New scoring system and sandiline at Sailing World Cup in Hyeres The last european sailing world cup regatta has finished yesterday with medal races in extremely light winds. This year was, compared to last year and years before, much friendlier to lighter sailors, as the really strong wind, although forecasted, hasn’t shown.   There was also a redesigned scoring system practiced, that again got a very negative feedback.   Sandiline gear again did a really good job, as many top sailors have worn our products. Unfortunately our ambassadors didn’t win a medal this time.    The best performance showed Mathilde de Kerengat (FRA). She finished in the unlucky 4th place after some excellent race performances. Here is what she has told us: “I am happy with my result, I unfortunately didn’t make it to the podium but the points were not too close with the 3 girls in front of me, so I think 4th is my correct place. I am particularly pleased to have won 2 races and the 2nd medal race during the event. It shows me I can beat the best girls and it makes me more confident for the future. It was the first time I won races during a world cup event and it feels good! Now I will have some days of resting/studying and I will be back on the water for the Eurosaf in Medemblik at the end of May.” It looks like it is just the matter of time, when her rivals will have to admit that she is better than them ...   In the Finn class Vasilij Žbogar (SLO) had a really good regatta start after being seriously sick just before the start of the regatta and won qualifications series by a huge gap. Unfortunately this didn’t mean much in the new scoring system and because of one bad day, he finished the regatta in the 8th place. On the other hand Jonathan Lobert (FRA) didn’t start really well and have brought 13 points from qualifications to the finals. In the finals he showed much better performance and in the end ended in the 6th place.    Our team  Guilbaud - Guillarm in the 470 class again entered the medal races and showed that they are currently one of the best in the fleet. Unfortunately they didn’t make it to get a medal this time, yet we are sure this is going to happen shortly.   Next World Cup regatta will be held in Qingdao in the middle of October. But before, some really nice and competitive regattas will be sailed in Europe as a part of Eurosaf european cup.

Sandiline hikers dominated at Sailing World Cup Regatta in Spain On Saturday the second World Cup regatta concluded with medal races. There were two highlights to mention from the 44th Trofeo Princesa Sofia regatta. First was a new scoring system that has radically changed the overall results, as consistency didn't pay off as much as it did in the past. Almost all top sailors critique the system and it is probably just the matter of time, until it will be changed again.   The second highlight to mention is the stunning view to the finn fleet, where big majority of top sailors wear our products, especially our hikers. Compared to scoring system, this is not going to change in the future …   Our ambassadors also sailed really well, given the fact that this was their first race of the season. Most notable results were achieved in Finn class, where Vasilij Žbogar (SLO) won a bronze medal and Jonathan Lobert (FRA) finished on 4th place. Mathilde De Kerangat (FRA) finished 7th in Laser Radial. Charlie Buckingham (USA) missed the medal race by 2 places (12th place) and Eliot Merceron (FRA) finished 7th among youth standard sailors (45th overall). In 470 class Vianney Guilbaud and Vincent Guillarm (FRA) finished on, sometimes referred as unlucky, 13th place.   Here is what Vasilij said: “I am quite happy with the regatta ending. It is nice to begin racing with such a result after 3 months of training. There is still some work to do, in order to pass top two sailors, especially in strong winds. I am satisfied that I‘ve came closer to them in strong wind, which was my weakness, yet there is still a lot of hard work in front of me, to overcome them. We will work in the same way as we did now, because I think we are doing it in the right way.”   Take a look at the photo gallery from Palma.

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