Consistency pays

The 470 European Championships are now into the final series in Lake Garda

With the final series underway at the 470 European Championships in Lake Garda many of the top names are finally coming to the front of the fleet. Early in the week the fleet were struggling in very light winds and a number of surprise faces were at the front of the fleet.

In the Men's fleet Javier Conte and Juan De la Fuente (ARG) are one of a few teams with anything approaching a consistent scoreline and have been rewarded with a nine point lead at the front of the fleet. Despite having slightly less impressive results, Gidi Kliger and Udi Gal (ISR) have also put in consistent results and are now sat in second position overall. After a disappointing black flag in race four, current World Champions, Nic Asher and Elliot Willis (GBR) are slowly fighting their way back into the prizes hauling themselves up to third position. Behind the top three, almost everyone has two high scores meaning it is anyone’s game from now on.

It is a similar situation in the Women's fleet where consistency has been hard to find for most of the fleet. Amanda Clark and Sarah Mergenthaler (USA) started the week impressively but have racked up a 20th, 15th, sixth and 11th in the last four races. Now only one point behind the leaders, Ai Kondo and Naoko Kamata (JPN) saw a third and two seconds in the last three races. Sylvia Vogl and Carolina Flatscher (AUT) round out the top three sitting just eight points away from first place.

Racing continues in Lake Garda untill Saturday 14th June.

Results:

Men

Pos	Helm/Crew	Sail Number	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Tot
1	Conte Javier, De la Fuente Juan	ARG 70	2	1	11	2	2	3	3	1	-19	25,0
2	Kliger Gideon, Gal Udi	ISR 7	4	4	8	6	3	3	4	2	-14	34,0
3	Asher Nic, Willis Elliot	GBR 828	6	7	4	(bfd)	3	6	5	3	3	37,0
4	Leboucher Pierre, Garos Vincent	FRA 44	4	2	1	3	5	1	-12	12	11	39,0
5	Coster Sven, Koster Kalle	NED 1	1	16	-21	1	6	1	2	9	13	49,0
6	Yoon Cheul, Kim Hyeongtae	KOR 96	4	5	2	3	-25	18	11	11	1	55,0
7	Schmid Matthias, Reichsteadter Florian	AUT 3	14	9	5	5	10	2	-28	6	5	56,0
8	Wilmot Nathan, Malcom Page	AUS 311	-21	13	12	5	8	6	1	7	6	58,0
9	Sheremetyev Mikhail, Sheremetyev Maxim	RUS 2	2	1	12	12	7	2	14	-26	10	60,0
10	Rogers Nick, Glanfield Joe	GBR 817	8	12	9	8	2	4	8	-17	9	60,0
11	Fantela Sime, Marenic Igor	CRO 83	16	2	7	1	6	1	13	16	-17	62,0
12	Levine Eyal, Yam Amir	ISR 9	17	3	5	3	9	14	9	4	-28	64,0
13	Desukevich Sergei, Logunov Pavel	BLR 5	1	-24	6	4	12	9	16	8	12	68,0
14	LeFevre Steven, Krol Steven	NED 77	1	8	19	2	1	2	-27	13	26	72,0
15	Patience Luke, Grube Chris	GBR 834	3	-22	16	1	1	22	6	20	4	73,0
16	Zeni Fabio, Pitanti Nicola	ITA 11	14	4	14	14	13	8	-20	5	8	80,0
17	Yuya Ishikawa, Yanagawa Shouichi	JPN 4271	10	6	6	12	6	6	-26	10	25	81,0
18	Evans Carl, Burling Peter	NZL 212	-19	18	1	6	5	8	15	14	18	85,0
19	Hauptmann Martin, Chorrosch Timo	GER 17	5	11	3	10	18	11	-23	22	7	87,0
20	Bouvet Sofian, Mion Jeremie	FRA 27	9	5	2	15	4	20	19	-23	16	90,0
21	Marsden Neil, Dobbson Ian	GBR 814	6	26	5	7	12	5	-29	29	2	92,0
22	Pillar Fabio, Albrecht Samuel	BRA 187	3	3	14	10	9	4	-25	25	24	92,0
23	Vasilas Georgios, Papadopoulos Efstathios	GRE 7	13	14	10	7	15	3	10	-28	21	93,0
24	Peeters Bart, Bakker Olivier	NED 8	2	11	4	4	10	24	17	27	-29	99,0
25	Marinho Alvaro, Nunes Miguel	POR 22	(ocs)	5	7	8	5	8	7	30	31	101,0
26	Goltz Alexander, Gruning Mathias	GER 4943	3	8	14	15	13	5	21	24	-30	103,0
27	McNay Stu, Biehl Graham	USA 1713	-25	20	3	13	2	9	18	18	22	105,0
28	Dubbini Luca, Dubbini Roberto	ITA 4	20	2	10	21	7	12	-22	15	20	107,0
29	Verginadis Panagiotis, Vlachos Timos	GRE 24	26	12	10	4	8	10	30	-31	15	115,0
30	Locas Stephane, Bone Oliver	CAN 606	8	13	1	18	22	12	24	19	-27	117,0
31	Harada Ryunosuke, Yuugo Yoshida	JPN 4293	6	1	8	23	17	25	-31	21	23	124,0

