J80 World Championships - Ferocious Northeaster blitzes fleet on day 1



2:08 AM Wed 6 Oct 2010 GMT
'J/80s surfing off huge waves at Worlds in Newport - J/80 Worlds - Day One' Allen Clark
The start of the 2010 J/80 Worlds promised to be an epic day. The morning broke cool and windy from the northeast, exactly as forecasted. Not that anyone was expecting anything much different after sailing in northeasters practicing on Sunday and Monday in 15-30 knots and huge breaking seas from the east. The PRO Tom Duggan warned the fleet at the opening ceremonies on Monday evening that if conditions looked good, the fleet would go offshore off the fabled 'R2' buoy off Brenton Reef. Sure enough, at 0830 course signals went up on the signal halyard and the fleet proceeded ...


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