The 2012 PWA Ulsan World Cup Korea : Day 6 (All times GMT+8)
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18:30 That's the completion of Elimination 4 and the end of the day here in Korea, after a great day of racing. Tomorrow will see the showdown of the event, with a whole host of sailors still in contention. Skippers meeting will be at 08:30 tomorrow morning with first possible start at 9am. Be sure to watch the re-run of the action from today at 8pm local time.
18:29 Results women's loser's final - 1st Aubet 2nd Onishi 3rd Erdil 4th Suzuki.
18:25 Results Women's winner's final - 1st Jaggi 2nd Arrighetti 3rd Arutkin 4th Cousin
18:23 Aubet leads right now, Erdil in third.
18:22 Women's loser's final now sailing - Suzuki first over the start line.
18:20 Jaggi coming back at Arrighetti, Jaggi bursts into the lead great comeback.
18:19 Arrighetti maintains her lead, Jaggi in second, Arutking has moved into third as Cousin drops back to fourth.
18:18 Women's winner's final now sailing - Arrighetti in the lead from the start.
Arrighetti followed by Jaggi, Cousin and Arutkin
18:17 Results Heat 15 1st Frans 2nd Jossin 3rd Moussilmani S 4th Angulo.
18:15 Heat 15 is now sailing - Angulo with the best lead, but Taty Frans leaves the first mark in the lead.
Frans extends his lead into mark 3, followed by Jossin, Moussilmani S and Angulo.
18:14 Heat 16 results 1st Questel 2nd Williams 3rd Albeau 4th Quentel
18:09 Questel in the lead by the first mark though. Still Questel then Quentel, Williams and Albeau in fourth round the third mark
18:08 Heat 16 now sailing - Quentel first over the line.
18:04 Heat 16 is now is sequence.
17:53 The sailors have been called to the committee boat. 9-13 knots. Heat 16 is the first heat up when we re-start. First possible start 6.05pm.
17:30 The sailors already eliminated have been released. The winner's will remain on standby in the hope of finishing Race 4.
17:24 The next call will be made at 17:30.
17:18 We have 8-13 knots on the outside but only 5-11 on the inside. The competition cannot be resumed yet.
17:14 6-11 knots from the committee boat, the direction keeps switching.
17:10 8 - 14 knots out on the course now.
17:00 The wind remains very gusty. Wind is between 6 and 13 knots.
16:26 Sailors remain on standby on the beach for the time being, the wind is unsuitable at the moment. Heat 16 will be the first heat to be resailed.
16:16 The Men's Winner's Final will be the first heat to be re-sailed.
16:12 The sailors have been sent back to the beach to grab some bigger kit.
16:10 Heat 16 Men's Winner Final now sailing - Williams with a brilliant start. Wind looks light, they are struggling to plane. It's abandoned.
16:09 Results Women's Heat 2 - 1st Arrighetti 2nd Benvenuti 3rd Kubat 4th Vidal
16:05 Red flag up for Heat 16
16:00 Women's Heat 3 now sailing - Vidal and Arrighetti with equally good starts.
15:56 Women's heat 1 now sailing - Erdil got the best start.
15:55 Results Heat 14 1st Quentel 2nd Questel 3rd Williams 4th Albeau
15:54 Really close right now it's Quentel followed by Questel and Albeau and Williams. The current event leader Van Der Steen isn't making the winner's final at the moment.
15:53 Results Heat 13 1st Bordes 2nd Costa Hoevel 3rd Dagan 4th Buzianis
15:51 Heat 14 is now sailing - Sylvain Moussilmani first across the line.
15:50 Taty's trying to get into fourth, pumping a lot and going broad. Buzianis is holding him off for the moment.
15:48 It's Bordes in front followed by Costa Hoevel. Dagan is chasing as it Buzianis. It's a super close heat.
Taty's into fifth as Jossin goes down.
15:47 Angulo with a huge catapult, looks like he's going to be out of this heat.
