July 14, 2004
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Three Bullets For Tarnacki
The 28th Micro Cup, the World Championship for the class got underway yesterday in Nieuwpoort, Belgium. Three races were completed by the 37 boat fleet, representing eight nations and it is the French and Polish teams showing good form at this stage.
The 28th Micro Cup, the World Championship for the class got underway yesterday in Nieuwpoort, Belgium. Three races were completed by the 37 boat fleet, representing eight nations and it is the French and Polish teams showing good form at this stage.
Cloudy weather, moderate wind and very uncomfortable waves in the morning forced three boats to retire for seasickness, in one case very severe. In the afternoon, the weather conditions improved and the three planned races were sailed, ending under a bright summer sun. All three races were won by Piotr TARNACKI.
In the last race of the day, the tide was turning, which some crews misjudged. After two general recalls, three boats were disqualified under black flag.
Top Ten After Three Races
| Pos | Nation | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| 2 | POL | TARNACKI Piotr/ CHODUBSKI Jerzy/ WOSINSKI Lukasz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | FRA | KRAUTH Marcel/ KRAUTH Marc/ BEIGNEUX Fabrice | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | POL | GORALSKI Bohdan/ SURDYN Michal/ MAZUR Marcin | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | FRA | BENABEN Philippe/ NOBILEAU Remi/ LOISELET Matthieu | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | FRA | HUMBERT Robert | 9 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | FRA | CHRETIEN Francois/ OLLIVIER Vincent/ L’HOTE Christian | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | LAT | BUKOVSKIS Igors/ PERVUSHKIN Serguey/ BERZINSH Andrey | 8 | 11 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | NED | ROBERT Renan/ VAN MARSEVEEN Tom/ LUITEWIELERS Odin | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 9 | FRA | FOURNIER Renaud | 11 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 10 | LAT | ZIRDZINS Andris/ ZIRDZINS Vilnis/ CERBIKOYS Martins | 13 | 12 | 11 | 36 |