Exciting finale to the Liepaja Formula European Championships
Four more races, to complete a full 15 race championship series, brought the Formula Windsurfing Europeans to a dramatic closure in Liepaja, Latvia.
Four more races, to complete a full 15 race championship series, brought the Formula Windsurfing Europeans to a dramatic closure in Liepaja, Latvia.
16:02 | Overall TOP 15 after 15 races: AUS-0, NED-52, ISR-1, POL-16, DEN-24, LAT-23, POL-23, FRA-531, POL-48, EST-24, FRA-1642, FRA-823, POL-555, LTU-14, EST-2
4 more races and four different winners - it leaves it all to play for on the final day, with a strong wind forecast for most of the day.
15:23 | well done to Betti Vainkula (EST212) started and finished every race - and currently in 46th overall
15:22 | current 1st master - Steve Allen; 1st grandmaster Ansis Dale; 1st youth Christian Justesen; 1st light Sebastian Kornum
15:21 | tomorrows skippers meeting is at 0900- first possible warning signal at 1000
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15:15 | Top 10 after 7 races - AUS0, NED52, ISR1, POL16, DEN24, LAT23, FRA531, POL23, POL48, EST24
15:05 | Skippers meeting at 1000 tomorrow; first possible warning signal at 1100
Despite an attempt to start racing at 1100 the wind was just too light, and straight onshore, to enable the big boards and sails to get off the beach. Over night the onshore breeze made sure there were plenty of waves to greet the sailors as they arrived at the beach, it was always going to be a difficult day for formula.
17:10 | Top ten after 2 rounds - AUS0, ISR1, LAT23, POL23, POL16, FRA823, FIN2, EST2, NED52, LAT48
Everything that could happen did happen on the first day of racing at the European Championships; but Steve Allen will be well satisfied with his first place in the overall ranking after 2 bullets in today's three "back to back" races.
19:06 | First warning signal tomorrow at 10.00
19:05 | Top 10 after 3 races - AUS0, NED52, POL16, DEN24, ISR1, FRA531, FRA823, LAT13, POL23, LAT0
Time goes very fast when you realize that this was the 15th Neil Pryde Baltic Cup that just finished in Liepaja, Latvia.
Eight races completed in the Latvian Baltic Cup and it could not have been a closer finished.
Valentin Brault (FRA) just took out local hot shot Janis Preiss (LAT) by the narrowest of margins - 0.7 pts !
Last day of Eurocup and 4 races completed with the wind playing from 15-23 knots. A successful event came to its end with 15 races completed in total.
Congratulations to Nikolas on taking this years event title.