Zhik Australian 49er Championship 2010-11 - Day three

7:03 PM Mon 29 Nov 2010 GMT

'Strong breezes marked the first day - Zhik Australian 49er Championship 2010' Haylee Outteridge Click Here to view large photo

Zhik Australian 49er Championship - The first two days of the series have been tough for sailors and race officers. Twenty-five knots of breeze on Saturday brought lots of dramatic capsizes and tension at the marks. One competitor was taken to hospital with a dislocated shoulder, and a second suffered torn ankle tendons when his foot was caught in the foot straps. Sunday took us to the other extreme - very light and shifty from the north-east, then the west, then round to the north and back again to the north-east. Race officials and sailors were kept on the hop, ...

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by Margaret Jensen