The second day of the VI Mediterranean Cup in the Dragon class was marked by some unstable weather conditions that led to some important moves in the top positions, although the Australian Yeahnah, from Jan Eckertgot keep the lead and faces the final regattas tomorrow Sunday with an advantage of five points over the second classified, the German Khaleesi, from Nicola Friesenwho today competed at a high level and unseated the Austrian boat Basic Logic, from Werner Deuringwhich is now third.
The start of the competition was scheduled at 12:00 p.m., but, after a sleeve that had to be canceled due to the sudden drop in the wind and three frustrated attempts to start again, it ended up being delayed until 2:28 p.m., when it finally seemed to start. a light breeze from the south component. Three boats (Saskia, Flawless and Rosie) were disqualified for going out of line with a black flag. Yeahnah scored a 13 that, however, could be discarded. The partial victory went to the Khaleesi, followed by Dejà Vú, from Bo Sejr Johansenand of the Fantomas, of Thomas Scherer.
The Race Committee gave the second and last start of the day at 15:35, just 20 minutes after the previous sleeve ended. The anemometer was reading 12 knots at that moment and the weather vane was pointing southwest. In these conditions, the leading crew of the VI Mediterranean Cup was able to make up for the bad result of the first test and claimed a victory that could prove decisive. Jan Eckert’s team has seven points and depends on itself to become champion and add another success to the one already obtained in the sixth edition of the Puerto Portals Dragon Winter Series. The second position in this regatta corresponded to Saskia, owner by Michael Schmidtand the third, al Khaleesi.
The competition will resume tomorrow, starting at 11:00. The coronation of the winner will take place in the afternoon, once the regatta is over, in Puerto Portals. The VI Mediterranean Cup brings together 21 crews from nine countries in Puerto Portals, confirming the status of this club as one of the reference bases for the Dragon class in Europe.
