OM INTERNATIONAL LEDRO MATCH RACE A GREAT START FOR JEFFREY PETERSEN, VLADIMIR LIPAVSKY E ROBBIE MCCUTCHEON

Ledro Lake – The instability of the weather slowed down the Round Robin’s flights of the OM International Ledro Match Race, an event valid as sixth stage of the World Match Racing Tour which began today on the Ledro Lake and organized by Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro with the support of World Sailing and of the Italian Sailing Federation.

The long hours spent between the buoys, necessary to wait the settling of the wind, were reflected in the dispute of just four flights that promoted the American Jeffrey Petersen (3-0, 100%) and the Israeli Vladimir Lipavsky (3-0, 100%) to the top of the rankings. New Zealander Robbie McCutcheon also did well (3-1, 75%), and he was the only one to compete in four regattas, three of which he won.

Behind Petersen, Lipavsky and McCutcheon a small furrow has already been created given that none of the pursuers has collected two points and all of them have at least one defeat. At present, completing the top six are Ruairi Finnegan (1-1, 50%), the European Champion Eric Monnin (1-1, 50%), surprisingly beaten by the Irishman Finnegan, and Mati Sepp (1-1, 50% ).

A situation that is still too “unripe” and that will begin to take shape tomorrow, when, starting at 9AM, the bows will return to cross with the aim of completing the Round Robin.

Once the OM International Ledro Match Race has concluded at the Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro there will be no time to rest, given that the EUROSAF Match Racing Women Open European Championship will already begin on June 27th, destined to end on the afternoon of the 30th.