#annalisemurphy – After a sixth scored in race three and the discard now applied after four races sailed, Irish sailing star Annalise Murphy moved up substantially from her opening scores at the Laser Radial Europeans after a shifty day four in Denmark yesterday. The National Yacht Club sailor now lies in the top half of the fleet; 38th from 98.
The day was governed by shifting winds of up to 90 degrees during the day caused by the changing weather. 'Pretty tricky place here' delcared the Irish sailor last night.
The wind, however, maintained a relatively constant force of eight to ten knots throughout the day.
Due to the drastically shifting wind the sailors were thus greatly challenged on both the Laser Standard and the Laser Radial Course. Several times the fleets were subject to general recalls and while the Radials managed to make a first race after half an hour wait it took the Laser Standards almost an hour to get started.
In the Radial Women's Fleet yesterday's two qualifying races did not entail any great changes in the top. Danish Sarah Gunni still holds 1st place and Spanish Alicia Cebrian Martinez De Lagos is still breathing down her neck from her 2nd place.
Had the Laser Radial Women not been entitled to one exclusion after the fourth race things would have looked somewhat different in the top as both Sarah and Alicia had a really bad second race today respectively finishing 18 and 26.
Third place was conquered by German Svenja Weger who had two very fine races today finishing 5th and 1st. She is definitely an oponent that both Sarah, Alicia and the rest of the women's fleet ought to keep a lookout for when making calculations of how to land 1st place when the final race ends in four days.
See today's results here:
Laser Radial Women Top Three
1. Sarah Gunni Toftedal (DEN)
2. Alicia Cebran Martinez De Lagos (ESP)
3. Svenja Wegner (GER)
See all preliminary results for Laser Radial Women here.