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14 September 2005, 09:28 am

Lack of Wind Causes Problems On Day Two

Finn Gold Cup 2005

Moscow, Russia

The wind on day two of the Finn Gold Cup was not kind to the sailors or the race officers in Moscow, Russia. The wind kept coming and going all day forcing the race committee to postpone the first starts by two hours.

Things did not get much better either. While the Yellow fleet completed one race, the Green fleet had two abandoned races when the wind died away to nothing.

The only race sailed on the yellow course saw a win for Ben AINSLIE (GBR). After rounding the top mark in third place he moved into the lead on the second upwind leg and throughout the rest of the race extended his lead to win by some 3-4 minutes

The green course saw two races started. The first was abandoned at the first windward mark when the wind completely disappeared. An hour later the second races was started and three laps were completed of the four lap course when the wind died again and the drumming of tillers on decks was followed by the second race abadandonment of the day. As a result, the Green fleet must sail three races tomorrow with the Yellow fleet sailing two to level things up.

The forecast is for more wind so hopefully this will happen so the fleets can keep to the schedule.

Top Ten After Two Races

Pos	Nation	Helm	Fleet	R1	R2	Pts
1	GBR	Ben AINSLIE	Green	2	1	3
2	GRE	Emilios PAPATHANASIOU	Green	1	3	4
3	SWE	Daniel BIRGMARK	Yellow	2	3	5
4	DEN	Soren HOLM	Green	4	4	8
5	NED	Peter-Jan POSTMA	Yellow	4	5	9
6	NZL	Dan SLATER	Yellow	10	1	11
7	IRL	David BURROWS	Yellow	5	7	12
8	CRO	Ivan KLAKOVIC GASPIC	Yellow	6	6	12
9	USA	Darrell PECK	Green	6	9	15
10	GBR	Edward WRIGHT	Yellow	14	2	16