Valerian Lebrun, from France, took both race wins on the second day of the 2026 Finn European Masters at Los Alcazares, on the Mar Menor in Spain.
Lebrun, counting a 24 from yesterdays race, is in fourth place, eight points off the leader, Portugal’s Filipe Silva (1, 11, 6) who still leads from Laurent Hay (9, 12, 2) of France and Britain’s Nick Craig (11, 6, 7).
A long delay to wait for wind was rewarded with two races in 12-15 knots, ending in the golden evening light on Mar Menor.
Nanno Schuttrups led round the top mark from Switzerland’s Christoph Burger and Britain’s Nick Craig. Lebrun was fourth and soon took the lead downwind to lead round and win the race from World No. 1, Peter Peet, from The Netherlands and Burger.
Lebrun then led the second race all the way, with the wind dropping on the final upwind to 8-10 knots down to the finish. Laurent Hay made it a 1, 2 for France with Spain’s David Terol in third.
Third placed Craig is best placed of the 18 British competitors, with Allen Burrell in 29th and Lawrence Crispen 30th, both Grand Grand Masters.
In the evening the postponed opening ceremony took place at the Centro de Tecnificación Deportiva in Los Alcázares. A paella was served followed by a flag ceremony in the dark at the sports centre.
Leading Results after 3 races (118 entries)
1st POR 21 Filipe SILVA 18 pts
2nd FRA 75 Laurent HAY 23 pts
3rd GBR 790 Nick CRAIG 24 pts
4th FRA 111 Valerian LEBRUN 26 pts
5th ESP 7 David TEROL ALBALADEJO 27 pts
6th SUI 7 Christoph BURGER 27 pts
7th BEL 7 Sebbe GODEFROID 35 pts
8th NED 148 Peter PEET 37 pts
9th ESP 161 Miguel FERNÁNDEZ VASCO 41 pts
10th ITA 40 Marko KOLIC 44 pts