It was a long day today on shore and water, waiting for the wind to hit Vilamoura, Portugal, for the second day of competition for the 2022 420 & 470 Junior European Championships.

The racing was planned to start at 14:00 but it was only around 16:00 when the 420 fleets were allowed to launch their boats and head the courses for action (20’ later for the 470s).

But a new AP flag was waiting for the competitors on water due to light breeze.

Finally the 420s yellow group started sailing at 17:55, immediately followed by the Blue and the U17 fleets, while the 470s did it at 18:22 in the other course.

5-6 knots and flat water were the sailing conditions, similar to yesterday but even lighter, allowing only 1 race per fleet to be held.

420 Open results - Race day 1

The overnight top team formed by Camilla Michelini / Margherita Bonifaccio ITA won their single race today in the yellow group and lead the 420 Women’s championship with 2 points.

5 Spanish teams are following now the Italians, starting with the Men/Mixed leaders Ian Walker / Finn Dicke ESP scoring a 3rd, tied in 4 points with the Men/Mixed vice leaders Marc Mesquida / Ramon Jaume ESP, who scored a bad 35th in the blue group. One point behind them with 5 units come the Women’s vice leaders Alejandra Perez / Ana Bautista ESP (Blue group’s winners today) and the third Men/Mixed team formed by Pol Mateu / Alejandro De Maqua ESP. The sixth place overall is also held by Spanish sailors, with Jaime Ayarza / Mariano Hernandez ESP tied in 8 points with the Women’s third Noelia Petesic / Petra Gambiraza CRO.

420 Under 17 results - Race day 1

The overnight 420 U17 Men/Mixed leaders Severin Gericke / Xaver Schwarz GER had a bad performance today (36) but they are still on top of the competition with 3 points due to the discard coming in. On second place overall are the 420 U17 Women’s leaders and recent Silver medalists in The Hague, Amelie Wehrle / Amelie Rinn GER with 6.

Afonso Munhá / Duarte Reis POR and Armel Le Ny / Jean Castel FRA complete the provisional 420 U17 Men/Mixed podium with 7 and 8 points respectively.

Iakovina Kerkezou / Danae Giannouli GRE and Ana Planinsic / Lara Bozic SLO swap their 2nd and 3rd 420 U17 Women’s places today, with 11 points now for the Greeks and 15 for the Slovenians. Esther Rodenhausen / Luisa Becker GER are Women’s fourth but sharing 15 units with Ana and Lara.

470 results - Race day 1

The 470 class competition is still in hands of Matisse Pacaud / Lucie De Gennes FRA with 5 points, followed by Agnieska Pawlowska / Bartlomiej Szlija POL and Pablo Ruiz / Marta Penarrubia ESP with 7.

Efe Tulcali / Defne Danismend TUR and Kacper Paszek / Oliwia Laskowska POL are also close with 8.

Zofia Korsak / Franciszek Borys POL lead the Under 21 championship with 10 units.

• Full results here.

The competition will continue tomorrow and the intention is to run 3 new races per fleet, with the first warning signal at 14:00 for the 420s and 14:30 for the 470s.

All sailors, coaches, team leaders and officials are invited to a Portuguese BBQ at the boat park after the last racing of the day.

The event will run until July 26th, when we’ll meet the new 2022 420 & 470 Junior European champions.

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