49er, 49er FX and Nacra 17 Junior World Champs - Day 2

In Galicia, Spain, there was a long wait for wind, with races starting 3 hours late due to unstable SW breeze.

Second day of the 49er, 49er FX and Nacra 17 Junior World Championships

It was a long day on the waters of the Arousa estuary, where the 49er, 49er FX and Nacra 17 Junior World Championships continued racing on day 2 of the championship. The wind only appeared after 2pm for racing in a light SW breeze which proved quite unstable.

The blue and yellow 49er fleets were first to sail, completing two races during which New Zealand’s Sebastian Menzies and George Lee Rush maintained their lead after scoring 2-8, the eighth becoming their discard.

Menzies and Lee Rush now have a four-point lead over second-placed Richard Schultheis and Youenn Bertin from Malta, who were third yesterday. The Dutch pair Wiebrand de Vos and Stijn Gast, who have only been sailing together for two weeks and are already showing a great performance, with a first and a third today to move up to third.

On the race course off Rianxo, the Nacra 17 fleet sailed just one race, which was once again dominated by France. Thomas Prousty and Eloise Clabon won the race and they are now in second place tied on points with Titouan Petard and Thea Lubac, who became the new leaders after finishing in third place this afternoon. Clément Martineau and Adélie Bertin are in third place.

By Alexia Lahoud

⛵ 49er Class:

🇳🇿 New Zealand’s Sebastian Menzies and George Lee Rush lead with a 2 and 8 score today (eighth is a discard).

🇲🇹 Malta’s Richard Schultheis and Youenn Bertin in second place.

🇳🇱 Dutch team Wiebrand de Vos and Stijn Gast in third, performing well despite only two weeks together.

🗣️ Quote from de Vos: “You have to keep your eyes out of the boat all the time because there is so much going on.”

⛵ Nacra 17 Class:

🇫🇷 French teams dominate: Thomas Prousty and Eloise Clabon win the race, now tied in points with leaders Titouan Petard and Thea Lubac.

🇫🇷 Clément Martineau and Adélie Bertin in third place.

⛵ 49er FX Class:

🇪🇸 Spanish pair Stella Enríquez and Marta Cardona provisionally third.

🇩🇪 Germans Katharina Schwachhofer and Elena Stoltze new leaders.