October 15, 2014
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Wind Picks Up For Day Two
The second day at ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao will see the breeze and current increase to make for an intriguing day of racing.
The second day at ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao will see the breeze and current increase to make for an intriguing day of racing.
Up to 2 knots of current and a south westerly breeze ranging from 13-18 knots gusting up to 20 knots will test the sailors.
Racing for the 171 sailors from 21 nations in six classes will commence at 13:00 local time.
Tonci Stipanovic (CRO) blitzed the Laser fleet on the opening day taking both bullets ahead of Pavlos Kontides (CYP) who came through in second in both races. With the wind picking up Stipanovic will have his work cut out to record another double bullet day.
In the Laser Radial Dongshuang Zhang (CHN) has a small advantage following a solid opening day.
Lu Yunxiu (CHN) and Olga Maslivets (RUS) share the lead in the Women’s RS:X whilst Byron Kokkalanis (GRE) tops the bill in the Men’s fleet.
Pavlos Kagialis and Panagiotis Mantis (GRE) and Wei Mengxi and Xu Yani (CHN) hold top spot in the Men’s and Women’s RS:X.