Optimist Asian Championship - Final Day

1:40 AM Sun 11 Jul 2010 GMT

'Asian Optimist Championship' International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA)

The Race Committee was able to get in three races today. The first two races were in 6 to 7 knot winds and were again hampered by the strong tidal current. The RC brought the course inshore as far as possible but it was still very challenging. For the third race the wind increased to 8 to 9 knots which made all the difference for the current to be less of a factor. The results at the top were very close and the final positions were only known as the last flight completed their race. It was interesting seeing the ...

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