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SWEDISH INTO THE LEAD ON A SHIFTY AND WINDY DAY

22 Jun 2018

The strong winds and shifty conditions are making it very difficult to be consistent. Yet some crews are firing in bullet after bullet. However in some of the Olympic classes the points at the top of the leaderboard remain extremely close. Just two days to the Medal Races and it’s all to play for....

Day 7 of Kieler Woche was another windy one with big shifts across the various race courses. Solid boathandling was one part of the equation but finding your way through the shifts and gusts was the other big challenge of the day.

470M
Luke Patience and Chris Grube won two races this afternoon, moving the British team to one point behind the new series leaders, the Swedish. Previous leaders Mat Belcher and Will Ryan have slipped to third overall although the Aussies are still only three points off the lead.

470W
Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero won both of the last two races this afternoon which moves the Spanish to second overall and within striking distance of the German leaders, Nadine Böhm and Ann- Christin Goliaß, whose advantage is now down to just two points. Maria Bozi and Rafailina Klonaridou of Greece sit in third place on equal points with the Spanish.

Source: Αndy Rice / www.kieler-woche.de