2004 HARKEN LASER WORLD            CHAMPIONSHIPS        Bitez, Bodrum, Turkey

Laser Senior Worlds 10 - 19 May 2004

Report: Day 3

Racing started on time today as a 15 knot north westerly wind greeted the sailors as they arrived on the course area. As with previous days the breeze was again very shifty and it was the fourth start before yellow fleet successfully got away after two general recalls and one postponement. At the first mark Andre Strepple, Brazil led from Alexander Schlonski, Germany with eventual race winner Karl Suneson, Sweden rounding in fourth. By the time their second windward leg began the breeze had increased to 20 knots.  Suneson found more speed in the stronger wind and gradually picked off the boats ahead of him to take the winners gun.

In the second race Suneson scored a second after Mark Mendelblatt, USA had a victory to go with his third in the first race.

7 time former world champion Robert Scheidt, Brazil put his competitors on notice by winning both heats of Blue fleet. Robert said of the first race “I started in the middle of the line and tacked onto port and then held that tack for a fair while. I finally got a shift back to the right so I tacked and was able to cross the whole fleet.” In both races he led Paul Goodison from Great Britain.

The two victories for Scheidt has put him to the lead in the overall standings, 2 points ahead of Michael Blackburn, Australia with Suneson in third a further 10 points behind.

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