Wind fills in for Tornados

The Tornado fleet had a good, windy couple of races at their European Championships in Sweden

At the Tornado Europeans in Vastervik, Sweden, the wind filled in and blew 15-20 knots for most of the day. Due to a short, inshore course the racing remained tight with a lot of boats swapping places for most of the day. Throughout the day the wind built and as a result boats suffered from the odd crash and breakage.

After a disappointing first day, Rob Wilson and Mark Bulkeley scored a sixth and a ninth in today’s races. Bulkeley commented, “We had some really competitive racing out there today. We’ve had light winds for most of the season and today we had the chance to sail in some heavier winds. The top slots are still up for grabs as most boats have a mixed bag of results.”

Results:

Pos	Sail Number	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	Tot
1	AUT 380	Roman Hagara (1966)	Hans Peter Steinacher (1968)	1	19	9	29
2	AUS 967	Darren Bundock (1971)	Aaron Worrall (1970)	23	4	2	29
3	RUS 97	Andrey Kirilyuk (1968)	Valery Ushkov (1971)	15	8	6	29
4	USA 808	John Lovell (1967)	Charlie Ogletree (1967)	10	16	5	31
5	ESP 1	Fernando Echavarri (1972)	Antón Paz (1976)	29	2	3	34
6	FRA 1	Xavier Revil (1971)	Christophe Espagnon (1976)	18	3	17	38
7	ITA 5	Vincenzo Sorrentino (1978)	Giorgio Colombo (1982)	8	13	18	39
8	SWE 1	Karl Sunesson (1975)	Erik Andersson (1984)	14	11	14	39
9	FRA 291	Francois Morvan (1983)	Matthieu Vandame (1982)	5	7	29	41
10	FRA 2	Yann Guichard (1974)	Alexandre Guyader	26	12	4	42
11	GER 1094	Roland Gaebler (1964)	Gunnar Struckmann (1981)	20	1	23	44
12	GER 1087	Johannes Polgar (1977)	Florian Spalteholz (1977)	16	23	7	46
13	PUR 1	Enrique Figueroa (1964)	Jorge Hernandez	3	22	22	47
14	GBR 420	Rob Wilson (1975)	MarkBulkeley (1979)	34	6	9	49
15	FRA 293	Francois Gabart (1983)	Romain David (1982)	4	29	19	52
16	ITA 257	Francesco Marcolini (1971)	Edoardo Bianchi	32	9	13	54
17	NED 162	Mischa Heemskerk (1974)	Oliver Baekes	19	20	16	55
18	DEN 1	Peder Ronholt (1974)	Mads Moller (1976)	2	28	26	56
19	FRA 281	Billy Besson (1981)	Arnaud Jarlegan (1976)	21	14	21	56
20	GER 1096	Tino Mittelmeier (1984)	Niko Mittelmeier (1981)	7	26	25	58