The 2013 GP Joule PWA Sylt World Cup: Day 4 (All Times GMT+2)
You can see a list of the equipment the slalom sailors have registered here.
16:55 That's it for today here in Sylt with the wind not coming back. Skippers' meeting tomorrow morning at 10am with a first possible start at 10:30am for slalom and freestylers. Wave skippers' meeting at 1pm.
16:45 Sailors are still on standby as the wind remains borderline. Next announcement at 5pm.
16:30 The wind is still dropping below 7 knots at times, so the sailors remain on hold. Next call at 4:45pm.
16:15 The wind is currently 4-13 knots so the sailors remain on standby. Next announcement at 4:30pm.
16:00 The next official announcement will be at 16:15.
15:56 The sailors will now be in standby on the beach as we wait for the wind to improve.
15:51 The AP flag is now up again as the wind is very up and down.
15:47 Heat 1 is back in countdown sequence.
15:42 The AP flag is up due to the wind dropping below 7 knots just before the start of heat 1.
15:39 Heat 1 is now in countdown sequence.
15:34 The wind is currently 7-12 knots.
15:20 Latest wind readings of 8-15 knots. There's a few sailors out on the water now happily planing around. Red flag for heat one coming up at 3:40pm.
15:11 Start time for elimination 3 will be at 3:40pm. Sailors are being called to the committee boat now due to the wind improving.
14:45 The wind is continuing to improve and the race crew are heading to the water. The sailors are now in standby mode with a first possible start in 30 minutes. Looks as though the racing will resume very soon. 7-15 knots in the latest readings.
14:38 Latest wind readings of 6-10 knots. next announcement in 7 minutes. Stay tuned.
14:15 The conditions haven't materialised in the last 30 minutes so the next call will be at 2:45pm with a first possible start of 3:15pm.
13:45 Next announcement at 2:15pm with a first possible start at 2:45pm.
13:30 The wind is starting to pick up a little bit so the next announcement will be at 1:45pm with a first possible start of 2pm.
13:00 The next announcement for the slalom will be at 1:30pm with the first possible start at 2pm. The next call for the wave and freestyle fleets will be at 4pm with a first possible start of 4:30pm.
12:30 The sunny skies of the past few days have been replaced by by a lingering layer of cloud, but the event site is still busy. The wind isn't cooperating thus far today, so next announcement at 1pm, first possible start 1:30pm.
12:00 Next announcement at 12:30pm with the first possible start at 1pm.
11:00 The conditions haven't really changed over the last hour so the next announcement will be at 12pm with a first possible start of 12:30pm. The event site is starting to fill up, so hopefully the wind will kick in again this afternoon.
10:05 The next call for the slalom fleet will be at 11am with a first possible start at 11:30am, due to the light offshore winds at the moment.
Good morning and welcome to the fourth day of competition at the GP Joule PWA Sylt World Cup. Yesterday saw Cyril Moussilmani and Josh Angulo claim the first victories of the week in an excellent day of slalom. Skippers' meeting coming up at 10am.