August 20, 2015
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Early Start Thursday - Aquece Rio, the Olympic Test - How to Follow - Day 6
The starters gun will sound at the earlier time of 12:00 at the Aquece Rio - International Sailing Regatta with the RS:X fleets set to conclude their competition.
The starters gun will sound at the earlier time of 12:00 at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta with the RS:X fleets set to conclude their competition.
It’s been a challenging couple of days for the sailors and the Race Committee with some challenging breeze but the forecast looks good for 20 August.
A southern breeze in between 5-10 knots is expected inside and outside of Guanabara Bay with all six racing areas to be used.
At the 2014 test event big waves were present on the outside racing areas, causing the author of this daily preview a bout of sea sickness. Southern waves are forecast to be present outside of Guanabara Bay today reaching 2.5-3.0 metres with the author staying on-shore, suitably replaced by ISAF’s photographers.
It’s Medal Race day for the RS:X fleets who will test the Pão de Açúcar racing area from 12:00 local time. In the men’s division Aichen Wang (CHN) is well positioned to take gold whilst in the women’s it’ll be a shootout between Charline Picon (FRA), Malgorzata Bialecka (POL) and Blanca Manchon (ESP).
The remaining fleets are all scheduled to sail with an additional race for all as the Race Management team look to catch up on the schedule.
Click here to access the Tracking and Competition Status Screen – www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/multimedia/live_tracking.php
Schedule of the day:
| Event / Equipment | Course Area | # of Races | Start Time |
| Men’s Windsurfer – RS:X | Pao de Acucar | Medal Race | 12:00 |
| Women’s Windsurfer – RS:X | Pao de Acucar | Medal Race | 12:45 |
| Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser | Niteroi | 3 | 12:30 |
| Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial | Niteroi | 3 | 12:40 |
| Men’s One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight) – Finn | Pai | 3 | 12:30 |
| Men’s Two Person Dinghy – 470 | Copacabana | 3 | 12:40 |
| Women’s Two Person Dinghy – 470 | Copacabana | 3 | 12:30 |
| Men’s Skiff – 49er | Escola Naval | 4 | 12:00 |
| Women’s Skiff – 49erFX | Pao de Acucar | 4 | 13:30 |
| Mixed Multihull – Nacra 17 | Ponte | 4 | 12:00 |
HOW TO FOLLOW
Click here to access the Tracking and Competition Status Screen – www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/multimedia/live_tracking.php
Results will be available throughout the Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2015 on the ISAF Olympic website here – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/results/index.php
Follow the event on ISAF’s social networks:
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ISAFWorldSailing
Instagram – https://instagram.com/isafworldsailing/
Twitter – @ISAFupdates
USEFUL LINKS
ISAF Olympic Website – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/home.php
Entry List – http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/ENTRYLISTPERCLASSTEV2015OFICIAL280715-%5B19025%5D.pdf
Racing Schedule – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/about/schedule.php
Sailing Instructions – http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/AqueceRio2015SIFINAL-%5B19017%5D.pdf
Online Notice Board – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/results/notices/index.php
Race Areas – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/about/race_areas.php
Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition
The Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition will take place at the Marina da Glória, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and will feature 380 athletes competing across ten events.
Racing is scheduled to take place from 8-18 August 2016 and the competition format for all events is fleet racing.
Aquece Rio website – www.aquecerio.com/en