The 2012 Catalunya Windsurf World Cup : Day 6 (All Times GMT+1)
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18:27 Results of the 2012 PWA Catalunya Costa Brava Slalom World Cup: 1st Bjorn Dunkerbeck 2nd Julien Quentel 3rd Antoine Albeau 4th Steve Allen.
18:11 The wind is deteriorating so we are calling it a draw. That's it for the 2012 PWA Catalunya Costa Brava Slalom World Cup. Overall all results will be posted shortly. Thanks for tuning in to the ticker again today.
18:06 Heat 15 is now sailing - There's not a lot of wind as they cross the line so most of the sailors were pumping and the AP flag is up.
18:02 Heat 15 is in countdown sequence now.
17:57 Rutkowski and Frans stuck in a wind hole on the exit, so the heat is cancelled.
17:55 Heat 15 is now sailing - Albeau in the lead after everyone had a poor start. He now has a big lead by the second mark with Kozanoglu his nearest challenger. Rutkowski third with Frans gaining into mark three.
17:54 Results Heat 16 - 1st Buzianis 2nd Dunkerbeck 3rd Williams 4th Allen.
17:53 Buzianis looks like he's got this one in the bag. Dunkerbeck all along in second then it's still Willams ahead of Allen.
17:51 Dunkerbeck gaining on Buzianis on the way to the third, but Buzianis is holding him off for now, Buzianis with a much better gybe. Williams up to third with Allen dropping to fourth.
17:50 Heat 16 is now sailing - Buzianis starts by the pin and makes the best start. Still close into mark one, Buzianis followed by Dunkerbeck and Allen. Williams pumping in fourth.
17:46 Results Heat 14 - 1st Buzianis 2nd Van Der Steen 3rd Dunkerbeck 4th Williams. Heat 16 coming up.
17:40 Buzianis and Van Der Steen are the top two. Quentel still holds third followed by Moussilmani C. Dagan just behind in fifth.
17:38 Heat 14 is now sailing - Dagan with the best lead with Quentel and Van Der Steen right next to eachother.Buzianis leads at mark one followd by Van Der Steen, Dagan and Rutkowski. However Quentel is flying through the field on the exit and is now upto third.
17:36 Heat 14 is coming up.
17:31Results Heat 13 - 1st Allen 2nd Diaz 3rd Dunkerbeck 4th Williams
17:28 Albeau was leading but his drops his gybe at the third mark, looks like he's in last now, Allen now has the lead followed by Diaz and Dunkerbeck. Battle for fourth between Williams Frans and mortefon.
17:27 Heat 13 is now sailing - Albeau with the best start, Frans also with a good start.
17:25 Dagan with a comfortable lead, Buzianis now in second with Rutkowski third, Quentel in the last qualifying spot at the moment.
17:23 Heat 12 is now sailing - It's a close start, looks like Dagan just edged it and he goes around the first mark in the lead, then it's Rutkowski, Buzianis and Questel
17:18 AP flag is down, heat 12 is next up.
17:12 AP flag is now up as the wind is dropping at the moment.
17:11 Heat 12 will be the next heat to be sailed, red flag is up.
17:09 Heat 11 sailing for the third time now - Still can't make a clean start to Heat 11, and it's not going to be sailed now as two more sailors go early, Volwater and Iachino.
17:03 Heat 11 is now sailing - Yep you've guessed it, yet another general recall, Benoit Moussilmani goes over early this time.
17:01 Sadly Dinsmore goes over early in heat 11.
17:00 Results Heat 10 - 1st Albeau 2nd Allen 3rd Mortefon 4th Kozanoglu
16:59 Heat 11 is now sailing - Yet another general recall.
16:58 Big crash at the final gybe between lang and Questel. Albeau wins.
16:57 Questel has now moved into fourth as they approach the third mark, but it's close between Questel, Mortefon and Kozanoglu. Questel drops his gybe so Kozanoglu is now qualifying.
16:56 Albeau leads into mark one then it's Allen, Kozanoglu, Mortefon moves up a few places after the gybe.
16:%5 Heat 10 is sailing again now - Allen with the best start.
16:51 Heat 10 is now sailing - General Recall, Morin is DSQ'd.
16:50 Results Heat 9 - 1st Frans 2nd Williams 3rd Dunkerbeck 4th Diaz
16:50 Heat 9 is now sailing - Taty Frans leads ahead of Williams, Dunkerbeck and Diaz.
16:48 Results Heat 8 - 1st Quentel 2nd Dagan 3rd Buzianis 4th Yilmazer
16:44 Heat 7 Results - 1st Toselli 2nd Cucchi 3rd Rutkowski 4th Bouman
16:43 Quentel still leads followed by Dagan and Buzianis.
16:42 Heat 8 is now sailing - Quentel off to a good start.
