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Day 4 of the ISAF Match Racing World Championship
in Ekaterinburg, RUS on Thursday brought similar
conditions to Wednesday. The sky was clear and temperatures
were into the high 20’s.
The breeze started out from the North for the first
two flights, which meant that the race course could
be set parallel to the shore giving the tourists
on the beach a good view of the racing; though one
swimmer had a bit of a surprise when Ian WILLIAMS
(GBR) steered his Ricochet 750 between her and the
beach. ”The pressure on the left was much better
and getting to the shore was imperative”.
Right at the end of flight two when Ed BAIRD (USA)
and Eugeny NEUGODNIKOV (RUS) were within touching
distance of the finish line the wind went hard right,
collapsing the spinnakers and leaving the crews
scrambling for their jibs. Baird held on to win
by less than a boat length.
The wind settled (well, loosely settled) out of
the east at 6-10 knots but still threw a few curve
balls in to keep the PRO on his toes with the occasional
60 degree lefty. Ben (the PRO) did a great job staying
on top of the shifts and kept the mark boat crew
busy dragging the marks around to keep the beats
true.
At 9pm time was called after the completion of
flight 10, leaving 7 flights for Friday to finish
the second round robin. On Tuesday the wind came
in at 7pm and some of the sailors asked ”Why
are we not racing, there is excellent wind?”
Nobody is likely to ask that question again.
RESULTS
Flight 1 : Taranov (RUS) def Presti (FRA) -
Hansen (SWE) def Cian (ITA) - Jablonski (POL) def
Lindberg (FIN) - Neugodnikov (RUS) def Williams
(GBR)
Flight 2 : Hansen (SWE) def Taranov (RUS)- Presti
(FRA) def Jablonski (POL) - Cian (ITA) def Lindberg
(FIN) - Baird def Neugonnikov
Flight 3 : Cian (ITA) def Presti (FRA) - Hansen
(SWE) def Lindberg (FIN) - Arbozov (RUS) def Berntsson
(SWE) - Williams (GBR) def Richard (FRA)
Flight 4 : Taranov (RUS) def Cian (ITA) - Berntsson
(SWE) def Williams (GBR) - Neugodnikov (RUS) def
Richard (FRA) - Baird (USA) def Arbuzonv (RUS)
Flight 5 : Taranov (RUS) def Jablonski (POL) -
Richard (FRA) def Berntsson (SWE) - Arbuzov (RUS)
def Neugodnikov (RUS) - Baird (USA) def Williams
(GBR).
Flight 6 : Berntsson (SWE) def Neugodnikov (RUS)
- Williams (GBR) def Arbozov (RUS) - Richard (FRA)
def Baird (USA) - Jablonski (POL) def Hansen (SWE)
Flight 7 : Richard (FRA) def Arbuzov (RUS) - Lindberg
(FIN) def Taranov (RUS) - Cian (ITA) def Jablonski
(POL) - Presti (FRA) def Hansen (SWE)
Flight 8 : Baird (USA) def Berntsson (SWE) - Jablonski
(POL) def Neugodnikov (RUS) - Cian (ITA) def Richard
(FRA) - Presti (ITA) def Lindberg (FIN)
Flight 9 : Arbuzov (RUS) def Hansen (SWE) - Williams
(GBR) def Cian (ITA) - Lindberg (FIN) def Berntsson
(SWE) - Baird (USA) def Presti (FRA)
Flight 10 : Williams (GBR) def Lindberg (FIN) -
Jablonski (POL) def Berntsson (SWE) - Arbuzov (RUS)
def Cian (ITA)
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