After spending Thursday ashore due to huge waves hitting the beach in Costa Brava, Spain, Gold fleet racing is now underway today (Friday).
248 sailors are competing in the event with the USA’s Travis Greenberg and Sweden’s Henric Wigforss qualifying top with a nett 10 points. Wigforss has achieved a remarkable scoreline with all his counting results in the top three, and discarding a fourth. Greenberg has scored three bullets in his qualifying series races, but discarded a 22nd. Croatia’s Bepo Duplančić qualified in third.
In the top ten are three from the USA, as well as sailors from Sweden, Croatia, Thailand, France, Greece, Spain and Italy.
Full results so far can be found here…
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Mark has been managing sailing websites since 1996, always being at the forefront of technology, and now manages the combined Sail-World.com and YachtsandYachting.com network. He has covered events such as the International Moth World Championship and Cowes Week, focusing on the sailors' thoughts and words. Mark has been European Champion in the Farr 30 & J/24 class and has won numerous UK titles, and competes regularly in local and national events in dinghies and sportsboats.
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