The 2012 Catalunya Windsurf World Cup : Day 1 (All Times GMT+1)
You can check out the equipment the slalom sailors have registered HERE. 17:30 Unfortunately the wind never came back today so we are calling an end to the action today. The skipper's meeting will be held at 10am tomorrow morning with first possible start at 10:30. 17:15 Still cloudy in Costa Brava and it's gone very still. We'll have another update in 15 minutes. 16:50 The wind hasn't picked up again yet, so the next call will now be made at 17:15. 16:30 Sailors remain on hold as the rain continues. We'll have another update in 15 minutes. First possible start 5pm. 16:15 We've got light rain in Costa Brava at the moment rather than the glorious sunshine we had earlier in the day. Sailors are still on standby waiting for the wind to re-emerge. Next update 4:30pm, first possible start 4:45. 16:00 The wind hasn't returned sufficiently yet, we'll stay with 15 minute announcements. 4:15pm next update, first start 4:30pm. 15:45 The wind hasn't re-stablised yet, sailors remain on standby, next call at 4pm first possible start 4:15pm. 15:38 Next announcement at 15:45, first possible start 16:00. We've just got some stormy clouds going over head which is disturbing the wind. 15:31 Due to the small break, the heat order will return to normal i.e. 10, 11, 12 etc. 15:29 The red flags is up, The wind is changing and switching in strength. Sailors will remain on standby on the beach. 15:22 Heat order will now be Heat 11 followed by Heat 10, 12, 13 etc. 15:21 Heat 10 has been cancelled, the wind has shifted slightly meaning sailors were unable to make mark 3. 15:19 Heat 10 is now sailing - Menegatti over in first place, Dinsmore has to stop himself from going over early. 15:18 Results Heat 9 - 1st Dunkerbeck 2nd Moussilmani S 3rd Angulo 4th Frans. 15:16 Dunkerbeck is first around mark two followed by Sylvain Moussilmani, Angulo and Frans 15:15 Heat 9 is now sailing - Cucchi into the lead after starting by the pin. 15:14 Results Heat 8 - 1st Albeau 2nd Dagan 3rd O'Brien 4th Diethelm 15:10 Albeau first into mark one, followed by Dagan and O'Brien. Diethelm holds 4th at the second gybe. 15:09 Heat 8 is underway again - O'Brien with the best start of the bunch. 15:05 Heat 8 is now sailing - General recall, two sailors jump the gun, it's Morin and Lang. 15:04 Heat 7 Results - 1st Van Der Steen 2nd Maynard 3rd Muller 4th Volwater. 15:03 Van Der Steen put in a storming performance to take it ahead of Maynard. 14:58 Heat 7 is re-sailing now - Muller with a great start, Van Der Steen doesn't time his start brilliantly though. 14:56 Heat 6 Results - 1st Bordes 2nd Quentel 3rd Allen 4th Moussilmani C 14:54 Heat 7 is now sailing - General recall, it's Krey over early. 14:51 Heat 6 is now sailing - Allen with the best start but into the first mark it's Bordes followed by Quentel, Moussilmani C and Allen now in the vital 4th spot. 14:50 Results Heat 5 1st Kozanoglu 2nd Diaz 3rd Moussilmani B 4th Williams 14:47 Williams still qualifies despite dropping his gybe at the first mark. 14:44 Heat 5 now sailing - Williams aims right at the pin and is out in the first place. 14:42 Questel catapults, it's going to be very hard for him to qualify now. 14:41 Heat 4 now sailing - De Souza leads the way over the start line. 14:39 Results Heat 3 - 1st Mortefon 2nd Bijl 3rd Menegatti 4th Ania 14:38 Results Heat 2 - 1st Dunkerbeck 2nd Moussilmani S 3rd Cucchi 4th Rutkowski. 14:35 Heat 3 now sailing - Mortefon off to a flyer in this one. 14:31 Heat 1 Results - 1st Angulo 2nd Frans 3rd Toselli 4th Warembourg 14:30 Heat 2 is now sailing- Iachino with the best start. 14:26 Heat 1 now sailing - Angulo off to a flyer on the restart. 14:22 Heat 1 is now sailing - General recall, Kurt jumps the gun. 14:05 Latest wind readings of 7-11 knots. 9 minutes to the first heat. 14:00 The wind has picked up significantly here, we're ready to kick the action off at 14:15. Stay Tuned. 13:50 We've got some sailors on the water trying out the conditions with 6-9 knots being monitored, next update 14:00. 13:30 It's only 3-9 knots on the beach right now, hopefully that will pick up and we'll get the action underway here in Costa Brava. We'll have another update at 13:45, first possible start remains 14:00 13:10 The wind's in the right direction for the thermal to kick in, so we are expecting some racing in the afternoon.  Next announcement 13:30, first possible start 14:00. Good morning, it's a beautiful sunny start to the 2012 PWA Catalunya Costa Brava World Cup. The sailors will be registering between 10:00-12:00, with the skippers meeting being held at 1pm. The first possible start will be at 14:00.