Po včerajšnjem brezvetrju se je na Baltiku danes odvil prvi regatni dan odprtega evropskega prvenstva, v katerem se je pomerilo 116 najboljših finašev na svetu.
V vetru do 12 vozlov, ki je v drugem plovu obrnil za 40 stopinj in so ga morali prekiniti in ponoviti štart, je Vasilij začel odlično. V prvem plovu je prvi obrnil prvo in drugo bojo ter na koncu priznal premoč Hrvatu Ivanu Kljakoviču Gašpiću, bronastemu z lanskega EP. V drugem plovu je zaradi tehničnih težav pristal na 7. mestu, zato pa je z odličnim drugim mestom zaključil še tretji današnji plov.
Vasilijeva izjava, v kateri pojasni tudi težave z dvižnico jadra v drugem plovu:
»The day was quite hard, especially the beginning as the first race was so light. And very shift and I managed to play very good shifts up the first upwind and I finished second which is those conditions is extremely good. Then we had a pretty nice breeze, very strong. I had a problem in the second race. I was ahead of the fleet and the halyard block came off and the sail came down. I lost about 25 places, and I really struggled to come back. I managed to finish seventh so I got a countable results when I thought I wouldn't finish the race. And the last race as great. My downwinds are extremely good, and I was playing the waves very well. It was hard but it was a good day.«
Prvi regatni dan Vasilij tako zaključuje z vodstvom! Na drugem mestu je Ivan Kljakovič Gašpić, na tretjem pa Novozelandec Andrew Murdoch.Čestitamo, Vasilij, in navijamo dalje!
Regate se nadaljujejo jutri.
Več na http://www.finneuropeans.org/ec2013/
Arhiv JZS