Day 2 Youth Worlds, Report by Jeff MartinLaser Radial Youth World Championship
Scheveningen, Holland
Day 2
After a long day on the water resulting in only one completed race on the first day the 280 competitors were held ashore for 6 hours on the second day waiting for wind. Their patience was rewarded when finally sent afloat at 1500 into a building 7 knots knot NW breeze that was averaging 12 knots by the time of the first start at 1630. A cross course current meant that the course had to be offset 20 degrees to maintain a good windward leg. It also helped keep the fleet behind the line so there were less recalls. Throughout the afternoon the wind built to 15 knots and slowly veered 30 degrees to end up in the north. The great conditions enabled the Race Committee to complete 2 races that were very close. Even the sun co-operated by providing a beautiful sunset as the fleet planned back to the harbour!
The fleet is split into 1 female group and 3 male group starting in the same order. In the female race a number of of the leaders from the previous day mis-read the current and dropped down the result list but learnt their lessons well for the second race of the day. In the men the results over the 3 races were much more consistent resulting in the overall points being lower.
Provisional results after 3 races without discard:
Youth girls:
1. Anna Heager (USA) 31 pt
2. Tuula Tenkanen (FIN) 31 pt
3. Susana Romero Steensma (ESP) 33 pt
4. Sarah Gunni (DEN) 34 pt
5. Agnieszka Skrzypulec (POL) 36 pt
6. Suffa Ben Horin (ISR) 37 pt
Youth boys:
1. Thorbjoem Schierup (DEN) 10 tpt
2. Marko Peresa (CRO)13 pt
3. Gijs Pelt (NED) 13 pt
4. Luka Domijan (SLO) 13 pt
5. Alex Mills-Barton(GBR) 14 pt
6. Coadou Antoine (FRA) 18 pt
