Day One

Wednesday’s racing was sailed in 8-12 knots and raining conditions. All scheduled races were completed in time and only eight protests were handed in.

The International Jury was very active on the water which resulted in over 30 penalties for illegal propulsion (pumping, rocking, etc.), thus setting the standard for the 2004 Olympic Regatta.

The Race Committee had only a few problems due to shifty conditions, but were able to relay courses in time.

It was the first time ever a race (Yngling) could be followed live from the shore on large TV screens. Armada Security supplied the Organisers with a GPS box for each boat and mobile network (Vodafone).

This now opens the way to see positions at start and finish, make complete analysis and follow the race from distance. It is the intention to transfer the data to the SPA Regatta website in 2003, so that the world can follow the racing live on internet.

A few unexpected names are leading the 11 Olympic classes after day one including Croatian Aprovov Mate in the Laser, and young New Zealander Tom Ashley in the Mistral Men. But also some well established names lead other classes such as European Champion Emilios Papathanasiou (GRE) in the Finn, World Champions VazovazSantiago Lopez and Javier De La Plaza (ESP) in the 49er and Olympic Gold Medallist Lee Lai Shan (HKG) in the Mistral Women.

The Finals of the SPA Regatta, in which all 11 Olympic Disciplines compete, will take place on Sunday.

Top ten results for each class are displayed below.

470 Men

1UKREugenBraslavetsIgor Matvienko1146 pts

2NEDSvenCosterKalle Coster1449 pts

3FRAPhilippeGildasNicolas Le Berre75113 pts

4SWEJohanMolundMartin Anderson121114 pts

5GBRVialsGrahamDan Newman28515 pts

6ESPGustavoMartinezTunte Cantero410216 pts

7GBRRogersNickJoe Glanfield56617 pts

8ITAZandonaGabrioAndrea Trani124218 pts

9NZLStephenKeenPhilip Keen231823 pts

10FRABenjaminBonnaudRomain Bonnaud142824 pts

470 Women

1FRAIngrid PetitjeanDouroux Nadege63211 pts

2NEDLisa WesterhofMargriet Matthijsse32712 pts

3ISRNike KornickiBuskila Vered48416 pts

4GERStefanie RothweilerMonika Leu151420 pts

5FRAAnne-Claire Le BerreRiou Marie144523 pts

6GERStephanie TruebelVivien Kussatz761225 pts

7GERAlina Grobe Saskia Schroeder591933 pts

8ISRKliger LinorFabrikant Anat1113933 pts

9NZLShelley HessonLinda Dickson822636 pts

10CANJennifer ProvanNikola Girke13141037 pts

49er

1ESPVazovazSantiago LopezJavier De La Plaza1629 pts

2GBRDraperChrisSimon Hiscocks2259 pts

3ESPIkerMartinezXabi Fernandez3429 pts

4GBRPaulBrothertonMarkAsquith24713 pts

5POLKacprowskiPawelKuzmicki Pawel37414 pts

6AUSMarkTurnbullNick Partridge46818 pts

7NORAleksanderBrekkeCarsten Hopstock98320 pts

8DENPeterHansenSoren Hansen192122 pts

9DENJonatan+ge perssonThomas Iversen67922 pts

10GBRAlisterRichardsonPeter Greenhalgh414523 pts

Europe

1FINSariMultala2114 pts

2NZLSarahMacky1135 pts

3BELDezillieMin1236 pts

4GERChristianePetzke2417 pts

5IRLMariaColeman51410 pts

5POLMonikaBrinicka54110 pts

5ITANevierovLarissa14510 pts

8CZELenkaSmidova26210 pts

9POLGlinkiewiczWeronika35614 pts

10DENDitteJuul45514 pts

Finn

1GREPapathanasioEmilios112 pts

2ITALucaDevoti235 pts

3GBRAndrewSimpson617 pts

4DENJonasHoegh-christensen268 pts

5GBRBenAinslie358 pts

6POLWaclawSzukiel11011 pts

7CROKarloKuret9312 pts

8SUIChristophBurger4812 pts

9FRADeplanqueMathieu8715 pts

9POLSzukielRafal7815 pts

Laser

1CROArapovMate..1214 pts

2SWEKarlSuneson3137 pts

3GBRGoodisonPaul2518 pts

4GBREdwardWright3148 pts

5RSAGarethBlanckenberg63211 pts

6SLOVasilijZbogar15713 pts

7NORPeerMoberg28313 pts

8SWEDanielBirgmark53513 pts

9SWEPeterSantén25714 pts

9FINRoopeSuomalainen57214 pts

Mistral Men

1NZLTomAshley123 pts

2ISRMatchoroTal224 pts

3NEDKevinMevissen145 pts

4GBRDominicTidey718 pts

5ISRAlexChabner819 pts

6ESPCurroManchon369 pts

7GBRNickDempsey459 pts

8ARGMarcosGalvßn7310 pts

9POLPiotrMyszka6410 pts

9FRASamuelLaunay4610 pts

Mistral Women

1HKGLeeLai shan145 pts

2HKGChanWai kei527 pts

3GBRNatashaSturges369 pts

4JPNYasukoKosuge41014 pts

5GERRomyKinzl9918 pts

6GBRBryonyShaw14822 pts

7POLAgataBrygola101222 pts

8FRASynthiaGros20323 pts

9FRAJeanneMailhos121426 pts

10JPNMichiruTakagi72027 pts

Yngling

1AUSMelanieDennisonFiona HerbertCaroline Aders235 pts

2GERUlrikeSchuemannWibke BuelleWinnie Lippert527 pts
3NEDAnneliesThiesAnnemieke BesPetronella de Jong1910 pts

3ESPMonicaAzonDiana CuadrasJulie Garcia9110 pts

5ESPAnaLlacaEva RiosHelga Garces7411 pts

6GREGiakoumidovKaterinaElena DimitrakopouloStavrovia Chatzili31013 pts

7NEDJannekeHinTruus VissiaFroukje Kampen41317 pts

8RUSEkaterinaSkudinaEkaterina KovalenkoTatiana Lartseva12618 pts

9GERKristinWagnerAnna HoellV. Lochbrunner11718 pts

10DENDorteO. JensenHelle JespersenTina Christensen14519 pts

Star

1FRASevestrePaul-AmbroiseBerenguier Vincent268 pts

2GBRIainPercySteve Mitchell9211 pts

3ITACelonNicolaNatucci Dodo5712 pts

4NEDSergeKatsJean Pierre Martens8816 pts

5GERMichaelKochMarkus Koy71017 pts

6AUTHansSpitzauerWolfgang Brenner31518 pts

7FINMarkoDahlbergVille Kurki41418 pts

8NEDNeelemanMarkJos Schrier13518 pts

9DENChristianRasmussenPete Oersted17320 pts

10IRLMaxwellTreacyAnthony Shanks101121 pts

Tornado

1SWEHansWallenPeter Mickos84416 pts

2FRAOlivierBackesLolo116118 pts

3NEDMitchBoothHerbert Dercksen1121427 pts

4GBRStylesHughAdam May519327 pts

5AUTRomanHagaraHans P. Steinacher322328 pts

6PORDigoCayollaNuno Barreto1013528 pts

7NEDKarsenbargSvenMischa Heemskerk1731131 pts

8SWEMartinStrandbergKristian Mattsson2181333 pts

9FRAXavierRevilGuillemette Laurent205833 pts

10BRAMauricioSanta cruzJonathan Farrar772034 pts