Optimist European Championship - Tricky wind conditions



1:24 AM Thu 8 Jul 2010 GMT
'Optimist European Championship 2010' International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA)
Optimist European Championship, Kamien-Pomorski, Poland. Day 6 report. July 7th. Tricky wind conditions made it a difficult day for racing, not only for the sailors but also for the Race Committee. Races started in the afternoon in 12 knots of wind which gradually dropped to 3-4 knots, forcing the committee to send the fleets back to shore after completion of only two of the three races scheduled for the day. Due at least in part to the diffgicult conditions, places keep changing in the top ten of both the boy and girl rankings. Francisca Russo had another bullet today in ...


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