2021 European WASZP Games – Day 3
by Marc Ablett 14 Aug 05:21 PDT
11-15 August 2021
Italian WASZP Sailor Francesco Bertone has taken a mini break over the rest of the fleet in the 2021 WASZP European Games. Showing stunning consistency, adding a third and a first to his scorecard following a discard/drop (13th) in the first race of day 3.
Overnight leader Matt Beck had an unfortunate day with two eleventh placings and a 35th to round out the day, while Swiss sailor Jann Schuepbach climbed into second place with a 3, 5, 4 again showing that consistency is key in the super competitive fleet.
The evenness of the one-design WASZP racing is a feature of the class; the boats are so evenly matched and the fleet so competitive it is easy to fall out of contention with a couple of bad decisions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjUV7iN6hYU?rel=0
Again, it was an early start with the usual Ora not firing for this event, instead some absolutely classic Peler conditions have prevailed. All racing so far has been completed in a 12-18knot North wind, providing beautiful foiling conditions and the perfect backdrop for WASZP racing.
It is still anyone’s game as displayed by the results; the key will be to not leave too many points on the race course. We feel this will be a battle right down to the last race.
Full results are available here…
Stay tuned for all the action as we head to day 4 of the 2021 WASZP European Games!
