Lasers at the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta - Day 2
by Eddie Mays, UKLA 18 Sep 2008 11:09 BST
15-20 September 2008
Nick Thompson at the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth © onEdition
With three more races completed, six in total, the boats are allowed to discard their worst result. Nick has now won three races and heads the fleet with Mark Powell, who is also sailing very consistently in 2nd overall. Paul Goodison is having a mixed bag of results. OCS in Race 1,
first in Race 3, DSQ in Race 4, won Race 6. He is 14th at present. Robert Godwin, Max Holloway & Evan Scott are currently in the top 10. Good Stuff.
The Radial Fleet have also now completed six races. Andrew Brewster has been able to discard her 13th place from Race 1 and has shot up the Table to lie 2nd behind Lijia XU (China). Charlotte Dobson (5th), Alison Young (7th), Cameron Douglas (9th) & Robin Elsey (10th) are the other GBR sailors in the top echelon.
Racing for both fleets continues until the weekend.
Full results available on www.skandiasailforgoldregatta.co.uk