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2006
LASER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Jeju, Korea |
Laser Senior Worlds 12 - 20 September 2006
Report: Day
2
Sailors were again held ashore at the scheduled start of racing on day 2 of the Jeju Laser World Championships. Today it was due to the extreme conditions that existed on the racing area with winds in excess of 25 knots and steep mountainous seas. After a course inspection the race committee postponed racing until late in the afternoon in the hope that the strong winds might moderate. At the 1530 final deadline for a decision the wind was still the same with the seas even steeper as the strong spring tide turned against the wind. All racing was postponed to the next day.
With strong winds expected to continue over the next few days and typhoon ShanShan changing track more towards Jeju the race committee have introduced a new course format of double windward/leewards and are proposing to race one fleet at a time to maximise safety cover in the strong winds. In addition they have rescheduled racing to start at 0900 in the hope of using the slightly lighter winds in the morning close to the shore.
Results after one race:
1 AUS 190003 Blackburn, Michael 1,0
1 AUS 190007 Slingsby, Tom 1,0
3 CRO 190030 Arapov, Mate 2,0
3 GRE 190076 Bougiouris, Adonis 2,0
5 CAN 190019 Leigh, Michael 3,0
5 CRO 190036 Vujasinovic, Milan 3,0
7 NED 190095 Bouwmeester, Roelof 4,0
7 NZL 190101 Murdoch, Andrew 4,0
9 CHI 190024 Del Solar, Matias 5,0
9 FRA 190050 Le Breton, Thomas 5,0