Consistency pays for Greek team

On day two of the 420 Junior European championships in Ireland

George Vassilas with Evangelos Mitakiz continued their consistent form at the Liffey Developments 420 Junior European Championships on Dublin Bay today with two fourth places confirming their large lead ahead of Wednesday's split into Gold and Silver fleets.

Britain's Joanne MacDonald and Laurie Marsden have now moved into third place while full results to include race six will be known after the second flight of that race is sailed first in the morning.

Among the Irish crews competing, Simon Mitton and Cillian Magee were best in 25th place overall after five races and likely to qualify for the Gold fleet for the final three days of racing.

Yesterday saw more foggy conditions hamper racing with visibility reduced to less than 100 metres at times. The 79 boat fleet were at sea for eight hours and the final race had to abandoned for the second flight after the visibility posed a safety threat.

Arising from this, half the fleet will enjoy a morning off while the final series will not begin before 1500 hrs.

Provisional Results after five races (race six pending completion):

1 GRE 51767 VASSILAS G., MITAKIZ E. 15.0 1 3 3 4 4
2 ESP 51696 SANTURDE P., QUEVEDO A.. 30.0 1 17 1 3 8
3 GBR 51738 MACDONALD J., MARSDEN L. 36.0 17 1 5 11 2
4 GER 50393 KOPPIN L., KUMMER C. 42.0 2 7 14 5 14
5 POR 51827 NIZA L., BAPTISTA P. 42.0 14 2 8 13 5
6 FRA 51396 MUNOS P., LEVAUX P. 43.0 9 13 3 5 13
7 ISR 51752 APPEL M., ESHEL B. 44.0 14 5 11 1 13
8 FRA 51112 LUMEAU M., BOSSARD C. 45.0 13 20 9 2 1
9 FRA 51540 BITARD A, ANDRIEU N. 49.0 12 4 2 26 5
10 FRA 50241 BALZEAU B., FOUNTAINE M. 49.0 10 17 10 3 9