European Laser Masters Championship 2007
Fri 17th August 2007 - Thu 23rd August 2007 AUSTRIA, Breitenbrunn
Day 3 - Thursday 23rd August 2007
The last day also started with no wind. The Race Committee had planned to start at 10am, but as there was no wind at all, this had to be postponed. Later the gentle breeze picked up to reasonable wind and race 7 began.
The southerly wind of around 10knots was familiar to the sailers and as usual Martl Lehner won the race. After a short interruption race 8 began and surprisingly was not won by Martl. Even a European Champion sometimes fails to find the better side of the upward leg, however this would not interfere his record, as another discard was possible after race 8. Martl sailed ashore with 6 wins.
Christoph Marsano took 2nd place in the final rankings, a good result for the host club.
Standard Results::
Martin Lehner (AUT)
Christoph Marsano (AUT)
Wolfgang Gerz (GER)
Radial Results:
Alessio Marinelli (ITA)
Peter Seidenberg (USA)
Henk Wittenberg (NED)
Day 2 - Wednesday 22nd August 2007
On Wednesday Morning the wind speed was zero and the Race Officer decided to wait on land for the wind to pick up. His decision was correct as around noon a light southerly wind picked up. At around 2pm racing commenced with a southerly wind of around 5 knots. The wind steadily increased to around 20knots, and three challenging races were completed.
Local sailers are still leading the standard fleet with Martl Lehner (AUT) leading with five (!) wins. He is followed by Christoph Marsano (AUT, 18 points) and Wolfgang Gerz (GER 21 points).
In the Radial fleet Alessio Marinelli (ITA, 6 points) is leading with 4 wins, one second place and one OCS = discard) followed by Peter Seidenberg (USA 13 points) and Henk Wittenberg (NED 14 points) in positions 2 and 3.
Day 1- Tuesday 21st August 2007
There were no races on Sunday and Monday due to lack of wind.. This was followed by a thunderstorm on Monday afternoon with a maximum wind speed of 50 knots.
The weather front passed Lake Neusiedl on Monday night leaving good southerly winds between 10 and 17 knots.
Three races were sailed on Tuesday August 21, with general recalls at the start of the third race.
Reigning European Standard Champion Martl Lehner (AUT) is the overnight leader with three wins in three races (3 points). In second place Italian Lorenzo Migliaccio with 11 points is closely followed by third place German Gandmaster Wolfgang Gerz on 12 points. Artur Langenberger (AUT), the current European Grand Master Champion, is in 4th place with 21 Points.
Racing is due to begin at 1100 hours tomorrow.