Morning Preview - Race Day 4
Written by RYA | 01 August 2012
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Day 4 Morning Preview:
With it being a rest day for the Finn and Star classes today, in total six of the 10 classes will be in action with the Laser Radial, RS:X Men and 49ers scheduled to kick off proceedings across the three course areas in use today from 12pm.
Only the Weymouth Bay South course is scheduled to see no action today.
All things being equal the Laser, Laser Radial and 49er classes should get their fifth (and sixth!) races under their belts today meaning that they are able to discard their worst score the regatta so far.
*all times below are scheduled start times
Class: RS:X Men (men’s windsurfer)
Sailor: Nick Dempsey
Race 3: 12pm (Nothe)
Race 4: 1pm (Nothe)
Target Time: 30 minutes
Fact: Dempsey sits fourth after a fifth and seventh on his opening day.
Class: RS:X Women (women’s windsurfer)
Sailor: Bryony Shaw
Race 3: 2.30pm (Portland Harbour)
Race 4: 3.20pm (Portland Harbour)
Target Time: 30 minutes
Fact: A seventh and a sixth puts Bryony sixth overall after her day one.
Class: Laser (men’s one-person dinghy)
Sailor: Paul Goodison
Race 5: 12.10pm (Weymouth Bay West)
Race 6: 2.40pm (Weymouth Bay West)
Target Time: 60 minutes
Fact: Paul still claimed a race four second despite admitting he had a back injury
Class: Laser Radial (women’s one-person dinghy)
Sailor: Alison Young
Race 5: 12pm (Weymouth Bay West)
Race 6: 1.30pm (Weymouth Bay West)
Target Time: 60 minutes
Fact: Ali produced one of the performances of yesterday with two seconds
Class: 49er (men’s high performance skiff)
Sailor: Stevie Morrison / Ben Rhodes
Race 5: 12pm (Portland Harbour)
Race 6: 12.50pm (Portland Harbour)
Target Time: 30 minutes
Fact: Stevie and Ben started their London 2012 campaign lying 12th overall
Class: Elliott 6m (women’s match racing)
Sailor: Lucy Macgregor / Annie Lush / Kate Macgregor
Course: Nothe
Race 5: 3pm v NZL (Stephanie Hazard, Jenna Hansen and Susannah Pyatt)
Race 6: 5pm v RUS (Ekaterina Skudina, Elena Syuzeva and Elena Oblova)
Target Time: 18 minutes
Fact: Macgregor’s team won both their races yesterday and have a 66% win ratio
Weather:
Some tricky conditions are expected today with a South backing South South West, wind 12 building to 20 knots with scattered showers
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