Archive for August, 2010
The local sailor Jarle Stokke-Olsen on the leading boat
Jarle Stokke-Olsen from Arendal Sailing Club is giving the leader a helping hand – or “helping weight”. After Igor Rybakov woke up this morning with back problems, the leading team Technonicol was one man short. Jarle was in his car heading for work when the phone rang at 08.30 this morning and he was asked […]
X41 WC 2010 – Photos from day two
X41 World Championship 2010 in Arendal. Photos from second day og sailing, Thursday August 5th. [pe2-gallery album=”http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/118197546557858595299/albumid/5502431561215186817?alt=rss&hl=en_US&kind=photo” ]
En svart dag for NOR 66
Torsdag ble en svart dag for NOR 66…. Vi hadde bestemt oss for å ha fokus på startene idag, og det klarte vi fint. Men dessverre klarte vi ikke helt å holde feltet videre på kryss og lens… Vanskelige forhold med lite vind og mye gammel sjø, så det var til tider vanskelig å få […]
X41 WC 2010 – Photos from day one
X41 World Championship 2010 in Arendal. Photos from frist day og sailing, Wednesday August 4th. [pe2-gallery album=”http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/118197546557858595299/albumid/5502428375815818641?alt=rss&hl=en_US&kind=photo” ]
The 3rd race the 2nd day was shortened
In the 3rd race at the second day of racing the wind faded out and the race had to be shortened. It was blowing about 4 m/s at the start, but after one lap the race officer decided to shortened the race.
EST 615 – 4 points after 5 races says it all
EST 615 Technonicol with Mati Sepp as helmsman is getting a good grip on the World Championship. After winning the 5th race as well, EST 615 can discard their 6th place in the 3rd race, which leaves them top score of 4 out of 4 counted races.
A good start on second day of racing
EST 615 Technonicol takes her third win of four races and have got a good lead to the other Estonian team Forte (EST 475). Thomas Føyen and his crew on Lexington is back on third after 2nd place in race 4. The local sponsor BW Offshore with Petter Mørland Pedersen as helmsman came in as […]
Banerapport fra NOR 66 – 2. kryss
Endelig er vi i gang! Dette har vi gledet oss til lenge, og forventningene og spenningen var stor før første start i dag. Det var fantastisk gøy å være 15 båter på startstreken, selv om linja nok føltes litt tight. Her må man virkelig kjempe for å komme godt ut!
Astonishing start for Estonia
X-41 World Championship had a nice start with steady wind and not too much sea. After first day it is double Estonia in the lead, with the Finish boat Nicole 4 at third. The best Norwegian boat NOR 9 Lexington is at 4th place. Tentative results are posted here: Results X-41 WC
Registration completed
Registration is now completed and all the 15 registered boats are ready to compete. Two preregistered boats did not show up. The weatherforcast for 1st day of sailing is cloudy. Moderate breeze, 7 m/s from southwest. 0 mm precipitation. List showing participating boats, helmsmen and its crew: X-41WC Crew list