15:46 Heat 13 is now sailing - Angulo first across the line.
15:45 One minute till Heat 13
15:40 Going through to the semi-finals from Heat 12 1st Moussilmani S 2nd Albeau 3rd Williams 4th Van Der Steen.
15:38 Moussilmani S in first, Albeau second followed by Williams and Van Der Steen.
Bijl chasing for fourth.
15:37 Heat 12 now sailing - Moussilmani S first over the line
15:36 Results Heat 10 - 1st Costa Hoevel 2nd Angulo 3rd Buzianis 4th Frans
15:35 Frans is being chased by Maynard for fourth place.
15:33 Costa Hoevel first around the second mark followed by Angulo,
15:33 Heat 10 is now sailing - Asano into the lead over the line.
15:32 Results Heat 11 - 1st Questel 2nd Quentel 3rd Orth 4th Diaz. Moussilmani B unlucky to just miss out.
15:29 Questel followed by Quentel, Diaz and fourth is now Orth. Toselli has dropped out of the top four.
15:27 Heat 11 is now sailing - Quentel with the best start
Questel followed by Quentel and Toselli.
15:22 AP flag is now down for Heat 11. The wind has improved.
15:20 Racing is on hold for the moment. Hopefully we will resume shortly.
15:16 AP flag is up. New heat sequence, 11, 10 then 12
15:11Heat 10 is abandoned.
15:09 Heat 10 now sailing - Buzianis with a great start again.
15:08 Results Heat 8 - 1st Van Der Steen 2nd Moussilmani S 3rd Bijl 4th Malina
15:07 Dunkerbeck's miles back in this heat. This could be a big turning point. He's still in 7th and down at gybe 3. Dramatic heat.
15:05 Heat 9 now sailing - Jossin first over the line.
15:02 Around the 4th Mark it's Van Der Steen followed by Moussilmani S then Malina and Nijl
15:01 Results Heat 7 - 1st Albeau 2nd Williams 3rd Le Guen 4th Icingir. Kozanoglu misses out finishing fifth really upset with the seaweed.
15:00 Heat 8 now sailing - Moussilmani S with the best start.
14:58 Third mark it's still Albeau, Kozanoglu upto second, Le Guen then Icingir in the final qualifying stop. Williams is trying desperately to get back.
14:56 Into the first mark it's Albeau then Le Guen, Kozanoglu and Williams
14:55 Heat 7 is now sailing - Kozanoglu with the best start.
14:53 Results 6 - 1st Quentel 2nd Toselli 3rd Diaz 4th Orth
14:51 Heat 7 red flag is now up again.
14:47 Quentel, Toselli, Diaz has moved into third, O'Brien down to fourth.
14:46 Quentel still leads then Toselli and O'Brien in third as they go to the last mark.
14:45 Results Heat 5 - 1st Questel 2nd Pressler 3rd Rutkowski 4th Moussilmani B
14:43 Heat 6 is now sailing - Orth with a good start again.
14:41 Questel leads followed by Pressler, Rutkowski and Moussilmani B. Diethelm goes down though.
14:40 Results Men Heat 4 - 1st Buzianis 2nd Asano 3rd Maynard 4th Menegatti.
14:39 Heat 5 now sailing - Pressler best start.
14:37 Buzianis leads chased by Asano and Maynard.
14:35 Heat 4 now sailing - Asano into the lead from the start.
14:35 Results Heat 3 1st Costa Hoevel 2nd Moussilmani C 3rd Frans 4th Angulo
14:32 Costa Hoevel leads, followed by Frans, Moussilmani and Angulo. Kiani was 5th but he goes down.
14:31 Results Heat 2 - 1st Daga 2nd Jossin 3rd Ellis 4th Bordes
14:30 Heat 3 now sailing - Kiani with the best start.
14:28 Dagan now in the lead followed by Bordes Jossin and Ellis. Morin dropped his final gybe.
