DAY 3 | 2024 49er, FX & Nacra 17 Junior World Championships

📌 Petard and Lubac Reach Into Nacra 17 Lead at 2024 Junior World Championships

🇩🇪 Schwachhofer and Stoltze stay leaders in the FX class
🇲🇹 Shoultheis and Bertin have stellar day to move into the lead over four 49er races in higher winds
📍 Vilagarcía de Arousa (Galicia, Spain), July 19, 2024

🌊 Nacra 17 Fleet News:

First-time use of reaching starts, inspired by the Sail GP circuit
French duo Titouan Petard and Thea Lubac take the lead from compatriots Thomas Proust and Eloise Clabon
Belgians Kwinten and Lieselotte Borghijs move to second place, tied on points with the leaders
📢 Race Official Manel Lligé: "This new format is better for spectators."

⛵ Coach Ruben Booth: "This new format changes the whole way of sailing in the Nacra 17."

🌬️ Weather Update:

Southwestern breeze started at 8 knots, building to 15 knots by the end of the day
🏆 49er FX Class:

🇩🇪 Germans Katharina Schwachhofer and Elena Stoltze maintain leadership with 27 points
🇫🇷 French duo Manon Peyre and Clara-Sofia Stamminger de Moura move up to fourth overall
🇮🇹 Italians Sofia Giunchiglia and Giula Schio in second place, two points behind the leaders
🇩🇰 Danish Rebekka Johannesen and Silje Cerup-Simonsen in third with 56 points
⚓ 49er Class:

Yellow fleet sailed on the Alpha course, blue fleet on the Bravo course
Top 25 teams move into Gold fleet for Final Series
🇲🇹 Maltese Richard Schultheis and Youenn Bertin lead with 31 points
🇳🇿 New Zealand's Sebastian Menzies and George Lee in third with 42 points
🇳🇱 Dutch Wiebrand de Vos and Stijn Gast in second with 41 points

Video credits: rfgvela , Jacobo Bastos