Complex day for sailors racing the 2017 Laser Senior European Championships in Barcelona. Final series has started today with two races, where overnight leading sailors managed to keep first spots but closely followed now by tough opponents. A light breeze from East and choppy conditions made races a hard challenge. 2017 Laser Senior European Championships […]
Three new races were added to scores today in Barcelona, where the 2017 Laser Senior European Championships have concluded the Qualifying series. A fantastic weather, plenty of sun and a steady wind from south of around 12-18 knots helped races to be really straight-forward and sailors happily returned early to shore for a meal. Tomorrow
Two first races were completed today in Barcelona, where the 2017 Laser Senior European Championships are being held. All 331 Laser Standard and Radial sailors were sent to water around noon, divided in two courses. First race started with about 10 knots and decreasing to 6-8 knots on second. RC intended to start a third
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dutch sailor Marit Bouwmeester arrives to this 2017 Laser European Championships in Barcelona in a particular context, owing all current major Laser Women’s titles: the last European championship in Canarias in 2016, the last World Sailing championship in Santander in 2014, the Gold Olympic medal in Rio and recently her 3rd World championship in Medemblik.
2017 couldn’t be better for the Laser class in Europe. Sailors from 9 European nations (ITA, TUR, HUN, ESP, GER, GRE, NED, POL and CYP) won almost all the 2017 Laser World titles! Let’s review them all and congratulate again our brave representatives, while we wait for the Master’s Worlds starting tomorrow to wrap this
No races were sailed today due to lack of wind in Medemblik, Netherlands. This way the 2017 Laser Radial World Championships concluded without changes on scores and European sailors Marit Bouwmeester NED and Marcin Rudawski POL were crowned new 2017 Laser Radial World champions! 2017 Laser Radial Women’s World Championship – Final results Olympic Gold medalist
Two new races were completed today in Medemblik, Netherlands, where 2017 Laser Radial Women’s and Men’s World Championships has concluded now their Qualifying series. Light to medium wind marked fourth day of competition on the Ijsselmeer. Nice results for our European sailors, still on top of rankings after 8 races. 2017 Laser Radial Women’s World
Half of scheduled races fulfilled now in Medemblik, Netherlands, where 2017 Laser Radial Women’s and Men’s World Championships are being held. Steady 12 knots on the Ijsselmeer allowed two new races to be completed, being 6 now in total. This is first day with medium winds and scores suffered significant changes after light conditions experienced
Japanese sailor Manami Doi JPN (3-6-14-1-5-1-2-4-18) had to finish in 9th place to secure Delta Lloyd Regatta’s gold medal. The tension was on when she was racing in the back of the fleet while her biggest opponent Marit Bouwmeester NED (5-1-20-11-3-18-1-1-2) was leading the fleet. Luckily she took over the 9th place from Agata Barwinska
