Victor Kovalenko (AUS) gave 3 days clinic
to the 470 sailors before the regatta. He
then is coaching the Australians here for
the regatta.
Close competition between Seki/Todoroki (Kanto
Auto) and Armstrong/Stowel (AUS).
Masako Imai (Tokyo SF) works hard to beat
top Mens Mistral sailors. |
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Enoshima Olympic Week Day 2 (October 19,
2001)
Enoshima Yacht Harbor, Kanagawa, Japan
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reported by AIKO SAITO (Enoshima Yacht Club)
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After the effect of Typhoon No. 21, the weather
recovered quickly, and it started off nicely
in the morning with north-east breeze, probably
14 knots. Sunny with Mt. Fuji at the back
of the racing area. As the day went, the
wind turned to East, and faded slowly. Mistral
had two races, and then went ashore to wait.
They came out again, but not lucky with the
wind, so they went in without 3rd race today.
470 and Europe had 3 races each, but for
both classes, last race was shortened - 470
at the 2nd windward mark (inner loope), and
Europe at the 2nd Mark (outer loop)
Ryutaro Oishi (Toyama) had a good day with
two 1sts, and now leading overall with 5
points. He worked out the difficult wind
shifts and gusts correctly. Ikuo Inoue (Kanto
Auto) could not work out the shifts well,
so he had to over take almost 30 boats during
the 1st race today. Kazuya Ueno and Inoue
are equal 2nd overall. Masako Imai (Tokyo
SF) sailed well and she managed to finish
8th and 2nd today to lead the overall for
the Women's division.
470 had different winners each race as the
wind got lighter than yesterday. Everyone
had at least one bad race except for Armstrong/Stowel
(AUS). However, with one discard after 5
races, 2nd to 6th are only 4 point margin,
and the Australians are 7th overall (1st
women). The wind shifts were difficult to
pick up, and the pressure area was dificult
to see. During the last race today, the wind
dropped to 4 knots in the end. It was good
to be fine weather without rain, but the
wind was not good as yesterday. Seki / Todoroki
(Kanto Auto) were 20th at the 1st top mark
during the Race 6, but they fought through
the way to finish 10th.
Europes had 4 boats today. Yousuke Harada
(Enoshima Jr Club) managed to arrive at the
racing area just in time for the 2nd race
today after he came from his high-school.
Maiko Sato did not realize there was a 4th
Europe until very late. Their last race today
was only two legs, but 4 boats were drifted
together with no wind and some current. So
they were happy to finish there. So far,
Maiko is winning all races, and we will see
if someone will beat her tomorrow.
Overall results for top 3 places:
Mistral Men
1 Ryutaro Ohishi (Toyama) 5
2 Kazuya Ueno (Miyagi SF) 10
2 Ikuo Inoue (Kanto Auto) 10
Mistral Women
1 Masako Imai (Tokyo SF) 24
2 Yasuko Kosuge (Toyama ) 42
3 Michiru Takagi (Sun Marine BSC) 48
470 Men
1 Seki / Todoroki (Kanto Auto) 15
2 Sanbu / Takamura (Honda) 19
3 Ishibashi / Goto (Miyagi SF) 20
470 Women
1 Armstrong / Stowel (AUS) 27
2 Ijima / Ikuta (TOA) 45
3 Tabata / Kurita (Fukuoka SF) 76
Europe
1 Maiko Sato (Chubu Gas) 4
2 Izumi Shinchi (Kagawa YA) 10
3 Mutsumi Hamaguchi (Tottori YA) 11
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