Italians first out in front

Diego Negri and Enrico Voltolini out ahead at the Star Europeans in Dun Laoghaire

Monday September 5th 2011, Author: James Boyd, Location: Ireland

After gales delayed the start of the Star European Championship at Dun Laoghaire on Sunday, a lull allowed two races to be sailed today that saw Italians Diego Negri and Enrico Voltolini deliver two consistent results of a race win and a second place in the 27-boat fleet from 17 nations.

The Italians leaders were the 2006 European champions and overcame challenging post-frontal weather conditions that delivered 20° wind shifts at times on an otherwise smooth race course off Seapoint on the south shore of Dublin Bay.

France’s Guillaume Florent and Pascal Rambeau also had a consistent day with a second and third while the home fleet delivered a strong showing as Olympic veterans and contenders for London 2012 Peter O’Leary and David Burrows placed third and sixth to lie third overall on countback, ahead of France’s Xavier Rohart Pierre and Alexis Ponsot at this early stage in the regatta.

A return to stormy conditions is expected for Tuesday with 40 knots forecast for the morning.

Provisional overall standings after two races:

 

Pos Nat Skipper Crew R1 R2 Total
1 ITA Diego Negri Enrico Voltolini 1 2 3
2 FRA Guillaume Florent Pascal Rambeau 2 3 5
3 IRL Peter O'Leary David Burrows 3 6 9
4 FRA Xavier Rohart Pierre Alexis Ponsot 4 5 9
5 CAN Richard Clarke Tyler Bjorn 9 1 10
6 POR Afonso Domingos Frederico Melo 6 4 10
7 POL Mateusz Kusznierewicz Dominik Zycki 5 8 13
8 GBR Iain Percy Andrew Simpson 8 7 15
9 ESP Fernando Echavarri Fernando Rodriguez Rivero 7 14 21
10 POR Gustavo Roxo Lima Rubrio Basilio 16 9 25
11 USA George Szabo Mark Strube 10 15 25
12 IRL Maxwell Treacy Anthony Shanks 15 11 26
13 UKR Arthur Anosov Vitalii Kushnir 18 10 28
14 NOR Eivind Melleby Petter Morland Pedersen 13 17 30
15 USA Andrew Campbell Ian Coleman 14 16 30
16 GBR John Gimson Stephen Milne 11 20 31
17 GER Johannes Polgar Markus Koy 19 12 31
18 CRO Mate Arapov Ante Sitic 20 13 33
19 GER Alexander Schlonski Matthias Bohn 17 19 36
20 UKR Vasyl Gureyev Volodymyr Korotkov 12 28.0 DNC 40
21 UKR Denis Khashina Dmitriy Mechetin 24 18 42
22 GBR Ante Razmilovic Brian Hammersley 22 21 43
23 SUI Michel Niklaus Vincent Hagin 21 22 43
24 RUS Andrey Berezhnoy Sergey Masalov 23 23 46
25 SUI Jean-Pascal Chatagny Patrick Ducommun 25 24 49
26 HUN Tibor Tenke Miklos Bezereti 26 28.0 DNF 54
27 SWE Tom Loefstedt Hakan Lundgren 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 56

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