
Host: icarussailingmedia.cloudapp.net
Username: events
Password: news2017
Folders: 470 Open European Championship 2017

Press Releases – daily press releases will be published on the Championship website and distributed. If you would like to receive the press release, please sign up at 2017europeans.470.org/en/default/races/race-newsitem/textnews/sign-up-for-news-en

Social – you can follow the 470 European Championship on:
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All enquiries to the 470 Class Manager, Luissa Smith, on manager@470.org

Overall Results

2017europeans.470.org/en/default/races/race-resultsall

Online Noticeboard

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