F18 Worlds 2014 @Ireland: Day 4, Larsen-van West regain Lead

Image: Jasper van Staveren. With Two discards now in play and after 12 races, Gunnar Larsen & Fer van West are leading by 4 pts over Reiss-Whitehead who were leading up to the 11th.
Light weather racing today, in contrast of yesterday’s 20knots. 
Gunnar scored today 5,9 and a bullet by miles that gave him and Fer the lead overall, responding to the Youth attack. The US talented kids 3,4 and a 13th (worst results so far) that ended as their second discard.

Ashby & Goodall return to race and 8,1,6. Yesterady they had to repair the port hull and missed 4 races, that in the end it could be too much loss and one of the reasons the As have 2 races per day.
I think to keep it fair in the F18 for all levels and ages a maximum of 3 x days should be Ok.
After the two leaders, the French fleet is pressing for podium places lead by current Nat Champs Bontempts-Amiot, Carnac Long Distance winners, Lagraviere-Jarlegan  and followed by 3 Junior skippers : Tim Mourniac, Robert Solune & Lois Berrehar.

BEL Patrick Demesmaeker and ARG Rodger are currently 7th & 9th respectively and the top ten closes with the sixth FRA flag with Emeric Dary & David Fanoulliere.

– N17 Europeans with another day of no racing.. check posts below.
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R Bow Helm CrewName SailNo R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 Tot Nett
1st 17 Gunnar Larsen Ferdinand van West NED 17 1.0 (16.0) 4.0 1.0 2.0 6.0 4.0 5.0 (ocs) 5.0 9.0 1.0 112.0 38.0
2nd 14 Taylor Reiss Matthew Whitehead USA357 7.0 8.0 1.0 9.0 (10.0) 5.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 (13.0) 65.0 42.0
3rd 45 Gurvan Bontemps Benjamin Amiot 56836 (16.0) (21.0) 5.0 12.0 4.0 1.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 5.0 7.0 86.0 49.0
4th 33 Morgan La Graviere Armaud Jarlegan FRA 124 (bfd) 5.0 20.0 17.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 6.0 6.0 12.0 (21.0) 8.0 157.0 78.0
5th 28 Tim Mourniac Jean Christophe Mourniac FRA 2222 6.0 2.0 16.0 3.0 (31.0) 13.0 (32.0) 13.0 9.0 13.0 3.0 3.0 144.0 81.0
6th 44 Robert Solune Riwan Perron FRA 2217 (39.0) 10.0 10.0 11.0 17.0 9.0 9.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 15.0 (36.0) 164.0 89.0
7th 48 Patrick Demesmaeker Klaas Victor BEL 1 11.0 1.0 12.0 (24.0) 7.0 7.0 5.0 7.0 14.0 (23.0) 18.0 14.0 143.0 96.0
8th 42 Lois Berrehar Hugo le Pomellec FRA 88 5.0 14.0 25.0 2.0 16.0 (bfd) 7.0 10.0 5.0 1.0 (32.0) 15.0 190.0 100.0
9th 19 Ian Rodger Pablo Volker ARG 666 15.0 9.0 (26.0) 4.0 9.0 (bfd) 16.0 8.0 10.0 7.0 13.0 16.0 191.0 107.0
10th 29 Emeric Dary David Fanouillere FRA 719 13.0 18.0 22.0 (27.0) 19.0 4.0 8.0 9.0 4.0 9.0 (26.0) 2.0 161.0 108.0