Day 5 of racing at the ILCA 6 Youth European Championships has come to a close, find out the results, where to view photos and see where our local sailors are sitting in the rankings.
Friday saw the first day of the Finals of the ILCA 6 European Youth Championships 2024. The competitors are now sailing in fleets based on results during qualifying:
Gold Fleet (Boys and Girls)
Silver Fleet (Boys and Girls)
Bronze Fleet (Boys)
Emerald Fleet (Boys)
The forecast ranged from wind speeds of 14 knots up to gusts of 26 knots at 1pm. The sailors started launching from the slipways at 09.30am and the first race of the day, Final Race 1 commenced on time with the first warning signal at 11.00 hours as the plan for the day was to complete 3 races across all fleets.
Heading into the final day of racing, the positions at the top are as follows (results are subject to changes as final jury decision are made this evening):
Gold Fleet Girls: Maria Vittoria Arseni (Italy)
Gold Fleet Boys: Healy Ryan (Australia)
Silver Fleet Girls: Iva Rokvic (Croatia)
Silver Fleet Boys: Tedi Leonardelli (Croatia)
Bronze Fleet Boys: Boris De Wilde (Belgium)
Emerald Fleet Boys: Thomas Kovatzis (Greece)
We are incredibly proud to see eleven local sailors competing, here is how they are doing so far:
Bobby Driscoll (BYC) [Bronze Fleet 30th]
Race 1: 58
Race 2: 23
Race 3: 31
Race 4: 35
Race 5: 24
Final 1: 35
Final 2: 9
Final 3: 63 (BFD)
Cormac Byrne (BYC) [Emerald Fleet 31st]
Race 1: 48
Race 2: 53
Race 3: 56
Race 4: 46
Race 5: 44
Final 1: 36
Final 2: 30
Final 3: 10
Daniel Palmer (BYC) [Bronze Fleet 10th]
Race 1: 47
Race 2: 27
Race 3: 57
Race 4: 31
Race 5: 12
Final 1: 16
Final 2: 18
Final 3: 15
Isabel Nixon (BYC) [Silver Fleet 54th]
Race 1: 49
Race 2: 46
Race 3: 53
Race 4: 51
Race 5: 47
Final 1: 56 (DNC)
Final 2: 56 (DNC)
Final 3: 56 (DNC)
Joseph Robinson (BYC) [Emerald Fleet 52nd]
Race 1: 21
Race 2: 52
Race 3: 50
Race 4: 51
Race 5: 34
Final 1: 52
Final 2: 62 (DNC)
Final 3: 13
Lewis Thomson (BYC) [Bronze Fleet 36th]
Race 1: 44
Race 2: 23
Race 3: 40
Race 4: 46
Race 5: 32
Final 1: 63 (UFD)
Final 2: 26
Final 3: 20
Autumn Halliday (Strangford Lough Sailing Club) [Silver Fleet 43rd]
Race 1: 30
Race 2: 49
Race 3: 47
Race 4: 41
Race 5: 41
Final 1: 31
Final 2: 39
Final 3: 37
Luke Simpson (Country Antrim Yacht Club) [Emerald Fleet 54th]
Race 1: 54
Race 2: 51
Race 3: 55
Race 4: 55
Race 5: 52
Final 1: 31
Final 2: 39
Final 3: 37
Rory Pollard (County Antrim Yacht Club) [Emerald Fleet 49th]
Race 1: 49
Race 2: 43
Race 3: 54
Race 4: 58
Race 5: 46
Final 1: 40
Final 2: 44
Final 3: 62 (BFD)
Sophia Cahill (Carrickfergus Sailing Club) [Silver Fleet 53rd]
Race 1: 52
Race 2: 52
Race 3: 55
Race 4: 50
Race 5: DNC (57)
Final 1: 45
Final 2: 48
Final 3: 47
Zoe Whitfield (East Antrim Boat Club) [Gold Fleet 12th]
Race 1: 13
Race 2: 13
Race 3: 3
Race 4: 3
Race 5: 20
Final 1: 15
Final 2: 28
Final 3: 24
Results
Sailing results will be posted daily to the Eurilca Europeans event results page.
Photography
Eurilca photographer Thom Touw will upload photos daily to the dedicated event photography page.
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