ILCA 6 & 7 - European Olympic Qualifier -Vilamoura POR - Day 5

With the strongest winds so far at 20kn, the final series continued yesterday in Vilamoura with 2 races each. -----In ILCA 6, Anne-Marie Rindom DEN was second-best of the day with 3rd and 4th places and extended her lead to 28 points. Josefin Olsson SWE has moved up to the second place, with Manami Doi JPN 9 points behind in 3rd. Maud Jayet SUI in 4th place is 13 points off the podium. ----- Paige Railey USA (St Francis YC), ranks 10 and 23 yesterday, succeeded to keep an overall top-10 position, i.e. rank 9. Sarah Douglas CAN (Ashbridge Bay YC) with mid-gold fleet finishes is slightly up on 30th. Maura Dewey CAN (RVYC) remains in the 45th position. Emma Oetling Ramirez MEX (Secretaria de Marina) occupies now 65th place. . ----- In ILCA 7, Michael Beckett GBR defended his position at the top despite moderate results (32/17). Robert Scheidt BRA is now 14 points behind in 2nd. Another 5 points back, Philipp Buhl GER has moved up to 3rd place. ----- Second-best (ranks 8 and 6) in the breeze yesterday, Charlie Buckingham USA (NHYC) moved up on rank 7 considerably reducing the backlog on the podium to 8 points only. Slight improvements for the Canadians with Liam Bruce CAN (Port Credit YC/CSDS) in 79th and James Juhasz CAN 101st overall. ------- The European Olympic Nations berths at stake are still held by Joel Rodriguez ESP (rank 5) and 33 points behind Duko Bos NED (rank 11). ----- All rankings, the daily-report and the video of the day.