Three out of three

Ainslie picks the ladders out perfectly in tricky third race

Ben Ainslie continues on his undefeated run by taking the third race of the Championship.

Today’s wasn’t easy for the sailors or for the racing committee who had to deal with shifting winds, poor visibility and heavy showers. The racing committee kept busy resetting the course several times. Beginning with 24 knots, the wind took a 65 degrees change after the top mark upsetting placing.

The racing committee changed the top mark accordingly but the wind had rotated another 25 degrees before the second upwind and dropped to 4 knots by the end of the race!

Finishing in second position Dan Slater (NZL) experienced some ups and downs in this tricky race: “I was in the lead with Rafa 50 meters before the top mark, then the wind moved and we saw Ben and Emilios passing us from the right. I ended up in 30th position and was quite upset. Then on the second beat the wind shifted another 25 degrees and this time I was on the right side and got my second place back.”

It was a similar story for Jonas Hoegh-Christensen who came from 50th at the top mark to third across the finishing line, coming up gradually throughout the race. ”It was a race for the smart and lucky guys, very difficult and nerve-racking.” explained the Dane.

Ben Ainslie has increased his lead, 13 points from Marin Misura on equal points with Spanish Silver medallist Rafael Trujillo. Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic “Bambi” was again the best junior. Scoring a 12th in today’s race he is comforting his lead in the Junior fleet in 11th place overall. Tapio Nirrkko collected a second yellow flag today on the start and had to retire from the race. Norbert Wilandt from Poland and Zach Railey from the US are 2nd and 3rd Junior, only a few points apart on 24th and 25th place in the overall rankings.

Back to the shore the sailors were met with chocolate bars, juice and smarties provided by the organizers. A good way to finish a long and tough race under the rain!

			Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Nett
1	GBR-3	Ben Ainslie	1	1	1	3
2	CRO-25	Marin Misura	7	3	6	16
3	ESP-100	Rafael Trujillo	5	6	5	16
4	DEN-2	Jonas Høgh-Christensen (1981)	9	7	3	19
5	SLO-5	Gasper Vincec	11	4	4	19
6	SWE-11	Daniel Birgmark	6	5	13	24
7	GRE-7	Papathanasiou Emilios	22	2	9	33
8	NOR-1	Peer Moberg	4	17	14	35
9	POL-12	Waclaw Szukiel	12	15	8	35
10	NZL-14	Dan Slater	2	35	2	39
11	CRO-524	Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (1984)	8	25	12	45
12	RUS-1	Vladimir Krutskikh	3	33	10	46
13	GBR-111	Edward Wright	13	14	20	47
14	CZE-9	Michal Hrubý	21	13	17	51
15	FRA-972	Bruno Ismael	19	11	28	58
16	AUS-228	Josh Beaver	15	22	26	63
17	GBR-550	Matt Howard	38	12	15	65
18	UKR-1	Olexiy Borysov	18	42	7	67
19	CZE-1	Michael Maier	31	21	18	70
20	AUS-221	Anthony Nossiter	26	19	31	76
21	DEN-7	Søren Holm	48	10	19	77
22	SWE-736	Johan Tillander	30	26	21	77
23	NED-6	Stefan de Vries	17	27	34	78
24	POL-17	Norbert Wilandt	32	28	23	83
25	USA-4	Zach Railey	27	30	32	89
26	NED-41	Karel van Hellemond	23	32	39	94
27	ESP-310	Pablo Arrarte Elorza	50	34	11	95
28	IRL-10	Aaron O'Grady	33	16	55	104
29	POL-7	Rafal Szukiel	43	23	38	104
30	NED-64	Wietze Zetzema	42	38	25	105
31	GER-711	André Budzien	16	40	50	106
32	ITA-25	Armando Battaglia	10	51	46	107
33	GBR-88	Mark Andrews	35	29	43	107
34	GER-174	Matthias Bohn	44	39	27	110
35	GBR-541	Chris Brittle	29	8	BFD	111
36	FIN-216	Tapio Nirkko	14	24	DNS	112
37	GRE-8	Dragutsis Alexandros	34	49	30	113
38	CRO-16	Emil Tomasevic	20	20	BFD	114
39	CZE-3	Rudolf Lidaøík	36	47	33	116
40	AUT-271	Raudaschl Florian	55	41	22	118
41	NED-80	Sander E. Willems	41	44	35	120
42	IRL-5	Timothy Goodbody	24	48	49	121
43	DEN-231	Kenneth Bøggild	58	43	24	125
44	SWE-31	Bjorn Smit	39	50	36	125
45	DEN-9	Thomas Laursen	OCS	36	16	126
46	HUN-11	Peter Lovas	28	46	59	133
47	GBR-625	Edward Greig	52	9	BFD	135
48	ITA-101	Riccardo Cordovani	25	37	DNS	136
49	POL-41	Bartek Szydlowski	37	56	44	137
50	HUN-6	Gaszton Pál	45	52	42	139
51	SWE-41	Anders Nilsson	53	31	56	140
52	POL-71	Krzysztof Dabkowski	47	45	48	140
53	POL-45	Piotr Mazur	46	60	37	143
54	GRE-71	Davourlis Panagiotis	49	66	29	144
55	GER-108	Sebastian Munck	51	53	41	145
56	ESP-836	Albert Vadell	DNF	18	54	146
57	ITA-27	Andrea Bianchi	59	54	53	166
58	DEN-218	Jesper Petersen	64	57	47	168
59	NED-11	Henk de Jager	66	63	40	169
60	SWE-739	Olof Lundqvist	56	68	45	169
61	SWE-734	Stefan Fagerlund	62	59	52	173
62	GER-150	Günter O. Hoffmann	40	64	DNS	178
63	GBR-631	Richard Hart	63	67	51	181
64	ITA-892	Cisbani Paolo	60	62	60	182
65	GER-19	Andreas Bollongino	70	58	58	186
66	SUI-496	Gautschi Thomas	57	69	61	187
67	GER-37	Frank Westendorf	54	72	63	189
68	FRA-9	Pierre-Alexis Ponsot (1975)	61	55	BFD	190
69	HUN-8	Márton Beliczay	68	65	57	190
70	ITA-903	Francesco Faggiani	65	61	DNS	200
71	GER-262	Barthel Uwe	67	71	62	200
72	GER-92	Detlev Guminski	69	70	DNS	213
73	GER-12	David Guminski	71	73	DNS	218