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2023 ILCA Senior European Championships at Circolo Nautico Andora, Italy - Day 5

by Agustín Argüelles 17 Mar 2023 00:22 GMT 12-17 March 2023

Shifty light to medium winds and good swell marked the fifth day of the 2023 ILCA Senior European Championships & Open European Trophy in Andora, Italy.

Despite the unstable sailing conditions, the RC managed to hold two regattas per fleet. Now the ILCA 7 championship has 7 races, while the ILCA 6 Women and ILCA 6 Men have 6 and 8 races in their scores respectively.

The following are the provisional results before the last day of competition which will come tomorrow.

ILCA 6 Women

The Gold fleet has a new leader and that's the 7X Senior European medalist Marit Bouwmeester NED (1-48) with 24 points.

Emma Plasschaert BEL (9-14) is second, just 2 points behind the leader.

Third place is for the overnight first Vasileia Karachaliou POR (17-39), tied in 29 points with fourth Anne Marie Rindom DEN (26-1).

ILCA 6 Women - Gold fleet results
ILCA 6 Women - Silver fleet results ILCA 6 Women Photos - Day 5

ILCA 6 Men

Greek sailor Athanasios Kyfidis GRE recovered the first place today after scoring a 4-3 and leads with 31 points.

Italian Mattia Cesana ITA (7-2) is second with 33. Third place for the overnight leader and reigning ILCA 6 Men Senior European champion Rocco Wright IRL with 38 units.

These guys are all Under 21 so they are leading both the Overall and U21 championships.

ILCA 6 Men - Full results
ILCA 6 Men Photos - Day 5

ILCA 7

Reigning Olympic champion Matthew Wearn AUS (2-17) continues to head the overall fleet and leads the Open European Trophy with 17 points.

Second place overall and first European place for Tonci Stipanovic CRO (9-5) with 23.

Duko Bos NED (25-9) and Filip Jurisic CRO (8-11) complete the European provisional podium with 29 and 36 points respectively.

ILCA 7 Gold fleet results
ILCA 7 Silver fleet results
ILCA 7 Bronze fleet results
ILCA 7 Photos - Day 5

3 races are scheduled for the last day tomorrow, with the first warning signal at 10:00. Coaches meeting at 08:00.

For further information about the event, notice board, documents, daily reports and photos please visit the event website, 2023-senior.eurilca-europeans.org

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