The French Olympic Sailing Week started with a whisper on Sunday (25 April), with just five of the twelve competing classes able to see any race action on the opening day.

Light wind conditions upset the race schedule right from the outset of this fourth leg of the ISAF Sailing World Cup series, although Britain’s Olympic, World and European Champion Paul Goodison, 2.4mR sailors Helena Lucas, Megan Pascoe and Lucy Macgregor’s match racing crew all had promising starts to their regattas.

Goodison and his Laser fleet saw a long day on the water with just one race to result to show for it – a race which saw the Skandia Team GBR star finish third in the testing conditions, in spite of picking up a yellow flag penalty – while Helena Lucas and Megan Pascoe saw a strong start in the 2.4mR Paralympic fleet.

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