14:27 Results Heat 1 - 1st Dunkerbeck 2nd Allen 3rd Mortefon 4th Rosati, who just beats Volwater
14:25 Heat 2 now sailing - Ellis with the best start.
14:21 Heat 1 Race 4 now sailing - Dunkerbeck with a great start
it's Dunkerbeck followed by Mortefon, Allen and Rosati
14:15 Results women's loser's final - 1st Vidal 2nd Suzuki 3rd Arutkin 4th Benvenuti
14:13 Benvenuti with a great recovery after a poor start to finish fourth.
14:12 AP flag has been raised on the committee boat, we have no wind on the inside.
14:11 Vidal in the lead in the women's loser's final followed by Suzuki and Arutkin.
14:10 Current Men's Standings - 1st Van Der Steen 2nd Questel 3rd Dunkerbeck
14:09 Results Women's Winner Final Heat 4 - 1st Arrighetti 2nd Jaggi 3rd Cousin 4th Onishi
14:08 Women's Losers Final now sailing - Arutkin with the best start
14:07 It's either Arrighetti or Jaggi for the win but it was a close finish.
14:06 Arrighetti in the lead, Jaggi chasing. Cousin looks like she's third. Erdil and Onishi battling for fourth place.
14:05 Arrighetti followed by Jaggi and Cousin. Erdil in fourth for the moment after a great start.
14:03 Women's Heat 14 Winner's Final now sailing - It's Erdil followed by Arrighetti.
14:02 Women's Winner's Final Coming up
13:56 Results from Men's Loser's Final Heat 15. 1st Williams 2nd Moussilmani C 3rd Volwater 4th Diethelm
13:53 Men's Heat 15 is now sailing - Maynard crosses the line first.
13:52 Jaggi now in the lead followed by Erdil, Onishi and Aubet. Benvenuti battling to break into the top four.
13:51 Results Heat 16 - 1st Van Der Steen 2nd Buzianis 3rd Bordes 4th Quentel
13:49 Women's Heat 2 now sailing - Aubet first over the line. Erdil second followed by Jaggi from the looks of it.
13:47 Dunkerbeck goes down at the fourth mark. Questel goes past him but Van Der Steen is still in the lead. Buzianis looking solid in Second followed by Bordes. Van Der Steen looks delighted. Dunkerbeck finishes last after his crash.
13:45 Van Der Steen comes from nowhere he's absolutely flying and in the lead now followed by Buzianis, Bordes and Quentel. Dunkerbeck in Fifth
13:44 Heat 16 is resailing now - Buzianis with the best start.
Buzianis holds onto his lead, Dunkerbeck in the mix as well but Bordes is ahead of him. Quentel in fourth.
13:41 General recall down for Heat 16.
13:36 Heat 16 Men's winner's final now sailing - General recall Costa Hoevel and Albeau over early. That's going to be massively disappointing for Albeau
13:34 Men's winner's final will be sailed first, then women's heat 2 will be resailed.
13:32 Heat 2 Women's is cancelled, we've lost one of the marks.
13:31 Erdil still leads, Jaggi fighting back with sheer speed.
13:30 Women's Heat 2 now sailing - Erdil crosses the line first.
13:28 Arrighetti looking good in this heat, still followed by Cousin and Mortefon. Looks like Kubat should claim fourth.
13:26 Women's Heat 1 now sailing - Arrighetti leads, Cousin in second place, Mortefon third and Kubat
13:25 Results Heat 14 1st Questel 2nd Albeau 3rd Dunkerbeck 4th Bordes
13:24 Bordes and Volwater are fighting for fourth, both of them are super quick going to be a tense finish.
13:22 Third mark, still holding Questel, Albeau second followed by Dunkerbeck, Volwater sneaks down the inside line to take fourth now.
13:20 Questel shows his speed again to gain the lead, then Dunkerbeck and Bordes after the first gybe, sailors pumping on the exit. Albeau breaks into the top 4, Dunkerbeck down to fourth.
13:19 Heat 14 is now sailing - Bordes with a great start, he's flying.
