(Pskov, Russia)- The fourth act of the 2017 Russian J/70 Sailing League
had challenging weather conditions at Pskov, Russia; the teams were
sailing on the beautiful Lake Pihkva that borders Estonia at the far
western end of Russia (just to the north is the famous historical city
of St Petersburg on the Baltic Sea).
The
three-day event featured a lot of variable wind conditions, mostly on
the lighter side, that kept things interesting as all the top teams had
some bad races. As a result, there were significant lead changes all
weekend long. Winning easily was the NEK SPORT Team from Moscow.
However, the final two spots on the podium behind the NEK SPORT Team
were determined on a tiebreaker at a race average of 2.733 pts each.
The KOREG Sailing Team from Sochi was awarded the silver based on
count-back and taking the bronze was the TRAKTOR Sailing Team from
Chelyabinsk. Rounding out the top five were the CARAMBA Sailing Team
from Moscow in 4th place and the CALYPSO Sailing Team from Tuapse in
fifth place.After the final tally from the weekend’s racing on Lake Pihkva, the KOREG Sailing is still leading the overall series points standings with 12.746 points after four regattas (Sochi, Sevastopol, Moscow, & Pskov)- it is a point system based on adding up your average points for races sailed in each regatta. The winner of the first regatta in Sochi, the QPRO Sailing Team from Moscow continues to hold on to second place in the series with 15.798 pts. Sitting in third by a very small margin over the fourth place team is the CALYPSO Sailing Team with 18.300 pts; fourth is the CARAMBA team with 18.365 pts! Rounding out the top five is the TRAKTOR Sailing Team with 19.162 pts. Follow the Russian J/70 Sailing League here For more Russian J/70 League Sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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