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2004 LASER EUROPEAN
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Warnemunde, Germany, 16 - 24 July 2004 (1st race 19 July) Laser Standard European Championship Laser Standard European Trophy Laser Standard Youth European Championship |
Report: Day 1
Today 115 Youth and
101 Senior sailors started the first 2 races of the 2004 Laser European
Championships. The weather forecast predicted veering winds with changing
windspeeds between 11 and 17 knots from a westerly direction. Indeed that
was what the sailors got in both races. Almost all starts saw a favouring
pin end and also a lot of black flag disqualifications in both fleets.
Despite the choppy waves, the todays leaders sailed consistantly, with Senior
Michael Blackburn (AUS) and Youth Alex Muscat (ESP) ending this day leading
the two fleets.
The top
10 after 2 races:
Senior
1 BLACKBURN Michael AUS 2 pts, 2 NYHOLM Anders DEN 9 pts, 3 GRABOWSKI Maciej
POL 9 pts, 4 STEYAERT Jérémie FRA 10 pts, 5 BERGMANS Philippe
BEL 10 pts, 6 KLJAKOVIC GASPIC Ivan CRO 12 pts,7 PEPPER Hamish NZL 13 pts,
8 SCHLONSKI Alexander GER 14 pts, 9 BLANCKENBERG Gareth RSA 14 pts, 10 GOODISON
Paul GBR 16 pts
Youth
1 MUSCAT Alex ESP 3pts, 2 SCOTT Giles GBR 5pts, 3 STIPANOVIC Tonci CRO 5pts,
4 POWELL Stephen GBR 6pts, 5 CLARKE Keir GBR 9pts, 6 KARPAK Deniss EST 10pts,
7 WILANDT Artur POL 14pts, 8 STELMASZYK Jonasz POL 14pts, 9 NAUMANN Steffen
GER 15pts, 10 SHAHVOROSTOV Denis BLR 16pts