22:24 | 2 rounds of slalom for all heats today
21:00 | Racing over for the day.
20:58 | 1st mark set neat beach with lightest wind.
Outside marks filled in.
Most sailors on 7-7.5/100-120l boards.
20:56 | One full round of slalom in 14-18k.
Lots of spectators on shore watching.
19:38 | Freestyle expression session till 2:45.
1st slalom heat @ 3
18:11 | Freestyle or slalom up next…
18:09 | Martinho 3rd and Besse 4th
18:03 | Dos Reis finishes followed by McGain
18:01 | Back downwind… Dos Reis still leads McGain
18:00 | Next… Besse, Schurmann, Xavier Ferlet
17:58 | Upwind mark… Dos Reis, McGain, Martinho
17:57 | McGain follows dos Reis
17:57 | Dos Reis tacks
17:52 | Dos Reis lead heading toward beach back upwind…Martinho heading up on opposite tack
17:51 | Schurmann is on top of McGain…Besse is close behind
17:50 | Leeward mark… Dos Reis, Martinho 5 seconds behind, McGain in a hole
17:49 | Dos Reis passes Martinho
17:48 | Close race downwind between 5 racers
17:47 | Dos Reis is catching Martinho
17:46 | Followed by dos Reis, Schurmann and Besse
17:46 | Sorry… Martinho rounds first
17:44 | Approaching upwind mark…first to round is Schurmann
17:42 | Dos Reis and McGain battling…Schurmann taking a different line
17:41 | Paulo dos Reis leads McGain to first mark
17:40 | Clear start
17:40 | It\\’s on!
17:35 | Less than a minute to start
17:34 | We are about 5 min away from start of first formula race
15:05 | 12pm first possible start with course racing planned then switching to slalom as wind increases….
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14:30 | AM weather breifing from event sponsor- WIND ALERT (www.iwindsurf.com):
Plain Talk:. Dawn finds faint southerly winds at the ocean buoys with the NW winds are still way offshore. The marine layer clouds have pushed well over the East Bay hills but are not too close to Sherman so it is already windy there. Clearing will be earlier than past days but some clouds will probably still be near the Gate. Overall this is a scenario for upper teens to low 20\\’s strongest from the north tower to Treasure Island to Pt. Isabel to Sherman Island.
Tech Talk: The new Weather Blog has satellite imagery of Cut-Off Low that will shape our wind today and probably tomorrow. The North Pacific High\\’s surface NW winds are still out of the picture and at 18K feet a weak Cut-Off Low and it\\’s counter-clockwise spinning upper level winds create weak southerly over us enhancing the marine layer clouds. The Central Valley thermal low has pulled back from the coast overnight so the SFO-SAC pressure gradient is a moderate -.08. Later this afternoon the surface low retreats more from the coast so a slightly stronger pressure gradient develops and a bit of WNW wind develops at the ocean buoys. This drives the wind at many sites north of Candlestick into the upper teens to low 20\\’s.
Central Bay: Crissy may have too much fog. Weak inside then reaching near 20 mid bay, but stronger out toward North Tower. TI low 20\\’s.
