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Event Blog (Mon)

4/6/2012 19:41200055Philipp BUHL won the yellow fleet -  
4/6/2012 19:3249er 1294 (Dave EVANS/Ed POWYS (GBR))in first 49er 1 (Nathan OUTTERIDGE/Iain JENSEN (AUS)) in second for the yellow fleet -  
4/6/2012 19:16F10M2- Price starts to windward of Skudina and takes the right. Long port tack and Price is just ahead when they come together near top. -  
4/6/2012 19:15F10M1- Kjellberg rounds the 1st windward mark about 5 lengths ahead of Goncalves. -  
4/6/2012 19:03radial Blue win taken by Dongshuang Zhang (CHI) -  
4/6/2012 19:01Radial 202970 (Evi VAN ACKER/ (BEL))first radial yellow race 2 -  
4/6/2012 18:57F9M3- Price just ahead of Tunnicliffe as they approach the finish. Overlapped at the zone and both boats gybe. -  
4/6/2012 18:45Race 2 currently underway. -  
4/6/2012 18:4449er 10 (Ryan SEATON/Matthew MCGOVERN (IRL))in first 49er 113 (Pavle KOSTOV/Petar CUPAC (CRO))in second 49er 1259 (Jorge LIMA/José LUIS COSTA (POR))in third blue race 3. -  
4/6/2012 18:30Laser Yellow fleet all clear race 1 at 1829 -  
4/6/2012 18:20Star finish race 1: Star 8433 (Michael HESTBÆK/Claus OLESEN (DEN)) Star 8461 (Richard CLARKE/Tyler BJORN (CAN)) Star 8364 (Flavio MARAZZI/Enrico DE MARIA (SUI)) -  
4/6/2012 18:18Finn race 1 finish: Finn 11 (Caleb PAINE/ (USA)) Finn 1 (Aleksey SELIVANOV/ (RUS)) Finn 88 (Mark ANDREWS/ (GBR)) -  
4/6/2012 18:15470s starting to arrive at slipway -  
4/6/2012 17:58RSX Men 6 (Julien BONTEMPS/ (FRA))in first RSX Men 126 (Przemysaw MIARCZYSKI/ (POL))in second RSX Men 2 (Aichen WANG/ (CHN))in third -  
4/6/2012 17:54Star 8433 (Michael HESTBÆK/Claus OLESEN (DEN))currently leading -  
4/6/2012 17:5149er blue fleet all clear start. -  
4/6/2012 17:492.4mR 98 (Megan PASCOE/ (GBR))wins the first race -  
4/6/2012 17:47Finn 11 (Caleb PAINE/ (USA))still in the lead round M2 for the last time in race 1 -  
4/6/2012 17:4749er 1187 (James PETERS/Ed FITZGERALD (GBR))lead the blue fleet. -  
4/6/2012 17:46Second race has just started. -  
4/6/2012 17:45Radial Blue fleet all clear for race 2 at 17.38 -  
4/6/2012 17:45RSX Men 6 (Julien BONTEMPS/ (FRA))leading the second race -  
4/6/2012 17:44470 Women race 1 results (Elise RECHICHI/Belinda STOWELL (AUS)) won the 1st race but was BFD, 470 Women 23 (Giulia CONTI/Giovanna MICOL (ITA)) 470 Women 9 (Camille LECOINTRE/Mathilde GERON (FRA)) -  
4/6/2012 17:30Radial 198219 (Tuula TENKANEN/ (FIN)) first blue radial -  
4/6/2012 17:3017.30 Radial Yellow start - all clear for race 2 -  
4/6/2012 17:29Finn 11 (Caleb PAINE/ (USA))first Finn at gate -  
4/6/2012 17:28RSX men clear start. -  
4/6/2012 17:27Finn mark rounding 3: Finn 11 (Caleb PAINE/ (USA)) Finn 1 (Aleksey SELIVANOV/ (RUS)) Finn 4 (Zach RAILEY/ (USA)) -  
4/6/2012 17:26AP lowered for the yellow fleet starting to launch for second race. -  
4/6/2012 17:25ap lowered for RSX men -  
4/6/2012 17:211st 3 Stars round mark 1: Star 8437, Star 8456 (Robert SHEIDT/Bruno PRADA (BRA)) Star 8461 (Richard CLARKE/Tyler BJORN (CAN)) -  
4/6/2012 17:21Ap displayed for the second race -  
