Thu, 10. Juni 2010 09:50Marklus Wieser leads after three races in the Dragon Europeans |
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The third day began with a postponement again. But it was worth waiting: at about 12.30 the expected Southerly breeze arrived. PRO Gert Schmidleitner managed to start the first race – after one general recall with black flag – at 13.50. Markus Wieser proved to be calmest. At the first mark he was 12th, at the gate already 3rd, and after a duel with Evgen Braslavets he won the race.
The breeze of about 8 to 9 knots held on the whole afternoon. The race management decided to start right from the finish line which enabled two more races for the day (the sailing instructions have been amended accordingly). The title holder mastered the second race even better. He made a good start, and came up to mark one as second. Surprisingly, Ron James lead the fleet. However, at the gate, Transbunker Team’s German ace was already first and managed to lead the fleet into the finish.
The third race was started from the finish line again. The Southerly hold on and saw Evgen Braslavets to make a start-finish win. Wieser worked himself up from place 25 to 13 which gives him a comfortable lead in the overall ranking of 8 point to second Stephan Link (GER 1036). Third ranked is Anatoly Loginov.
‘We had two very good races, it was all about tactical fights and it was a pleasure for us to sail like that. In the last race we had a perfect start but chose the wrong side on the first beat, so we had to fight back and save our first place. Very good crew work and good tactics calls from my guys Sergey and Matti. We enjoy sailing on this lake together very much!! Race committee did a fantastic job to get three races today’, told Markus Wieser. Answering the question if they were optimistic about the upcoming days, he said, ‘We have to concentrate on each race and be patient.’
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