Day 5 Morning (Start of Finals)

A stronger than usual fresh 8 knots greet sailors arriving at S.C.Uskok here in Zadar for the first day of finals.

Race officers expect to use Race area Charlie for todays racing in what is expected to be the true ' Bora' breeze from the Nor-nor-West. Forecasts have almost been thrown out the window here over the past few days but it looks more likely that a 10-15 knot wind can be expected.

No protest over the Confused finish of the Men's fleet yesterday were successful so results stay as posted last evening.

It's a testament to the competitiveness of the 470 Fleet that sees the winner of the recent French Sprint cup that attracted over 2 nations just scrapping into Silver Fleet as is the 2002 World Champion Simon Cooke.

For the Unqualified countries the equation is simple... win silver fleet.

Racing continues at 11.00 Local.

Darren Dunkley-Smith
Class President
470 Internationale.