Day 1 of the Paris 2024 Sailing Test Event taking place in Marseille, France.
On Sunday, four of the five classes scheduled to race completed their races, with the women’s Kite postponed.
Britain’s Michael Beckett (2, 5) leads the ILCA 7 single hander tied on seven points with Finn Lynch (3, 4) of Ireland.
In third place is Australia’s Matt Wearn (1, 7) with 8 pts. The other race winner was Emil Bengtson (34, 1) of Sweden.
Beckett said: “I’m happy with my results and looking forward to tomorrow. It’s interesting doing this format, one person per country, which I’ve not done before. I’m just trying to learn as much as I can.”
In the men’s Kite with just one race completed, Britain’s Connor Bainbridge is second behind Axel Mazella of France. In third place is Monaco’s Alexander Ehlen.
Marit Bouwmeester (2, 2) of the Netherlands has a six point lead in the women’s ILCA 6 single hander after two races.
Second is Switzerland’s Maud Jayet (6, 4) on ten points and third is Italy’s Chiara Benini Floriani (1, 10).
Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN), the reigning Olympic and world champion finishing seventh and 12th on day one.
Britain’s Hannah Snellgrove (12, 33) is in 25th place.
In the mixed 470 event, Jordi Xammer and Nora Brugman (2, 1) of Spain lead with three points.
In second are Stuart McNay and Lara Dallman-Weiss (1, 6) of the USA on 7 pts and in third are Anton Dahlberg and Lovisa Karlsson (8, 3) of Sweden with 11 pts.
Britain’s Martin Wrigley and Bettine Harris (12, 10) are 11th with 22 pts.
ILCA 7 Men – Leaders after 2 races (42 entries)
1st GBR Michael Beckett 2 5 – – 7 pts
2nd IRL Finn Lynch 3 4 – – 7 pts
3rd AUS Matt Wearn 1 7 – – 8 pts
4th POR Eduardo Marques 5 3 – – 8 pts
5th NOR Hermann Tomasgaard 10 6 – – 16 pts
6th FRA Jean Baptiste Bernaz 11 8 – – 19 pts
Kite Men – Leaders after 1 races (20 entries)
1st FRA Axel Mazella 1 – – 1 pts
2nd GBR Connor Bainbridge 2 – – 2 pts
3rd MON Alexander Ehlen 3 – – 3 pts
4th AUT Valentin Bontus 4 – – 4 pts
5th ITA Lorenzo Boschetti 5 – – 5 pts
6th BRA Bruno Lobo 6 – – 6 pts
7th POL Maks Zakowski 7 – – 7 pts
ILCA 6 Women – Leaders after 2 races (38 entries)
1st NED Marit Bouwmeester 2 2 – – 4 pts
2nd ITA Chiara Benini Floriani 1 9 – – 10 pts
3rd SUI Maud Jayet 6 4 – – 10 pts
4th NOR Line Flem Hoest 3 13 – – 16 pts
5th DEN Anne-Marie Rindom 7 11 – – 18 pts
6th AUS Zoe Thomson 11 8 – – 19 pts
GBR:
25th GBR Hannah Snellgrove 12 32 – – 44 pts
470 Mixed – Leaders after 2 races (17 entries)
1st ESP Xammar Hernandez/Brugman Cabot 2 1 – – 3 Pts
2nd USA Mcnay/Dallman-Weiss 1 6 – – 7 Pts
3rd SWE Dahlberg/Karlsson 8 3 – – 11 Pts
4th SUI Mermod/Siegenthaler 11 2 – – 13 Pts
5th GER Winkel/Winkel 9 4 – – 13 Pts
6th JPN Okada/Yoshioka 5 9 – – 14 Pts
GBR
11th GBR Wrigley/Harris 12 10 – – 22 Pts
Racing starts on Sunday 9 July and concludes on 16 July 2023.
2023 Paris Test Event Schedule
