After an intense week of racing in France, sailors competing in the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 classes made significant moves in the SSL Ranking. Who advanced the most?
Global & Men’s Ranking
John Gimson (GBR), after winning the bronze medal at the Nacra 17 World Championships, remains at the top of the SSL Ranking. His 1750 points give him a slight advantage over Gianluigi Ugolini (ITA), who won the Nacra 17 world title in Quiberon. The two main rivals from the Nacra fleet are currently going head-to-head at the top of the ranking.
After last weekend, Paul Cayard (USA) also recorded a huge jump after winning the Etchells World Championship in the United States. Cayard moved up an impressive 19 places.
The bronze medal at the 49er World Championships went to Bart Lambriex and Floris van de Werken. Lambriex climbed 33 spots to reach 10th place in the Global Ranking, while van de Werken moved into the lead of the crew ranking.
However, the biggest phenomenon of the weekend was the newly crowned world champions from New Zealand — Seb Menzies and George Lee Rush. Menzies jumped to 26th place and climbed an incredible 211 positions in the skippers’ ranking, while Lee Rush advanced 473 places to 39th in the crew ranking.
Women’s Ranking
In the women’s skippers ranking, Georgia Lewin-Lafrance (CAN) remains in the lead after finishing 4th at the World Championships together with her sister. Silver medallist Paula Barceló climbed 49 places to move into second position.
The biggest rise after winning the 49erFX World Championship was recorded by Norway’s Pia Dahl Andersen, who now sits 12th in the women’s ranking after gaining 695 places. Poland’s Aleksandra Melzacka, who won the bronze medal, also made a huge leap — moving up 318 positions to 17th place in the women’s ranking.
In the women’s crew ranking, Anna Burnet, who sails with John Gimson, remains in first place. Maria Giubilei advanced to second after winning the World Championship alongside Gianluigi Ugolini. Antonia Lewin-Lafrance moved up to 4th place, while Maria Cantero climbed to 5th.
Spectacular gains were also achieved by France’s Aloise Retornaz, now ranked 10th among female crew members, and Sandra Jankowiak, who advanced 387 positions to 22nd place.
