Robert Hofmann (Starboard/Loft Sails) ci aggiorna da Roses sul terzo giorno di gara per il Mondiale Slalom IFCA Youth e Master.
“Oggi si presenta la giornata perfetta per il termico di Roses… già alle 12 ci sono sui 9-11 nodi e si parte verso le 13 con vento sui 12-15 nodi. Si completa il primo tabellone sia Master che Youth e in finale Master entrano ben 3 italiani, gli unici in gara! Alla fine Rosati secondo, Hofmann quarto e Cozzupoli ottavo. Vince il Campione Turco e al primo anno come Master Bora Konazoglu TUR 11. Terzo il campione spagnolo Fernando Martinez del Cerro Delgado ESP 71.
Si completa anche il secondo tabellone slalom con condizioni simili ma il vento cala durante la finale che ha visto in testa Rosati e terzo Hofmann… perciò rimangono da finire le due finali vincenti e perdenti per finire il tezo Slalom. Per domani le previsioni sono buone!”.
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Day 3 “The Races Begin”
The day started of nice and easy with clear blue skies, a light breeze increased slowly by the hour.
After lunch time thermal winds blew from 11 to 14 knots and the competition could finally begin and the Youths and Junior eliminations were scheduled first followed by the Masters.
Youths High Lights:
Dutch kid Coen Swijnenburg and local boy Marc Paré showed great skills and are defeinetly the ones to keep an eye on in the next coming days. The Former IFCA Slalom Youth World Champion Poyras Akay from Turkey fought hard even with a few bad starts he still won a few heats and always made it up to the Gold Fleet. French talent Nicolas Goyard had definetly the most consistant performance troughout the day with great starts and great board speed.
Masters high lights:
Spanish Slalom Champion Fernando Martinez showed great light wind skills and was never far behind. Italian Master Robert Hofmann kept it save and smooth.
Bora Kozanoglu from Turkey is defenitly one of the strongest masters out there, not his type of conditions but still managed to performed with great board speed .
Last but not least the Former IFCA Slalom Masters World Champion Andrea Rosati from Italy performed with great comforth despite his bad starts one could still see him passing others at ease on the race course.
Few Words from:
Nicolas Goyard FRA-465:
My good starts helped me a lot on this difficult competition day in the light conditions.
My equipment set up:
8.6 Loft Sails Racing Blade on a RRD X-fire 122
Iam very happy with my results and hope we get more windy days.
Poyraz Akay TUR-1011:
My day went ok i quess, conditions were light and difficult.
I wish I could have done better starts, the French sailor Nicolas Goyard FRA-465 defenitely had some good starts.
My equipment set up:
8.6 Point 7 AC 1 on my Starboard Isonic 133
I am happy with my results but I know I can do much better.
Nik van den Eerenbeemt ARU-9:
Iam actually not used to such light conditions, I enjoy stronger winds more.
The French Sailor Nicolas Goyard FRA-465 did very well today.
My equipment set up was maybe not the best set up:
8.6 Loft Sails Racing Blade on my Starboard Isonic 107
In the end I am happy with my result as some of the others out there did gave me a hard time in those conditions.
Andrea Rosati ITA-0:
I won all heats untill the final that got canceled
It was not easy as the conditions were very light and tricky and it was all about good starts today especially with the short legs which made it even more difficult to overtake the other competitors .
Bora probably had most of the good starts today.
My equipment set up:
9.5 Neil Pryde EVO 6 on my RRD X-Fire 122 and a 45cm fin
I have had a few bad starts but felt comfartable with my speed.
A Busy day for the competitors and the water crew here on the 3rd competition day with a few canceleations and approxmitaly 3 protest we managed to complete 2 full rounds for Youths and Juniors while the Masters still have to sail the Gold and the Silver Fleet of the second elimination.
Day 3 top 5 results Youths&Juniors:
1 FRA 465 / Nicolas Goyard
2 TUR 1011 / Poyraz Akay
3 ARU 9 / Nik vd Eerenbeert
4 SLO 9 / Jan Kosmina
5 ESP 334 / Marc Paré Rico
TESTO IFCA Media Rep | Ruben Petrisie
FOTO Jose Pina
