The 2013 GP Joule PWA Sylt World Cup: Day 5 (All Times GMT+2)
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16:38 The wind is starting to drop so the action has been called off for today. Skippers' meeting for the slalom and freestyle sailors at 10am, first possible start 10:30am. The wave fleet will meet at 1pm tomorrow. Congratulations to all the winners from today and thanks for tuning in.
16:30 Latest wind readings of 7-17 knots. Red flag for heat one of elimination 5 will go up in 10 minutes time. The first round of this race will be completed today.
16:00 Start time for elimination 5 4:40pm. Stay tuned.
15:58 Results Winners' Final - 1st Alberto Menegatti 2nd Josh Angulo 3rd Antoine Albeau 4th Julien Quentel 5th Cyril Moussilmani 6th Steven Allen 7th Alexandre Cousin 8th Kasper Larsen
15:56 Results Heat 15 - 1st Questel 2nd Buzianis 3rd Costa Hoevel 4th Rosati.
15:55 Menegatti still leads ahead of Angulo, Albeau and Allen. Quentel now in fifth at the third.
15:52 Men's Winners' Final is now sailing - Angulo off to a perfect start again. At the first it's Menegatti followed by Angulo, Allen and Albeau.
15:51 Questel leads ahead of Buzianis, Costa Hoevel and Rosati has moved into the top four.
15:50 Bouman goes over the handlebars on the second reach.
15:49 Losers' Final is now sailing - Costa Hoevel nails his start. Questel, Buzianis, Costa Hoevel and Bouman are the top four around the first mark.
15:45 Heat 15 is now in countdown sequence.
15:42 Results Heat 14 - 1st Angulo 2nd Menegatti 3rd Moussilmani C 4th Cousin
15:40 Angulo continues to lead ahead Menegatti, Cousin and Moussilmani C. Bordes still in contention
15:38 Results Heat 13 - 1st Larsen 2nd Albeau 3rd Quentel 4th Allen
15:35 Heat 14 is now sailing - Buzianis, Angulo make good starts. Angulo leads ahead of Menegatti, Questel and Cousin.
15:32 Albeau in the lead ahead of Larsen, Allen and Quentel at the moment.
15:30 Heat 13 is now sailing - Larsen with a good start. At the first Rutkowski and Costa Hoevel collide.
15:28 Results Heat 11 - 1st Menegatti 2nd Cousin 3rd Moussilmani C 4th Jossin
15:27 Dunkerbeck leads at the third then Toselli, Moussilmani B and Kiani in the top four.
15:25 Heat 12 is now sailing - Angulo nails another start. Questel followed by Dunkerbeck, Angulo and Bordes at the first mark.
15:23 Results Heat 10 - 1st Rutkowski 2nd Rosati 3rd Costa Hoevel 4th Quentel
15:22 Menegatti, Cousin and Jossin and Bijl all qualifying
15:20 Heat 11 is now sailing - Cousin with a good start. Menegatti in the lead, Jossin, Cousin and Bijl. Maynard parked at the first mark after the gybe.
15:19 Rutkowski, Rosati, Volwater and Costa Hoevel currently completing the top four with Quentel missing out right now.
15:18 Results Heat 9 - 1st Albeau 2nd Bouman 3rd Larsen 4th Allen
15:16 Heat 10 is now sailing - Rosati and Volwater with good starts. At the first it's Rutkowski, Rosati, Volwater and Costa Hoevel.
15:14 Results Heat 8 - 1st Angulo 2nd Questel 3rd Moussilmani B 4th Kiani
15:13 Albeau in the lead followed by Larsen, Bouman and Reuscher. Allen and Iachino currently in fifth and sixth. Looks like van der Steen is going out.
15:12 Heat 9 is now sailing - Larsen with the best start. van der Steen goes down at the first mark.
15:09 Angulo still in the lead then Moussilmani and Questel, but Kiani has broken into the top four.
15:08 Results Heat 7 - 1st Buzianis 2nd Toselli 3rd Bordes 4th Dunkerbeck.
15:07 Heat 8 is now sailing - Good start from Angulo and he leads a head of Moussilmani, Questel and then Westera.
15:04 Buzianis still leads at the third ahead of Toselli, Bordes and Dunkerbeck currently fourth.
15:03 Results Heat 6 - 1st Maynard 2nd Moussilmani C 3rd Dagan 4th Bijl
15:02 Heat 7 is now sailing - Buzianis with a perfect start and he leads at the first, then Toselli and Dunkerbeck.
15:01 Maynard still leads ahead of Moussilmani C, Dagan and Bijl who are all currently qualifying.
15:00 Results Heat 5 - 1st Menegatti 2nd Frans 3rd Jossin 4th Cousin
14:57 Heat 6 is now sailing - Moussilmani C with a really good start. Maynard, Moussilmani C, Dagan and Bijl in the top four at the first.
14:56 Results Heat 4 - 1st Guadagnino 2nd Quentel 3rd Rosati 4th Rutkowski
14:55 Menegatti still leads then Frans and Jossin.
