Detroit Cup - High Temperatures Equal the Intensity on the Course

4:04 PM Sat 21 Aug 2010 GMT

'Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) and Bill Hardesty (USA)' Meredith Block ?

Challenging conditions test the world's best match racers in second day of round robin racing at Bayview Yacht Club. Detroit, Mich. - 20 August 2010 - With daytime highs that grew to 90F (32C), the gradient winds on the Detroit River ranged from an early postponement for lack of pressure to multiple course changes as the breeze grew and oscillated. Racers finished the day on a cross-current course on the Detroit River in the strongest pressure of the day. It was under these conditions that the hottest action unfolded. 'I raced three matches today, but feel more like I did ...

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by Luiz E. Kahl