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Semaine Olympique Francaise, Hyeres - Day 3


Author: Royal Yachting Association

DAY OF PROMISE FOR TEAM GBR

It was a day of promise for Great Britain's sailors at the Hyeres Olympic Classes Regatta (day 3) on the Mediterranean today, as several members of the World Class squad upheld their potential with six race wins across four fleets and now hold four places on the provisional podium.

Despite stating their intentions as "learning more about each others sailing style, the boat and gelling as a team" rates higher than regatta performance this week, Paul Brotherton and Olympic Silver Medallist Simon Hiscocks continue to lead the 49er class. Their 6,3,1 today increases
their lead over world champions Santiago Lopez and Javier de La Plaza (Spain) to eight points.

"We struggled a bit in the lighter winds (5/6 knots) due to the flatter sails," explained Paul after racing, referring to the new class sails introduced after Sydney, "but as the breeze came up they were never fast enough to give us an advantage but it was windy enough to make us competitive".

In the most buoyant mood after a very promising day were Team GBR's representatives in the 470 class with both Graham Vials & Dan Newman and Nick Rogers & Joe Glanfield second and third overall respectively in the men's 60 boat fleet.

Rogers and Glanfield, who were an agonising fourth at the Sydney Olympics by one point, led overall after the first day while their 1,9,5 today keeps their chances of winning here very much alive. "It was just what we needed," commented Joe. "A lot of other people didn't have good days but we couldn't afford that as a bad day would have really put us out of contention".

For Vials and Newman, their 6,1,12 also keeps them on target for a place on the podium, a highly encouraging result for such a new partnership although both are Youth World Championship Silver Medallists.

Former 420 women's world champion Christina Bassadone and crew Jenny Heeley perhaps posted the most promising result in the British camp, when after only five international races in the 470 class, they notched up their first race win.

After a steady first beat and downwind leg, Bassadone made steady inroads on the six boats ahead of them at the leeward mark to take the lead on the second beat, playing the shifts perfectly and holding their advantage to the end.

It is Great Britain's first race win in that fleet for over a year and proved they are keen and able to master the jump to the more technical and very competitive Olympic 470 class. "There are lots of things we need to work on as we are still new to the class so it's encouraging to do well
when we know we are nowhere near as good as we want to be," said Christina. They are now eighth overall.

In the Mistral fleet, Nick Dempsey, a member of Great Britain's highly successful sailing team in Sydney, won his first race of the day. More significantly, it was in the conditions (5-6 knots) Dempsey had always considered his weakest." It was my weak area before the Games so I've
devoted a lot of time to it and it seems to be paying dividends," remarked Nick.

Rounding off the Team GBR day, Andrew Simpson claimed the winners gun in series race four in the Finn class, winning even after receiving a yellow flag for excessive pumping from the on water jury. He is now third overall.

Racing continues tomorrow and concludes on Friday.

FRANCE; Hyeres Olympic Classes Regatta Provisional results (after 2 days)



More Information:

  • YachtsandYachting.com Semaine Olympique Francaise - Hyeres Page
  • Semaine Olympique Francaise - Hyeres Website

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