Marinonics Sail Paradise day one postponed due to adverse conditions

9:44 AM Sun 9 Jan 2011 GMT

'Southport Yacht Club?s Sail Paradise ? Gold Coast promises excellent action on the water and a fun apr?s racing atmosphere' Southport Yacht Club &copy

Marinonics Sail Paradise has tonight been coined ?Gale Paradise? with a low pressure system moving south from the Sunshine Coast whipping up conditions on the Gold Coast and postponing the opening day of racing. Competitors gathered at the host club, Southport Yacht Club, this evening to be advised by principal race officer Denis Thompson that due to adverse conditions there will be no racing tomorrow, Monday 10 January. The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting 25 to 30 knots out of the east south while weather guru Roger ?Clouds? Badham has forecast winds of between 22 and 27 knots and torrential ...

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