F18 Raid Worlds 2022, Stockholm Archipelago: Day 4

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Breezy day at the Stockholm Archipelago. Only one leg could be completed today due to high winds for the 2022 F18 Raid Worlds.

Report below sent by KSSS Royal Swedish Yacht Club media.

Scandinavia with plenty of Catracing action today, check Sail GP Live Replay here

F18 Rad Worlds Top Ten, complete results after 7 races at stockholmarchipelagoraid.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Resultat-race-12-3-4-5-6-7.html

PosNatSailHelmCrewR1R2R3R4R5R6R7TotNett
1stBEL1Patrick DemesmaekerOlivier Gagliani34-263434343234228202
2ndSWE111Jakob LundqvistRasmus Rosengren3234-3133323431227196
3rdAUS0Brett BurvillBailey Skewes33323332-152227194179
4thNED15Ad NoordzijMaarten Noordzij29292831-253329204179
5thSWE1Lars LinderErik Brunnberg3131302927-2530203178
6thSWE7Fredrik KarlssonNiklas Nordblom303315(0.0 DNS)332933173173
7thSWE1337Max LinderCasper Nordenram-21242930283024186165
8thNED222Wik BeckerRob Becker26-153228203126178163
9thSWE77Nilas BredbergLeff Dahl2730-726181632156149
10thTHA21Florent HersonAlexander Frefel282326203120-14162148

F18 Raid Worlds 2022, Day 4: …And action!

On the Saturday we were treated with true action sailing. The expected hard and gusty breeze did really kick in and send the racers off in a smoking down wind start. We saw speeds in the 20 knot range and knowing that any minor mistake would cause a crash made the sailors fully focused. After the down wind leg came a short upwind and after that a long hard beam reach in about 20 knots of wind with gusts at 28. You could see expressions of utter joy shifting to fear and back again in the faces of the sailors.

It is very tight in the top, but the Swedish team Lundqvist,Rosengren took the lead early and the Belgians Demesmaeker, Gagliani wre further down the line, but have during the race showed a unique capacity to work their way up in the field. Despite the hard and gusty wind there was no severe breakage or incidents. Actually it was more dramatic during the night when a squall hit the harbour at Fejan.
A F18 catamaran that was moored by one of the safety RIBs was lofted by the almost 50 knots wind and tipped over and pulled the RIB with it, and both landed upside down on the quay. Miraculously none of the boats were damaged and and they could serve in the race on Saturday.

Back to the race. On the way towards the finish at Nässlingen was another screaming beam reach and when team Lunqvist, Rosengren suffered a minor technical problem,
which caused a capsize and Demesmaeker, Gagliani and two other teams could pass. The Australians Burvill, Skewes did also make decents race and the top three before the last day of racing now looks like this:

  1. Patrick Demesmaeker,Olivier Gagliani Belgien 202 points
  2. Jakob Lundqvist, Rasmus Rosengren Sverige 196 points
  3. Brett Burvill, Bailey Skewes Australien 179 points

Due to increasing wind no more races will be sailed on the Saturday.

Highlights video day 4 here
Pictures from day 4 here

Results here

Follow the race:
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