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Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta Tuesday BLOG

Tuesday 15th Sept

1705h:

Everyone is safely ashore.....let's see what tomorrow brings!

1653h:

Race 4 470 men BLUE top 3 are:  Nicolas Charbonnier, Nic Asher, Pierre Leboucher

1608h:

Stars are now all back.

1543h:

49ers are now flying AP over H.  We hjave reports of a Star losing its mast too.  Its really blowing now!

1500h:

Laser & Radials have finished racing for today.  So have RS:X men.

1426h:

470 men BLUE flight are under way after 2 general recalls.

1420h:

We are expecting the wind to drop and anticipate that AP for 49ers will be dropped at approx 15.30h ready for a 1600h start.

1341h:

Race 3 470 women top 3 are:  Lisa Westerhof, Jo ALeh, Pippa Wilson

Race 3 Finn top 3 are:  Giles Scott, Zach Railey, Piter-Jan Postma

1301h:

Womens Match Racing indefinitely postponed.

1238h:

Clear start for 470 women.

1236h:

470 women are in the starting sequence.

1226h:

Group B flight 6 has just started for Women's Match Racing

1225h:

Star start is likely to be at 1340h.

1215h:

RS:X women Race 1 top 3 are:  Yuki Sunaga, Maja Dziarncwska, Blanca Manchon

1209h:

470 women, first finisher has just crossed the line.  AP is now flying for Star class

132h:

General recall for the Radials.

1116h:

General recall on the Laser course for Blue flight.

1112h:

The Finns are underway now with a clear start.

1104h:

470 women got away with a clear start.

Individual recall on the Laser course, Race 1 now under way.

0931h:

It is likely that Lasers, Radials & 470 will sail in the harbour but this is NOT confirmed.

0926h:

Stars cannot start before 1300h

0911h:

Its windy here today!  The Y flag is flying and the current situation is this:

2.4m, SKUD, Sonar:  AP flying

WMR:  Going out in the harbour.

Stars & 49ers:  AP over 2 flying, currently held ashore.

RS:X:  Going afloat on time

470 men & women:  Going on time.

Finn: Going on time.

Laser:  Holding them on the shore.

Radial:  AP flying.