Sailing: Day #2 in Australia Abandoned

February 22, 2012

Day Two of the Etchells World Championship 2012 being held offshore of Sydney Heads in Australia, has been abandoned for the 74-boat fleet due to large seas and heavy wind conditions.

Bermuda sailors Tim Patton and Mark Watson were both looking to improve on their 40th and 44th placing’s after Day One of racing in the 2012 Etchells World Championship.

PRO Ross Wilson said, “The conditions when we first went out were reading about 23 knots with a big set which was whipping up the seas to about a four meter swell; certainly unsafe for the Etchells sailors.”

“We were hoping on a forecast of the breeze easing for the day, but as we went out the second time, just before 1300 hours, we recorded over 36 knots. So it was an increase of another 10 knots and the seas were worse.”

The race committee then announced abandonment of racing for yesterday.

“The forecast for tomorrow looks absolutely perfect and improving as the week goes on. We are confident we can get back on track,” Wilson said.

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