Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia Regatta 2024
Hermann Thomasgaard showed the world champion the fence.
It was fresh outside Palma when the Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia Regatta 2024 literally kicked off today.
The three best boats from the WC in ILCA7 helped dominate today’s sailings. Hermann Thomasgaard sailed in the same pool as world champion Matt Wearn from Australia and took the lead with two strong sailings, where he secured a 1st and a 2nd place in a field of more than 60 boats. Matt Wearn also won one race but was 3rd in the other. On the same score as Tomasgaard and thus shared 2nd place, the man he fought for the WC silver with, and won earlier this winter, the Briton Micky Beckett. The leader is Thomasgaard’s training partner Philipp Buhl from Germany, who won both races in his pool. After the first day, there is almost no difference between the first four.
The other Norwegian participants Theodor Middelthon and Christoffer Sørlie also delivered good sailing and are respectively in 28th and 46th place overall.
Results ILCA7
Line Flem Høst also came through the first two voyages well. Overall, she is in 7th place with 2nd and 8th place and only three points behind 3rd place. Rival Anne-Marie Rundom is three points behind, in 10th place.
Results ILCA6
Julie Jacobsen and Emil Forslund got two 17 places today
Results 470 mixed
Neither the 49ers nor the IQfoil sailors were on the course today.
