From the Yacht Club Ballyholme of Northern Ireland Ryan Seaton and from Yacht Club, Royal Cork Séafra Guilfoyle has been qualified for the 49er Gold fleet, the race will start in the morning of 5 of April. The result came out after they scored the strong fourth place yesterday in the afternoon, to put both sailors at 19th position overall.
After qualifying for the 49er Gold fleet, the pair said: “Some good and solid races we raced to qualify have set up us wonderfully for the gold fleet. However, our focus is still on the processes, though we are happy with things that are going on.”
Another result of Irish skiff from Rob Dickson of Howth and Tadhg Donnelly and Sean is present online.
After completion of another three qualifying races, the top fleet of 49er is tight. Stuart Bithell and Dylan Fletcher, who is the world champion GBR 2017 are now only one point clear of performing sailors Klaus Lange and Yago from Argentina. They are the last year winners.
Klaus Lange after completing the race said, “During crucial moments in the race, we are opted the right positions on the course that we find was apt. We both attended a good winter sailing training with squads of Austria that helped us in giving this remarkable performance. Now, we both are working as a team and have to for other races and we think we both are really strong.”
David Hussl and Benjamin Bildstein, who were training partners of Lange and Yogo in Austria training won two out of three races and are at the third position overall. The world champions Mihovil Fantela and Sime from Croatia have climbed up and now at the fifth position with a 12pts overall.