4/6/2012 17:20Fleet starting to finish 1st race. -  
4/6/2012 17:17Radial 198385 (Isabella BERTOLD/ (CAN))wins first race today -  
4/6/2012 17:16First Stars rounding the first mark -  
4/6/2012 17:12Orange displayed for the second race for the RSX men -  
4/6/2012 17:07Finn 11 (Caleb PAINE/ (USA))first boat round mark 2 -  
4/6/2012 17:0249er 1220 (Federico ALONSO/Arturo ALONSO (ESP))leading the race. -  
4/6/2012 17:00RSX Women 8 (Zofia NOCETI-KLEPACKA/ (POL)) wins the second race RSX Women 5 (Marina ALABAU/ (ESP)) RSX Women 94 (Bryony SHAW/ (GBR))in third. -  
4/6/2012 16:57Star race 1, start time 16.56 all clear -  
4/6/2012 16:54race 2 underway start time of 16.41 -  
4/6/2012 16:52Star class warning, sailing LA2 course -  
4/6/2012 16:48In sequence for flight 7: FIN-FRA, NZL-NED, GBR-GER -  
4/6/2012 16:45F6M2 close finish - Groeneveld just pips Leroy. -  
4/6/2012 16:45WMR: F6M3: Lucy Macgregor (GBR) beat Stephanie Hazard (NZL) #ssfg -  
4/6/2012 16:44WMR: F6M1: Silja Lehtinen (FIN) beat Silke Hahlbrock (GER) #ssfg -  
4/6/2012 16:4216.41 Clear Start for 470 Men Yellow -  
4/6/2012 16:41a slight gap until the Star start due to a shorter start line to the Finn Class -  
4/6/2012 16:38Finn Race 1 start all clear and underway -  
4/6/2012 16:36AP lowered for RSX men fleet getting ready to launch. -  
4/6/2012 16:35Radial Blue start underway -  
4/6/2012 16:33RSX women clear start at 16:32. -  
4/6/2012 16:30AP down for the Finn class - 16.35 start time -  
4/6/2012 16:30RSX women are in a sequence for the second race. -  
4/6/2012 16:28470 W all clear, start time 16.25 sailing O2 course -  
4/6/2012 16:26F6m1- Hahlbrock rounds 1st windward mark ahead by a couple of lengths. -  
4/6/2012 16:25F6M1- split tack. Hahlbrock at the boat end and Lehtinen at the pin. -  
4/6/2012 16:25F6m2- another split tack start with Groeneveld near the RC boat and Leroy towards the pin. -  
4/6/2012 16:22Radial Yellow start 16.20 all clear -  
4/6/2012 16:2049er blue fleet away with an all clear start. -  
4/6/2012 16:16Fleet ashore after a challenging first race. -  
4/6/2012 16:14ap lowered on the 49er blue fleet -  
4/6/2012 16:11recorded 6-7 knots on the Laser course... -  
4/6/2012 16:09general recall then a black flag start for the 2.4mr all clear start -  
4/6/2012 16:06WMR: F5M3: Claire Leroy (FRA) beat Stephanie Hazard (NZL) -  
4/6/2012 16:02RSX Women 15 (Jessica CRISP/ (AUS)) leading RSX Women 8 (Zofia NOCETI-KLEPACKA/ (POL)) in second RSX Women 94 (Bryony SHAW/ (GBR))in third. -  
4/6/2012 16:01All racing finished for the day. -  
4/6/2012 16:01WMR: F5M2: Silja Lehtinen (FIN) beat Lucy Macgregor (GBR) -  
4/6/2012 16:00Breeze is down to 5 knots... -  
4/6/2012 15:58WMR: F5M1: Renee Groeneveld (NED) beat Silke Hahlbrock (GER) -  
4/6/2012 15:57F5m3- Leroy has a substantial lead around the leeward mark. The wind was a bit fickle at the top mark and she escaped. -  
4/6/2012 15:57All racing finished for the day. -  
4/6/2012 15:52470s Launching -  
4/6/2012 15:52F5M2- Lehtinen leads Macgregor 5 lengths around the leeward mark. -  
