No wind on Day 3 of Finn U23 Worlds on Balaton
Patience was key on Day 3 of the U23 Finn World Championship for the Finn Silver Cup at Tihany on Lake Balaton. Unfortunately though, it remained unrewarded with no more races sailed, though the young sailors enjoyed swimming in the lake with temperatures up to 37 degrees.
So the results stand from Monday. There are two days left.
Andres Ivan Lloret Pérez, from near Alicante in Spain is in sixth place overall and has travelled the farthest to compete in this regatta.
This is his last year as an U23, and it was a big trip to make it to Balaton.
“I like the Silver Cup because it’s a nice regatta and this year in Balaton, it’s a good place for racing. It’s generally light winds but it’s good and it’s nice place to come to.”
On his performance so far, he says he prefers the stronger winds because of his weight.
“In the first two races in light winds it was difficult for me but in the third race we had 20 knots and it was much better. Yesterday it was light winds again and I had a good race because my weight is high.
“The organisation here is very nice, with nice people, and it’s a good temperature, so all is good.”
He recently be came the new Spanish national class secretary and it probably the youngest Finn class secretary in the world. The Spanish class is one of the largest associations and has been growing considerably in recent years, with a lot of racing coming up this year.
“People in Spain asked me to become secretary, so I agreed. I like the Finn. I think it’s a nice boat that anyone can sail. Now we are going to celebrate the national championship in El Campello, near Alicante, and we also have many other races each year including the Masters championship.
“We also want to try to organise a national circuit to help encourage and invite everyone to take part.”
The Finn U23 World Championship in Tihany continues until Thursday 15 July.
Results after 6 races
1 HUN 80 Domonkos Németh 5
2 HUN 9 Levente Rácz 15
3 HUN 18 Bence Rácz 15
4 HUN 88 Zsombor Majthényi 23
5 HUN 42 Ábel Szűcs 25
6 ESP 888 Andres Ivan Lloret Pérez 33
7 HUN 58 Dénes Ujváry 40
8 NED 977 Sjoerd Hofland 42
9 HUN 4 Zoltán Veisse 46
10 CYP 1 Panagiotis Iordanou 47
Full results at: http://2021.finnsilvercup.org/results/