Great Britain’s Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark face close competition – Sailing News
A close competition will be seen between Great Britain’s Hannah Mills-Saskia Clark and the Dutch team of Lisa Westerhof-Lobke Berkhout as both teams are currently on top two podium places with 59 points each after sailing in 12 races including a discard.
Despite the fact that the fifth day proceedings did not go according to the expectations because there was no breeze in the beginning of the day and the fleet had to wait for the winds to surround the racing area. The regatta leaders had a superb day and
clinched two bullets later in the scheduled two races.
Meanwhile, the sixth day was a bit of bad luck for them as they finished on 21st place in the opening race of the day. However, the second beat brought good results for them as they hit a bullet to finish the proceedings on top with 59 points.
On the other hand, Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout bounced back brilliantly on Day five and finished on second and third podium places to challenge the leader-board toppers for the first place. Currently they are on second podium with 59 points and can
challenge the British sailing team at any time.
The former champions, New Zealand’s Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie are also closing towards the leading position. With convincing finishes during their run in the regatta, they have managed to book the third place with 60 points and might step up on the final
day to finish on top.
Overall leaderboard at the end of Day 6:
1. GBR 118 Hannah Mills Saskia Clark BFD, 2, 7, 7, 1, 3, 13, 2, 1, 1, 21, 1 = 59 Points
2. NED 11 Lisa Westerhof Lobke Berkhout 6, 1, 1, 1, 7, 6, 18, 10, 2, 3, 20, 4 = 59 Points
3. NZL 75 Jo Aleh Polly Powrie 3, 3, 4, 2, 1, 4, 10, 16, 7, 9, 12, 5 = 60 Points
4. FRA 9 camille Lecointre Mathilde Geron 1, 8, 3, 5, 2, 1, 8, 14, 22, 2, 10, 9 = 63 Points
5. FRA 4 Ingrid Petitjean Nadege Douroux 1, 5, 4, 5, 2, 1, 12, 6, 15, 25, 8, 19 = 78 Points
6. BRA 187 Martine Grael Isabel Swan 7, 6, 5, 18, 4, 20, 17, 3, 3, 5, 16, 7 = 91 Points
7. ISR 311 Gil Cohen Vered Bouskila 7, 2, 1, 1, 10, 5, 24, OCS, 19, 4, 3, 16 = 92 Points
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