Women

Pos	Helm/Crew	Sail Number	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Tot
1	Clark Amanda, Mergenthaler Sarah	USA 1736	4	1	1	3	-20	15	6	11	41,0
2	Kondo Ai, Kamata Naoko	JPN 4151	5	-25	2	18	10	3	2	2	42,0
3	Vogl Sylvia, Flatscher Carolina	AUT 431	1	4	12	8	13	1	10	-14	49,0
4	Rol Emanuelle, Thilo Anne-Sophie	SUI 12	13	2	3	7	8	-19	5	12	50,0
5	Rechichi Elise, Parkinson Tessa	AUS 357	-15	15	4	2	2	10	13	8	54,0
6	Dekleva Paoili Vesna, Maucec Klara	SLO 142	19	13	5	1	6	(ocs)	1	16	61,0
7	Kornecki Nike, Bouskila Vered	ISR 10	-28	3	7	15	24	7	3	10	69,0
8	Henriette Koch, Sommer Lene	DEN 143	3	12	9	10	21	13	4	-26	72,0
9	Pacheco Tara, Betanzos Berta	ESP 696	22	11	15	-30	3	6	9	9	75,0
10	Petitjean Ingrid, Lemaitre Gwendolyn	FRA 4	-33	17	8	6	17	12	16	1	77,0
11	Via Du-Fresne Natalia, Tutzo Laia	ESP 1788	8	5	-32	9	16	21	7	15	81,0
12	Carapiet Molly, O'Bryan Vandemoer Molly	USA 1768	6	18	16	23	4	(ocs)	8	7	82,0
13	Smidova Lenka, Mrzilkova Lenka	CZE 1	12	6	23	-27	15	5	19	3	83,0
14	Economou Anthi, Tsigaridi Olga	GRE 887	20	26	13	5	9	2	-30	25	100,0
15	Lecointre Camille, Gayon Mathilde	FRA 9	16	(dns)	19	19	14	11	17	4	100,0
16	Omay Stacey, Hall Chelsea	AUS 352	11	21	6	21	1	(ocs)	23	21	104,0
17	Wagner Annina, Steinherr Marlene	GER 4980	2	16	18	-24	18	16	12	22	104,0
18	Sesto Maria Fernanda, Monsegur Consuelo	ARG 108	7	28	27	22	5	(ocs)	14	5	108,0
19	Fokkema Margriet, Jongens Marieke	NED 6	18	22	14	-29	12	9	20	13	108,0
20	Menaldo Marie, DeFrance Helene	FRA 64	25	-32	11	25	11	4	15	20	111,0
21	Umb Marjaliisa, Umb Elise	EST 20	14	7	26	26	19	(ocs)	18	6	116,0
22	Gilboa Adi, Ofek Anat	ISR 18	24	10	29	11	25	8	22	-32	129,0
23	Bochmann Annika, Lorenz Anika	GER 4983	9	9	20	14	26	(ocs)	28	24	130,0
24	Wolf Juliane, Hanitzsch Beate	GER 42	26	19	-31	16	22	17	11	23	134,0
25	Aziyornaya Aliaksandra, Vernikovich Ala	BLR 15	17	14	10	12	31	(ocs)	25	29	138,0
26	Lutz Tina, Beucke Susan	GER 61	27	30	17	20	7	(ocs)	21	18	140,0
27	Kolomiiets Anastasiia, Dmjtrenko Katerjna	UKR 7	23	24	(dsq)	4	23	14	29	28	145,0
28	Jurczok Victoria, Bach Josephine	GER 4966	21	8	30	28	28	18	-31	17	150,0
29	Komatar Francesca, Carraro Sveva	ITA 4393	-29	20	25	13	27	23	24	19	151,0
30	Nincevic Enia, Zupan Romana	CRO 111	10	23	24	17	29	24	27	-31	154,0
31	Pilar Hernandez Garcia, Sanchez Maria Veronica	ARG 1833	-32	29	28	31	30	22	26	27	193,0
32	Negoescu Iulia, Litcanu Sabina	ROU 100	30	31	22	32	32	20	32	-33	199,0
33	De Giacomo Eugenia, Cicala Marianna	ITA 6	31	27	21	(dnf)	33	25	33	30	200,0