With 19th and 24th place, EK 49er is not a high-flyer for Belgian sailors | To sail

Today on the final day, Anouk Geurts & Isaura Maenhaut (49er FX) and Jan Heuninck & Yannick Lefèbvre (49er) were no longer able to hoist the sails. There was too little wind on the coast of the Algarve.

The Belgian participants were therefore unable to make up any places. Geurts & Maenhaut finished in 24th (or 19th place without the non-European boats). A setback for the Olympic duo that was good for 4th place at the World Cup.

Among the men, Lefèbvre and Heuninck sailed to 19th (or 15th) place.

Yannick Lefèbvre and Jan Heuninck dropped from 14th to 19th on Sunday. The sailing duo finished 13th, 15th and 21st in the day’s races.

With 120 points, they follow after 12 heats at 51.4 points from the French leaders Lucas Rual and Emile Amoros. For a place in the Medal Race (top 10), they have to make up 26 points in the remaining five races.

In the 49er FX, Isaura Maenhaut and Anouk Geurts dropped from 22nd to 24th. On Sunday they finished 9th, 24th and 18th. They only have 4 rounds left to make up 46 points on the top 10.

Yannick Lefèbvre and Jan Heuninck dropped from 7th to 14th place in the European Championship 49er on Saturday in Vilamoura, Portugal.

In the first two races of the “golden group” (with the top 25) they finished 23rd (a result that does not count as a least result) and 12th respectively.

After 9 of the 17 races they total 71 points. That is 31 more than Austrian leaders Benjamin Bildstein and David Hussl.

In the 49erFX, Isaura Maenhaut and Anouk Geurts retained their 22nd place (with 105 points). They finished 17th and 18th in the gold group. The Norwegians Helene Naess and Marie Ronningen (40 points) lead the pack.

Jan Heuninck and Yannick Lefèbvre remain on course for a good result. After day 3, the Belgian 49er boat is in 7th place (6th if you don’t count the New Zealand boat).

Heuninck and Lefèbvre sailed today to a 5th, 7th and 11th place in the 3 regattas.

In the 49er FX, Anouk Geurts and Isaura Maenhaut are playing catch-up. The Olympic duo recorded a 10th, 18th and 6th place today.

The duo is 22nd in the standings (18th without the non-European boats).

Day 2 of the European Championships has produced mixed results for the Belgian boats.

Yannick Lefèbvre and Jan Heuninck have had a beautiful day. They enter the top 10 after 3 great regattas (5th, 3rd and 6th).

With this, the Belgian duo guides the 49er to 6th place in the standings. Without the New Zealand (1st) and the American boat (4th), they can even call themselves 4th after as many races.

Anouk Geurts and Isaura Maenhaut (49er FX) are having more difficulty in Portugal. With an 11th place twice and a 10th place once, they dropped to 16th place in the standings (13th in the European Championship standings).

Isaura Maenhaut and Anouk Geurts are in twelfth place after the first day at the European Championships in the 49erFX class in Vilamoura, Portugal.

The Belgian duo finished fourth and fourteenth in the two regattas of the day. Maenhaut and Geurts have a total of 18 points. Italy’s Jana Germani and Giorgia Bertuzzi are in the lead with two points after winning their two races of the day.

At the World Championships in Scheveningen, Maenhaut and Geurts finished fourth. This summer they assured Belgium of a quota place for next year’s Olympic Games in Paris.

Only one regatta was sailed in the men’s 49er. Yannick Lefèbvre and Jan Heuninck finished 21st in their group and are 63rd in the rankings. Jan van Maercke and Leonard de Silva are ranked 87th with 30 points. The winners of each of the three groups – the Spaniards Martin and Jaime Wizner, the New Zealanders Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie (who are not competing for the title) and the Swiss Sébastien Schneiter and Arno de Planta – are in the lead.