Morning Preview - Race Day 11
Written by RYA | 08 August 2012
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Race Day 10 Morning Preview:
It is medal race four today and this time it’s the turn of the 49ers to make their bid to add to the current British silverware tally of three.
Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark will know by the end of today what the need to do in their medal race on Friday while the Match Race Girls continue their quarter-final encounter against Russia.
The 470 Men are on a rest day ahead of their medal race tomorrow.
*all times below are scheduled start times
Class: 49er (high performance skiff)
Sailor: Stevie Morrison / Ben Rhodes
Medal Race: 1pm (Nothe)
Target Time: 30 minutes
Fact: The boys sit fifth place overall, six points behind Allan Norregaard and Peter Lang (DEN) in bronze medal position
Class: 470 Women (two-person dinghy)
Sailor: Hannah Mills / Saskia Clark
Race 9: 12pm (Portland Harbour)
Race 10: 1.30pm (Portland Harbour)
Target Time: 60 minutes
Fact: The Brits are second overall four points behind leaders New Zealand
Class: Elliott 6m (women’s match racing)
Sailor: Lucy Macgregor / Annie Lush / Kate Macgregor
Course: Nothe
Opponents: Russia (Ekaterina Skudina, Elena Syuzeva and Elena Oblova)
Quarter-final match 3: 2.35pm
Quarter-final match 4: 3.35pm
Quarter-final match 5: 4.35pm
Target Time: 18 minutes
Fact: The teams are tied at one-all in their first to three points quarter-finals
Weather:
Weymouth is looking cloudy today, with wind coming from West-South West 17-18 knots, gusting up to 21 knots.
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