Brotherton and Asquith on the charge

Reunited Brit duo up to second at the 49er Europeans in Zadar

For the second race of racing a tthe 49er European Championship in Zadar, Croatia, there were lighter winds than day one.

Both fleets sailed three races in 8 to 9 knots of westerly wind.

After seven races on the top of the leaderboard remains dominated by the French, however it is another team - Morgan Lagraviere and Yann Rocherieux who have taken the lead. Leaders after day one Manu Dyen and Stephane Christidis did not enjoy such a great day and have dropped to fourth. However on the charge are the reunited British pairing of Paul Brotherton and Mark Asquith who have moved up to second just three points off the lead.

Tomorrow is the last day of qualification series, two races are scheduled. Top 25 teams will qualify for the Gold fleet. The forecast is for light wind.

Results:

Pos	Name	Sailno	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Tot
1	Morgan Lagravviere, Yann Rocherieux, 21	FRA 1071	-7	5	1	3	2	4	3	18
2	Paul Brotherton, Mark Asquith, 58	GBR 9	4	-7	7	3	1	2	4	21
3	Delle Karth Nico Luca Marc, Nikolaus Leopold Resch, 60	AUT 5	5	3	6	1	3	5	-15	23
4	Manu DYEN, Stephane Christidis, 25	FRA 8	7	1	1	1	6	9	-12	25
5	Julien d'Ortoli, Noe Delpech, 23	FRA 1070	-11	4	4	5	4	1	8	26
6	Rodion Luka, Sergiy Patkovski, 8	UKR 1081	1	-8	8	8	4	6	5	32
7	Axel Silvy, Ulysse Hoffmann, 27	FRA 992	-9	3	3	8	9	8	2	33
8	Pietro Sibello, Gianfranco Sibello, 46	ITA 3	2	8	6	2	-23	10	10	38
9	Lauri Lehtinen, Kalle Bask, 35	FIN 1060	3	1	11	11	-13	9	7	42
10	David Evans, Simon Hiscocks, 55	GBR 1096	8	4	7	(bfd)	3	11	11	44
11	Jorge Lima, Jose Costa, 9	POR 989	6	7	3	13	15	-16	1	45
12	Pavle Kostov, Petar Cupac, 7	CRO 1052	14	2	12	10	2	6	(bfd)	46
13	Giuseppe Angilella, Pietro Zucchetti, 41	ITA 1021	-25	11	16	12	1	4	3	47
14	Fedrico Alonso, Arturo Alonso, 39	ESP 1006	5	2	10	4	11	-17	15	47
15	Peter Kruger Andersen, Nicolai Thorsell, 2	DEN 1039	6	-14	2	10	8	13	8	47
16	John Pink, Rick Peacock, 63	GBR 2	12	6	12	9	-14	5	4	48
17	Richard Mason, Tom Peel, 54	GBR 1042	3	12	5	-22	7	8	14	49
18	Allan Norregaard, Peter Long, 6	DEN 1017	11	6	4	6	-19	14	9	50
19	Erik Storck, Trevor Moore, 15	USA 1046	10	10	2	2	13	15	-16	52
20	Bernardo Freitas, Francisco Andrade, 13	POR 1072	12	15	9	5	6	-19	10	57
21	Dionisis Dimou, Michail Pateniotis, 10	GRE 1016	20	-23	13	6	5	3	13	60
22	Lennart Briesenick-Pudenz, Morten Massmann, 12	GER 964	8	10	8	(dsq)	ocs	1	1	61
23	Emil Toft Nielsen, Simon Toft Nielsen, 4	DEN 981	4	(ocs)	5	4	9	ocs	7	62
24	Erik Heil, Thomas Pioessel, 22	GER 804	2	9	15	14	-24	12	13	65
25	Simon Karstoft, Jonathan Bay, 3	DEN 1019	1	13	11	11	(dsq)	23	9	68
26	James` Peters, Dicken Maclean, 57	GBR 940	-22	14	18	19	7	11	6	75
