Penultimate day

Morrison and Rhodes lead the 49er European Championships

At the 49er European Championships the semi-finals began to heat up with the top three sailors changing places.

British duo Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes, followed by the Italian team, the Sibello brothers and then by Olympic bronze medallists Draper and Hiscocks, made up the top three today.

After completing two more races tomorrow, the top ten sailors will move into the finals where their points will be wiped clean and they will sail a series of short races. After each race the last placed boat will be knocked out until a winner is decided.

Morrison who jumped into first today explained that they had a “good solid day of racing with shifty winds. We went in and did our best, played it safe and stayed out of trouble and finished up in pole position.”

Results:

Pos	Naionality	Helm/Crew		R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	Tot
1	GBR	Stevie Morrison, Ben Rhodes		2	2	1	5	6	12	3	4	2	25
2	ITA	Pietro Sibello, Gianfranco Sibello		1	23	5	4	11	1	1	7	1	31
3	GBR	Chris Draper, Simon Hiscocks		3	3	2	2	3	3	9	12	11	36
4	ESP	IKER MARTINEZ, XABIER FERNANDEZ		12	8	6	1	1	6	6	14	4	44
5	DEN	Allan Nørregaard, Jonatan Persson		5	24	10	3	4	5	14	10	5	56
6	UKR	Rodion Luka, George Leonchuk		4	6	11	7	10	8	4	6	18	56
7	POL	Czajkowski Marcin, Kierkowski Krzysztof		8	7	3	6	12	18	23	2	3	59
8	USA	Morgan Larson, Pete Spaulding		7	1	15	9	2	ocs	2	16	13	65
9	DEN	Peter Hansen, Søren Hansen		10	14	17	8	16	13	10	5	14	90
10	AUT	DELLE KARTH Nico, RESCH Niko		6	4	12	10	8	ocs	12	15	24	91
11	NOR	Christoffer Sundby, Frode Bovim		9	10	13	dsq	23	ocs	11	1	6	99
12	DEN	Jonas Warrer, Martin Kirketerp		15	11	21	19	21	7	8	9	9	99
13	RUS	Eduard Skornaykov, Valery Zatsarinsky		25	20	7	12	22	2	5	18	12	101
14	GER	Jan Peter Peckolt, Hannes Peckolt		11	dns	20	18	15	17	13	3	10	107
15	POR	Jorge Lima, Francisco Andrade		14	17	16	17	5	19	19	13	7	108
16	GBR	John Pink, Alex Hopson		17	12	18	13	7	10	16	23	19	112
17	FRA	DYEN Manu, ROCHERIEUX Yann French		18	9	14	14	19	11	17	19	15	117
18	ESP	ALBERTO PADRON, JAVIER DE LA PLAZA		13	5	dns	dns	13	9	22	11	21	120
19	GRE	PANAGIOTIDIS, PANAGIOTIDIS		16	13	19	ocs	17	20	20	8	8	121
20	DEN	Emil Toft Nielsen, Simon Toft Nielsen		20	16	22	15	14	4	dns	17	23	131
21	USA	Dalton Bergan, Zack Maxam		22	22	9	20	18	21	7	24	20	139
22	CAN	Gordon Cook, Ben Remocker		21	19	8	16	dnf	15	18	21	22	140
23	FRA	monteau, guillou		24	15	dns	dns	9	14	15	22	17	142
24	GER	Marcus Baur, Max Groy		19	18	4	11	24	22	dns	dns	dns	150
25	GBR	Tom Smedley, Phil Kennard		23	21	dns	dns	20	16	21	20	16	163