Karpak said, ‘It was nice show, spectacular race; something similar to 49er medal race in Beijing. The medals were played out at the last metres of the course.
“I was always close to catching up, but I still look for the better settings and equipment for 23+ knots. We had 25 and 29 gusting, with hard waves. But I made a mistake at the last downwind, and went underwater. I am happy with my performance and the result. Fifth is my best place here.”
“Interesting format, but we need to play around.”
So what next? What have we learned from the format test this week?
The format largely worked, except perhaps the Semi-Final where three sailors were already selected by points. In the end, the sailors who ended up in the Semi or the Final all deserved to be there. The two finals demanded that the sailors performed on the day and not take risks. No one doubts that the Final wasn't spectacularly exciting to watch.
It is certainly sparking a discussion within the fleet and will hopefully lead to a more exciting, more thrilling and more nerve-wracking format, for sailors and spectators alike.
Over the next few weeks the Finn class will produce a survey to analyse the pros and cons of the format and perhaps fine tune it before the European Championship, to be held in Marseille at the beginning of May. |
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Final results
After Final 1 SWE 33 Max SALMINEN 2 HUN 40 Zsombor BERECZ 3 TUR 21 Alican KAYNAR 4 NED 89 Nicholas HEINER 5 EST 2 Deniss KARPAK
After Semi-Final 6 POL 17 Piotr KULA 7 FIN 218 Tapio NIRKKO 8 BRA 109 Jorge ZARIF 9 ARG 48 Facundo OLEZZA 10 CRO 52 Nenad BUGARIN |
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