16:40 Results Heat 6 - 1st Moussilmani C 2nd Volwater 3rd Slabe 4th Icingir
16:39 Top three remains unchanged but there's a fight for fourth between Ferin and Bouman, Bouman currently on top.
16:37 Heat 7 is now sailing - Toselli is flying and is in the lead then it's Cucchi and Rutkowski.
16:36 Moussilmani C now has a clear lead over Slabe and Volwater. Icingir and Warembourg are battling for fourth. Whilst Pressler tried to cut inside on the gybe but drops it.
16:34 Slabe leads by the first mark followed by Moussilmani C, Volwater and Icingir.
16:32 Heat 6 is underway again - Pressler nails his start.
16:30 Results Heat 5 - 1st Moussilmani B 2nd Van Der Steen 3rd Iachino 4th Dinsmore.
16:29 This time it's Maynard and Angulo.
16:27 Heat 6 is now sailing - Believe it or not it's yet another general recall.
16:26 Van Der Steen just ahead of Moussilmani B at mark three, Iachino third with Dinsmore looking good for fourth.
16:24 Heat 5 is now sailing - Iachino with the best start. Moussilmani B, Van Der Steen and Iachino close together at mark one. Dinsmore is fourth at the moment.
16:22 Menegatti, Littel and Kurt are all disqualified.
16:20 Heat 5 is now sailing - Incredibly it's another general recall.
16:19 Results Heat 4 - 1st Albeau 2nd Questel 3rd Mortefon 4th Ania
16:17 At the third mark it remains unchanged. Ania and Algret had a coming together but Ania managed to recover quickly to still hold fourth.
16:15 Albeau now in the lead by mark one, then it's Questel, Mortefon and Ania.
16:14 Heat 4 is now sailing - Ania with the best start.
16:11 Heat 3 Results - 1st Kozanoglu 2nd Allen 3rd Lang 4th Morin.
16:10 Heat 4 is now sailing - General recall once again. It was Le Guen.
16:07 Kozanoglu still in the lead with Allen just behind. Morin in third and Lang has a comfy lead in fourth over fifth place at mark 3.
16:06 Kozanoglu in the lead at mark one followed by Allen and Lang.
16:05 Heat 3 is now sailing - Lang first across the line but Muller had to stop to avoid going over early.
16:03 The wind was good on the start so we are going to go straight back to trying to sail heat 3 for the third time.
16:01 Heat 3 is being resailed now - General Recall - Newson becomes the fourth man of the day to jump the gun.
15:57 Heat 3 is now sailing - General recall again, Diethelm is the man to go over early in this heat.
15:53 Heat 3 is the next heat to to be sailed and the red flag is now up.
15:48 Heat 2 is now sailing - General Recall - it's Jossin and Orth over early. That means that 4 sailors have false started this heat so Diaz, Moussilmani S, Zugsbratl and Kiani all go through.
15:43 Heat 2 is now in countdown sequence.
15:41 The wind is dead onshore and still between 7-10knots. Sailors have been called to the water.
15:35 Sailors from heat 2 have been called to the committee boat, we will be resuming race 6 very shortly.
15:24 We've got several sailors out on the water now trying out the conditions. The wind is currently 5-11 knots.
15:15 Sailors are now on standby and the course is now set. We'll keep you updated as the action unfolds. Stay tuned.
15:00 The wind is now 6-10knots so the next call shall be made at 15:15, first possible start 15:30.
14:45 The wind is currently between 6-9 knots so we are getting closer to being able to resume race 6. Next announcement 3pm, first possible start 3:15pm.
14:30 Conditions are improving so next update at 14:45, first possible start 15:15.
14:00 The wind is currently between 5-8 knots, so we're still waiting for the conditions to develop. Next update at 2:30pm first possible start 3pm.
13:30 The wind is still light in Costa Brava today. We'll have another update at 2pm, first possible start 2:30pm.
13:00 The conditions remain unsuitable for the time being. Right now most people are grabbing something to eat whilst we wait for the wind. Next update at 13:30 first possible start 2pm.
12:30 The winds not built to a substantial level yet so we'll have another update at 1pm, first possible start 1:30pm.
12:00 The wind is slowly starting to develop as the final day of Costa Brava follows the same pattern as the previous days. For the time being we'll stay with thirty minute announcement so next update at 12:30, first possible start 1pm.
11:30 No change in the conditions so far. Next update 12pm, first possible start 12:30.
11:00 The wind remains light thus far, so we'll stay with thirty minute updates for the time being. Next update 11:30, first possible start 12pm.
10:30 It's a quiet start to day six in Costa Brava, the sun is shining but the wind is very light. Just like yesterday the event site is getting busier and busier. Next announcement 11am, first possible start 11:30
It's the final day in Costa Brava and Bjorn Dunkerbeck is still our current event leader, Julien Quentel holds second place with Antoine Albeau currently completing the top three. We'll see if there are any changes come the end of the day.