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European Laser 4.7 Youth Championship 2009

Fri 7th August 2009 - Fri 14th August 2009

FINLAND, Helsinki

Friday 14th August 2009

Due to lack of wind, all racing was cancelled today.

Spanish girls Patricia Coro Leveque, currently in first place,
and Julia Vallo Arjonilla, currently in fourth.
(picture courtesy of Minna Aalto)

Tom Britz (GBR) scored a bullet in race 7 and currently sits in 3rd place overall with 37 points.
(picture courtesy of Minna Aalto)

Thursday 13th August 2009

The day started with waiting onshore and the fleet was taken out to the sea at 1pm. Wind picked up quickly and the race committee was able to give the first warning signal to the boys' gold fleet at 14.17. The boys' gold fleet was on the outer loop and it was Spain's Ignasi Lopez Carcara who was leading at the first gate, followed by Italians Giovanni Coccoluto and Mario Benini. Current regatta leader Davide Domeneghetti was on 5th place. Coccoluto kept his lead until the end of the race and scored one point while Domeneghetti scored 5 points. Domeneghetti was still leading overall, but only one point ahead of Coccoluto. Lopez Carcare finished 3rd and climbed up into 3rd place overall.

In the 2nd Rce of the day it was Great Britain's Tom Britz who took the bullet, but Italian Coccoluto had again an excellent race finishing 2nd and taking the overall lead before Domeneghetti who finished 11th. Tom Britz is overall 3rd and clearly the best boy under 16 at a moment. 2nd and 3rd under 16 are Spanish sailors Eduardo Bueno Gonzalez and Toño Alcazar.

In the girls fleet we got a new race winner as local Ida Voutilainen dominated the first race from the beginning until the end. Greek sailor Stella Romaini was 2nd and current regatta leader Patricia Coro Leveque sailed again well finishing 3rd, followed by Lithuanian Viktorija Andrulyte who is 2nd overall.

In the 2nd race for the girls, the regatta leaders Coro and Andrulyte took the 1st and 2nd place and they are at the moment clearly ahead of the other sailors on the overall scoreboard. Kim Pletikos from Slovenia is third and very clearly the best under 16 girl. Oren Jacob and Maya Glantz from Israel are 2nd and 3rd under 16.

Two more races are scheduled for the championship and the time limit for the last warning signal is 15.00 EET tomorrow. Light to moderate western winds are expected to the final race.

Minna Aalto reporting from Helsinki

Wednesday 12th August 2009

Strong wind and a rain storm caused the organizers trouble during the 4th racing day in Helsinki. It was already windy in the morning, but the race committee decided to start racing as scheduled at 11am. It was blowing around 20 knots when the competitors left the harbour. Then the wind suddenly decreased and started to veer towards SW from SE. This caused quite a long delay. When the race course was set and the committee was ready to start racing dark clouds appeared in the sky. Conditions were windy, but still good, when girls started their race, but when the leaders were on the 2nd lead the rain storm hit the course area and wind speed was up to 30 knots. The race was abandoned and N flag over A was hoisted on the committee boat. Racing was over for the day for girls and also for the boys' two fleets. This means, that male competitors will be split into final groups based on Tuesday's results. The 74 best placed boys will continue racing in the gold fleet and the remaining boys will race in the silver fleet.

Minna Aalto reporting from Helsinki

Lithuanian girls Viktoria Andrulyte and Milda Eidukeviciute.
Andrulyte currently in second place overall with 19 points.
(picture courtesy of Minna Aalto)

Girls fleet approaching the round mark.
Noora Koskiahde (center) scored second place today and currently sits in 5th palce overall
(picture courtesy of Minna Aalto)

Tuesday 11th August 2009

The V flag was taken down at 9.30 and at 10 am the whole fleet was on the water heading towards the course area.

Unfortunately the wind decreased when the fleet got on to the racing area. The first warning signal for the girls fleet was given at 12.40 and they were able to start on the third attempt. Seven girls got BFD in this race. Poland's Paulina Czubachowska was leading, Spain's Julia Vallo was 2nd on the first mark and Finnish sailor Noora Koskiahde was 3rd after the first beat. Julia Vallo crossed the finishing line first, but she had got BFD. The winner was another Spaniard Patricia Coro Leveque followed closely by Finland's Noora Koskiahde. 3rd was Poland's Paulina Chubachowska. Patricia Coro Leveque is now leading with 9 points advantage over Viktorija Andrulyte from Lithuania. Kim Pletikos from Slovenia is now 3rd overall and also the best female under 16. The wind was from South. At the beginning of the race wind speed was up till 12 knots, but only 6-8 knots when the girls finished their only race of the day.

Girls overall results after five races:

Patricia Coro , ESP 11 points
Viktoria Andrulyte, LTU 19 points
Kim Pletikos, SLO 26 points

Girls under 16 results after five races are:

Kim Pletikos, SLO 26 points
Katarzyna Snyfter, POL 68 points
Oren Jacob, ISR 72 points

In the boys yellow fleet Giovanni Coccoluto won and he climbed up from 4th to 2nd on the scoreboard. He has discard is 7th and he is now 5 points behind the current overall leader Davide Domeneghetti. Davide has discard a 22nd place and we can expect an interesting battle between these two Italians in the final races starting on Thursday.

Norway's Harald Faste is the leader in under 16 category and 3rd overall despite his BFD on Wednesday's only race.

