Name: WASZP - the one design foiler
Brand: WASZP
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WASZP European Championship Day 2 - It is never like this!

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WASZP Europeans Day 2 – Its never like this!

Well after Day 1 not having a breathe of wind Day 2 looked to be very promising. With the Northerly dying early and the temperature at 30 degrees it was set to be an amazing day on the water.

However the breeze never quite filled in to the required pressure for consistent foiling, hovering between 6-9 knots. It did however provide a different element to WASZP racing, since last year the standard has improved quite considerably and the French team burst out of the blocks with Manu Taine leading at the first mark. He was closely followed by fellow countryman Pierre Leboucher, while the local Italian sailors Tommy Ciaglia and Margherita Porro showed fantastic light air polish to be entrenched in the top 6.

As the breeze got softer and softer it became a battle of whether or not to try and foil. Bruce Curson of New Zealand made the call early to not foil and it paid off, moving from high teens at the first mark to 4th place overall. Australians Tom Trotman and Andrew McDougall did a fantastic job of hanging in there as the breeze faded.

Then the ‘play of the day’ came when Nicolai Jacobsen rounded in 7th place for the final time and popped onto the foils. The Norwegian young gun fired down the run on the puff of the day to hit the lead from Tommy Ciaglia only to fall off the foils on the final gybe to let the young Italian through for the win followed by Manu Taine and Jacobsen slipped to 3rd.