Skandia Sail for Gold gets underway in Olympic venue

9:39 PM Mon 6 Jun 2011 GMT

'ENGLAND, Weymouth, 6th June 2011. Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta. Ben Ainslie, Finn GBR 3.' Ian Roman

This year's Skandia Sail for Gold regatta is almost as big as the Olympics, according to triple gold medal legend Ben Ainslie. The reason is that many national teams are using the event as a crucial component of their selection process. So anticipation was high this morning when the sailors arrived at the Olympic centre, but the wind had other ideas, toying with the race officials as they tried to set fair race course in the light and shifty conditions. The Match Racing got started on time, others were not so lucky with the Laser Radial's waiting ashore until 17:00 ...

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