Mistral Worlds at Cesme, Turkey - Day 4
by Royal Yachting Association 15 Apr 2004 10:44 BST
No change at the top at the mistral world championships
Due to the windy conditions on day two of the Mistral world championships, the women’s fleet were sent out on their lay day in order to make up for missed races.
After a short postponement waiting for the wind to fill in, the 59 competitors in the women’s fleet were sent out and eventually managed to complete one more race.
The 1996 Olympic gold medallist Lai Shan Lee of Hong Kong won the only race of the day from Faustine Merret of France. Despite this win there was no change in the top three, as a third place for Alessandra Sensini of Italy still places her first overall by seven points. Barbara Kendall of New Zealand is third.
Team GBR sailor Natasha Sturges scored a fifteenth place and is lying tenth overall.
Day four of the competition will see both the men’s and women’s fleets competing with the event concluding on the 17 April. A total of twelve races are scheduled.
Further information can be found on the event website www.mistralworlds.com.
Results after day 3:
Women
1, Alessandra Sensini, ITA (1,1,(8),1,3) 6 pts
2, Lai Shan Lee, HKG (7,2,3,(DSQ),1) 13 pts
3, Barbara Kendall, NZL (4,8,2,7,(15)) 21 pts
GBR
10, Natasha Sturges (2,10,16,(22),16) 44 pts
20, Bryony Shaw ((30),29,17,13,12) 71 pts
Men
1, Nicolas Huguet, FRA (1,1,2,1,3,(BFD)) 8 pts
2, Julien Bontemps, FRA (4,1,6,(14),1,2) 14 pts
3, Przemek Miarczynski, POL (3,2,(18),12,4,1) 22 pts
GBR
4, Nick Dempsey (7,4,5,4,2,(8)) 24 pts (inc. 2 penalty points for not signing off)
64, Adam Pepelasis ((43),34,35,25,25,26) 145 pts
79, Leo McCallin ((39),31,31,(OCS),18,BFD) 170 pts
RYA Team GBR thank their sponsors and suppliers for their support: UK Sport Lottery Funding - Henri-Lloyd - Concept 2 - Hill Hire - Activator – Marlow - McAlpine Business Services