13:16 Heat 14 is in sequence.
13:15 Results Heat 13 - 1st Costa Hoevel 2nd Quentel 3rd Buzianis 4th Van Der Steen
13:14 Super close finish for fourth between Van Der Steen and Williams.
13:13 Van Der Steen into fourth ahead of Maynard now
13:11Costa Hovel still leads followed by Buzianis Maynard Williams battling to qualify. Van Der Steen in fifth
13:10 Heat 13 now sailing - Costa Hoevel great start
13:09 Results Heat 12 1st Albeau 2nd Dunkerbeck 3rd Bordes 4th Jossin.
13:07 Heat 12 now sailing - Albeau crosses first and he's extending his lead. Bordes is second, Dunkerbeck third and Jossin 4th
13:05 Results Heat 11 1st Questel 2nd Volwater 3rd Diethelm 4th Bijl
13:03 Questel, Volwater, Diethelm and Bijl. Angulo has dropped out of the top four but he's gaining on Bijl
Questel is cruising to victory in this heat.
13:02 Questel, Angulo, Volwater are the top 3. Bijl and Diethelm battling for fourth.
13:00 Heat 11 now sailing - Volwater with the best start
12:58 General recall down for Heat 11
12:56 Heat 11 now sailing - Menegatti over early, general recall.
12:55 Results Heat 10 1st Van Der Steen 2nd Quentel 3rd Toselli 4th Moussilmani C
12:54 Van Der Steen followed by Toselli, Quentel and Moussilmani C. Mortefon is currently in fifth.
Quentel goes past Toselli, maybe Toselli still has weed on his fin he doesn't look as fast now.
12:53 Toselli followed by Van Der Steen, Moussilmani C and Mortefon fighting.
Toselli loses the lead after trying to jump to clear his fin of sea weed. Van Der Steen in first.
12:51 Heat 10 underway for the third time - Japan's Asano with the best start
12:48 General recall down for Heat 10.
12:46 Heat 10 is sailing again - General recall again, this time Rutkowski over early.
12:44 General recall down for Heat 10.
12:42 General recall for Heat 10 - Morin over early.
12:40 Results Heat 9 1st Williams 2nd Costa Hoevel 3rd Buzianis 4th Maynard
12:38 Heat 9 now sailing - Williams continues with his fantastic starts. Williams, followed by Maynard and Buzianis.
Looks like Costa Hoevel has broken into second, Buzianis in third and Maynard in fourth. Diaz with a big crash.
12:37 Results Heat 8 1st Dunkerbeck 2nd Le Guen 3rd Iachino 4th Bordes
12:35 Around the third gybe it's Dunkerbeck followed by Le Guen, Iachino and Bordes. Kozanoglu in fifth.
12:34 Results Heat 7 - 1st Albeau 2nd Jossin 3rd Malina 4th Rosati
12:33 Heat 8 now sailing - Iachino and Le Guen out in front.
12:32 11-14 knots on the course right now.
12:30 Looks like the top four will remain the same in this heat unless one of them hits something in the water.
12:29 Albeau breaks into the lead, Jossin, Rosati and Malina in fourth after the first turn.
12:28 Heat 7 now sailing - Jossin in the lead
12:27 Results Heat 6 1st Diethelm 2nd Volwater 3rd Menegatti 4th Bijl.
12:26 Allen trying desperately to get into fourth. Diethelm still in the lead with Volwater, Menegatti and Bijl
12:25 Diethelm almost catapults but saves it. Volwater then Menegatti and Bijl.
12:24 Heat 6 now sailing - Lang crosses the first. but it's Diethelm round the first mark with Allen and Bijl and Volwater fighting it out
12:23 Results Heat 5 1st Van Der Steen 2nd Toselli 3rd Asano 4th Morin
12:22 Orth makes a mistake, looks like he will miss out on the qualifying spots now.
12:20 Van Der Steen now in the lead, Toselli second, Morin third and Orth in fourth.
