RC Laser Championship of Nations - Day 3
by Dave Fowler 25 Jul 2013 09:26 BST
21-23 July 2013
Due to Thunder storms, no fixed wind direction, and a protest left from the day before, racing didn't commence until 13:30, with course laid the B flight of race 12 commenced, this was led from start to finish by 305 Marc Albiges FRA, with the top 4 of the B flight being promoted to the A flight.
Albiges continued his domination of the 12th race, keeping 840 Dave Fowler GBR at bay, who was on Albiges' rudder for the whole race waiting for the mistake, but Albiges sailed the perfect race and the 2 boats finished seconds apart, with Alan Tickle in third.
The wind slowly veered all afternoon causing the RO to keep rotating the course between flights.
Fowler took the next 2 races with 102 Neil Coleman GBR placed 2 in one and Albiges, again with very close racing, with the third taken by 39 Skip Reaser USA and 08 Julien Drouillot FRA.
With the last race of the day Fowler got called over the line and had to restart, 01 Taco Fabern NED lead from start to finish, with Albiges and Fowler on his transom swapping 2nd place the whole of the second lap, only half a boat length separated the boats at the finish leaving Fowler in 3rd.
Day 4 was a lay day with no racing, with competitors and their families set about visiting the local area. During the afternoon, helms from the Netherlands, France and UK came together, talking sailing, drinking tea, and bonding international relations.
Results after day 3:
| Pos | Helm | Sail No | Country |
|---|
| 1 | Dave Fowler | 840 | GBR |
| 2 | Marc Albiges | 305 | FRA |
| 3 | Taco Fabern | 1 | NED |
| 4 | Skip Reaser | 39 | GBR |
| 5 | Neil Coleman | 102 | GBR |
| 6 | Shaun Holbeche | 91 | GBR |
| 7 | Hans Hota | 64 | NED |
| 8 | Dave Bedford | 120 | AUS |
| 9 | Rob Wallenberg | 36 | NED |
| 10 | Julien Drouillot | 8 | FRA |