EUROPEAN LASER MASTER CHAMPIONSHIP 2017
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Master sailor Carlos
Martinez ESP (2-2-2-3-1-2-1-4-5–8)
rounded great performance today and ratified Overall and Master’s
Dutch sailor Rik Wolters NED
(1-15-1-7-7-3-2-1-12-30)
seemed to be relaxed also today! ;)) marking a 12-30 but good enough to round a
great tournament, achieving Overall Vice-BFD–23-4-2-3-19-10-13-7-1)
recovering from a bad start and closing competition in great shape winning the
last race.
19-5-10-16-6-33-12-7-4-5)
could finally hold first place and secured Apprentice’striumph,
ending 4th overall.
Great Grand Master title
was for Wolfgang Gerz GER
(24-17-12-8-8-12-3-2-17-9), finishing
5th overall.
Tim
Law GBR, Bertrand
Blanchet FRA, Wouter
Duetz NED, Roger
Schulz GER and Cedir
Canas ESP completed Top 10 classification.
RADIAL – Final results :
Finally British sailors rounded a great performance in the Laser Radial fleet,
achieving all first 4 places overall. Master sailor Ian
Jones GBR (4-2-1-14-1-17-5-1-2-12)
was 2017 absolute winner with 28 points. Vice-championship and Grand
Master championship prizes for Steve
Cockerill GBR (3-5-3-21-3-2-12-2-10-2)
with 30. Third overall and Apprentice’s first
place title for Jon Emmett GBR
(1-1-7-4-7-4-15-13-3-6) with 33. Fourth
overall and Master’s 2nd place for Ian
Gregory GBR (10-4-6-26-9-5-1-18-1-1),
marking a perfect score today and finishing draw in 37 points with Alessio
Marinelli ITA, finally 5th Overall and
3rd Master.
Monica
Azon ESP (9-12-2-9-2-7-2-6-BFD-11)
closed event in 6th place overall with 48 units and crowned Women’s absolute
champion.
Grand Masters Michiel
Pals NED, Gilles
Coadou FRA, Rob Cage GBR
and Jeff Loosemore AUS
completed Top 10 occupying places 7th to 10th respectively.
Mike
Kinnear GBR is new Great
Grand Master‘s champion, finishing 22nd overall, and just one place behind
him on place 23 our great Laser class Legend Peter
Seidenberg USA.
Thurday 15th : Last day
2 races are scheduled today to complete the
original program (10 races). Meteo forecast predict west wind 12Nds.
Wednesday 14th - Great day (by
).
After a great sunshine in the afternoon all Master
sailors waited for 2 pm to allow the thermal breeze to settle in the bay.
STANDARD
Master sailor
Carlos Martinez ESP
(2-2-2-3-1-2-1-4) repeated a great performance today and
secured Overall and Master’s championships in the Laser Standard fleet,
discarding a 4th place and counting now just 13 points after 8 races. 9
units behind him is Rik Wolters
NED (1-15-1-7-7-3-2-1) who’s also showing a wonderful
consistency and secured Grand Master’s championship. Third
place overall is now for amazing Great Grand Master sailor
Wolfgang Gerz GER (24-17-12-8-8-12-3-2)
with 62 points, remembering us Laser class passion is never ending!
Apprentice category
shows fierce competition with Leandro
Rosado ESP (19-5-10-16-6-33-12-7) now holding first
place with 75 points and surpassing previous leader
Cedric Canas ESP (18-29-3-6-2-16-19-17)
for just 6 units. Close to them is also
Goustan Joret FRA with 91.
Just 9 points separates now the first 5 sailors on top of competition.
Provisional leader is now Master sailor
Ian Jones GBR (4-2-1-14-1-17-5-1)
with 28 units. Grand Master sailor
Steve Cockerill GBR (3-5-3-21-3-2-12-2)
is second with 30. Third place overall for
Alessio Marinelli ITA (35 pt –
2nd Master).
37 points for Apprentice’s leader
Jon Emmett GBR (1-1-7-4-7-4-15-13)
and Women’s leader Monica Azon
ESP (3rd Master), ranked fourth and fifth overall respectively.
Mike Kinnear
GBR (154 pt – 16th overall) is heading now Great Grand Master‘s
fleet. Peter Seidenberg USA
(213 pt – 29th overall) continued to lead and secured Legend’s
trophy.
Wednesday 14th - Noon
Great sunshine this afternoon.
The first departures will be given at 2pm to
allow the thermal breeze to settle in the bay.
Tuesday 13th - Third day of races
- Eurilca report (by
).
Tricky weather conditions couldn’t stop the Laser Masters action on water
and 2 new races were added to competition.
STANDARD
Great day again for Master sailor Carlos Martinez
ESP (2-2-2-3-1-2), consolidating his overall leadership in the
Laser Standard fleet, now counting 9 points, followed 10 points behind by
Grand Master Rik Wolters NED (1-15-1-7-7-3).
