The 2012 Catalunya Windsurf World Cup : Day 3 (All Times GMT+1)
You can check out the equipment the slalom sailors have registered HERE. 19:22 We're going to call an end to the action for today. Thanks for tuning in to the ticker. The skipper's meeting will be held at 10:30 tomorrow morning, first possible start 11am. 19:21 The sailors have been called back to the beach. 19:20 Heat 1 has had to be cancelled, the wind has begun to drop. 19:19 Heat 1 is now sailing - Moussilmani S first across the line. 19:03 Results Heat 15 - 1st Mortefon 2nd Diaz 3rd Jossin 4th Angulo. Race 3 is scheduled for 19:15 19:01 Mortefon is cruising to victory ihe losers final by mark 3. Diaz moves into second ahead of Jossin and Angulo. 18:59 Heat 15 is now sailing - Mortefon with the best start by the pin. 18:58 Results Winner's Final - 1st Albeau 2nd Dunkerbeck 3rd Allen 4th Quentel. 18:56 Albeau's absolutely flying and he's now in the lead. Allen and Dunkerbeck are fighting it out for second. At the fourth mark Dunkerbeck takes the inside line to go past Allen. 18:54 Heat 16 is now sailing - Allen with the best start. Dunkerbeck goes past Albeau but it's Steve Allen who leads into first gybe. ALbeau comes flying out of his first gybe to go past Dunkerbeck. Top three is Allen followed by Albeau and Dunkerbeck. 18:50 Heat 16 is now in countdown sequence. 18:44 Results Heat 14 - 1st Dunkerbeck 2nd Diethelm 3rd Frans 4th Albeau. Winners final coming up. 18:42 Dunkerbeck is flying and has a comfy lead, second is still Frans, Albeau fighting it out with Diethelm and Questel. 18:40 Dunkerbeck has stolen a clear lead ahead of Frans, Diethelm and Albeau. 18:39 Heat 14 is now sailing - Mortefon leads from the start. 18:34 Results Heat 13 : 1st Allen 2nd Moussilmani C 3rd Costa Hoevel 4th Quentel 18:31 Heat 13 is now sailing - Costra Hoevel with the best start. This heat is developing into a closely fought encounter between Quentel, Jossin, Moussilmani C, Bordes and Costa Hoevel. Angulo goes down, looks like he's out of contention now. 18:29 Results Heat 12 - !st Dunkerbeck 2nd Moussilmani B 3rd Frans 4th Mortefon. 18:28 The top three have a clear lead, Dunkerbeck, Moussilmani B and Frans, Mortefon still in that crucial fourth spot. 18:27 Menegatti goes down at the second gybe, Mortefon moves into the top four now. 18:26 Dunkerbeck leads into the first mark with Moussilmani B and Frans in pursuit. 18:25 Heat 12 is sailing again now - Moussilmani B crosses the line first. 18:22 Results Heat 11 - 1st Albeau 2nd Diethelm 3rd Questel 4th Diaz 18:21 Heat 12 is now sailing - General recall again - Rutkowski goes too soon. 18:18 ALbeau leads into the third gybe followed by Diethelm, Questel and really close fight for fourth between Maynard and Diaz. 18:17 Albeau leads at the first mark followed by Diethelm, Maynard and Questel. 18:16 Heat 11 is now sailing - Diethelm crosses the line first. 18:13 Results Heat 10 - 1st Angulo 2nd Bordes 3rd Williams 4th Allen. 18:11 Heat 11 is now sailing - General Recall. Warembourg false starts. 18:08 Bordes goes down at the third mark and Buzianis can't avoid him so they are now both out of the top 4 Angulo is in the lead. 18:08 Results Heat 9 - 1st Quentel 2nd Jossin 3rd Moussilmani C 4th Costa Hoevel. 18:07 Heat 10 is now sailing - Angulo out in the lead, looks like Van Der Steen didn't make the best of starts. 18:03 At the first mark it's still really close between Costa Hoevel Moussilmani C, Quentel and Kozanoglu. 18:01 Heat 9 is now sailing - Moussilmani C with the best start, Quentel just behind as they cross the line. 17:59 Results Heat 8 - 1st Dunkerbeck 2nd Frans 3rd Rutkowski 4th Poltenstein 17:56 Heat 9 is now sailing - General Recall Jesper Orth is over early. 17:55 Dunkerbeck looks fully overpowered now and Taty Frans comes past him fully lit on his 6.6. 14 - 24 knots currently being read. 17:52 Heat 8 is now sailing - Sean O'Brien crossed the line first but had to break so Dunkerbeck now has the lead. 17:50 Around the third mark Menegatti leads then it's Toselli, Mortefon and Moussilmani B with a comfortable lead. 17:49 Heat 6 Results - 1st Albeau 2nd Warembourg 3rd Diethelm 4th Questel 17:47 Heat 7 is now sailing -  Moussilmani B with the best start. 17:46 Albeau now has a clear lead and it's a battle for fourth between Volwater, Diethelm and Questel. 17:45 Results Heat 5 - 1st Maynard 2nd Cucchi 3rd Moussilmani S 4th Diaz. 17:44 Warembourg still in the lead at the first mark followed by Questel, Albeau and Volwater. 17:43 Heat 6 is now sailing - France's Warembourg first to cross the line. 17:41 Around the third turn it's Maynard out in the lead followed by Cucchi, Moussilmani S and Diaz. 17:40 Results Heat 4 - 1st Angulo 2nd Iachino 3rd Allen 4th Williams. 17:38 Heat 5 is now sailing - Cucchi looking good from the start. 17:37 Williams is trying to hunt down Ania on the last leg for that crucial fourth place. 17:36 Heat 4 is now sailing - Allen and Iachino with the the best starts. By the third mark it's Angulo in the lead followed by Iachino and Ania. It's too close to call fourth right now. 17:35 Results Heat 3 - 1st Buzianis 2nd Van Der Steen 3rd Dagan 4th Bordes. 