Big swell and light winds marked fifth day of races for sailors fighting for the 2017 Laser Senior European Championships in Barcelona. Lazy start this morning, where wind became shifty and dropped to 2 knots in noon. Finally around 14:30 a Northern breeze came in and sailors were sent to water for racing. Marit Bouwmeester
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
2017 Laser Radial Women’s and Men’s World Championships started today in Medemblik, Netherlands. Despite the light winds, all three fleets (100 women and 63 men) could complete first 2 scheduled races on the Ijsselmeer. 2017 Laser Radial Women’s World Championship results – Day 1 Slovenian sailor Kim Pletikos SLO (3-2) started event on top with
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