FW Europeans – Day One – Formula Windsurfing

Tomorrow skippers meeting at 8:45!
…official entry list!!!
…return

16:50
End for today. No races on the first day of FW Europeans… maybe tomorrow..
16:30
Wind is shifty and gusty. We are still on stand-by…
15:50
The wind is to shifty for racing. Race Committee sent all competitors to the beach…
We are waiting for wind to stabilise…
…before the first race

15:17
We just receive the news that the race was cancelled for mens and womens fleet. Wind dropped below the limit.

15:09
Sorry no news from the water.

14:54
First round: POL-16!,POL-10,FRA-192
14:51
Dog fight between Wojtek and Antoine! Wojtek at the lead at the moment.

14:40
Start OK!
Start for the men fleet!
Bad lack of Jarek Miarczynski (POL-127). He returned to the beach with broken sail!

14:05
Z flag is up! We hope for the first men race in 20 min. Ladies and youth fleet will start 6 minutes after men. The wind is picking up. Now 8-9 knots at the starting line. We have no chance for on-line reports from the water, but we will give you any info when it reach us here on the beach.

13:30 Skippers meeting…
119 competitors listen Race Director during the Skippers Meeting. The wind returned to south and … died. We have 6 to 8 knots on the racing area at the moment. All competitors waiting for Z flag to go up… Stay tuned…

9:30
Good morning from Douarnenez.
Warm, sunny morning here in Douarnenez Bay. Wind shift a little bit to East. At least 15 racers do not complete their registration. I saw some of them just arriving to the event site (see photo). The registration finish at 12:00, then we will have the Skippers Meeting and if the condition will be suitable for racing we will have a first possible start at 14:00. So stay tuned for more news from FW Europeans…