Hvide Sande PWA World Cup

Day 5: A look at the women’s title race as the waiting game continues

The waiting game continued on the penultimate day of the 2016 Hvide Sande PWA World Cup. For a short time during the morning the wind looked as though it was going to pick up, but unfortunately the breeze fizzled out leaving the sailors on standby for another day.

Women’s

Title Race

If things were to remain as they stand then Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins) would be crowned the PWA Women’s Slalom World Champion for the second successive season — which would be her 3rd slalom world title.

Offringa had this to say when asked about the title race: “At the moment I’m just trying to keep all that at the back of my mind because it’s not over until its over. Of course I’m aware that I’m in a really good position, but I’m not celebrating anything yet. I’d also love to go racing, but lets see what happens.”

The title race isn’t quite over yet though with Lena Erdil (Starboard / Point-7 / AL360) still in with a chance of winning a maiden world crown. However, the 27 year old would need to finish in at least 2nd place here. 

In the event of one further race this would mean that Erdil would need to beat Delphine Cousin (Starboard / Gun Sails) by at least one place as this would see her rise into 2nd place, which would then mean Offringa and Erdil finish the season level on 4,167 points. Erdil would then be crowned champion on count back — having beaten Offringa more times this season with Erdil also winning the sole elimination completed in Korea earlier this year.

Men’s

Meanwhile, in the men’s division if things were to finish as they are now then Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Point-7) and Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / NorthSails) would be tied on 6,201 points after 4 events with two more to go in Sylt, Germany, and La Torche, France. Iachino, would actually regain a narrow lead for the first time since South Korea with the 26 year old edging ahead on count back with two victories this season.

The forecast for tomorrow looks very similar today with a moderate breeze being predicted, but from the west. The best chance for racing looks as though it will come in the morning so the skippers’ meeting has been called for 9am with the action commencing from 9:30am (GMT+2) — if conditions allow. Make sure you tune into www.pwaworldtour.com to follow all of the action as it happens via the PWA live stream.

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Current Rankings Hvide Sande PWA World Cup — Women’s Slalom

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins)

2nd Delphine Cousin Questel (Starboard / Gun Sails) 

3rd Lena Erdil (Starboard / Point-7 / AL360)

4th Maja Dziarnowska (RRD / RRD)

5th Fujiko Onishi (Starboard / Point-7)

Current Rankings Hvide Sande PWA World Cup — Men’s Slalom

1st Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Point-7) 

2nd Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / NorthSails)

3rd Sebastian Kördel (Starboard / GA Sails)

4th Vincent Langer (Fanatic / NorthSails)

5th Julien Quentel (Patrik / Avanti)

6th Andrea Cucchi (Starboard / Point-7)

7th Sebastian Kornum (JP / NeilPryde)

8th Mateus Isaac (JP / NeilPryde)

9th Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde)

10th Marco Lang (Fanatic / NorthSails)

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