FW Europeans – Portugal
Day three

SMSes from Matthias Regber on starting boat!

19:15
World Champions Dorota and Kevin on the safe lead after 7 races!
Please return here in one, two hours for more than 60 photos, results and comments!
19:07
Men finish #7:
US-3, close AUS-0 big gap GBR-83, ARG-3,DEN-173(OCS),H-280,BRA-171,GBR-5,F-81,ISR-1,KC-1
19:05
Women finish #7:
POL-1 (big lead),GBR-95,ITA-31(close) big gap, GBR-93,F-115,AUT-88

18:58
Women second up
POL-1, GBR-95,ITA-31
18:55
Men bottom mark: Very close!!!!!: US-3,GBR-83,AUS-0, then a crowded pack!
18:50
Women bottom mark: GBR-95,POL-1,ITA-31
18:48
Women started! A killer start from Lucy!!
18:43
MEN start! Three over earlies: FRA-730, DEN-173,BRA-999
18:42
Last minute for men!
18:40
Yellow UP!
18:37
Men are in sequence! Red up!
18:32
Last today’s race: Yellow flag for for women! Wind 14-18 knots!

18:18
Men finish race #6:
US-3,AUS-0,DEN-173,ARG-3,GBR-83,H-280,E-71,F-81,GBR-5,KC-1,POL-10
18:15
Women finish race #6:
GBR-95,POL-1,ITA-31,GBR-93,F-115
18:11
The third, last race will be started immediately back to back
So stay online…

18:06
Men bottom mark: AUS-0, US-3,DEN-173,E-71 all very close!!
18:01
Lucy leading the women fleet at the bottom mark!
Then POL-1 and GBR-93

Men are started!
17:51
Yellow up for men! Wind 14-18 knots!
17:48
Women are started! Men in sequence!!!
17:44
Next race will be started in a few minutes! Back to back! So stay on-line!!
Wind average 15; min 14; max 17
17:35
Men finish race #5:
GBR-5,US-3,F-81,H-280,DEN-173,BRA-999,POL-10,ISR-1,AUS-0,ARG-3
17:29
Women finish race #5
POL-1,GBR-95,ITA-31,F-3616,AUT-88,F-115

17:22
The field was too close at the bottom mark to sms the positions!! Great race! 13 to 17 knots!
17:20
Men first round: F-81, ISR-1,AUS-0 all very close!!!
17:17
Dorota is leading the womens fleet at the bottom mark. The rest of the girls is close together
17:12
There are incedible many fish in the water. Kevin cut one of them into two parts as revange for Ben (yesterday Ben was hit by one of flying fish and was driven to the hospital)
17:10
Men are started! No over earlies!
17:04
Women started! Men in sequence …
16:58
We are starting now!! Women are in sequence!!
16:15
The wind is steady now (average: 13; min. 11; max. 17 knots). The competitors are send out again…
15:50
The competitors have been send out at 15:00 in 15 to 17 knots. Some minutes later the wind has dropped again even to the limit of 7 knots. So the competitors were send back to the beach. We are waiting for the wind to get stronger and consistant again. Last measurements on the water: min. 9 knots max. 14 knots. Average 11 knots
14:25
SMS from Matthias: Wind average of 9 knots. The Race Committee is setting the course.
14:10
E-mail from Kevin: …Still no wind but is really hot. Lots of discussion on fomula rules and all
the boys talking it up with no wind here. This place is beautiful here. The
cliffs up against the ocean. The sailling is incredible when you look to
the shore to see the beauty here.
Looks like there will be another one hour before our start…
Kevin Pritchard

13:30

SMS from Matthias: At the moment the wind is inconsistant between 3 and 10 knots. Start is postponed until 13:00 (14:00 CET).
13:00

Info from Wojtek: Offshore wind 5 knots. We are waiting. Stronger wind forecast for the afternoon..
10:46

Lisbon Flashlight: 9:30 local time
…Skippers Meeting at 11:00 and the first possible start at 12:00…

Lisbon Flashlight:

9:30 local time

After the four races of yesterday the race committee has decided to start with a Skippers Meeting at 11:00 and the first possible start at 12:00.

The forecast is announcing sunny weather with northern wind of 2 Bft in the morning that should turn to NW which is the preferred direction for Cascais as it is accelerated by local thermical effects. The wind should pick up to at 4 Bft in the afternoon.