Hobie 16 Worlds - Racing starts-stops in the first day of the finals

5:27 PM Sun 29 Aug 2010 GMT

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Hobie 16 World Championships - The first day of the finals being held in Weihai, China provided some great beach weather, but not as much great sailing weather as sailors would have preferred. The day started promisingly enough with the top 56 sailors for the event greeted with a solid 12 knot onshore breeze. The first race produced the customary General Recalls before the fleet got away with a clear start under a black flag. Mid-race conditions were picking up with the steady breeze filling in first from out to sea, but unfortunately the wind then started to moderate with ...

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by Paul Pascoe