So according to the early eveningвЂ™s provisional standings, Quantum Racing will now go into the final day of the 52 World Championship with a lead of nine points over Azzurra. The team launched a protest for redress, believing that the pin end of the line had moved, but it did not proceed to a hearing. Azzurra won with the regatta leaders forced to sit it out, already tied to the dock in Port MahГіn.ДЄfter composing an aggregate of only 12 points from seven races, three firsts, three seconds and one third, Quantum Racing more than double that tally because of their 13pts from the BFD. The race got under way at the third attempt. When a general recall was signalled, Quantum Racing was the only team penalised. Then Quantum fell foul of a black flag disqualification on the second attempt to get Race 8 away. Quantum Racing had just restored their overall lead to 18 points when they had finished second behind Azzurra in Race 7, the first race of the day. Each had lost their previous sailing partners: Walker had won 470 silver in Savannah with John Merricks who'd been killed during a road accident during the 1997 Melges 24 world championships and Covell's Star helmsman, Glyn Charles, was one of six who perished in the 1998 Sydney-Hobart Race.(Saturday 17th September, Menorca) вЂ“ While Quantum Racing were effectively excluded from Race 8 of the 52 World Championship for crossing the start line early while a black flag rule was in force, their nearest rivals for the 2016 world title completed a perfect day scoring two first places in very different conditions on the waters off MahГіn, Menorca. Walker and Covell's medal was emotionally charged. So did Iain Percy in the Finns with Ian Walker winning silver in the Star with Mark Covell whilst Ian Barker and Simon Hiscocks got another silver in the brand new twin-wire, high-performance skiff class, the 49er, a product of fertile Australian design family, the Bethwaites. Shirley Robertson, in her third visit to the Games in the Europe replaced anxiety with serenity and won gold. Ainslie was one of three gold for Britain, which was top nation. As Ainslie crossed the line, he looked back anxiously to count in the boats behind and it took several minutes before he was sure he'd won the gold. When Ainslie released his man, it was all about finishing positions. Ainslie tacked and tacked upon Scheidt's wind forcing him down the fleet. No matter that the Soling was the designated match race class, these Laser sailors were at it like alley cats. Scheidt could afford another discard to win the gold, Ainslie couldn't and won silver. In was the third attempt to get the race away and so the Black Flag was flying.ДЄinslie hounded Scheidt yet again and the Brazilian took both of them across early. In Savannah, Scheidt finessed an impatient 19-year old Ainslie into a very clever premature start. The only man to beat him in that period was Ainslie in 19. Between 19, Scheidt had won a staggering eight world titles in the Laser. John Forbes, the 1992 Tornado bronze medallist teamed up with Darren Bundock to take silver this time, whilst Michael Blackburn improved from his 4th in 1996 and bronze in the Laser.Д«lackburn can't have fancied his chances of gold because the Laser class had become totally dominated by Brazil's Robert Scheidt and Briton Ben Ainslie. Reigning world champions Tom King and Mark Turnbull won the Men's fleet and Jenny Armstrong and Belinda Stowell the women's fleet. The Australian Yachting Federation hired Ukrainian 470 coach Victor 'Medal Maker' Kuvalenko and results were perfect. With sydney rich maritime heritage a marina of temporary pontoons was the perfect solution as Rushcutters Bay was taken over by a tented village right in the heartbeat of Australian yachting. The difficult course proved to the one just inside the Heads, where the wind swirled and waves rebounded, and the outside course in the Tasman, which often featured a rolling swell under a weak breeze. Beijing (CHN), Berlin (GER), Istanbul (TUR) and Manchester (GBR)ДЄ great natural amphitheatre, Sydney harbour was a tricky place to sail, though many of its patterns could be learnt.

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