The National Yacht Club's Finn Lynch improved steadily as Thursday's three-race day at the Princess Sofia Trophy progressed, including several impressive comebacks from the rear of the 60-boat ILCA 7 fleet in light winds.
The Rio Olympian's results were 22nd, 14th and an eleventh but ultimately lacked the top ten individual race results that he is known to produce as the world-ranked No. 3 sailor in this event.
Lynch finished the day in 20th overall, having displaced Paris 2024 rival Irish sailor Ewan McMahon (Howth Yacht Club), who slipped back a place to 26th overall after counting two mid-fleet results and discarding a 50th place.
A third Irish sailor, Jamie McMahon is placed 170th in the 184-boat fleet.
Michael Beckett Leads
Last year’s title winner Michael Beckett of Great Britain, stepped clear of the pack with a consistent day to lead by 16 points ahead of Cyprus’ 2012 Olympic silver medallist Pavlos Kontides.
Beckett who went 1,1,3 in the 8-10kts sea breeze said, “I'm happy with how I went given how fickle the wind was. Mark 1 was was so tight with the whole fleet arriving at pretty much the same time, it was a day of really fine margins. 3 races in gold fleet is a big day out for us, so I'm looking forwards to a big dinner this evening!”
Results are here