In the blue fleet we got a new race winner as Romain Paridant de Cauwere from Switzerland got the bullet. 2nd was Toño Alcazar from Spain. With this result he climbed up into 4th place in the Under 16 category and into 10th overall.

Minna Aalto reporting from Helsinki

Sailors are leaving the harbour.
(picture courtesy of Minna Aalto)

Local Noora Koskiahde curently in 12th place overall.
(picture courtesy of Minna Aalto)

Monday 10th August 2009

V was taken down at 9.30, at 10 am the whole fleet was on the water heading towards course area.

Starting order was again girls, boys yellow followed by boys blue fleet and the first warning signal was given on time at 10.55 am.

The wind was SSW round 10 knots in the morning. During the 2nd start of the day wind dropped down a little bit, but also in the 2nd start conditions were good for racing and wind speed round 8 knots when the last boats finished.

The girls fleet was able to start after two general recalls. In the first attempt with black flag 14 girls got BFD. The long first beat tested the speed and tactical skills of the sailors and it was Spain's Aura Miquel Molons who was leading when the girls rounded the first mark. Patricia Coro Leveque had an excellent first downwind and she had taken the lead on the first gate (mark 3). Aura didn't give up and she finished first followed by Patricia.

In the 2nd start of the day it was Poland's Katarzyna Szyfter who took the early lead after the first beat followed by Russian's Anastasiya Omelchenko. During the race it was Greek Danai Giannakoudi who was the strongest and she took the bullet, 2nd was Julia Vallo from Spain and Poland's Katarzyna was 3rd. Monday's best girl was Danai from Greece who finished 3rd and 1st after a disappointing first day.

Girls under 18 results after four races are:

Patricia Coro , ESP 10 points
Viktoria Andrulyte, LTU 12 points
Julia Vallo, ESP 13 points

Girls under 16 results after four races are:

Kim Pletikos, SLO 18 points
Danai Giannakoudi, GRE 54 points
Katarzyna Snyfter, POL 59 points

In the boys fleet, Italy and Russia were the strongest in the first race. Mario Benini from Italy won the yellow fleet and Viatcheslav Sheludyakov from the Russia won the blue fleet. In the yellow fleet there were four Italians in top five in the first race.
In the boys' 2nd race in the yellow fleet, Spain's Danial Gonzalez Galan was leading after the first beat and he was able to keep it until the finish and he got his first bullet in this Championship. Croatia's Juraj Divjakinja finished 2nd and he climbed up in the scoreboard into 3rd position overall.
In the blue fleet the winner of the 2nd race was Italian Davide Domeneghetti and and he is now the overall leader before Norway's Harald Taste who has sailed very constantly having 7th as a discard at a moment.

Boys under 18 results after four races are:

Davide Domeneghetti, ITA 8 points
Juraj Divjakinja, CRO 14 points
Giovanni Coccoluto, ITA 14 points

Boys under 16 results after four races are:

Harald Faste, NOR 12 points
Pietro Parisi, ITA 19 points
Tom Britz, GBR 19 points

All the sailors got pasta dinner when they came onshore in the evening.

Minna Aalto reporting from Helsinki

Norwegian Harald Faste enjoyed today's conditions and scored two 3rd places.
(picture courtesy of Minna Aalto)

Victoria Andrulyte (LTU) sits in second place overall after also scoring two 3rd places today.
(picture courtesy of Minna Aalto)

Sunday 9th August 2009

Sailors headed out to the course area about 10am, in a 10-12 knots steady wind from soutwest.

In the girls fleet, freshly crowned World Laser 4.7 Champion Urska Kosir from Slovenia had a great start to the European championship scoring a bullet in her first race, but a 35th in her second race meant she sits in 17th place overall after the first day of racing.
Kosir was followed in the first race by Polish sailors Ewa Korpak in second place and Viktorija Andrulyte in third place.
The second race win went to Patricia Coro Leveque from Spain who sits in 2nd place overall now with 8 points. Second place in race 2 was taken by Julia Vallo Arjonilla from Spain. Andrulyte scored another third place to sit in the top spot with 6 points. Third place overall is currently taken by Korpak with 9 points.

The 147 boys were split into two fleets. The blue fleet started first and saw Tom Britz from Great Britain snatch the first race win for the boys. He was followed in second place by Juraj Divjakinja from Croatia who has just returned from Buzios in Brazil with a third place finish at the 4.7 World Youths. Third place went to Ignasi Lopez Carcare from Spain.
In the yellow fleet, Pietro Parisi led the fleet, followed by Polish sailor Damian in second place and Norwegian Harald Faste in third place.
In the second race, Andrianos Valmas from Greece took the race win in the yellow fleet, which, combined with his 16th place in race 1, secured him a place in the top 10 at the end of today. Second place in the yellow fleet went to Spanish Eduardo Bueno Gonzalez and third went to Davide Domeneghetti from Italy in third place. Domeneghetti currently sits in 4th place with 7 points.
In the blue fleet, Slovenian sailor Simon Laganis finished in first place and with a total score of 5 he currently tops the boys' leaderboard. Just one points behind him on 6 points is Faste after scoring another third place in the second race. In third overall is Pietruszewski with 7 points.

Friday 8th August and Saturday 9th AugustAugust 2009

The first two days of the championship were used for measurement and registration, followed by a practive race and an opening ceremony on the Saturday.