Finn Worlds start in San Francisco Bay in blustery breeze



2:31 AM Tue 31 Aug 2010 GMT
'2010Finn Gold Cup Day 1 - Finn World Championships' Erik Simonson ? www.pressure-drop.us
Day 1 of the Finn World Championships (aka the Gold Cup) kicked off today in a blustery, but blue skied, San Francisco Bay. Sailing out of the Olympic Circle near Berkeley, California the 87 competitors were greeted with 17-20 knots of wind and San Francisco Bay's infamous voodoo chop in full swing. Two races were held on course B (a windward leeward first lap featuring a triangle for lap 2 with a downwind finish) and the sailors were itching to get at it. Perhaps a bit too itchy however as the first starting sequence resulted in a general recall with ...


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