Hvide Sande PWA World Cup

Day 4: Catch up with Kornum after Dane qualifies for first winners’ final

A marginal forecast for Day 4 of the Hvide Sande PWA World Cup saw the sailors remain on hold with the wind never really threatening to properly fill in. Over the course of the day several of the fleet still headed out onto the water, but the majority opted to fit in some more foil training.

Earlier in the day we caught up with a couple of the sailors to reflect on yesterday's racing:

Sebastian Kornum (JP / NeilPryde) had this to say upon reaching his first winners’ final during yesterday’s racing: “First of all it was a big surprise for me as I’ve had some injuries over the summer and haven’t been practising that much. 

From the beginning of the day my gear felt great — we have some new masts now — offering a lot of control and they felt good in the gybes. In the end I managed to make the winners’ final and I almost couldn’t believe it — it was a great feeling. 

I’ve been here before to coach a few junior camps, but haven’t spent much time on the water here myself. Of course I’m aware of how the weather can be and we’ve been quite lucky during the event with the temperature. I knew the place a little bit but not really enough to offer any sort of advantage I think.”

The 24 year old also holds some hope for the possibility of racing tomorrow, adding: “The local forecast actually looks OK for tomorrow — a little bit less than on Tuesday, but more from the southeast, which is a better direction for clean wind here.”

Lena Erdil (Starboard / Point-7 / AL360) on giving herself a fighting chance of clinching a maiden slalom world title: “After the first day didn’t go so well I was really happy to win the final which we ran yesterday as it gives me more of a chance of doing well over the remainder of the event. At the moment though we are waiting for wind and I’m just crossing my fingers that we are able to get some more racing in.”

After a quiet day the sailors were released at 5:30pm and they will meet again tomorrow morning at 10am for the skippers’ meeting with a first possible start of 10:30am. The best prospect for racing tomorrow looks as though it will be in the afternoon again. Make sure you tune into www.pwaworldtour.com to follow all of the action as it happens via the PWA live stream.

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