12:19 Heat 4 is now re-sailing - Yilmazer with the best start
12:18 Results Heat 5 1st Questel 2nd Angulo 3rd Dagan 4th Kiani
12:17 Questel still in first, followed by Angulo, Dagan and Kiani.
12:16 Dagan has moved into third place taking the inside line on the third gybe. Kiani, Moussilmani B and O'Brien all battling for fourth place.
12:15 Questel with a comfortable lead, followed by Angulo, Moussilmani B and Kiani. Dagan in fifth.
12:14 Heat 5 is now sailing - Questel and Kiani with equally good starts
12:08 Heat 5 is now in sequence.
12:05 Heat sequence will be 5, 4 then 6.
12:04 Guys are on a mixture of 8.6s and medium or large boards.
12:03 Clear lead for Van Der Steen, followed by Orth and Morin. Heat is abandoned, there's massive holes in the wind.
12:02 Heat 4 is now sailing - Orth with the best start.
11:57 Heat 4 is in countdown sequence.
11:54 8-12 knots, there are some stronger gusts coming through though.
11:45 Ok we're sending the sailors back out onto the water, first possible start for Heat 4 11:55.
11:42 Wind seems to be switching back to the original direction from this morning, and stabilising again. 7-12 knots at the moment. Stay tuned.
11:30 Sailors remain in standby, 7-13 knots on the outside.
11:28 Wind is coming up again, 7-11 knots.
11:22 Back to 5-11 knots right now, we'll stay on standby and hope to be sailing again very soon.
11:17 First possible start 11:30. Wind appears to be building again.
11:15 Competitors will remain in standby the wind is still up and down. 8-12 knots latest reading.
11:07 The wind remains at 5-12 knots on the inside.
11:00 The wind isn't good enough yet. We'll stay with 15 minute updates, first possible start 11:30.
10:58 Wind on the inside of the course is only 6-10 knots.
10:55 8-12 knots on the committee boat, but it's super light on the beach.
10:50 Next announcement at 11:00, first possible start at 11:15. Heat 4 will be the first heat to be sailed.
10:40 45 degree wind shift on the finish line now. Sailors will remain on standby on the beach. Heat sequence will return to normal i.e. 4,5,6 etc
10:30 AP flag is still up as we wait for the wind to re-establish itself. On the committee boat we have 8-12 knots, but elsewhere on the course sailors are struggling to waterstart.
10:26 AP flag is up. Heat order will be heat 5, then 4 followed by 6,7 etc.
10:24 Heat 4 is cancelled, Wind is up and down
10:23 Heat 3 results - 1st Quentel 2nd Moussilmani C 3rd Mortefon 4th Rutkowski. Ellis with a massive catapult in this heat.
10:22 Heat 4 now sailing - Orth leads.
10:21 Results heat 2 1st Buzianis 2nd Maynard 3rd Pressler 4th Diaz
10:18 Frans with a big crash on the final mark, he was in fourth, really unlucky as he hits something.
10:16 Heat 3 now sailing - Frans fly's across the line in first.
10:15 Diaz in the final qualifying spot. Maynard and Pressler battling for second and third
10:13 Heat 2 now sailing - Pressler leads. Into the third mark, Buzianis leads, Maynard in second followed by Pressler
10:13 Results Heat 1 1st Moussilmani S 2nd Williams 3rd Costa Hoevel 4th Icingir.
10:12 The wind looks as though it's becoming gustier.
10:11 Moussilmani S still in the lead, Williams has overtaken Costa Hoevel for second and third. Icingir in fourth.
10:09 Moussilmani S first into mark one, Costa Hoevel chasing, Williams in third.
10:07 Men's Heat 1 now sailing - Costa Hoevel and Moussilmani S with the best starts.
10:04 Red flag is now up for Men's Heat 1 Race 3.
10:03 Current Top 3 of women's 1st Arrighetti 2nd Aubet 3rd Kubat
10:02 Current Top 3 men's 1st Questel 2nd Dunkerbeck 3rd Albeau
09:56 Just adjusting the course ahead of elimination 3.
