Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Worlds in Santander - Tuesday

Three days in a row with no racing!

With so many fleets and courses, I can imagine it is a tough job to  try to fit races in with all the fleets getting behind. Being in Silver fleet, we are low on the totem pole, so it figures that we have to wait our turn.

Today there was a really nice breeze in the early afternoon for the 49er FX's on the Duna course which is right in front of our boat park. Then it died and we were still waiting. Then it picked up again at around 5:30, but I guess it was still light out on the ocean. They cancelled racing for us since there was no chance that there would be enough time for us to race. The wind filled in to 16 knots from the south, so I rigged up and went sailing in the harbor for practice. It died slowly, but I had some great tacking practice and nice downwinds in short waves. I did a bunch of accelerations too.

According to Josefina who I am staying with, the south wind comes from the Sahara and it is hot and dry - which was the case today. When it is really strong, it even brings sand. She said that the wind leaves the desert and rises high before it comes back down to Cantabria. Madrid doesn't get the same desert wind that Santander gets because the wind bypasses it up high.

Here is tomorrow's schedule. You can see how complicated it is since they are trying to fit in extra races. If tomorrow is like the other days then everyone will be postponed and the later fleets won't get to race. Pray for wind!

NOTICE NR.15
Date/time: 16 Sep 14, 19:00
Issued by: Nino Shmueli, Principal Race Officer
Affects: schedule
FROM: PRO TO: All Competitors
SCHEDULE OF RACES - WEDNESDAY 17th


FX Yellow (old) RACE 3
Course Area: DUNA
Warning signal: 11:00 hrs

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FX Yellow (new) RACE 4
Course Area: DUNA
Warning signal: 11:45 hrs

FX Yellow (new) RACE 5
Course Area: DUNA
Warning signal: 14:00 hrs

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FX Blue (new) RACE 4, 5
Course Area: DUNA
Warning signal: 12:30 hrs

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49er Yellow (old) RACE 3
Course Area: SSANGYONG
Warning signal: 11:00 hrs

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49er Yellow (new) RACE 4
Course Area: SSANGYONG
Warning signal: 11:45 hrs

49er Yellow (new) RACE 5
Course Area: SSANGYONG
Warning signal: 14:00 hrs

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49er Blue (new) RACE 4, 5
Course Area: SSANGYONG
Warning signal: 12:30 hrs

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RS:X MEN Gold RACE 6, 7, 8
Course Area: FREIXENET
Warning signal: 11:00 hrs

RS:X WOMEN Gold RACE 6, 7, 8
Course Area: FREIXENET
Warning signal: 11:00 hrs

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RS:X MEN Silver RACE 6, 7, 8
Course Area: FREIXENET
Warning signal: 15:30 hrs

RS:X WOMEN Silver RACE 6, 7, 8
Course Area: FREIXENET
Warning signal: 15:30 hrs

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NACRA Blue RACE 2, 3
Course Area: HP
Warning signal: 11:00 hrs

NACRA Blue RACE 4, 5
Course Area: FREIXENET
Warning signal: 14:00 hrs

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NACRA Yellow RACE 3, 4
Course Area: FREIXENET
Warning signal: 12:30 hrs

NACRA Yellow RACE 5
Course Area: FREIXENET
Warning signal: 15:30 hrs

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470 M Blue RACE 3, 4
Course Area: TELEFONICA
Warning signal: 11:00 hrs

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470 M Yellow RACE 4
Course Area: TELEFONICA
Warning signal: 11:00 hrs

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LASER RADIAL Silver RACE 5, 6, 7
Course Area: TELEFONICA
Warning signal: 12:00 hrs

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LASER Silver RACE 5, 6, 7
Course Area: TELEFONICA
Warning signal: 13:00 hrs

LASER Bonze RACE 5, 6, 7
Course Area: TELEFONICA
Warning signal: 13:00 hrs

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LASER RADIAL Gold RACE 7, 8, 9
Course Area: MURIMAR
Warning signal: 11:00 hrs

LASER Gold RACE 8, 9, 10
Course Area: MURIMAR
Warning signal: 11:00 hrs

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470 W Gold RACE 5, 6
Course Area: MURIMAR
Warning signal: 15:00 hrs

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FINN Yellow and Blue RACE 2, 3, 4
Course Area: LANGRE
Warning signal: 11:00 hrs

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