ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres - Day 5 Morning Report
by Daniel Smith, ISAF 25 Apr 2014 10:49 BST
19-26 April 2014
The penultimate day of racing at ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères is a key one with the Medal Race places decided across the ten Olympic events.
Racing in the 2.4mR and Sonar reaches the end zone as the action draws to a conclusion.
Anything is impossible in the Paralympic events with any one of leading three in the 2.4mR and any of the top four in the Sonar in with a shout of taking gold.
Around the boat parks in Hyères there are contrasting reports.
There will either be a serious lack of breeze or the light variable morning east north easterly at 5-8 knots will veer to the east at 10-14 knots. It will move to a south eastern direction in the afternoon easing throughout the day.
Either way the day will decide the Paralympic and Medal Race places.
The ISAF TV team covered the Nacra 17, Laser, Finn and Women's 470 fleets with some great racing action in Part 1 and 2 below:
2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères - Day 4 Highlights - Part 1
There's very little separating the top Nacra 17 and Laser sailors after the fourth day...
2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères - Day 4 Highlights - Part 2
Pieter Jan Postma (NED) escaped total disaster in the Finn whilst the Women's 470 is serving up tight competition...
Expect more great race action in the European evening on the ISAF Sailing World Cup YouTube channel here.
Tracking of the fleets resumes on the fourth day of racing in 2D and 3D and is available to view on the ISAF website here www.sailing.org/worldcup/multimedia/tracking.php.
Racing is scheduled to commence at 11:00 local time as gold fleet racing enters the second day. The schedule for the day is as follows:
- Men's RS:X Gold – 11:00 – 3 races
- Men's RS:X Silver – 11:10 – 3 races
- Women's RS:X – 11:20 – 3 races
- Men's 470 Gold – 11:00 – 2 races
- Men's 470 Silver – 11:10 – 2 races
- Women's 470 – 11:20 – 2 races
- Finn – 11:00 – 2 races
- Laser Gold – 11:00 – 2 races
- Laser Silver – 13:30 – 3 races
- Laser Radial Gold – 11:10 – 2 races
- Laser Radial Silver – 13:40 – 2 races
- 49er Gold – 13:30 – 3 races
- 49er Silver – 13:30 – 3 races
- 49er Bronze – 13:30 – 3 races
- 49erFX Gold – 11:00 – 3 races
- 49erFX Silver – 15:30 – 3 races
- Nacra 17 Gold – 13:30 – 4 races
- Nacra 17 silver – 13:30 – 3 races
- 2.4mR – 11:00 – 2 races
- Sonar – 11:10 – 2 races