A few words from Allison Shreeve
May 11, 2004
Allison Shreeve, AUS911 story about first day of racing.
May 11, 2004
Racing day one :
22:55 - Sorry for a huge delay but this penalty rule give as hard times with the results. The results are up on the web so see you tomorrow.
20:30 - We're still working over the results so be patient. Maniana.
17:35 - We have to wait for the results as they were recorded on the type recorder and now the race crew have to put all of them on the paper...
17:10 - Devon won the yellow fleet races #2 and #3!!
16:43 - The third race started a few minutes ago. Sorry no news from the water. Maybe tomorrow we will have "our own" informer on the water...
16:40 - We have to give you some explanation. All competitors are obliged to "sing out" before the race and to "sign in" returning to the beach. It will be 5 points (places) penalty for all who will broke this safety rule. About 40 racers did not sign out before the first race and some did not sign out before the second race. Steve Allen did not sign out before the second race so he will got 5 places penalty for race #2 and 5 for race #3, as we have two race back to back!!!
16:29 - The secon race was finished. Now we have a starting procedure for the third race.
The second race yellow fleet was won by Devon (ISV-1). Sorry no more information at the moment...
15:55 Both men fleet are already racing the second race but we have no chance to give you any details. Wind is much stronger than it was in the first race. We can not publish yet the results of the first race. We will publish the results after all todays races...Sorry for that...
15:23 - Now there is a call for all of the sailors to go on the water, maybe we will see some racing. Sorry that there is no new photos but we don’t have any pro photographer and it's hard making reports, filming the action on the water and make photos at the same time but we're trying to do our best.
15:13 - There is a call for men yellow group for second race.
14:36 - the results just arrived. They are slighly different then reported from the water:
Blue fleet: POL-10, FRA-192,GBR-5, NED-0,P0L-16
Yellow: ISR-1,ISV-1,ITA-1,AUS-0,ARG-3..
Women: AUS-991,POL-1,SUI-14, FRA-316,GBR-93
14:33 - we are still waiting for the results but ... Dorota told me that AUS-911 not SUI-14 won the race!!!
14:03 - all racers returning to the beach... please stay tuned for more news..
13:57 - wind still below the limit... we are waiting...
13:36 - wind dropped sudenly!!! All racers waiting on the water for race crew decision!!!
13:15 - Race one:
Blue fleet: POL-10,NED-57,GBR-5,NED-0,FRA-192
Yellow fleet: ISR-1,ITA-1,AUS-0.ISV-1,DEN-173
Ladies: SUI-14,POL-1,FRA-316,AUS-911,ITA-31
13:10 - OK it looks that the firce race just finished but we have no news...
13:05 - Micah Buzianis returned to the beach.. we do not know whats happend ...
13:05 - blue fleet first round: POL-10,NED-57,GBR-5,NED-0,FRA-192...
12:58 - we got only confirmation that Wojtek is leading blue fleet...
12:56 - sorry no news from the race office crew...
12:52 - start of the women fleet..
12:48 - probably Wojtek is leading the blue fleet but we are waiting for the confirmation from the water!
12:45 - start of the yellow fleet!
12:42 - 14 knots! We are waiting for the first five on the up-wind mark!
12:40 - starting procedure for the yellow fleet!
12:38 - blue fleet just started! Wind is picking up minute by minute!
12:30 - 12 knots!!! The procedure for the blue group just started!!!! The course is set far from our office so the only chance for the information from the water is the radio communication with the race crew.
12:12 - AP for the first men group.
12:00 The wind is still below limit. First will be the start for the blue men fleet, then the yellow men fleet and after the pink women fleet.
11:50 - All the competitors are going on the water. The start procedure will start soon for men first race. The wind is from 4 to 6 knots. We're waiting.
09:50 - Hello from sunny Garda, at 10:30 we start skippers metting and probably first possibile start At 12:00
Formula Europeans - Lake Garda, Torbole
May 10, 2004
The second registration day here at the Formula Europeans, has seen a record fleet registered for the regatta, over 160 competitors ...
May 10, 2004
Registration Day :
17:24 - Practice race in men fleet was split to two independent elimination groups - blue and yellow. Here are the top guys from both groups :
Blue : FRA-192, GER-83, POL-126, POL-11, POL-16, GBR-52
Yellow : USA-34, AUS-7, SWE-13, GBR-56, LAT-23, ITA-415
Women : ITA-31, AUS-911, AUT-88, POL-193
17:10 - We'll try to organize results from the practice race but We're not promising anything:)
15:40 - Antoine Albeau won the men practice race
15:00 - Practice races are taking place far from the beach so hard to say anything about them:)
13:35 - Competitors preparing for the practice race which will start at 14:00
13:00 - 20 women and 137 men registred at the moment.
11:50 - For the moment 154 competitors registred. At one o'clock we'll have skippers meeting.
09:40 - Hello from sunny Garda Lake. Another competitors are coming to the event spot and registering. Another girl came - Sarah Hebert (FRA-61) from New Caledonia.
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2004
May 9, 2004
Here's how the situation looks for the moment. Near 100 competitors already registered, we expect 160 totally. 31 countries, 26 Europeans and 20 women from 10 different countries.
Tomorrow we start at 09:00. At 13:00 skippers meeting and 14:00 we want to organize the test race.
ROSS comes third !!!!
May 4, 2004
Ross Williams (GBR 83) managed a creditable third place in the Kara-oke competition during the recent Welsh Championships (1st -3rd may) in Pwllheli ,North Wales .!!
Championship Rule 9
April 28, 2004
Championship Rule 9 requires that the sailors are given a 'sailor value '....
EUROPEANS-Entry deadline approaching
April 17, 2004
Reminder notice - EUROPEANS-Entry deadline approaching...
Jamie Lever storms to victory in UK
April 13, 2004
Jamie Lever wins first event on the British Calendar very convincingly only counting 1st place finishes.