Day #6 Morning Report - Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima

Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima, the first event of the 2020 series draws, to a close on Sunday 1 September with five Medal Races scheduled on the Enoshima racing area on Sagami Bay.

The Men’s and Women’s 470, Laser, Laser Radial and Finn fleet will all conclude racing. In the Finn and Laser, Nicholas Heiner (NED) and Pavlos Kontides (CYP) have confirmed gold in their respective fleets.
 
Josip Olujic (CRO), Ioannis Mitakis (GRE), Joan Cardona Mendez (ESP), Zsombor Berecz (HUN) and Jorge Zarif (BRA) will fight for silver and bronze in the Finn.
 
In the Laser, Kontides put together the most consistent scoreline across the ten race series and leads by 21-points. Matt Wearn (AUS) and Jean Baptiste Bernaz (FRA) will pick up a medal but the colour is to be decided as just five points separate them.
 
Three points separate Emma Plasschaert (BEL) and Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN) going in to the Laser Radial Medal Race. Alison Young (GBR) is still in the hunt and Maria Erdi (HUN) also has a shot at grabbing a medal.
 
Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS) are poised to claim their third consecutive Enoshima Men’s 470 gold medal after success at their World Championships and Ready Steady Tokyo. They are 16-points clear of Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodriguez (ESP).
 
Japan’s Kazuto Doi and Naoya Kimura occupy the final podium position and are six points clear of Sweden’s Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergström.
 
In the Women’s 470, Nia Jerwood and Monique de Vries (AUS) hold a three point over Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero (ESP). Elena Berta and Bianca Caruso (ITA) sit in third.
 
After Saturday’s big breeze and pounding waves, Sunday’s forecast is for lighter, calmer conditions. The breeze isn’t expected to fill come in until 13:00 local time and then it will be a light, veering south westerly to south easterly.

Click here for the weather forecast.

The day’s schedule is as follows.
 

How to follow:

EVENT WEBSITE
Click here for further information on Enoshima and the Hempel World Cup Series – https://wcs-enoshima.org/

ENTRIES / RESULTS / SCHEDULE
Click here to view the entry list in full.

Results will be available here – http://sailing.org/worldcup/results/index.php

To view the full schedule click here.

WATCH
Daily highlights and live streamed Medal Races on Saturday and Sunday will be available across the World Sailing Network. Click here to subscribe.

Saturday Medal Races – Men’s and Women’s RS:X, Nacra 17, 49er and 49erFX – https://youtu.be/XOPsr6uWWto
Sunday Medal Races – 470, Finn, Laser, Laser Radial – https://youtu.be/DwMBD476ybI

SAP SAILING ANALYTICS
Live tracking, sailor analytics, live weather data and racing status will be available on the SAP Sailing Analytics here – https://hwcs2020-round1.sapsailing.com

SOCIAL MEDIA
Follow the event on World Sailing’s social networks and get involved in the conversation using #hwcsenoshima
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/worldsailingofficial/
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/worldsailingofficial/
Twitter – @worldsailing

PRESS RELEASES
All World Sailing international press releases throughout the duration of the Hempel World Cup Series, including the latest news and reports, are available to read here – http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/news/index.php