Fédération Française de Voile - FFVoile 2023 / SOF 2023 470 et ILCA 7

ILCA 7

Two races today

Another strong day for Britain in the Ilca 7, who were last out of the water at 20:00 as they completed their minimum five races races to make the qualification cut. Eliott Hanson, second in Hyères last year, retained the overall lead despite 18, 8 finishes in yellow fleet. Daniel Whiteley was 2, 12 in red fleet, but Michael Beckett fared better in the light winning his first race and finishing 4th in the second in blue fleet to move into third place. He has been the most consistent sailor this week so far and has not been out of the top five.

It was a tougher day for the Australians, but Olympic champion, Matt Wearn, was 10, 4 in yellow fleet and is still very much in the hunt. Just two points separate the top five, and only 12 across the top 10.

470 (mixed double-handed dinghy)

Three races today

The 470s win the medal for the longest day on the water after starting in the morning and finishing in the evening to get their three races for the minimum five in total for qualification.

Jordi Xammar- Hernandez, Spain’s Tokyo bronze medallist in the last all-male 470 event, now partnered with Nora Brugman, kept the overall lead with 12, 3, 2 finishes in yellow fleet. Portugal’s Beatrice Gago & Rodolfo Pires thrived in the light finishing 3, 5, 1 in the blue fleet.

But others struggled and France’s Hippolyte Machetti and Aloïse Retornaz, (a bronze medallist in Tokyo in the women’s 470), who were second here last year, suffered the biggest drop from 2nd to 12th overall with 13, 14, 13 finishes.

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