4/6/2012 15:50470 Women waiting on shore -  
4/6/2012 15:50RSX Women 8 (Zofia NOCETI-KLEPACKA/ (POL)) in the lead RSX Women 15 (Jessica CRISP/ (AUS))in second RSX Women 6 (Ning WANG/ (CHN))in third. -  
4/6/2012 15:49F5m3- Leroy clears her penalty near the top of the 1st upwind leg and stays ahead of Hazard. -  
4/6/2012 15:46wind information - 240 at 7 knots -  
4/6/2012 15:46F5M1- Groeneveld leads Hahlbrock by 2 lengths around the leeward mark. -  
4/6/2012 15:45F5M1- Groeneveld leads Hahlbrock by 2 lengths around the leeward mark. -  
4/6/2012 15:44F5M3- Blue penalty on Leroy for port starboard in pre start with Hazard -  
4/6/2012 15:41The women have finally started their first race with an all clear start. -  
4/6/2012 15:41F5M3- Both boats over early - Macgregor does a good job getting back and leads off the line from boat end while Lehtinen is near the pin. -  
4/6/2012 15:37F5M2- Macgregor and Lehtinen reaching away from the line under the Nothe Fort. -  
4/6/2012 15:36F5M1- Groeneveld crosses Hahlbrock on port at pin end. -  
4/6/2012 15:36470 Men AP down -  
4/6/2012 15:35Groeneveld and Hahlbrock approaching the line to start. -  
4/6/2012 15:32The sun is coming out -  
4/6/2012 15:28The AP is down and we are in sequence for flight 5: GER-NED, FIN-GBR, FRA-NZL. -  
4/6/2012 15:235-6 knots being recorded by the radio boat -  
4/6/2012 15:22AP down for 470 women -  
4/6/2012 15:21AP up for 470 men -  
4/6/2012 15:17Boats going afloat again, wind coming bakc -  
4/6/2012 15:15AP lowered fleet now launching. -  
4/6/2012 15:14Seeing 6 knots of breeze from about 230. Starting to get the course set. -  
4/6/2012 15:13After the 1st 4 flights: Skudina and Price are 3-0, Tunnicliffe and Echegoyen 2-1, Meldgaard 2-2, Goncalves and Kjellberg 0-4. Others on now -  
4/6/2012 15:01AP lowered boats getting ready to launch. -  
4/6/2012 14:59The race committee is repositioning for the new southwesterly breeze that is filling in across the Nothe Course as predicted. -  
4/6/2012 14:56AP lowered for Star class - 14.52 -  
4/6/2012 14:56AP lowered for Laser Radial class - 14.52 -  
4/6/2012 14:55AP lowered for Finn class - 14.52 -  
4/6/2012 14:55AP lowered for the fleet getting ready to go racing -  
4/6/2012 14:46rumour has it....the wind may be reappearing! -  
4/6/2012 14:27Still waiting for the new wind... -  
4/6/2012 14:23470 Women postponed after no wind allowing them to race. AP over H flying -  
4/6/2012 14:05Patience and Bithell win race one in the 470 M blue fleet. followed by 470 Men 165 (Panagiotis K/Efstathios) and 470 Men 83 (Sime FANTELA/Igor MARENIC (CRO)) PAPADOPOULOS (GRE)) -  
4/6/2012 14:05AP over H for 470 M blue fleet - sent ashore -  
4/6/2012 14:05Wind dropped considerably here, plenty of postponements now -  
4/6/2012 13:52black flag up for the 470 women - race 1 start -  
4/6/2012 13:47The RC has put up the postponement flag. It might be a bit of a wait for the breeze. -  
4/6/2012 13:46Crew changes going on now, but it looks like the wind is fading out. -  
