Max Salminen maintains lead at Opel Finn Gold Cup after one late race on Day 4

After placing fifth in the only race possible on the fourth day of the Gold Cup, Max Salminen extended his lead to seven points. Ed Wright, from Britain, remains in second, while Jonathan Lobert, from France, moves up one place to third, on equal points with Wright. The race was won by a man from Brazil. Most of the top ten remain the same, apart from the one from Norway, who placed ninth today, and the only one who has retained his overnight lead is Salminen. Gerardo Seeliger, who celebrated his 70th birthday today with his best result of the series so far, finishing 86th, beat several sailors less than half his age. After six hours of waiting for a stable wind, a late race was sailed in a slowly building breeze, topping out at 13 16 knots. Oscar was raised to the top mark as the wind increased past 10 knots. He was followed by a couple from Croatia. Bugarin has sailed an excellent series and would be a title contender, but for two letter scores that have left him with 114 points, a very high price in a fleet of this size and quality. Zarif took the lead on the downwind and never looked in danger for the rest of the race. On the second upwind, Zsombor Berecz, from Hungary, came under pressure from Lobert but he was able to stay in front. Berecz came into the final mark just ahead of Lobert to finish second.