Day 4 of Etchells Worlds cancelled
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| 'Belmont Harbor full of Etchells' Tim Wilkes © |
With little chance of cooperative weather for the rest of the day, the Race Committee called the day at 13:30 and pushed tomorrow's start time forward to 10:30 in anticipation of nice winds in the morning and storms later in the day. The race committee hopes to run two solid races tomorrow while the weather holds.
'It's a classic battle between good and evil,' PRO Tom Duggan said in reference to today's westerly and easterly winds. 'Neither of them won out, so we decided to walk away and we'll try to get two races in tomorrow.'
The Etchells World Championship is held at Chicago Yacht Club and presented by World Sport Chicago. The regatta runs June 23-28, with the 29th as a reserve day.
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Skippers wait - Etchells Worlds 2008 - Tim Wilkes© |
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Sailors wait - Etchells Worlds 2008 - Tim Wilkes© |
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Bill Hardesty pumping the bilge - Etchells Worlds 2008 - Tim Wilkes© |
For a listing of the current standings and a link to event photos log on to www.etchellsworlds2008.comor www.chicagoyachtclub.org.
by Christie Kirchner
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