4/6/2012 13:44470 men blue thrid mark rounding (M1) 1st - GRE165 still in the lead, 2nd - CRO83 Fantela and Marenic, 3rd-GBR863 Patience and Bithell -  
4/6/2012 13:34470 women getting ready for their first start sequence of the day -  
4/6/2012 13:18470 blue first mark rounding: 1st- GRE165 Kampourridis&Papadopoulos, 2nd- CRO83 Fantela & Marenic, 3rd - GBR863 Patience & Bithell -  
4/6/2012 13:05WMR: F4M3: Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) beat Rita Gonçalves (POR) -  
4/6/2012 13:03Here we go. We're back in sequence for flight 4. 8 knots from _025 -  
4/6/2012 13:00470M Blue Race 1 start all clear. sailing course I2 -  
4/6/2012 13:00Warning displayed 5 minutes to start. -  
4/6/2012 12:54All boats finished race 1. -  
4/6/2012 12:53All boats finished 1. -  
4/6/2012 12:52AP over H raised for the RSX men -  
4/6/2012 12:49470 Men Blue less than 5 minutes until start -  
4/6/2012 12:47Star Class AP over H - sent back to shore -  
4/6/2012 12:46470 Men Blue AP down -  
4/6/2012 12:43Laser Class AP over H - sent back to shore -  
4/6/2012 12:41Finn Class AP over H - sent back to shore -  
4/6/2012 12:37Follow the 470s on tracking -  
4/6/2012 12:33470 yellow final windward mark rounding: RSA10 Asenathi and Hudson in the lead, closely followed by GER55 Wagner and Baldewein and in 3rd - GBR854 Asher and Willis -  
4/6/2012 12:28Very shifty conditions out there today and not much breeze! -  
4/6/2012 12:06back up to Mark 2 roundings: GER55 Wagner and Baldewein have taken the lead from their team mates -  
4/6/2012 12:04Warning displayed on RSX men. -  
4/6/2012 12:0249er yellow AP raised fleet postponed. -  
4/6/2012 12:00WMR enjoying excellent racing -  
4/6/2012 11:59470 Men Blue fleet AP up -  
4/6/2012 11:59First race finished second race starting. -  
4/6/2012 11:56Both laser fleets abandoned due to shifty conditions and lack of wind -  
4/6/2012 11:53WMR: F3M2: Ekaterina Skudina (RUS) beat Rita Gonçalves (POR) -  
4/6/2012 11:53470 Men Yellow fleet mark 3 roundings:GER 15 Autenrieth and Autenrieth, GER55 Wagner and Baldewein, GBR 832 Burge and Schieber -  
4/6/2012 11:44Skud-18 13 (Hagar ZEHAVI/Shimon BEN YAKOV (ISR)) black flagged in the first race. -  
4/6/2012 11:41470 Men Yellow 1st Mark rounding: 470 Men 15 (Julian AUTENRIETH/Philipp AUTENRIETH (GER)) -  
4/6/2012 11:40FRA RSX Men 6 (Julien BONTEMPS/ (FRA)) in the lead. -  
4/6/2012 11:35470 yellow fleet heading up to first mark -  
4/6/2012 11:3011.29 Finn Start all clear -  
4/6/2012 11:28Laser Blue Race 1 start all clear -  
4/6/2012 11:26470 M yellow start - clear at 11.25 -  
4/6/2012 11:26All clear start away first time. -  
4/6/2012 11:24Laser Blue fleet under black flag for race 1 start -  
4/6/2012 11:22Finn start general recall - black flag this time -  
4/6/2012 11:21Black flag displayed for 470 men Yellow fleet start -  
4/6/2012 11:20Laser Blue fleet in sequence -  
4/6/2012 11:18470 yellow general recall -  
4/6/2012 11:16Warning Finn Race 1 -  
4/6/2012 11:15Finn AP down -  
4/6/2012 11:1411.12 Laser Yellow fleet away -  
4/6/2012 11:131 skud black flagged. -  
