Star - Star Sailors League - Finals - Nassau BAH - Day 2

Light winds around 6 kn prevailed also on the second day of the Star Sailors League Final in Nassau on the Bahamas and three races, as always in the Star Class, very disputed, were completed. The leaders Xavier Rohart/Pierre-Alexis Ponsot FRA extended their overall lead on 6 points, despite of a messed first race (individual recall) finishing 1 and 3 in the remaining heats. Diego Negri/Sergio Lambertenghi ITA remain 2nd, new on rank 3 are Mateusz Kusznierewicz/Domink Zycki POL. Team of the day were Jochen Schümann/Ingo Borowski GER advancing on 4th overall with the day ranks 5/6/1.
Today, two more races are on the program to conclude the Qualification Series, probably in a normal 15 kn seabreeze, provided the weathermen are correct. The cut for the Final Series of tomorrow Saturday is rank 11. In addition to experienced Starboat teams, some invited non-Starists have a chance to make the cut. While the Laser Olympian Jean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA on rank 7 with his coach and Star Olympic Medalist Pascal Rambeau FRA as crew has a 20 points' cushion on rank 11 and seems to be on the safe side, there are 6 teams from rank 8 (Cayard/Sharp) to rank 13 (Diaz/Baltin), among them Laser sailor Tonci Stipanovic/Massimo Canali ITA (rank 9) and the Match-Race World Champion Ian Williams GBR with Steve Mitchell GBR (rank 10), fighting for 3 Final places. The ranking list, the daily news and the video of the day.
Today's races will again be presented in commented live stream on this website as from 16 hrs UTC.