International 14 World Championship day one - Black Flags and restarts

8:29 PM Sun 3 Jan 2010 GMT

'CAN 067 The Orange Whip - International 14 World Championship' .

CST Composites International 14 World Championship day one report.

Defending World Champion Archie Massey blitzed the fleet in his first qualifying race and was then black flagged in the second to finish 53rd overall after day one of the CST Composites International 14 World Championship sailed on Sydney Harbour.

Massey was disappointed with the black flag ruling that also caught several top-flight British sailors including Robert Greenhalgh and Katie Nurton after a series of general recalls.

Massey was waiting on the results of a post race hearing to determine the ruling.

He did however say he was satisfied with his boatspeed but that he needed to work on having a 'clean' regatta.
Day one of the regatta certainly proved eventful with the 108 boat fleet split into two in order to physically fit the fleet into the confines of Sydney Harbour.

Racing was held in a gusty sou' easterly breeze ranging from 8-15 knots and generally flat water, although a nasty chop dev

Newsfeed supplied by

#News #Cruising

International 14 World Championship day one - Black Flags and restarts

Sports/News

Weather Forecasts & Live Reports

Buy & Sell/Classifieds