14:53 Heat 5 is now sailing - Frans nails his start. Menegatti leads at the first then Frans, Jossin and then Asmussen.
14:52 Results Heat 3 - 1st Volwater 2nd Costa Hoevel 3rd Kordel 4th Moussilmani S
14:51 Guadagnino still leads at the third with Quentel, Rosati and Rutkowski all currently qualifying.
14:49 Heat 4 is now sailing - Guadagnino with the best start. At the first mark it's Guadagnino, Quentel and Rosati, still close after that.
14:48 Volwater still in first ahead of Kordel, Bordes. Williams goes down after catapulting. 7-9 knots on the course.
14:46 Results Heat 2 - 1st Albeau 2nd Allen 3rd Iachino 4th Bouman
14:45 Heat 3 is now sailing - Volwater first across the start line and he leads into the first followed by Bordes, Costa Hoevel and Moussilmani S, Williams currently fifth.
14:42 At the third Albeau still leads ahead of Allen, Iachino and Pressler, Vonk just behind in fifth trying to qualify.
14:40 Heat 2 is now sailing - Pressler makes the best start to the heat. Albeau, Allen, Iachino and Pressler in the top four at the first.
14:37 van der Steen in the lead ahead of Marotti, Reuscher, Jakobsen and Larsen at the third.
14:34 Heat 1 is now sailing - Marotti with the best start. Mortefon leads at the first followed by van der Steen, Reuscher and Marotti. Mortefon drops to the back of the pack after struggling to get planing again after his gybe.
14:30 The red flag is now up for heat one of elimination four.
14:25 Current wind readings of 8-14 knots.
13:50 Start time for elimination 4 is 2:30pm. Stay tuned.
13:48 Results Men's Slalom Elimination 3 @ GP Joule PWA Sylt World Cup: 1st Josh Angulo 2nd Julien Quentel 3rd Antoine Albeau 4th Arnon Dagan 5th Alberto Menegatti 6th Kasper Larsen 7th Peter Volwater 8th Cedric Bordes
13:42 Angulo holds his lead around the final mark and the top four remains unchanged.
13:41 Angulo pumps out of his gybe still in the lead but the winds looking lighter, Dagan in second with Quentel up to third and Albeau fourth. Menegatti now in fifth place.
13:39 Men's Winners' Final is now sailing - Angulo off to the best start. Quentel and Bordes collide with eachother but both stay up. Angulo leads at the first ahead of Menegatti, Dagan and Larsen. Albeau currently in 8th place.
13:39 Results Heat 15 - 1st Kornum 2nd Costa Hoevel 3rd Reuscher 4th Cousin
13:38 Kornum still leads ahead of Costa Hoevel, Reuscher and Cousin.
13:35 Losers' Final is now sailing - Kornum off to a great start and he leads in front of Costa Hoevel. Reuscher currently in fourth.
13:31 Losers' final is now in countdown sequence.
13:30 The finals will be coming up in a few minutes time.
13:28 Results Heat 14 - 1st Menegatti 2nd Dagan 3rd Bordes 4th Angulo
13:25 Moussilmani C is taken out at the gybe, but Menegatti still leads ahead of Bouman and Angulo and Cousin.
13:22 Heat 14 is now sailing - Angulo off to a good start. Menegatti leads a the first followed by Angulo, who pulls a perfect gybe, Bouman in third.
13:19 Albeau now in the lead by the third followed by Larsen, Costa Hoevel and Kornum at the moment. Kornum takes down Costa Hoevel on the exit of the third gybe, allowing Volwater and Quentel up into the top four.
13:17 Heat 13 is now sailing - Volwater off to a good start. Costa Hoevel round in first followed by Albeau and Volwater.
13:16 Results Heat 12 - 1st Angulo 2nd Moussilmani C 3rd Bordes 4th Bouman
13:13 Angulo still leading ahead of Moussilmani C, Bordes and Bouman. Bijl in fifth at the moment.
13:11 Heat 12 is now being resailed - Angulo nails his start. Angulo leads ahead of Moussilmani C, Bordes. Buzianis goes down at the opening mark though.
13:07 Results Heat 10 - 1st Larsen 2nd Quentel 3rd Costa Hoevel 4th Reuscher
13:06 Heat 12 is now sailing - General Recall - Kiani goes over early along with Asmussen too.
13:03 Quentel leads by the third followed Costa Hoevel, Larsen and Reuscher. van der Steen currently missing out.
13:01 Heat 10 is now sailing - Larsen with a perfect start. Costa Hoevel leads at the first followed by Quentel, Larsen and Reuscher. Guadagnino in fifth at the moment.
12:58 Heat 10 coming up in a few minutes.
12:57 Results Heat 11 - 1st Menegatti 2nd Dagan 3rd Diaz 4th Cousin
12:52 At the third it's Menegatti followed by Dagan, Diaz and Iachino. Williams and Rutkowski have a coming together at the mark - Williams very unhappy!
12:50 Heat 11 is now sailing - Cousin nails his start. Menegatti leads at the first followed by Dagan, Cousin, Diaz.
