19:20 | registration is about to close. allready 5 girls including Sarah Herbert and 30 boys (BRA, FRA, GBR, POL, ..) registered. Tomorrow morning late registrations ( a lot are still underway) , 11.00 skippersmeetinge and first possible start of Polish FW championship at 12.00.
The event starts today over the Polish cost in the tourist village Pobierowo.
We inform all competitors that 2009 Italian Open FW Championships, postponed last May after the tragical death of Davide Beverino, have been rescheduled again and so they are anticipated and will be raced from Thursday October 22th to Sunday October 25th always at Windsurfing Club Cagliari, Sardinia. According to Beverino family the Championships will be dedicated to the memory of our unforgettable friend Davide. In the next weeks the relevant Notice of Race. Since now you are all invited to join this event and we hope many foreign competitors will travel to Cagliari next October.
Best regards,
Marco Rossi
San Francisco board heads got their fix over the weekend with long distance and course racing in the 2009 Ronstan Bay Challenge, hosted by the StFYC.
15:43 | AP over A. The Festival is ended. Today we had no races due the lack of wind. so the score stays as it was. The new worldchampions.............. Master: Martin Ervin and Youth: Jules Denel.
13:44 | another day like yesterday- the youth were called to the water , but the race was postponed before the start as the wind dropped below the minimum required.
“We inform all competitors that 2009 Italian Open FW Championships, postponed last May after the tragical death of Davide Beverino, have been rescheduled and will be raced from Thursday October 29th to Sunday November 1st always at Windsurfing Club Cagliari, Sardinia. In the next weeks the relevant Notice of Race. Since now you are all invited to join this event and we hope many foreign competitors will travel to Cagliari end October.”
Best regards,
Marco Rossi
18:08 | AP over A - no more racing today. The thermic breeze is dying. Tghere will be some anxious sailors tonight , particularly in the youth fleet where only one point seperates first and third.
The forecast is not great for tomorrow , although the locals claim the thermic breeze could easily double the predicted windspeed.
22:09 | sorry for the lack of report on last race of masters - but martin is having a fantastic regatta !
full results are now posted. Tomorrow is a rest day - which is good , as tonight there is a party, BBQ and live band at the beach !
With plenty for the competitors to see and do in cadiz - tomorrow will still be a busy day.
Racing will resume on friday with so much still to be decided in all fleets
20:17 | we also have a fleet of sailors too old for youth and too young for masters (seniors). They start with the masters and we have a combined ranking for information- published as \\"OPEN\\".
We will also publish a separate ranking for seniors .
19:19 | The results of the last race of FW youth. 1st Maciek Ruikowski (POL 23) 2nd Jules Denel (FRA 41) and 3rd William Alikiagalelei (FRA 540). The totall results of this day will be published shortly
19:00 | WE HAVE A VALID CHAMPIONSHIP !!!!
00:55 | Hi - and apologies for the slow start to this reporting. Registration is finished and racing starts tomorrow for over 90 competitors here in Puerto de Santa Maria, on the Bay of Cadiz.
Good winds are forecast - as is normal here during the summer.
Some small changes to the SI's have been prepared and the course to be sailed on day is published on the ONB.
Tune in tomorrow to follow the racing - a full competitor list will soon be available and a forecast on the sailors looking for podium finishes.
Changes to SI
Course