17:32 It's Buzianis in the lead followed by Van Der Steen and Icingir. Bordes is currently fourth. 17:30 Results heat 2 - 1st Brzozowski 2nd Orth 3rd Costa Hoevel 4th Moussilmani C 17:29 Bijl, Costa Hoevel and Moussilmani C fighting it out for fourth. 17:27 At gybe 3 it's Brzozowski followed by Ortha and Bijl. 17:26 Results Heat 1 - 1st Quentel 2nd Kozanoglu 3rd Le Guen 4th Jossin 17:25 Heat 2 is now sailing - Orth with the best start. 17:24 Quentel first around the last mark. 17:20 Heat 1 is now sailing - Kozanoglu first across the line. 17:15 Heat 1 is now in sequence. 17:11 Latest wind readings of 10-18 knots from the committee boat. 17:08 Winds looking good now, so we are on for our 5.15pm start. Sailors from Heat 1 have been called to the water. 17:00 The wind is starting to improve so everyone is in standby from now on. First possible start remains 5.15pm 16:45 It's still not quite there on the water. 5pm for the next announcement. 5:15pm first possible start. 16:30 Things unfortunately remain the same, it's super gusty. Next update in 15 minutes first possible start 16:45. 16:15 The wind continues to tease but it's so up and down it's not possible to get the heats going again. 16:30 next update, 16:45 first possible start. 16:00 I wish I could say the wind is getting better, but if anything it's currently deteriorating. The forecast has the strongest wind coming through at 5pm so it could still happen today. Next announcement 16:15 first possible start 16:30. 15:45 The wind is up and down so we're going stay with fifteen minute announcements and hope that it comes good. First possible start 16:15. 15:36 Latest wind readings on the outside are 5-14 knots. 15:30 We're going to try setting the course much further out to see if the conditions are better there. Next announcement will be 15:45, first possible start 4pm. 15:15 Sailors remain on standby for the time being. Stay tuned. 14:45 The waiting game continues! Back in 15 minutes for the next update. First possible start 15:15. 14:30 The conditions haven't changed here, it remains super gusty. 14:30 for the next update. 3pm first possible start. 14:15 The wind's staying super gusty at the moment, so next call will be made in fifteen minutes, first start 14:45. 14:12 A few of the sailors are trying to decide whether it's best to take their biggest board or their medium one with the gusty conditions. Tricky day for kit choices. 14:09 Next official announcement at 14:15, first possible start 14:30. 14:07 The AP flag is up. We'll keep you updated when we're ready to start again. 14:04 It's been decided that conditions were unsuitable so the result of Heat 2 will not count, Pieter Bijl is back in the elimination. 14:03 Pieter Bijl was the man to go over early. 13:58 Heat 2 is now sailing - Someone's gone over early - General Recall. 13:54 Massive hole in the wind as the sailors approached mark one, so the heat has been cancelled. Heat 2 is now in sequence. 13:53 Heat 1 is now sailing - Yilmazer and Quentel off to the best start of the day. 13:49 Heat 1 is now in countdown sequence. 13:42 We're going to try and kick off the action now. All sailors from Heat 1 have been called to the water. Latest wind, 10-18knots. 13:30 Standby mode remains. The wind hasn't stabilised yet, we'll keep you updated as conditions develop. 13:24 Sailors are still on standby for the time being. 13:13 The wind is making it super difficult to set the course at the moment as it's switching direction. Hopefully it settles down soon and we'll start Race 2. 13:03 Wind is still super gusty for the moment so we are waiting for the conditions to improve before getting the action underway. 12:59 Moussilmani brother's have just been racing each other, one of them catapulted whilst the other sailed straight into him and lost his fin. Good start to the day. 12:55 Sailors are in standby mode on the beach, the wind is between 7-20 knots. Should be underway very soon. Stay tuned. 12:50 Wind is pretty gusty at the moment with wind readings between 8 and 20 knots. 12:48 The beach is now seeing a rigging frenzy as sailors prepare for the 1pm start. Winds are cross to cross off and the sailors look well powered up on biggish kit. 12:30 The wind has built to 9-12 knots. First possible start 13:00. Stay Tuned. 12:15 Next call 12:30, First possible start 13:00. Waiting for the wind to build more. 12:00 The wind has switched to the right direction for the thermal to kick in. Next update 12:15, first possible start 12:45. 11:30 Still waiting for the wind to build sufficiently for the competition to begin, very relaxed around the competition area so far today, that should change this afternoon. Next update 12pm first possible start 12:30. 11:00 The light breeze appears to be starting to pick up, so it's looking very promising for this stage of the day. Next update 11:30, first possible start 12:00. 10:30 Bright and sunny start to Day 3 in Costa Brava, the forecast still looks good for the afternoon, stay tuned for the next update in half an hour. First possible start 11:30. After Bjorn Dunkerbeck took the opening elimination yesterday, we're looking forward to Race 2 getting started today as the action hots up. Stay tuned for what should be an enthralling day.