420 & 470 Junior Europeans in Bulgaria - Day 5
by Luissa Smith 15 Aug 2015 18:30 BST
10-15 August 2015
A brief wait ashore at Yacht Club Port Bourgas until early afternoon for the 420 and 470 fleets, when the sea breeze kicked and settled to a stable breeze of around 12 knots.
Two races decided the 470 Men and Women top-10 medal race line up tomorrow and the game plans will be intently discussed tonight, with close points and multiple teams in the podium running. The 470 Men and Women teams not in the medal race will sail a final race on Saturday.
In the 420, two more races for the 420 Junior European and 420 U17 Junior European fleets will decide the podium line-up on Saturday. The series leaders look unstoppable, but all open behind.
470 MEN
Matteo Capurro/Matteo Puppo (ITA) broke the tiebreak with David Charles/Alex Charles (ESP) with a win in race 10 giving them a tight 3 point advantage.
Turkey's Halil Demirel/Firat Sahin climbed further up the top ten leaderboard, with a 3rd and 12th to qualify to the medal race in 8th overall.
The 470 Men Medal Race is scheduled for 1430 hours with the rest of the fleet sailing a final race 12.
470 WOMEN
Bàrbara Cornudella Ravetllat/Sara López (ESP) extended their lead over the pack, positioning themselves 15 points ahead of second placed Maria Bozi/Rafaillina Klonaridou (GRE), with Benedetta di Salle/Alessandra Dubbini (ITA) in third.
The 470 Women Medal Race is scheduled for 1345 hours with the rest of the fleet sailing a final race 12.
420 OPEN
The USA's Wiley Rogers/Jack Parkin have so far wrapped up 6 wins from 10 races and are in their own race at the front of the fleet. It looks impossible for any team to displace them, and once they secure a solid result in race 11, the 420 Open Junior European Championship title will have their name on it.
All change behind, as Greece's Souzana-Ioli Bakatsia/Nikoletta Papageorgiou drop from 2nd to 6th after a frustrating day of racing secured the pair a 39, 15 scorecard. Moving up to second are Will Logue/Bram Brakman (USA), with Martin Wrigley/Marcus Tressler (GBR) making a first time appearance in the top three.
Two races for the 420 Open fleet on Saturday, with the first start scheduled for 1200 hours.
420 UNDER 17
Ido Bilik/Ofek Shalgi (ISR) have another superior day, with their 3,1 scoreline positioning them 31 points ahead of Albert Torres/Antoni Massanet (ESP).
The Spanish pair have skipped up from 4th to 2nd and sit on tiebreak with Aggelos Arvanitis/Theofanis Kanakaris (GRE) in third.
Two races on Saturday will decide the podium line-up.
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