Morning Preview - Race Day 8
Written by RYA | 05 August 2012
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Day 8 Morning Preview:
‘Super Sunday’, ‘Showdown Sunday’. ‘Stellar Sunday’….whatever you want to call it today is guaranteed to bring chewed nails, knotted stomachs and hoarse voices.
Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson and Ben Ainslie go out today bidding to not only try to claim Britain’s first sailing silverware of London 2012 but the big ones.
You can find out exactly where they both stand and what it all means here, but save to say it has all the makings of an epic, emotional day in Weymouth Bay.
By the end of today we will also know how Nick Dempsey and Bryony Shaw in the RS:X windsurfing classes will stand as they head into their medal races on Tuesday, while the 49ers return to action after enjoying their rest day yesterday.
In total of six of the 10 classes are in action, while the 470 Women should get their fifth (and sixth!) races under their belts today meaning that they are able to discard their worst score the regatta so far. The 470 Men, Lasers, Laser Radials and Match Race Girls are on a rest day.
*all times below are scheduled start times
Class: Star (men’s keelboat)
Sailor: Iain Percy / Andrew Simpson
Medal Race: 1pm (Nothe)
Target Time: 30 minutes
Fact: Iain and Bart head into the race with an eight point lead over the Brazilians
Class: Finn (men’s heavyweight dinghy)
Sailor: Ben Ainslie
Medal Race: 2pm (Nothe)
Target Time: 30 minutes
Fact: Ben sits two points behind Denmark’s Jonas Hogh-Christensen
Class: 470 Women’s (women’s two-person dinghy)
Sailor: Hannah Mills / Saskia Clark
Race 5: 1pm (Weymouth Bay West)
Race 6: 3.30pm (Nothe)
Target Time: 60 minutes (Weymouth Bay West), 45-60 minutes (Nothe)
Fact: Hannah and Saskia lay second overall after four races
Class: 49er (men’s high performance skiff)
Sailor: Stevie Morrison / Ben Rhodes
Race 12: 2.30pm (Weymouth Bay West)
Race 13: 3.20pm (Weymouth Bay West)
Target Time: 30 minutes
Fact: Stevie and Ben lay fourth overall with four races and their medal race to come
Class: RS:X Women (women’s windsurfer)
Sailor: Bryony Shaw
Race 9: 12pm (Portland Harbour)
Race 10: 12.50pm (Portland Harbour)
Target Time: 30 minutes
Fact: Bryony sits in seventh overall with two races and their medal race to come
Class: RS:X Men (men’s windsurfer)
Sailor: Nick Dempsey
Race 9: 1.30pm (Portland Harbour)
Race 10: 2.20pm (Portland Harbour)
Target Time: 30 minutes
Fact: Bryony moved into silver medal position with a second and third yesterday
Weather:
So what have we got for the big day? Showery, potentially thundery, breeze coming from the South 04-14 knots medal race conditions gusting 25 knots.
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