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The Oeiras Windsurfing Euro Cup 2004

The winners

The winners:
1. Michael Polanowski POL-16
2. Ross Wiliamss GBR-83
3. Andrea Cucchi ITA-1

Devon's report - DAY 4

17:00Race#4 - (last race!) POR-5, POL-16,ITA-1 and...
THE WINNER IS MICHAEL POLANOWSKI..........check the results
16:45 Race#3: GBR-83,ITA-1,POL-16...
POL-16,GBR-83,ITA-1 -- first three after three races...Check the results
15:00 Wind picked up and the racers were called for the next race...
11:00 BRA-999,POL-16, ARG-3 top three after 2 races... check the results
Race#2: POL-16, BRA-999, GBR-83
9:40 Z flag is up. Wind 10-12 knots. Course is ready... Hope we will have at least one more race...
Good morning from sunrising skippers meeting in Oeiras. Now we have sun, musik but we have no wind... The last possible start today 16:00... Hope some wind will come before.. stay tuned..

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Devon's from Day 3

18:30 We have a bad lack again... The wind is strong enough but the current is also VERY strong so racers have no chance to compete! The rescue boats now help all guys to return to the beach... Sorry, maybe tomorrow... The skippers meeting is scheduled for 7:00 am... We will see....
16:45 15 knots wind came at least but the course is far, far away from the beach...
15:00 Surprise... Wind came... Race started but... was abandoned after one lap...We are waiting for the Race Committee decission..
10:40 Opss.. Wind droped just a few minutes after Z flag was up... So we are waiting ...
10:30 Z-flag is up!!! 15 minutes to start the procedure... Keep your fingers crossed that the wind will not drop this time...
10:00 Good Morning from Oeiras. Skippers meeting will start soon. The wind is a little bit stronger than this time yesterday so maybe we will see some races today...
Live coverage on www.euro-cup.org

Devons report - day 2

17:50 Sorry... AP over A. No more races today... maybe tomorrow...
17:20 We had one attempt to start another race but the wind dropped sudenly and ... we have long "rescue" operation to help racers return to the beach... Wind is picking up againg so maybe we will have one more race... who knows... stay tuned...
11:20 Another sunny day here in Oeiras. The skippers meeting just finished. The wind change direction and we are waiting to see if it will be stable enought for start another races. Stay tuned... Live reports on: www.euro-cup.org

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Day 1 - Devon's report

18:45 Finian won the first race as Ross after leading whole race made a mistake at the end...
See the results
17:50 Z FLAG UP!!!! The procedure will start in 15 minutes!!!!
17:45 SURPRISE! SURPRISE!!! Z flag will be up in a few minutes!! Wind picked up!! We have a chance foe a first race!!!!!

FUN RACE WINNERS: POR-5, ITA-8, BRA-999 - they won the invitation for dinner tonight!...
16:30 FUN RACE will start in a minutes. No wind for a normal race so we will have a fun race...
details on: http://www.euro-cup.org/
14:00 Now we have a power again but... no wind. Waiting for more news please read Devon's report from yesterday...

We've some power supply problems so as soon as we figure out the problem you will get hot updates. For the moment we wait for the wind.

Course diagram and slalom seeding ...

A17:20 P over A. No more Races today!!!
Two attempts to start heat No 2 without sucess! The wind had shifted to much.

16:00 The wind has stabilized again. The course is reset and the competitors are sent to the water again. The wind is actual ranging from 13 to 16 knots. We will also return on the water now..

14:00 The second heat was cancelled as the wind dropped. The competitors are sent ashore and we wait for better conditions.

13:21 Finish Heat 1: 1. IVB-11 with huge lead, 2. ITA-456, 3. ISV-1, 4. BRA-999, 5. GBR-83, 6. FRA-99, 7. GBR-52, 8. 8. POL-13

The start of the first heat about 13:00 local time. As the course is far from our office please follow Mathhias SMS reports from the water on http://www.euro-cup.org

12:30 local time Z-flag for the first slalom serie is up!!!

The Oeiras Windsurfing Euro-Cup 2004 - Day 1
We just fihished the registration... 25 guys registered for formula and 20 of them for slalom... Race committee is just setting the course for down wind slalom. We hope for the first series at 13 local time... Stay tuned...

Windsurfing Euro-Cup Oeiras 2004
Report from the Inscription Day

Report from the Inscription Day

First competitors start register for the event... Andrea Cucchi just arrived... We expect about 30 competitors. 27 preregistered by the internet...

Good morning from sunny and windy Oeiras. The registration will start in a few hours. Some top racers (Gonzalo, Devon, Finian, Alberto) are already here... stay tuned for more news...