08.06.2012
No racing in Le Havre
With too much wind sweeping across Le Havre, Race Management at Normandy
Sailing Week has decided to cancel today’s racing. As such, all those crews
on the 100 competing boats are to reindex on shore.
Manfred Ramspacher, Event Organiser: “Weather conditions are such that
safety is overly compromised. The seas are heavy and there are some powerful
gusts of over 35 knots on the race zone. We’re calling all the racers back
tomorrow, where a series of races will be run from 1100 hours local time.”
Daniel Souben, skipper of “Courrier Dunkerque”: “We’re disappointed not to
be able to race but there is much too much wind. Instead we’re going to get
some rest, do a debrief of the first days of racing and check over our
gear.”
Cecile Keriel, J80 “Jaws”: “We have no choice. We’re reindexing on shore,
though we were certainly up for it today. Tomorrow’s another day and we’ll
be able to kick off our J80 competition then.”
Fabien Henry, skipper of “Toulon Provence Méditérrannée”, leader in the
provisional overall standing in the M34 category: “It’s a wise decision.
We’re not keen to break our boat 15 days before the start of the Tour de
France à la Voile. In any case, with the current and the wind, the Race
Committee would have had some issues laying a course!”
Translated by Kate Jennings – Expression
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