Sail Melbourne - Europeans relish shifty winds



6:42 AM Tue 14 Dec 2010 GMT
'Austrian 49er crew Nico and Resch on day one of Sail Melbourne' Jeff Crow
From the shore, conditions looked vastly improved for the second day of the ISAF World Cup in Melbourne. However sailors in the Olympic classes racing this morning - the 470 men and women, the 49er and the Laser Radial ? all told a different story. Austrians Delle Nico and Nikolaus Resch, who are leading the 49er class by two points, described the conditions as a bit gusty and tricky, especially in the last race. Resch remarked: 'It was a developing sea breeze, but it never fully developed.' He said there were lots of holes on the course and it was ...


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