September 21, 2016
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Day 1 - Sailors set for start of Sailing World Cup Qingdao
Day one of the Sailing World Cup Qingdao begins with a cooler day at the home of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition as the seven Olympic class fleets are set to get underway.
Day one of the Sailing World Cup Qingdao begins with a cooler day at the home of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition as the seven Olympic class fleets are set to get underway.
Temperatures of around the early to mid 20s welcome the competing sailors for the first racing day with a northerly breeze of around 10 knots, gusting to 14 knots through the afternoon.
The windsurfers are scheduled for three races while the other fleets have two, depending on conditions, across three races areas. Racing begins at 12:00 local time.
| Class | Race Area | Scheduled start time | Races scheduled |
| Men’s Windsurfer – RS:X | Alpha | 12:00 | 3 |
| Women’s Windsurfer – RS:X | Alpha | 12:10 | 3 |
| Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser | Bravo | 12:00 | 2 |
| Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial | Bravo | 12:10 | 2 |
| Men’s One Person Dinghy – Heavy – Finn | Charlie | 12:20 | 2 |
| Men’s Two Person Dinghy – 470 | Charlie | 12:00 | 2 |
| Women’s Two Person Dinghy – 470 | Charlie | 12:10 | 2 |
By Richard Aspland – World Sailing
RESULTS / ENTRIES
Entries for Sailing Qingdao and results will be available throughout when racing commences on 21 September here – http://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/e5737f47-e5ea-4362-ae44-e237eb36624a/#!/
LIVE TRACKING
Live tracking will be available when racing commences via – https://swc2016-qingdao.sapsailing.com
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 – https://swc2016-qingdao.sapsailing.com
PRESS RELEASES
World Sailing will be releasing international press releases after racing throughout the duration of Sailing World Cup Qingdao. All the latest news and reports will be available to read here – http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/news/index.php
SOCIAL MEDIA
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