Shaking up the Leaderboard
While racing earlier in the day may have seemed relatively straightforward for the 49erFX, the same race course proved a very different diamond for the men to crack. Combining the three qualifying fleets into one gold fleet, meant a very close point battle going into the day, and very tight racing on the course itself, […]
49erFX: Race wins for Denmark, Britain & Sweden, but Brazil still leads
The usual suspects were hard to find in the first race of the 49erFX gold fleet. With the wind lighter than expected and the teams struggling to power their skiffs through the choppy swell of Weymouth Bay, some different names came to the fore. Anne-Julie Schütt and Iben Nielsby seized the initiative and read the […]