Just one race completed Friday before approaching storms forced everyone ashore. And it was a game-changer of a race, the fifth race allowing the discard to be taken.
Nick Heuwinkel and Jesper Spehr of Germany are leaders after finishing third and discarding a 39, to give them an all single-digit scoreline going into the final day with two races remaining.
Germany’s Max Kohlhoff and Ole Burzinski led race 5 at the first windward mark just ahead of Brazil’s Robert Scheidt and Austin Sperry. Kohlhoff and Burzinski extended their lead on every leg, holding off the relentless challenge of Scheidt and Sperry, to take the win.
Third were Heuwinkel and Spehr who now have 15 point total with a one point overall lead from Scheidt and Sperry on 16 pts, with third Denmark’s Jørgen Schoenherr and Britain’s Ed Wright on 19 pts.
The race win put Kohlhoff and Burzinski into 4th with 22 pts, while Jack Jennings and Andrew Palfrey of the USA drop to 5th with 24 pts, and in 6th are Italy’s Diego Negri and Sergio Lambertenghi on 26 pts.
In anticipation of potentially unstable weather, the Race Committee has amended the Sailing Instructions, allowing for two possible races instead of the single scheduled race.
The forecast currently predicts strong conditions, with gusts reaching 27 knots, leaving the final outcome dependent not only on the sailors but also on the weather.
2026 Star European Championship
Leaders after 5 races, 1 discard (75 entries)
1st GER HEUWINKEL / SPEHR 4 -39 4 4 3 – 15 pts
2nd BRA SCHEIDT / SPERRY 1 12 -13 1 2 – 16 pts
3rd DEN SCHONHERR / WRIGHT 11 1 2 5 -13 – 19 pts
4th GER KOHLHOFF / BURZINSKI 7 11 3 -29 1 – 22 pts
5th USA JENNINGS / PALFREY 9 5 8 2 -15 – 24 pts
6th ITA NEGRI / LAMBERTENGHI 3 -22 1 11 11 – 26 pts
7th USA SZABO / IVERSON 8 2 11 9 -31 – 30 pts
8th DEN HESTBÆK / GRAVAD 14 4 12 -28 5 – 35 pts
9th GER HUBERT / KOY 2 21 5 -27 9 – 37 pts
10th NOR MELLEBY / NEHAMMER 13 -29 6 21 4 – 44 pts