Morning Preview - Race Day 10
Written by RYA | 07 August 2012
LIVE EACH DAY AT 11AM -Today Penny Clark talks to Gemma Douglas - RYA Development Squad Sport Pyschologist and Mike Dempsey, Father of RS:X Windsurfer Nick Dempsey
Race Day 10 Morning Preview:
The RS:X medal races may be short but Nick Dempsey and Bryony Shaw hope theirs will be very sweet.
Both British windsurfers go into the medal races with the hopes of silverware still intact so it is set to be a very interesting couple of hours on the Nothe course.
Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell will know by the end of today what the need to do in their medal race on Thursday while the Match Race Girls get their first two best of five quarter-final matches done today.
The 49ers are on a rest day ahead of their medal race tomorrow.
*all times below are scheduled start times
Class: RS:X Men (men’s windsurfer)
Sailor: Nick Dempsey
Medal Race: 1pm (Nothe)
Target Time: 20 minutes
Fact: Nick is 11 points clear of bronze medal position and 17 clear of fourth
Class: RS:X Women (women’s windsurfer)
Sailor: Bryony Shaw
Medal Race: 2pm (Nothe)
Target Time: 20 minutes
Fact: Bryony currently lies in seventh overall 11 points off a medal
Class: 470 Men (two-person dinghy)
Sailor: Luke Patience / Stuart Bithell
Race 9: 12pm (Portland Harbour)
Race 10: 1.30pm (Portland Harbour)
Target Time: 60 minutes
Fact: Luke and Stu sit in second currently just a point behind the Australians
Class: 470 Women (two-person dinghy)
Sailor: Hannah Mills / Saskia Clark
Race 7: 12.10pm (Portland Harbour)
Race 8: 1.40pm (Portland Harbour)
Target Time: 60 minutes
Fact: The Brits are first overall a point ahead of Kiwis
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 1: 3.35pm
Quarter-final match 2: 4.35pm
Target Time: 18 minutes
Fact: The best of five contest continues with three more races tomorrow
Weather:
Weymouth looks wet today, with wind coming from South-South West 14-16 knots, gusting up to 24 knots later in day.
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