Lynch improves his place heading into final day
Ireland’s Finn Lynch competing in the Princess Sofia Regatta, Bay of Palma, Mallorca, Spain Photo: ©INPHO/Oceansport/David Branigan
After a breezy fourth day of racing for the Princess Sofia Trophy in Mallorca, Ireland's Finn Lynch (National Yacht Club) improved his overnight standing to fourth overall in the Men's one-person dinghy.
The Carlow sailor showed consistent form over the two races of the day, scoring a 12th and a ninth. He is now one point off third overall though the class continues to be dominated by Britain's Michael Beckett who is on the cusp of securing Gold on Friday.
Lynch's team-mate Ewan McMahon (Howth Yacht Club) looked set to match form when he scored an eleventh in the morning race, beating his country-mate for the fourth time in as many days. But a 23rd place in the afternoon had to be counted as he had already used his worst race discard on Wednesday and he remains in 12th place overall. This is still within reach of the top ten by Friday's conclusion to the fleet series.
"It was exciting to see the improvements in Finn and Ewan’s acceleration off the start-line today; that's something we've been putting a lot of work into," commented Irish Sailing coach Ben Walkemeyer.
"They have been using their downwind speeds to put them back into consistent positions, in Finn's case in both races and for Ewan in the first race in particular."
