Early lead for Ainslie

After day one of Finn Europeans in Sweden

After the first day of racing in Marstrand, Sweden, European and world champion Ben Ainslie made a good start at the Finn European championships scoring a third and a first place to tie on equal points with the 1996 silver medallist Sebastien Godefroid of Belgium in first place.

Michael Fellman of Germany is in third place overall, two points in front of Atlanta gold medallist Mateusz Kusznierewicz of Poland.

Two races were sailed today in windy conditions averaging 16-20 knots and rough water. Eight races are scheduled in total, with racing continuing through to Wednesday June 11th.

Results

Pos	Nat	Sailor	R1	R2	Tot
1	GBR 3	Ben Ainslie	3	1	4
2	BEL 7	Sebastien Godefroid	1	3	4
3	GER 79	Michael  Fellman	2	4	6
4	POL 17	Mateusz Kusznierewicz	6	2	8
5	GBR 577	Dave Mellor	11	8	19
6	ESP 100	Rafael Tryllis viller	9	14	23
7	CRO 11	Karlo Kuret	12	11	23
8	RUS 8	Evgeni Tchernov	4	20	24
9	CRO 25	Marin Misura (Junior)	8	16	24
10	DEN 200	Jonas Högh-Christensen	RDG(19)	6	25
11	DEN 7	Sören Holm	22	5	27
12	SUI 7	Christoph Burger	20	7	27
13	NED 78	Jaap Zielhuis	17	10	27
14	SLO 5	Gasper Vinec	21	9	30
15	TUR 6	Ali Enver Adakan	7	25	32
16	GBR 6	Andrew Simpson	15	17	32
17	FRA 17	Rambeau Pascal	14	19	33
18	FRA 73	Guillaume Florent	RDG(18)	15	33
19	NZL 27	Clifton Webb	25	12	37
20	CZE 1	Michael Maier	10	28	38
21	GBR 541	Chris Brittle	26	13	39
22	CAN 41	Chris Cook	13	27	40
23	POL 12	Waclaw Szukiel	23	18	41
24	CRO 14	Viali Nenad	16	30	46
25	GRE 6	Papathanasiou Emilios	29	21	50
26	FRA 972	Bruno Ismael	30	23	53
27	SWE 7	Åderman Kristian	33	22	55
28	AUS 222	Paul Mc Kenzie	31	24	55
29	USA 16	Mo Hart	27	31	58
30	IRL 10	Aaron O Grady	24	36	60
31	GBR 15	Charlie Cumbley	28	32	60
32	NED 6	Stefan de Vries	36	29	65
33	GBR 2	Adam Cowling	32	35	67
34	USA 11	Geoffrey Ewenson	42	26	68
35	ITA 71	Massimo Gherarlucci	35	34	69
36	SWE 734	Anders Nilsson	37	33	70
37	NED 701	Martyn  Van Muyden	34	38	72
38	GBR 550	Matthew Howard	38	40	78
39	CRO 16	Emil Tomasevic	39	43	82
40	CZE 9	Michal Hruby	45	39	84
41	AUS 221	Anthony Nossiter	5	BFD	85
42	FIN 216	Tapio Nirkko (Junior)	44	42	86
43	ESP 107	Agustin Juarez Marrero	41	46	87
44	POL 7	Rafal Szukiel	54	37	91
45	GBR 593	Edward Greig (Junior)	43	48	91
46	BEL 17	Van Laer Wannes	48	44	92
47	GRE 12	Karntoutsos Apostolos	40	54	94
48	SWE 736	Johan Tillander	49	45	94
49	NZL 19	Peter Fox	50	47	97
50	NED 80	Sander Willems	57	41	98
51	DEN 9	Thomas Laursen	47	51	98
52	USA 1208	Kevin Hall	51	49	100
53	USA 78	Andrew Kern	46	56	102
54	USA 1140	Boyd Bryan	55	50	105
55	ITA 15	Michele Marchesini	53	55	108
56	IRL 5	Youen Jacob	62	52	114
57	GER 203	Hartmut Duisborg	58	57	115
58	ITA 890	Iacopo Tacchino (Junior	59	59	118
59	GRE 11	Papastefanou Pachos	60	61	121
60	NED 804	Cees Scheurwater	65	58	123
61	GBR 8	Tim Carver	56	68	124
62	AUS 223	Dean Mc Aullay	64	60	124
63	GBR 13	John  De Leeuw	74	53	127
64	BLR 7	Ivan Karatkevich	67	63	130
65	NED 66	Ewout Meijer	66	65	131
66	EST 8	Imre Taveter	52	BFD	132
67	DEN 215	Lars Vesterholm-Nielse	69	66	135
68	SWE 726	Jonas Andersson	68	67	135
69	UKR 1	Yevhen Yaroshenko (Jun	72	64	136
70	GBR 567	Thomas Greig	61	NRY	141
71	HUN 5	Tibor Pallay	DNF	62	142
72	EST 15	Janno Hool	63	DNS	143
73	SWE 3	Christian Finnsgård	70	DNS	150
74	GBR 1	Sander Kooij	71	DNF	151
75	SWE 735	Johan Wijk	73	DNS	153
76	ITA 1	Luca Devoti	DNF	DNS	160
76	POL 40	Rubert Polczynski	NRY	NRY	160
76	SWE 31	Björn Smit	DNF	NRY	160
76	TUR 7	Akif Muslubas	NRY	NRY	160