Hansa World Championship at Medemblik, Holland - Day 2
by 2016 Hansa Worlds 6 Jun 2016 21:50 BST
3-9 June 2016
Another great day of racing in Medemblik in perfect sailing conditions. After four races we begin to see the first contenders for a medal, but anything can still happen. Today one boat had a broken rudder and another boat stepped out of the race after scooping a lot of water. And some sailors found themselves on the wrong starting line!
After 4 races in the Hansa 303 Double fleet, Patrick Maurer and Christian Hiller, from Switzerland, are leading the pack. On this second racing day they finished first in both races. Today, Monday, there has been less wind than on the first day of racing. French sailor Gabriel Barrose de Maria is happy there is less wind. "Today I've sailed better than yesterday, there was a bit to much wind for me then. I even finished second in race 4. It's my first international regatta, competition is much bigger then I'm used to. In my country I manage to finish in first place, but here are teams that train a whole lot more. Of course I like to win, on the water I'm very competitive." In the overall results we find Gabriel in 11th place.
Beating the world champion
The Dutch Rolf Schrama and Sandra Nap are satisfied about the racing today. "We stay close to the two best teams in the world, the British and Polish, so I think we are doing pretty good", thinks Rolf. "Last week we competed in the Delta Lloyd Regatta, but didn't do very well. This week is much better for us, now all we need to do is beat the current world champion Poland." The Polish team is leading the fleet so far this regatta.
Steady competition
In the Hansa 2.3 the Malaysian Al Mustakim Matrin is still undefeated; he's sailing a steady competition so far. Christopher Symonds is leading the pack in the Hansa 303 single, finishing in first place on the first racing day, at the expense of the Portuguese Pedro Reis who lost a protest on Sunday.
Today, Symonds had another good day with a second and first place. For the Brazilian Pablo Maya, who is sailing a Hansa 303 for the first time in this regatta, the day ends badly with a broken rudder. "It only happened after the races, but we've got to get this fixed before tomorrow", his assistant explains.
Moving up
The Liberty is a large and exciting class this regatta. The Australian Rod Angwin is happy with his results this day, after a bad start on Sunday: "Finished 11th and 3th today, so I'm back where I should be." The day before he ended up in the middle, now he's working his way up again and finds himself in 11th place overall.
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