ILCA 6 & 7 - Master European Championship - L'Escala ESP - Day 1

In moderate conditions with 10-12 knots of wind, the European Championship of the ILCA Masters began yesterday on the Costa Brava with two races. The 9 age groups were divided into 5 fleets. The celebrities mostly lived up to their favourite roles: In the ILCA 7, Apprentice (35-45), Master (45-55) and Great Grand Master (65-75) sail in one fleet, Matej Valic SLO (AM) leads ahead of Dimitrios Theodorakis GRE (M). Olympic Champion 1988 José-Luis Doreste ESP (GGM) follows on rank 4. Wolfgang Gerz GER is the best German in 18th place. Patrick Fleischacker SUI is 26th, Mauro Lentini SUI follows on rank 40 of the 58 participants. The ILCA-7 Grandmasters (55-65) are the largest fleet with 67 participants, José-Maria Van der Ploeg ESP (Olympic Gold 92) is leading ahead of Tomas Nordquist SWE. Markus Ochs SUI and Beat Hein follow in 28th and 29th place. In the ILCA 6, Xavi Tous ESP leads the Apprentice and Masters fleet. Gilles Coadou FRA won both races of the Grand Masters, Miguel Noguer ESP (Olympic Gold 1980) leads the fleet of the Great Grand Masters and Legends. Jean-Luc Dreyer SUI is a good 6th, Lorenz Müller SUI follows in 12th place of the 40 participants. All rankings and the daily report.