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4 July 2001, 12:55 pm

Long Wait For The Wind

photo:Europe Press

Europe World Championships

Long waits after a morning which looked full of promise for competitors on Day Three of the Europe World Champiionships taking place in Vilamoura, Portugal.

With the early sea breeze fading and fighting for supremacy with a light local gradient breeze conditions for both races today became very unstable and big shifts in wind direction affected the first leg of all the courses.

" On several occasions one group or another were reaching in to the windward mark and there were wind shifts of 45 and 50 degrees so it was very difficult." said Mark Barron, Team GBR Coach.

The Netherlands' Carolijn Brouwer retains the overall lead after a third place in the first race of the day.

Andi Robertson/New Editor

World Sailing TV

Lithuania's Juozas Bernotas came out on top in the Men's RS:X whilst Russia's Stefania Elfutina was triumphant in the Women's RS:X. Both sailors claim the first Abu Dhabi ISAF Sailing World Cup Final spots whilst Jock Calvert (AUS) and Joanna Sterling (AUS) picked up the Oceanic spots for the Emirati finale.

A tight group of five young Papua New Guinean (PNG) Laser sailors are stepping up their 2015 Pacific Games competition program using this week's ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne. PNG is one of 33 countries represented at the important Oceanic event, the largest Olympic sailing regatta in the southern hemisphere.