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31 January 2007, 10:03 am

Frustrating Day

Tornado North American Championship 2007

Miami, Florida, USA

It was a frustrating day for the multihull sailors in Miami, as a weak northerly in the morning grew weaker through the day, meaning there was no racing on day two of the ISAF Grade C1 Tornado North American Championship. John LOVELL and Charlie OGLETREE (USA) will take their one point overall in today's races, with much better conditions forecast.

On Tuesday, the high pressure system drifted east over the Gulf of Mexico and central Florida. This high dissipated through the day, resulting in decreasing pressure on the racing area.

Early in the morning the winds on Biscayne Bay were about 5 knots; in mid-morning there was a brief period of when the breeze reached about 7 knots, but at the first warning signal the breeze had become unstable and then decreased to 3-4 knots. At 14:00 the breeze was showing clear signs of dissipating further and racing was abandoned for the day.

The outlook for Wednesday is much better: the winds will become easterly and should build to 15 knots by mid-afternoon. The first warning signal today will be at 11:00.

The Tornado North American Championship is taking place as part of the Winter Circuit surrounding the ISAF Grade 1 Rolex Miami OCR.

Top Ten

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	Pts
1	USA	John LOVELL	Charlie OGLETREE	7	2	9
2	ESP	Fernando ECHAVARRI	Anton PAZ	9	1	10
3	CAN	Oskar JOHANSSON	Kevin STITTLE	4	6	10
4	FRA	Yann GUICHARD	Alexandre GUYADER	6	5	11
5	AUS	Darren BUNDOCK	Glenn ASHBY	1	13	14
6	GBR	Andrew WALSH	Ed BARNEY	2	12	14
7	GER	Johannes POLGAR	Florian SPALTEHOLZ	12	3	15
8	GER	Tino MITTELMEIER	Niko MITTELMEIER	11	4	15
9	GBR	Leigh MCMILLAN	William HOWDEN	5	11	16
10	RUS	Andrey KIRILYUK	Valery USHKOV	13	8	21