FW !Worlds 2002 Sylt

Day seven

… course for today

Steve and his Fanatic 2003

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..men results after 11 races

race#11: Men finish line:ISR-1,AUS-0,POL-10

upwind gate: ISR-1,AUS-0,POL-10

17:55

Positions after the first lap: POL-10 is able to keep the lead. ISR-1 on his heals. AUS-0 close behind. Perfect racing close to the beach in front of thousands of spectators. Kevin falls into the water at the downwind mark and Antoine is able to pass him!

17:51

Upwind Mark: POL-10 is leading the fleet! AUS-0 on place 2.

17:47

START! OK!!!!!

17:44

3 min to the start! A lot of BFD in this three starts!

17:39

START! … and general racall!

17:36

3 min to the start!

17:23

START! and general recall

17:20

Restart of the race#11 in 3 min.

17:11

START! and general recall

17:05

Red flag on the boat for the men race#11

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Z flag on the flag pole!

16:35

AP down

16:20

AP on the flag pole. Competitors returning to the beach!

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Provisional Results after 10 races!

001 US-3 Pritchard Kevin 19,1

002 F-192 Albeau Antoine 21,1

003 POL-10 Brzozowski Wojtek 29,4

004 AUS-0 Allen Steve 37,7

005 AUS-7 McGain Phil 39,7

006 US-34 Buzianis Micah 49,3

007 POL-16 Polanowski Michael 68,0

008 ARG-3 Costa Hoevel Gonzalo 69,0

009 F-81 Belbeoc´h Patrice 73,0

010 NED-57 v/d Steen Ben 84,0

16:10


AP on starting board! wind is shifting!

16:02


Red flag is on AT the starting boat!

15:55

AP flag on the starting board! Start postponed!

15:50

RED flag for the men race#11

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Red flag for men race#11 15:50, wind speed 8-10 knots

…stay tuned

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Race#10 Men finish: US-3,300m POL-10,NED-72,AUS-7 or F-192? back to back!

Mark 4: US-3,POL-10

2nd upwind gate: US-3,500m POL-10,NED-72,AUS-7,F-192

Downwind mark:US-3,POl-10,NED-71,AUS-7,D-173,F-192

Upwind gate:US-3,POL-10,AUS-0,?,F-192

15:05

START!

14:59

Red flag for the men race#10 is up!

14:29

Wind shift to NW and starts to pick-up! … AP down!

Stay tuned!

13:55

Wind droped to 5-6 knots. AP returned to the flag pole!

13:35

AP down! 36 minutes to the first possible race!

13:00

The north wind is picking up now but … the rain came! We are still on stand-by!

11:00

The wind plaing the game with us, shifting any 15 minutes from W to NW and back!

AP still on the flag pole!

10:15

AP on the flag pole. Wind shifted to NNW. Next announcement in 15 minutes

8:45

Good morning from Sylt. After long, but successful AGM now it is time for the next races. West wind returned and started to pick-up. Skippersmeeting at 10:00Stay tuned ….