Tentative winds out of the East, but racing still happened. The Standard fleets sailed out earlier than usual for at 1000h first signal. They completed both of the scheduled two races in 5-7 knots. The G-flag for the Radials dropped at 1100h and they were out to the starting area by noon. All of the […]
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Another good day on the water with two races for all fleets. These were races 9 & 10 for the event, except for the Standard GM/GGM fleets, which are lagging by one race. The wind held steady out of the North at 10 knots, on average, but there were short-lived fluctuations to the left and
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A good day to race sailboats in Zeeland! A bit cloudy in the morning, with 8-10 knots out of the SW. The skies cleared in the afternoon and the wind built to the mid-teens. All fleets sailed the two races scheduled for the day and were off the water before 1700. The Standard fleets were the
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Two more races (R5 & R6) sailed for all fleets except GM/GGM, which has sailed up through R5. Overally, the regatta is on schedule and sailors will be using the reserve day to rest up – no sailing tomorrow. The forecast for light air this morning held true, with an on-the-water postponement before the Radial
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All Standard and Radial fleets completed Races 3 & 4 on Day 2 of the Laser Masters World Championships, held in Port Zélande, Netherlands. Completing Race 4 makes the event a Championship, and allows for one discarded score. The two classes are racing on a single course with staged start times. Today, the Standards started
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Rain and clouds in the morning gave way to sunny skies and 10-15 knot winds for the first day of the 2019 Laser Masters Worlds in Port Zélande, Netherlands. All fleets completed the scheduled two races. Provisional results are available on the event website here: http://2019-masters.laser-worlds.com/race-results/
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Good wind, and some rain, for the practice race at Port Zélande, Netherlands. Racing starts tomorrow (Sunday). But more importantly, good food, good drink, & good friends….
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A total of 306 sailors from 27 countries are registered for the 2019 Laser Masters Worlds, held in Port Zélande, Netherlands. Boats and sailors have been arriving over the past several days, but many more arrived today, the first day of three days of registration and equipment measurement, concluding with a practice race and opening
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(Dún Laoghaire, Ireland) After a touch-and-go battle with light winds on Dublin Bay, both course areas delivered a final race to round off the Laser Masters World Championships sponsored by DLR on Saturday afternoon. The eleventh race did little to alter the leaderboards with emphatic class wins in all but two fleets. Ireland’s Mark Lyttle emerged
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(Dún Laoghaire, Ireland) With just two races remaining in a testing Laser Masters World Championships sponsored by DLR, light breeze relief after six days of fresh winds could yet up-end many of the overall leads in the various classes competing on Dublin Bay. Today’s racing saw generally light to moderate winds averaging about 12 knots but
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(Dún Laoghaire, Ireland) Following a well-earned rest day, the 301-boat Laser Masters World Championships fleet returned to breezy Dublin Bay today where class leaders for the most part held their leads with just four races remaining in the event. Brett Beyer from Australia won his sixth race of the Masters class series but then appeared to
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(Dún Laoghaire, Ireland) As the 302-strong fleet prepares for a well-earned rest day tomorrow at the Laser Masters World Championships in Dún Laoghaire, nine of the Standard and Radial divisions have comfortable overall leaders. The third day of racing today showed local sailor Mark Lyttle break into the overall lead of the Standard Grand Master class
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(Dún Laoghaire, Ireland) Adding two further race wins to his tally, Australia’s Brett Beyer continued to dominate the Standard Master class at the Laser Masters World Championships on Dublin Bay today. Despite a shifting breeze that gusted from 10 to over 20 knots at times, Beyer’s bid to defend his 2017 title showed no loss of
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