Europa Cup Netherlands - Day 2

A cloudy day expected the competitors at the regatta site, and all day the danger of fog seemed to be hovering over the race area. Fortunately, the race committee was able to run two races for all fleets, in a breeze of 10-12 knots, and a current of around 0.5-1 knot. A mix of swell and waves of around 1 meter and a “tide-against-wind” situation made conditions interesting for the competitors. While the Laser Standard and Laser 4.7 fleets run nice races, the first fleet of the split Laser Radials got into trouble as many of the competitors took the wrong loop, and several of those who took the correct one, rounded the wrong (Laser 4.7) mark meaning that only a handful sailors finished properly this race. The first drop from the results is therefore eagerly expected by many of them. Due to this confusion, at the time of writing this report late Saturday evening, no proper provisional results were yet available.