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Monday, September 19th 2011
When the Mistral is blowing...
The North-westerly wind blowing strong on the Côte d’Azur, the Race
Committee was forced to abandon racing for the Dragons and keep the fleet
ashore, in the beautiful and spectator packed Cannes old port. Rendez-vous
is then for tomorrow for both the Dragons and the fascinating classic
yachts.
Description : 110919RRC_1112The famous Mistral blowing at more than thirty
knots over the Napoule bay and choppy sea, together with a very pleasant
temperature and a bright sun, were the guests of honour on the first day of
the Régates Royales. Getting stronger with the afternoon hours and never
going under 25 knots, the gusty breeze almost swept away the white sunshades
on the crowd packed quai Laubeuf in Cannes… As a consequence, the fifty-nine
Dragons could not go out on the racing area to kick off their week long
battle. The wind is expected to decrease overnight and become much more
manageable on Tuesday and progressively lighter on the rest of the week.
It's then from 11 hours tomorrow that the one design boats created by Johan
Anker back in 1929 will dock out accompanied by the classic yachts fleet
that will also start racing for the 33rd edition of the Régates Royales.
From fourteen nations
Once more, the Dragons have enthusiastically responded to the Règates
Royales' calling. No less than 59 entries represent fourteen nations:
Germany, Denmark, the USA, Finland, France, the UK, Hong Kong, Ireland,
Italy, Monaco, Holland, Russia, Sweden and Ukraine. And world-famous sailors
and champions adding up to more than 200 titles like Poul Richard
Hoj-Jensen, Britain's Ivan Bradbury, German businessman Hassö Plattner,
expert Giuseppe Duca from Italy, Finnish brothers Christian and Andrea
Borenius, not to mention the Russian Armada lead by the 2010 Régates Royales
champion Anatoly Loginov, and obvisously Prince Henrik of Danemark.
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