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Homecoming Scotland Fireball Europeans at Lerwick - Day 4

by Cormac Bradley 31 Jul 2014 18:16 BST 27 July - 1 August 2014
Fireball Europeans at Lerwick © Andrew Davies

Thursday's racing at the Homecoming Scotland 2014 European Championships didn't happen as Bruce Leask, Principle Race officer was beaten by the elements and was thus unable to get a race in.

The fleet set out for the race course shortly after 12 noon for a scheduled 13:00 start, to the backdrop of a third cruise liner in Lerwick Harbour in as many days. With a forecast of dropping wind strength as the day wore on, the omens were not good. The presence of the second largest floating crane in the world would have influenced where the race course could be set but initially this enormous piece of engineering excellence didn't influence where we might be sailing.

However, the wind refused to co-operate and despite the persistent attention of the Race Team, they flew racing's equivalent of the white flag, "N over A" shortly after 15:00. A long sail home was shortened by the mark boats offering multiple tows to the competitors.

Tonight we have the UK Fireball Association "setting out their stall" for the 2015 Worlds in Pwllheli, Wales.

Tomorrow, Friday, is the last day of the regatta and there must be the prospect of an earlier start to the day to try and recover at least one of today's lost races.

For the present though, the scoreboard stays the same, which means that Matt Burge and Richard Wagstaff (GBR 15093) lead by two points from Tom Gillard and Richard Anderton (GBR 15081).

Results after Day 4:

PosHelm & CrewSail NoR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
1Matt Burge & Richard WagstaffGBR 150935112127
2Tom Gillard & Richard AndertonGBR 150814221319
3David Wade & Tim HartleyGBR 1511324442315
4Barry McCartin & Conor KinsellaIRL1 511416634519
5Jaroslav Verner & Jakub NapravnikCZE 1511033356620
6Alex Taylor & Geoff EdwardsGBR 15046657727429
7Jiri Paruzek & Jabuk KosvicaCZE 14551875651431
8Scott Nicolson & Roger GoudieSHE 145131581087841
9Frank Miller & Ismail InanIRL 147131310111210952
10Will'm Mouatt & Neil FraserSHE 1440227118991653

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