Palma World Cup Day 5: Mulder-Visser lead to the Medal Race

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Business as usual in day 5 with the Dutch & French teams exchanging top positions. Although Mandy Mulder & Thijs Visser continue to protect their lead based on a bullet, a 2nd and the discarded 20th.
Moana Vaireux-Manon Audinet recovering 2nd pos overall with 2,6,3 and Billy Besson-Marie Riou in third position but ten points behind with Renee Gronenveld-Charlie Begemann 1 point apart in 4th.

Nice to see the two different concepts in the Dutch vs French leading teams, with Female helms for Ned and viceversa for Fra, both conf equally competitive.

The favorites are all inside the top ten, surprise could be the two GBR teams, nice work there. Then Shuwalow-Klinga and Newberry-Casey showing their win at Miami was not casual.

Tomorrow Medal Race  and anything can happen.  Images: Besson-Riou and Mulder-Visser Jesus Renedo / SofiaMapfre

Full Results at (Click N17 Tab) https://www.trofeoprincesasofia.org

1 NED 040 Mandy Mulder 12 6 NED 046 Elke Delnooz 37
2 FRA 065 Moana Vaireaux 20 7 GBR 56 Lucy Macgregor 50
3 FRA 39 Billy Besson 30 8 USA 104 Sarah Newberry 54
4 NED 44 Renee Groeneveld 31 9 GBR 58 Pippa Wilson 56
5 SWE 012 Tim Shuwalow 36 10 ITA 037 Vittorio Bissaro 59

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  1. Gustaf Dyrssen says:
    April 6, 2013 at 6:12 am

    Being a spectator in Palma it's great fun to look at the fast classes, basically any boat which is fast and hard to handle. The slower boat where rolltacks, pumping and other technics plays an important roll I'm happy to zap and go back to look at skiffs and N17.
    The N17 is clearly not a beginners boat and the top boats have nice boat handling and control (basically the countries with big competitive F18 fleets also in the top no surprise). Newcomers to the class which are used to travel 7-8 kn at spreader marks and now are going 20+, Half flying, on the verge of diving, does not yet have full control (even some awesome sailors) and the outcome becomes very interesting in the breze. They will of course get there soon and this class will be super competitive.

    I want to specially mention my "country men" Tim and Hanna. I think they are the only N17 team going to the final without a coach.

  2. Anonymous says:
    April 6, 2013 at 7:59 am

    For the next SWC in Hyères (FRA) two more french Nacra 17 teams:

    NED format for Ingrid PetitJean (former 470 Olympic french team) helming with her husband Olivier Backès crewing

    and Sophie de Turkheim (former Laser Olympic french team) as skipper (helming ??) with Franck Cammas.

    Who know those guys ? 😉

    BTW the medal race format is:
    The top 10 will compete in two Medal races (double points and non-discardable) … Races will be shortened across all the classes with the Laser, Radial, Men’s and Women’s 470 and Finns racing in 15 minute Medal Races, the Nacra 17 and Men’s and Women’s RS:X racing 10 minutes.

    Very big day and so they're is a new sponsor for the Sailing World Cup which is renamed:
    "Las Vegas" Sailing World Cup