Semaine Olympique Francaise Finn day three double for Ainslie

9:46 PM Tue 26 Apr 2011 GMT

'Semaine Olympique Fran?aise Finns day 3' Jean-Marie Liot /DPPI/FFV copyright

Semaine Olympique Fran?aise in Hyeres, Finn class day three. Ben Ainslie (GBR) now has a useful points margin at the top of the fleet after a double win at the Semaine Olympique Fran?aise in Hyeres, France. Pieter-Jan Postma (NED) is now in to second place and World Champion Ed Wright (GBR) third. Deniss Karpak (EST) took the other two race wins. Variable and very light winds were forecast for the morning, rising to a meagre seven knots in the afternoon. By 13.30, after a long and hot wait, the fleet was sent out in eight-twelve knots. The Finn heats finally ...

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by Robert Deaves