Skandia Sail for Gold 2011 day five down to the business end

8:49 PM Fri 10 Jun 2011 GMT

'Nathan Otteridge and Iain Jensen from Australia racing in the 49er class on day 5 of the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta 2011' onEdition &copy

Skandia Sail for Gold 2011 day five was the final day for three of the classes and with medals on the line there was a significant amount of tension on the Paralympic race course. Weather conditions proceeded to hound the sailors with an easy start in just five to six knots of wind and then turning savage as a squall crossed the course in the afternoon, bringing gusts up to 20 knots and eventually a cold, hard rain. First up on the Paralympic course was the two-person SKUD 18, and they put on a fabulous display in the gently freshening ...

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