![]() In these incredibly tough sailing conditions, she had 3 firsts, 3 seconds, a 3rd, 4th, 7th and her drop race 16th, she finished 30 points ahead of the second place finisher.Īs Victoria does not live in Europe, she was not eligible to be awarded the 2018 Girls European Champion. In the Girls Fleet, Victoria Charata Mackinnon of Argentina sailed a really impressive series to take the Overall Girls European Championship. He was able to hang on to 5th overall on the final day. Meriç Erdagli, of Turkey was second at the end of the Qualification Series was in 5th Place overall after the first two races of the Final Series. He jumped onto the podium in third place by winning the final race in the championship.Īndrea Manhes or France who was on top of the leaderboard after the Qualification Series, and 2nd overall after the first day of the Final Series, had a tough final day with a 70th place finish to push him off the podium to 4th overall. He was 7th overall going into the last race of the Final Series. ![]() Unfortunately, his 18th place finish in the last day could not be dropped as he had a BFD earlier in the championship and ended up second overall in the championship.īut it was Italian Teammate Lorenzo Pezzilli who made the biggest gains on the day. Leading the Gold fleet going into the last day was David Santacrue from SPAIN. Alex Demurtas of ITALY was third overall going into the last race, but his 4th place in the final race was good enough to take the lead as he jumped from 3rd to 1st to win the 2018 Optimist European Championship Title. The Italian sailors pulled out all the stops on the final day to take the European Championship title and third place overall in the Boys Fleet. The current was the one element that challenged the sailors over the entire Qualification and Final Series, but those sailors who could master it ended up on top of the leaderboard. The final day of the 2018 Optimist European Championship came to a close yesterday with the 3rd race of the Final Series held in perfect sailing conditions. Alex Demurtas (ITA) and Cosimo Schluter (GER) 2018 European Champions
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