ILCA Masters European Championship 2024 at Vilamoura Sailing, Portugal

ILCA Masters European Championship 2024 at Vilamoura Sailing, Portugal - Day 3

by Prow Media 10 Oct 08:51 NZDT 7-11 October 2024

Around noon, a front passed through, causing the wind to intensify to over 20 knots, with gusts reaching up to 27 knots. Following the front's passage, the wind began to decrease.

The ILCA 7 fleet headed out for one race in conditions of 15-16 knots, with a sea state reaching nearly 2 meters, all fleets completed one race today.

Provisional Leaderboard after Day 3:

ILCA 6 Legend
1. USA - Jonathan ANDRON
2. NED - Jaap MAZEREEUW
3. USA - Peter SEIDENBERG

ILCA 6 Great Grand Master
1. GBR - HUNT Max
2. BRA - CACHAPUZ Alcir
3. BEL - MEYNENDONCKX Bart

ILCA 6 Grand Master
1. BRA - WANDERLEY Carlos Eduardo
2. GBR - JONES Ian
3. FRA - AMIZET Pierrick

ILCA Masters Europeans at Vilamoura, Portugal Day 3 - photo © Thom Touw / Prow Media

ILCA 6 Master
1. GBR - Jon EMMETT
2. GRE - Dimitrios THEODORAKIS
3. ITA - Alessio MARINELLI

ILCA 6 Apprentice Master
1. POL - Marcin RUDAWSKI
2. UAE - Adil KHALID
3. POL - Mateusz HANKE

ILCA Masters Europeans at Vilamoura, Portugal Day 3 - photo © Thom Touw / Prow Media

ILCA 7 Great Grand Master
1. ESP - Jose Luis DORESTE BLANCO
2. ESP - Jose Maria VAN DER PLOEG
3. GBR - Michael HICKS

ILCA 7 Grand Master
1. GER - Roger SCHULZ
2. FRA - Benoit MEESEMAECKER
4. BEL - Michel MAJON

ILCA 7 Master
1. GRE- Adonis BOUGIOURIS
2. ESP - Leandro ROSADO
3. USA - Peter HURLEY

ILCA 7 Apprentice Master
1. BEL - Wannes VAN LAER
2. ITA - Francesco BOTTONI
3. UKR- Ivan ZHUKALIN

Full results can be found here.

Tomorrow's Schedule:

11:00 - Coach & Sailors Meeting
13:00 - First warning signal ILCA 7
13:30 - First warning signal ILCA 6
19:00 - Barbecue at Thai Beach

Number of Races: The intention of Race Committee is to run 3 races back to back per each fleet.

Stay tuned for more updates as the championship progresses!

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ILCA Masters European Championship 2024 at Vilamoura Sailing, Portugal - Day 3

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