09:48 Results women's loser's final - 1st Erdil 2nd Suzuki 3rd Arutkin 4th Anayama
09:43 Super choppy out on the water, Erdil comfortable on the last reach.
09:42 Erdil still lead, Vidal was in second but she's crashed her gybe. Arutkin moves into second.
09:41 Results women's winner's final - 1st Jaggi 2nd Arrighetti 3rd Cousin 4th Aubet
09:40 Women's loser's final now sailing- Erdil with the best start. Arutkin battling for second place.
09:39 Women's winner's final now sailing. Cousin with the best start again but Jaggi now killing it with much better speed then anyone else. Benvenuti fell on her gybe.
09:38 Results men's loser's final - 1st Albeau 2nd Quentel 3rd Moussilmani S 4th Angulo
09:35 Results Winners final - 1st Dunkerbeck 2nd Van Der Steen 3rd Buzianis 4th Bijl
09:32 Fight between Diaz and Menegatti for 5th and 6th. ALbeau still leads, followed by Quentel.
09:31 Top 3 remain the same, Angulo in 4th now.
09:29 Men's Loser's final now sailing - Albeau in the lead and looking good at the second mark, Toselli got taken out by Bordes at the first mark. Quntel in second followed by Moussilmani S.
09:28 Looking like a photo finish on the line between Dunkerbeck and Van Der Steen.
09:27 Dunkerbeck in the lead, Jossin now in second followed by Buzianis, and Bijl ahead of Van Der Steen it looks like.
09:26 Williams goes down, Bjorn sneaks through followed by Van Der Steen and Buzianis.
09:25 Men's winner's final Heat 16 Now sailing - Williams with the best start of the bunch.
09:24 Erdil and Jaggi are fighting it out for fourth.
09:22 It's now Arrighetti followed by Benvenuti, Onishi, Jaggi has crucially battled back into fourth.
09:21 Arrighetti still leads at the firs gybe, followed by Jaggi and Benvenuti.
Jaggi goes down at the second mark. Jaggi drops to sixth.
09:20 Heat 2 women's now sailing - Arrighetti out in the lead.
09:19 The women on on 7.0's, just a minute until heat 2 women's again.
09:15 Results Women's Heat 1 - 1st Cousin 2nd Kubat 3rd Aubet 4th Mortefon.
09:14 Heat 2 women's - general recall, Erdil over early.
09:13 Cousin in the lead around the third gybe, Kubat follows.
09:10 Arutkin goes down on the first mark, looking like a close race.
09:09 Heat 1 of the women's underway - Cousin with a brilliant start.
09:08 Results Heat 14 - 1st Buzianis 2nd Mortefon 3rd Van Der Steen 4th Bijl. Moussilmani S just misses out.
09:07 Fight for fourth between the dutch guys, Bijl and Van Der Steen.
09:06 Angulo's not planing, but Buzianis still in the lead at mark 3, Mortefon, Van Der Steen and Moussilmani S complete the top four.
09:05 Buzianis first around the mark, followed by Mortefon, Bijl and Van Der Steen.
09:04 Heat 14 is now sailing - Mortefon with the best start of the day.
09:02 We've got 10-14 knots, should be a day packed with high octane racing.
08:59 Heat 14 is now in sequence. After heat 14 it will be women's heat 1 and 2 followed by the men's winner's then loser's final.
08:55 Just over 5 minutes before today's racing will begin, guys are taking sails around 7.8 and 110ltr boards.
08:45 Sailors have been called to the committee boat. The action will start at 9am. Prepare for an action packed day, with everything to play for, Albeau and Kozanoglu are missing from the winner's final of the second elimination, so everyone is still in contention of winning the event. Of course you can watch it all live @ www.pwaworldtour.com on the live stream.
08:36 Current wind readings 6-12 knots.
08:30 It's looking windy already, next announcement 08:45 first possible start 9am.