4/6/2012 11:08Anna Tunnicliffe beats Anna Kjellberg -  
4/6/2012 11:08All clear start. -  
4/6/2012 11:05AP raised fleet postponed. -  
4/6/2012 11:04Course L2 for the first race. -  
4/6/2012 11:03470 AP flag down -  
4/6/2012 11:03F2M1- Kjellberg leads around the 2nd windward but has a penalty. The run will be all on! -  
4/6/2012 11:01Laser Yellow fleet warning signal -  
4/6/2012 11:00Warning displayed course LA. Les -  
4/6/2012 11:00470 women sailing course I3 -  
4/6/2012 10:59470 Men Blue fleet sailing course I3 -  
4/6/2012 10:59Price wins the pin with Meldgaard stuck to leeward. Price in control. -  
4/6/2012 10:59Orange flag displayed less than 10 minutes to start. -  
4/6/2012 10:59470 Yellow sailing course 03 -  
4/6/2012 10:57470 class - orange flag displayed -  
4/6/2012 10:57F2M1- Tunnicliffe leads around the leeward mark by 1 length. Kjellberg still has penalty. -  
4/6/2012 10:56Yellow penalty on Kjellberg in pre start with Tunnicliffe. -  
4/6/2012 10:56orange flag displayed on Laser fleet -  
4/6/2012 10:50WMR: F1M2: Olivia Price (AUS) beat Rita Gonçalves (POR) -  
4/6/2012 10:32RS:X Men launching -  
4/6/2012 10:3010 knots on the Paralympic course. -  
4/6/2012 10:24checking wind speed and direction out on the course - currently 7-10 knots -  
4/6/2012 10:2315 boats afloat. -  
4/6/2012 10:22F1M1- Skudina-RUS just ahead of Kjellberg-SWE around leeward mark. -  
4/6/2012 10:21WMR well under -  
4/6/2012 10:20F1M2- penalty on Goncalves-POR in pre start for gybing too close. Price-AUS leads off the line. -  
4/6/2012 10:10Fleet postponed. -  
4/6/2012 10:09Fleet postponed due to shifty conditions. -  
4/6/2012 10:03Fleet starting to launch. -  
4/6/2012 09:51Fleet starting to launch. -  
4/6/2012 09:49Fleet starting to launch. -  
4/6/2012 09:42Fleet starting to launch. -  
4/6/2012 09:40Fleet starting to launch. -  
4/6/2012 09:09Ready for the first day of racing at Skandia Sail For Gold 2012 - Pairing lists are ready at the Race Office. -  
4/6/2012 08:51R/C on station and the Fleet leaving the dock. -  
4/6/2012 06:55Tracking for the Day::470s and RSXs can be followed live via the tracking link, catch up with all the action on Sail for Gold Radio 87.7 fm -  
4/6/2012 06:44Day 1::Looks like good breeze from N, dropping later. Featured class, 470s -  
4/6/2012 06:22Waiting for Race 1. -  
4/6/2012 06:21Waiting for Race 1. -  
4/6/2012 06:21Waiting for Race 1. -  
4/6/2012 06:21Waiting for Race 1. -  
4/6/2012 06:20Waiting for Race 1. -  
4/6/2012 06:20Waiting for Race 1. -  
4/6/2012 06:20Waiting for Race 1. -  
4/6/2012 06:19Waiting for Race 1. -  
4/6/2012 06:19Waiting for Race 1. -  
4/6/2012 06:19Waiting for Race 1. -  
4/6/2012 06:18Waiting for Race 1. -  
4/6/2012 06:17Waiting for Race 1 -  
4/6/2012 00:43R1 results YELLOW flight posted -  
4/6/2012 00:16470 Men Yellow coming up for final gate -  
4/6/2012 00:11The wind has died and the RC has the postponement flag up. Waiting for the breeze to pick up before they go again. -  
4-9 June 2012, Weymouth, UK
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