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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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Another day in the race to Qingdao and the relatively benign conditions persist. It will not be long, however, before the wind ramps up and the teams experience the harsh conditions that this race is renowned for.
Spirit of Australia's skipper, Brendan Hall, realises that one advantage of the static conditions is that they allow his crew to rest and prepare themselves for the onslaught which potentially lies ahead.
"Once the sails are trimmed, about the only person who has anything to do on deck is the helmsman who must have utter focus and concentration for the duration of their turn on the wheel," explains Brendan. "Ocean racing isn't all about heroic foredeck work and extreme helming at high speed." Although there will be plenty of that to come over the next week.
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 |
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Twenty four hours on and the north/east split in the fleet is much less pronounced although the distances to finish remain similar to yesterday and Cape Breton Island and Hull & Humber are still locked in their battle for ascendancy, matching each other mile for mile in the race to Qingdao.
"The teams have finally managed to get into much steadier easterly winds that will start to increase in strength over the next few days,"
explains Race Director, Joff Bailey. "The almost benign conditions that they have experienced since the start of Race 6 will begin to change over the next few days as the wind speed picks up and they make much better progress north towards the scoring gate."
The scoring gate, off the southern tip of Taiwan, is still some distance away but the three points for reaching it first are highly prized among the fleet.
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Saturday, 06 February 2010 |
Thursday night saw the city of Istanbul officially welcome the Volvo Youth
Sailing ISAF World Championship 2010, the world's premier sailing event for
youth sailors.
A press conference marked the occasion with the Minister of Sport for Turkey meeting
Göran Petersson, ISAF President and HM King Constantine, the ISAF President of
Honour.
This unique city where east meets west will host the 40th edition of the Volvo
Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship from the 8-17 July, at the Atakoy Marina
in Istanbul, on the Marmara Sea. The event is being organized by the Turkish
Sailing Federation and looks to be the biggest event to date.
Istanbul will also be celebrating the fact it is
Europe's joint Cultural Capital for 2010, with
the Championships being centre piece of its summer's sporting events.
For the first time in championship there will be eight fleets, with the Open
High Performance Dinghy event, in the 29er being added and the competitors will
also have an extra training day to get accustomed to the conditions on the
southern end of the Bosphorus
Strait.
Petersson opened the press conference by saying he was very confident that the
Turkish Sailing Federation and the Istanbul
organizers will host an amazing event. "The many major events that Turkey has
hosted is evidence to this," said Petersson. "Many championships, two
Olympic qualifiers, windsurfing events and Turkey will also host the 470 Men's
And Women's World Championships. The Atakoy Marina is a fitting venue for the
event. Not only does this marina offer excellent facilities and good weather
conditions, it also marks geographically the place where Asia and Europe converse."
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