With a victory in yesterday's final race, Iason Panagopoulos GRE won the European Championship title in the boys' race ahead of Nikko Palou ESP equal on points. Bronze went to Mateo Carbonell ESP. Mark Benczur SUI follows in 34th. ----- In the girls' race, Maria-Luisa Silvestri ITA kept her lead, while Anna Ulmer USA moved up to second place. Bronze went to Gaia Zinali ITA. Lea Müller SUI is a good 14th, Leanne Turrin SUI follows in 30th place. ----- All rankings and the Facebook page with the report.

In 10-15kn seabreeze the finals started yesterday with 2 races each. Maria-Luisa Silvestri ITA won both girls races and is leading with 10 points ahead of Gaia Zinali ITA. Anna Ulmer USA moved up to 3rd place with two 2nd places. Lena Müller SUI is still an excellent 10th, Leanne Turrin SUI is now 26th. With two 2nd places Mateo Carbonell ESP maintained his position at the top of the boys. Nikko Palau ESP moved up to 2nd with two race wins, Iason Panagopoulos GRE is now 3rd. Mark Benczur SUI follows in 38th. All Rankings and the event website with the news.

The third day of the Opti European Championships in Thessaloniki GRE was also characterised by light winds. With three races for the boys and two for the girls, the qualifications for the finals were completed yesterday. ----- With two race wins in his group, Iason Panagopoulos GRE is back at the top of the Boys. 3 points behind, Matteo Carbonell ESP has moved up to 2nd. In 33rd place, Mark Benczur SUI is the only Swiss qualified for the Goldfleet. Yann Van de Vyfer SUI was pushed back to 75th position due to a false start. ----- Maria-Luisa Silvestri ITA, Gaia Zinali ITA and Emilia Salvatore ITA have pulled away at the top of the Girls. Lena Müller SUI is an excellent 10th, and Leanne Turrin SUI is also in the Goldfleet in 18th. ----- All rankings and the Facebook page with report and pictures.

Light and shifty winds affected the program of the Opti-Europeans yesterday: the boys could only finish one race, for the girls it was enou gh for 2 races. ----- Olha Liubianska UKR is leading the closely packed girls' fleet. One point behind followsMaria-Luisa Silvestri ITA is 2nd. The Swiss girls are still going strong: Lena Müller SUI managed another race win in her group and is now 10th in the overall ranking. Leanne Turrin SUI follows in 11th place, as she was again able to achieve a 3rd place in her group. ----- Nikko Palau ESP has taken the lead in the boys' race, followed 5 points behind by Jesper Karlsen ITA, who won both races of his group yesterday. Best Swiss is now Yann Van der Vyfer SUI in 48th place. ----- All rankings and the Facebook page.

The Opti European Championships in Thessaloniki started yesterday with three light wind races. Iason Panagopoulos GRE is the first leader of the boys with two race wins in his group (the 266 boys sail in 3 groups). Nikko Palau ESP follows 2 points behind in second place. Best Swiss is Jan Huppertz SUI in 49th place, Yann Van der Vyfer SUI follows in 59th. Despite an early start Marc Benzcur SUI is in the middle of the ranking in 86th place. Three girls share the lead in the women's ranking: Maria-Luisa Silvestri ITA, Olha Lubianska UKR and Sofia Bommartini ITA. Thanks to a race win, Lena Müller SUI is excellent 6th, Leanne Turrin SUI follows in 10th place, there are 128 girls at the start. The rankings and the daily report.

The European Optimist Championships start today in Thessaloniki. In contrast to the World Championships, boys and girls are sailing in separate fleets: 166 boys from 46 nations and 4 continents (including 4 Swiss) and 126 girls from 44 nations, including 3 Swiss, are at the start - the entry lists. The event-website and the Facebook-page with the first pictures.