SELECTION PRESSURES TELLING AT THE SOFIA IBEROSTAR
04 Apr 2019A brisk, NW’ly mistral wind, blowing offshore required contenders at Mallorca’s 50th anniversary Trofeo Princesa Sofia Iberostar to do their best to deal with big changes in wind direction and strength.
Such unpredictable conditions added further stress for sailors for whom this annual European season curtain raiser is an observed event counting towards selection for the Olympic Test regatta.
Wind speeds varied from 6 to 26 knots during the same race for the Laser and Nacra 17 classes.
And with one day of racing left to determine which sailors will make the cut to Saturday’s medal races there were already a few disappointed faces when the fleets came ashore from the Bay of Palma.
Sweden’s Anton Dahlberg and Frederik Bergstrom maintain a comfortable margin in the 470 Men with a 3,3, today ahead of GBR’s Luke Patience and Chris Grube. Aussies Mat Belcher and Will Ryan are on the prowl, climbing to fourth with a seven point day. There is no change at the top of the Womens fleet either where Camille Lecointre and Aloise Retornaz of France lead Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre of the British Sailing Team.
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