Charlotte Borghesi UAE, sailing with Pippa Kenton-Page, Goncalo Lopes and Artem Basalkin extends her lead at the SB20 World Championship.
Charlotte Borghesihas extended her lead to 11 pts after four more races hosted by the Dubai Offshore Sailing Club on Wednesday.
Although not winning a race, after discard, she has 24 pts, eleven ahead of second placed Hendrik Witzmann UAE with 35 pts, and third placed Michael Buchanan SGP on 41 pts.
Slipping to fourth is Ian Garreta of France, but major drop of the day was by Edward Russo also of France, down from fourth to 11th with a string of double-digit scores.
Heading the other way is Edoardo Martinelli UAE, a single-digit scoreline on day 3, including a race win, lifted him into 5th overall.
British entry John Pollard only gained one place, now 9th also after a string of double-digit scores.
Paul McCartney AUS made some ground, now in 7th.
Winners Wednesday were Hendrik Witzmann in race 1, Edoardo Martinelli race 2, Paolo Borghesi race 3, and Ian Garreta race 4.
With only five races remaining, the competition is heating up as sailors vie for the top spots in the standings.
2024 SB20 World Championships – Leaders after 8 races (48 entries)
1st UAE 3818 Charlotte Borghesi – – 2 2 9 2 4 -16 2 3 – – 24 pts
2nd UAE 3703 Hendrik Witzmann – – -15 12 5 1 1 2 9 5 – – 35 pts
3rd SGP 3748 Michael Buchanan – – 4 7 6 3 6 9 -11 6 – – 41 pts
4th FRA 3653 Garreta Ian – – 8 1 2 11 16 4 -27 1 – – 43 pts
5th UAE 3299 Edoardo Martinelli – – 13 4 -18 12 7 1 8 2 – – 47 pts
6th UAE 3239 Mitch Webb – – 16 8 -17 5 3 3 17 10 – – 62 pts
7th AUS 3827 Paul Mccartney – – 11 5 13 17 8 6 4 -49 – – 64 pts
8th BUL 3149 Lyuben Tenekedzhiev – – -22 3 1 19 12 14 16 7 – – 72 pts
9th GBR 3814 John Pollard – – 1 -32 14 8 25 13 12 4 – – 77 pts
10th SGP 3800 Agoston Sipos – – 9 -33 10 7 10 10 19 12 – – 77 pts
11th FRA 3763 Edward Russo – – 3 10 7 10 19 -28 15 15 – – 79 pts
12th FRA 3580 Paul Loiseau – – 12 13 19 12 -49 8 13 9 – – 86 pts
13th BEL 3762 Bart Tytgat – – 5 11 4 13 21 -36 30 11 – – 95 pts
14th SGP 3750 Nils Razmilovic – – 33 26 3 6 5 5 28 -49 – – 106 pts
15th UAE 3363 Michal Pajak – – 14 6 33 4 -39 18 18 14 – – 107 pts
