PA Consulting Allen RS Feva Worlds in Travemünde, Germany - Day 2
by Frances Peters 21 Jul 2015 20:28 BST
18-24 July 2015
A rainy morning at the PA Consulting Allen RS Feva Worlds quickly turned into a warm and bright but blustery day for the final 3 races of the qualifying series.
The first race was one for the Swedish with 3 boats inside the top 5 across the fleets. Oscar Andersson & Rebecca Flohr, after a strong day yesterday, continued their form with a 5th while teammates, Hedvig Hedstrom and Stina Langenius took 2nd in the same flight. Meanwhile Elin Nordin and Samuel Fredriksson took 3rd in their flight, just ahead of Lithuanian team, Simonas Jersovas and Vejas Strelciunas. Hot on their heels in 5th place was USA team, Kim Abma and Bente Knoppers. Jack Lucas and Lucas Marshall made it look easy, posting another bullet to their string of 1st places.
An offshore breeze saw big gusts coming off the land on to the race course. The Swedish teams seemed at home in the conditions as Andersson & Flohr posted a 3rd, keeping themselves well in the hunt, while Nordin & Fredriksson took 2nd. Italian teams had a strong race with Giacomo Giambarda & Daniele Minoni posting a 3rd place, while and Nicolo Codeghini & Edoardo Gamba and Giorgio Fossati & Nicola Torchio both took a 4th place in their fleets. Dutch team, Ties Van Der Stroom and Lookeren Campagne were having a better day in the breeze and took 5th in their fleet following a 6th in the first race of the day. Ian Bird and Jake Hardman (GBR), notoriously lovers of the breeze, posted a second bullet of the day in their fleet, moving them into the lead overall.
Finishing off their day with a perfect score, Bird & Hardman took another bullet, leaving them in the lead going into the final series tomorrow. Jersovas & Strelciunas (LTU) took a 2nd place in their fleet putting them in 5th place overnight. Swedish Boats, Andersson & Flohr and Nordin & Fredriksson took a 3rd place in the final race, sending them into the final series in 7th and 8th place respectively.
The evening saw 1 boat from each of 14 nations compete in the Nations Cup Showdown. Nip and tuck racing between the beer tents and food stalls on the promenade and the spectacular tall ship, 'Passat' saw the top 4 from each of the semi-finals go through to the final race. Sunshine, wind and exciting live commentary meant crowds of spectators gathered to get in on the action. Lithuania crossed the line first to win the Nations Cup title, followed by Germany and the Netherlands in hot pursuit.
Fired up after a windy day's racing and nail-biting evening sprint racing, sailors will now head over to the historic tall ship for dinner and evening entertainment. The event will celebrate completion of the qualifying series at the PA Consulting Allen RS Feva World Championships 2015.
Full results and analysis from SAP.
Tomorrow, the fleet will be split into Gold, Silver and Bronze fleets based on their ranking after today. Boats will carry forward their rank rather than their score, so the points stay close and anything can happen. Racing will kick off at 11.30 tomorrow on the media course and all coverage will be live!