Extreme Sailing Series Cowes Day 3- Guichard fights back

10:14 PM Mon 2 Aug 2010 GMT

'Fleet of the Extreme Sailing Series Day 3 - Extreme Sailing Series Cowes' ?Paul Weyth/OC Events

Extreme Sailing Series at Cowes Week. Day Three saw less wind but no less action on the water as the nine teams competing in the UK round of the five-stop circuit battled for every point and every place on the race course. The sailors were pushing all the time with some very aggressive starting tactics resulting in a general recall in race 15, and some teams finding themselves on the wrong side of the start line when the gun fired, having to turn round and re-start again in two races. The umpires were dishing out the penalties like oranges at ...

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