Third place for Grand Master Wouter Duetz NED
(8-6-6-4-5-17) with 29 units.
Apprentice fleet continues to be led by Cedric Canas
ESP (18-29-3-6-2-16) with 45 units and ranked 5th overall.
Great Grand Master competition is headed now by Wolfgang
Gerz GER (24-17-12-8-8-12) with 57 points and 10th
overall.
RADIAL
British sailors continues to dominate Radial’s provisional podium, now led
by Grand Master sailor Steve Cockerill GBR (3-5-3-21-3-2)
with 16 ponts, followed just 1 point behind by previous overall leader and
Apprentice sailor Jon Emmett GBR (1-1-7-4-7-4).
Third place overall for Master sailor Ian Jones
GBR (4-2-1-14-1-17) with 22 units.
Fourth and fifth overall are Italian Alessio Marinelli ITA
(24 pt – 2nd Master) and Spanish Monica Azon ESP
(29 pt – 1st Women and 3rd Master)
Michael Pridham GBR (102 pt – 18th overall) and
Peter Seidenberg USA (185 pt – 35th overall) continues to be
provisional Great Grand Master and Legend leaders.
Tuesday 13th - 17h30
We had luck today. Standard and Radial second races of the
day are now ending.
Tuesday 13th -
Mid-championship
Weather conditions may be tricky
today. The race committee maintains the competitors ashore until 13h which
means no starting race before 14h, at best.
More annoying, the weather does not announce any stable conditions until
Thursday.
Monday 12th
- Second day of races - Eurilca
report (by
)
After a long day afloat due to light winds,
sailors returned ashore at 18:30. The wind felt after the 4th Standard race,
but the Radial could not terminate. The committee was forced to shorten
course and despite that, half of the Radial fleet was out of time (20
minutes).
STANDARD
After 4 races it is Master sailor Carlos Martinez
ESP (2-2-2-3) who’s leading Laser Standard fleet overall with 6
points, followed by Grand Masters Rik Wolters NED
(1-15-1-7), Wouter Duetz NED (8-6-6-4)
and Peter Vesella USA (5-7-8-15), with 9, 16 and
20 points respectively.
Apprentice
fleet is led by Cedric Canas ESP (18-29-3-6)
with 27 units and ranked 5th overall.
Great Grand Master
competition is headed by Michael Nissen GER (3-19-9-19) with 31 points and
9th overall.
RADIAL
British sailors continues to dominate Radial Masters competition, fulfilling
provisional podium. Apprentice sailor Jon Emmett
GBR (1-1-7-4) is absolute leader with 6 points, closely followed
by Master sailor Ian Jones GBR (4-2-1-14)
and Grand Master Steve Cockerill GBR (3-5-3-21),
with 7 and 11 units respectively.
Fourth to sixth overall are Italian Alessio Marinelli ITA
(19 pt – 2nd Master), French Gilles Coadou FRA (20
pt – 2nd Grand Master) and Spanish Monica Azon ESP
(20 pt – Women 1st)Michael Pridham
GBR (62 pt – 17th overall) and Peter Seidenberg USA (80 pt
– 28th overall) are provisional Great Grand Master and Legend
leaders.
Sunday 11th -
a long day afloat
The 163 competitors gone afloat around noon to join the
racing area in front of Beg Meil. The south wind, very irregular in strength
and direction, gave a lot of work to the race committee which repositioned
several times the legs.
Some competitors stayed up to 7 hours before finishing the 2 long races and
were visibly tired after this first tiring day.
Today's results already show the favorites including John EMMET (GBR) who
wins the 2 Laser Radial races of the day.
Monday, the northwesterly wind is expected to be lower. 2 races are
scheduled for Standard and Radial fleets starting at 1pm.
Sunday 11th - 5:30 pm
The second Laser Standard race ends.
Radial in progress. First return ashore planned from 5:40 pm.
The wind remains oriented to the west 10 /
12Nds but is shifty.
Start of the courses this Sunday
163 competitors of 17 nationalities are gathered in Fouesnant for
this championship.
Courses start today at 1PM with 2 consecutive starts for the 68
Laser Standard and the 95 Laser Radial.
The weather forecast : west 8 / 12Nds.
Sailing instructions
Sailing instructions have been released by EURILCA.
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Calendar, Program:
| Dates | Hours | Program |
| Friday 9 June | 1400-1900 | Registration, Equipment inspection |
| Saturday 10 June |
1000-1230 &1330-1800 1500 1830 |
Registration, Equipment inspection Practice race Opening ceremony and welcome reception |
| Sunday 11 June | 1300 | 2 races back to back |
| Monday 12 June | 1300 | 2 races back to back |
| Tuesday 13 June | 1300 | 2 races back to back |
| Wednesday 14 June |
1300 1930 |
2 races back to back Seafood Dinner |
| Thursday 15 June | TBA |
2 races back to back No warning signal after 1600 Price giving party and farewell reception |
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Last update : June 16th, 22:30pm