Semaine Olympique Francaise Finns - Team GBR dominate



9:18 PM Sun 24 Apr 2011 GMT
'Ivan Kijakovic (CRO524) Finn - Semaine Olympique Fran?aise 2011' Guillaume Durand
Semaine Olympique Fran?aise - On the opening day for Finns in Hyeres, Skandia Team GBR sailors were once again dominant. Ben Ainslie(GBR) and Giles Scott (GBR) each won both their races in the split fleet while Ed Wright (GBR) and Andrew Mills (GBR) posted a 3, 2 each. Pieter-JanPostma (NED) posted two second places to sit in third overnight, neatly sandwiched between the four Brits. Once again at a Sailing World Cup event, the Finn class was oversubscribed. Eighty boats from 31 nations took to the start line on day one. After the rain and strong winds in recent days ...


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