Extreme Conditions … and Surprising Defeats
The first flights were launched at 10am this morning at the Marseille International Match Race. The wind stayed at around 30 knots for most of the day. Tough conditions for the teams, who all hoped it would get lighter during the afternoon. Towards 12, the race committee even considered postponing racing as the sailing conditions were getting really hard, but sportsmanship held the day and the flights went ahead. Then from 4.30 pm onwards the wind dropped, the spinnakers came out, and the storm jib and reefs were replaced. At last the real match racing show could begin with tightly fought duels.
Jure Orel, Sebastien Destremau, Bertrand Pace and Damien Iehl are the four skippers to leave the tournament after the round robin.
Provisional ranking
1. Mathieu Richard
2. Sebastien Col
3. Paolo Cian
4. Mads Ebler
5. Torvar Mirsky
6. Evgeny Neugodnikov
7. Andreï Arbuzov
8. Philippe Presti
9. Bertrand Pace
10. Damien Iehl
11. Sebastien Destremau
12. Jure Orel
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