27	Tobias Schadewaldt, Hannes Baumann, 28	GER 971	16	5	18	7	11	21	-22	78
28	Leopold Fricke, Lorenz Huber, 32	GER 915	10	11	19	17	-21	19	5	81
29	Niels Joachim Gormsen, Anders Thomsen, 1	DEN 980	17	16	9	18	10	-25	11	81
30	Julian Ramm, Oliver Lewin, 18	GER 810	14	-25	14	24	5	15	14	86
31	Mathieu Frei, Brice Baisez, 45	FRA 953	-26	19	17	12	16	2	22	88
32	Dylan Fletcher, Alain Sign, 51	GBR 1098	13	-20	15	20	18	18	6	90
33	Manuel Jimenez, Fago Lopez, 37	ESP 977	17	-21	10	17	19	7	20	90
34	Alexander Goltz, Mathias Gruening, 26	GER 1038	18	17	22	15	17	3	(ocs)	92
35	Chris Rashley, Matt Gotrel, 52	GBR 124	13	12	13	9	23	22	-27	92
36	Ilmari Kuusi, Heikki Soininen, 31	FIN 885	25	18	(bfd)	14	10	12	17	96
37	Max Rieger, Moritz Rieger, 30	GER 1040	19	-26	16	13	8	22	20	98
38	Gianmarco Togni, Filippo Togni, 44	ITA 849	19	16	14	28	20	7	(bfd)	104
39	Luca Maffessoli, Stefano Petissi, 59	ITA 866	23	22	-28	25	12	14	12	108
40	Ruggero Tita, Nicolo Fasoli, 42	ITA 867	15	-28	25	20	14	17	17	108
41	Tonis Haavel, Lenart Kivistik, 48	EST 1065	15	24	-26	19	18	18	18	112
42	Vincent Berthez, Sebastien Durand, 43	FRA 993	-27	15	25	23	12	20	21	116
43	Max Richardson, Nick Redding, 56	GBR 644	23	25	-28	21	26	21	2	118
44	Pavel Karachev, Dimitriy Kalyapin, 38	RUS 911	18	17	(raf)	7	27	24	25	118
45	Alexey Chekrygin, Vitlay Russu, 36	RUS 1085	20	23	17	25	25	10	-26	120
46	Daniel Loperfido, Mateo Gritti, 40	ITA 881	9	19	24	15	26	-30	28	121
47	Max Lutz, Harniet Lennard, 20	GER 970	22	9	24	16	25	26	(bfd)	122
48	Tom Lange, Tim Lange, 16	GER 1013	-28	21	21	26	16	16	24	124
49	Lukasz Przybytek, Krzysztof Kierkowski, 34	POL 1041	16	13	21	(bfd)	24	ocs	19	126
50	Cedric Fleury, Louis Claeyssens, 29	FRA 800	21	20	22	24	22	-27	18	127
51	Jonathan Ladha, Daniel Inkpen, 49	CAN 1074	26	30	26	16	17	13	(bfd)	128
52	Jan Hauke Erichsen, Hans Jakob Dethleffsen, 14	GER 914	21	-27	23	21	15	27	23	130
53	Arne Seemann, Lars Haverland, 24	GER 629	27	18	20	23	21	-29	21	130
54	Marcus Spillane, Amish Ved, 19	IRL 963	-29	28	20	27	20	20	16	131
55	Pedro Rebelo de Andrade, Davio Aleixo, 11	POR 846	24	24	19	18	27	-28	25	137
56	Phil Sharp, Nick Murray, 64	GBR 125	-30	22	30	22	28	23	23	148
57	Joonas Lindahl, Benjamin Gronholm, 33	FIN 828	29	26	27	-30	22	28	19	151
58	Stewart Robertson, Ben Robertson, 53	GBR 695	24	29	27	28	31	24	(bfd)	163
59	Jason Hogendoorn, Sam Frank, 17	NED 729	-32	27	31	26	29	25	dne	171
60	Ben Paton, Adam Hilton, 50	GBR 123	31	29	29	29	30	(ocs)	24	172
61	Kolja Dumanic, Josip Serdarevic, 5	CRO 129	-32	30	29	31	28	26	29	173
62	Michele Monzini, Giovanni Ciapessoni, 61	ITA 101	28	(dnf)	23	27	raf	raf	raf	177
63	Stanislav Pupyshev, Mikhail Chegurov, 62	RUS 951	31	-32	31	30	32	29	26	179
64	Marcello Mignone, Carlo Pedrali, 47	ITA 967	30	-31	30	29	29	31	30	179