12:46 Heat 11 is now in countdown sequence
12:44 Heat 11 will be the next heat to be sailed followed by 10 and then 12.
12:42 Results Heat 9 - 1st Albeau 2nd Kornum 3rd Volwater 4th Rosati
12:38 Albeau still in the lead ahead of Kornum, Volwater and Toselli
12:36 Heat 9 is now sailing - Questel misses the start and has to gybe around the committee boat and starts well behind now. Toselli at the front then Kornum and Albeau.
12:34 Guadagnino still leads in front of van der Steen, Jossin with Quentel and Pressler. Maynard is gaining quickly though, so could still qualify.
12:31 Heat 4 is now sailing - Jossin with a good start. Guadagnino leads at the first followed by van der Steen, Jossin and Quentel.
12:29 Kiani still in the lead ahead of Angulo, Bijl and Bordes who are all qualifying.
12:28 Results Heat 7 - 1st Buzianis 2nd Moussilmani C 3rd Asmussen 4th Bouman
12:26 Heat 8 is now sailing - Kiani with a great start and he leads into the first followed by Angulo Bijl and Bordes.
12:24 Buzianis stil leads in a unchanged top three at the third.
12:22 Heat 7 is now sailing - Buzianis first across the start line and he still leads at the first ahead of Asmussen and Moussilmani C
12:17 Heat 7 is now in countdown sequence
12:11 Heat 7 is now sailing - General Recall - Dunkerbeck goes over early, but he should've been in heat 8 and is disqualified.
12:09 The heat has been cancelled again.
12:08 At the third it's still Maynard then van der Steen and Quentel. Guadagnino and Jossin.
12:08 Results Heat 6 - 1st Dagan 2nd Williams 3rd Iachino 4th Diaz.
12:06 Heat 4 is now sailing - Jossin and Maynard make equally good starts. Maynard leads ahead of Guadagnino, van der Steen and Quentel and Jossin currently battling for fourth.
12:04 Dagan still leads ahead of Williams, Iachino and Diaz.
12:02 Heat 6 is now sailing - Dagan off to a good start. Dagan still leads at the first followed by Williams and Diaz. Iachino currently in fourth.
11:59 The heat has been cancelled at the first mark due to the wind dropping.
11:58 Heat 4 is now being resailed - Jossin with a good start.
11:52 Heat 4 is now sailing - General Recall - Langer goes over early.
11:51 Results Heat 5 - 1st Rutkowski 2nd Cousin 3rd Menegatti 4th Mortefon
11:50 Latest wind readings 8-15 knots
11:48 Rutkowski in the lead ahead of Menegatti, Cousin and Mortefon. Frans battling for the top four still at the third mark.
11:46 Heat 5 is now sailing - Menegatti first across the start line. Menegatti in the lead at the first mark followed by Rutkowski and Frans. Schliemann goes down hard after catapulting.
11:44 Heat cancelled - the wind dropped below 7 knots.
11:43 Results Heat 3 - 1st Larsen 2nd Kordel 3rd Costa Hoevel 4th Reuscher
11:41 Heat 4 is now sailing - Jossin nails his start and he leads into the first ahead of Maynard, Langer, Quentel and van der Steen.
11:39 Larsen still leads ahead of Kordel, Costa Hoevel and Reuscher. Steve Allen currently with a lot of work to do in seventh place.
11:38 Results Heat 2 - 1st Volwater 2nd Kornum 3rd Toselli 4th O'Brien
11:37 Heat 3 is now sailing - Larsen with the best start to heat three.
11:34 At the third it's still Volwater in the lead followed by Kornum, Toselli and O'Brien. Flessner trying to fight for the final qualifying place.
11:32 Heat 2 is now sailing - Volwater with a good start and he leads into the first mark ahead of Kornum.
11:28 Heat 2 is now in countdown sequence
11:25 Results Heat 1 - 1st Albeau 2nd Algret 3rd Questel 4th Rosati
11:24 The AP flag is up before heat two due to the committee boat drifting.
11:22 Albeau is on his 9.5 and flying in the lead ahead of Algret, Rosati and Questel at the third. Westera and Kosmina are trying to catch up for the final qualifying place.
11:20 Heat 1 is now sailing - Albeau makes the best start of the day. Albeau leads into the first followed by Algret.
11:16 Heat 1 is now in countdown sequence.
11:00 Latest wind readings of 9-12 knots on the course. Start coming up in 15 minutes.
10:45 Latest wind readings of 8-15 knots, so heat one of elimination three will begin at 11:15am.
10:15 Next call at 10:45am with the first possible start 11:15am. The wind is now 5-12 knots - with the forecast having the wind improving from 11am onwards on the forecast.
10:00 The next call for the slalom fleet will be at 10:15am with a first possible start at 10:45am. It's another glorious, sunny start to the day in Sylt with current wind speeds of 5-9 knots.
Good morning and welcome to the fifth day of competition at the GP Joule PWA Sylt World Cup. Yesterday saw marginal winds meaning that no competition was completed, but the forecast looks much better for today. There is already a bit of wind this morning and it should get better throughout the day. Skippers' meeting coming up at 10am.