Another blisteringly hot Aussie summer day awaited the competitors as they arrived at Ramsgate Beach for the second day of racing at the 2009 FW Oceanic & Australian Championships....
A picture perfect day greeted the competitors of the 2009 Formula Windsurfing Oceanic and Australian Championships in Sydney, Australia today....
21:59 | after 6 races - leading sailors are : Youth Jules Denel (FRA41); Master Xavier Ferlet (GBR451); FE junior Morane Demont (FRA59) , FE senior Nicolas Schreir (PER2 )
The last two races are nearly finished - full results very soon
20:17 | 2 races have been completed for all fleets. there is a short break before the last two races of this championship.
19:46 | hi the last day of racing and the wind is good at the host venue. the racers are on the water, and the wind is betweem 11>13 knots
2009 Formula Grand Prix dates.....
The provisional calendar for the 2009 Grand Prix Tour is now published. So many enquiries have been made from both national associations and individual racers that it was felt necessary to publish now.
We are confident most, if not all, will go ahead.
Detailed arrangements - travel , accommodation etc - should not be made until the Notice of Race ( or Provisional NoR ) is published.
The polish organisers are working hard to upgrade the Pobierowo Chamlleger to a Grand prix .
GP- Sines. POR. 21 >26 April - tbc
GP/Europeans - Portimao, POR. 12>17 May - tbc
FW Challenger - Pobierowo,POL. 24>26 July
GP- Allegro Cup, Leba, POL. 30 july > 2 august
GP- Sopot, POL. 5>8 August
GP - Sao Paulo , BRA October - tbc
GP- Fortaleaza, BRA. 24>29 November
05:32 | we have had a great days racing. 4 races for seniors , youth and masters ; 3 for juniors. A full report tomorrow. Leading the fleets are : Junior (fE) - Morane Demont (FRA59) ; youth (FW) - Jules Denel (FRA41) ; senior (FE)- Nicolas Schreier (PER2) ; Master (FW) -Xavier Ferlet (GBR451)
13:06 | good morning- the truck is being loaded. The club is opening early to give people the chance for breakfast before boarding buses to go to the venue.
03:28 | sorry for the lack of news .... until now!
The organisers have proposed to move the event site tomorrow. To Playa Paraiso, 90km north of Ancon. A meeting was called and all competitors informed - so at 06.30 tomorrow morning we meet to load trucks and buses. It may not be possible to report on the days events until we return in the evening .
17:10 | good morning from foggy Ancon!. The planned rest day -recovery day- is now a race day. with just 3 days left to complete the championship every effort will be made to validate the championship today. Last night was great - the organisers cannot be faulted for their hospitality and enthusism towards the event.
23:43 | ... and a very happy new year to formula racers everywhere.
23:38 | Unfortunately, no racing today. After being called out to race the wind failed to get stronger and in fact began to decrease. Eventually the race officer decided to call an end to racing and sent the sailors to the beach. Tomorrow was scheduled to be a rest day - with a big party night ahead !
Now the schedule of racing has been changed and the first possible start for racing will be 14.00
21:05 | we are still waiting for wind. unusually we have a lot of cloud cover which is preventing the normal thermic breeze .
16:18 | good morning from Ancon. We have fog in the bay this morning - but this is normal! The wind usually starts around noon and clears the fog and we hope that will be the same today
After days of perfect wind, it decided to take a […]
22:46 | it looks unlikely that we will race today. Skippers meeting tomorrow will be at 10.30 local time. Come back later for news of entries and some links to photos.