Saturday - SWC Hyeres - How to Follow - Day 4

The forecast for the penultimate day of racing at Sailing World Cup Hyères is somewhat of a mixed bag.

From an early morning light north westerly to a hard south westerly in the afternoon. However, reports around the boat park are somewhat mixed as to what will exactly happen out on the race courses.

One thing is guaranteed, the quality of the sailboat racing. Sailors are vying for a spot in Sunday’s televised Medal Races and Saturday is their final chance to obtain a spot in the top ten and charge for the podium.

For the Paralympic events, Saturday is their final day of racing.

The schedule for Friday 29 April is:

Further information on how to follow the event is below:

RESULTS / ENTRIES
Entries for Sailing World Cup Hyères are available to view here – http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/sailorinfo/hyeres16_entries.php and results will be available throughout when racing commences on 27 April here – http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/results/index.php
 
LIVE TRACKING
The racing will be available to watch in 2D and 3D via the live tracking. Live tracking will be available when racing commences via – http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/multimedia/tracking.php
 
Live Tracking via the Sailviewer-3D Tablet App will be available for devices with 7″ or greater screens.
Click here to download the iOS Application – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sailviewer-3d/id912801278
Click here to download the Android Application – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stsportservice.sailviewer

COMPETITION STATUS
The Competition Status Screen feeds in straight from the Race Committee boats with the teams inputting data such as race times, course type, the status of each race and the plan moving forward. The competition status screen will be available when racing commences via – http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/multimedia/tracking.php

VIDEO

Live sailing will be available from 11:00 local time on Sunday 1 May here:
URL – https://youtu.be/8HNURakIT7o
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The Live Medal Race schedule is as follows:
11:10 – Women’s 470
11:50 – Laser
12:30 – Finn
13:10 – Nacra 17
13:50 – 49er
14:25 – Men’s RS:X
15:05 – Women’s RS:X

PRESS RELEASES
World Sailing will be releasing international press releases after racing throughout the duration of Sailing World Cup Hyères. All the latest news and reports will be available to read here – http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/news/index.php

SOCIAL MEDIA
The hashtag of Sailing World Cup Hyères is #SWCHyeres16

Follow the event on World Sailing’s social networks:
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ISAFWorldSailing
Instagram – https://instagram.com/isafworldsailing/
Twitter – @worldsailing
 
By Daniel Smith, World Sailing