Watch the PWA live stream HERE. 18:58 That's it for the day here in Turkmenistan. The skippers' meeting will be bright and early again tomorrow at 6am with the first possible start at 6:30am. Thanks for tuning in today. 18:38 The sailors are on their way back to the beach as the wind has dropped back. 18:35 AP flag is up again! 18:32 Heat 6 is now back in countdown sequence. 18:22 Unfortunately the wind has dropped back again so AP flag is up on the committee boat. 18:20 Heat 6 is now in countdown sequence. 18:14 That's another cancellation after the wind proves to be too light after the first gybe again. 18:13 Heat 5 is now sailing - Toselli and Jossin nail their starts. Toselli leads into the first followed by Mortefon and Moussilmani C. Everyone pumping to leave the first mark. 18:12 Results Heat 4 - 1st Questel 2nd Maynard 3rd Menegatti Cousin 4th  5th Iachino 6th Yilmazer 18:08 Questel manages to make the mark, but Maynard over takes him, Iachino in third place. 18:07 Questel who is in the lead looks like he's sailing to the wrong mark now. 18:06 Results Heat 2 - 1st Moussilmani C 2nd Toselli 3rd Vonk 4th Jossin 5th Moussilmani B 6th Diaz 18:04 Heat 4 is sailing again now - Rutkowski off to the best start. At the first mark it's still Rutkowski followed by Maynard, Lang and Cousin. 18:01 Heat 4 is now in countdown sequence. 17:59 Heat 4 is now sailing - General Recall - Asmussen and Albeau go over early. That's the reigning world champion and current tour leader out in the first round. 17:58 Toselli still leads followed by Moussilmani C, Vonk, Jossin, Diaz and Bordes and Angulo battling for the final qualifying place. Front two are miles out in front. 17:54 Heat 2 is now sailing - Angulo off to a good start. At the first gybe it's Toselli, Angulo, and Moussilmani and Vonk. 17:50 Results Heat 3 - 1st Costa Hoevel 2nd Buzianis 3rd Allen 4th Frans 5th Van Der Steen 6th Dagan 17:45 At the third Costa Hoevel in the lead followed by Buzianis, Van Der Steen and Allen. 17:43 There's a problem with seaweed in the starting area which is causing a bit of havoc. 17:42 Heat 3 is now sailing - Costa Hoevel off to a good start. Dagan, Van Der Steen and Buzianis are in the top three at the first mark, as a few sailors drop their gybe. 17:39 Heat cancelled! 17:38 Heat 2 is now sailing again - Jossin with the best start. At the first it's Toselli, Jossin, Moussilmani C and Angulo, but he doesn't make the gybe. 17:30 Heat 2 is in countdown sequence again. 17:28 Sadly AP flag is up - slight lull in the wind before the start of heat 2.  17:24 Heat 2 is now in countdown sequence 17:23 9-13 knots now! 17:20 Heat 2 will see Moussilmani C, Bordes, Angulo, Toselli, Vonk, Moussilmani B, Jossin, Algret, Diaz, Malina, Morgan and Sapayev. 17:18 It's official we are going to try and run heat 2 asap. The sailors are on their way to the committee boat. Racing coming up stay tuned. 17:10 Wind still looks good on the inside marks with 8-13 knots being recorded! Looks like we should be back in action very soon! 17:00 Everybody will be in standby mode from 5:15pm. Conditions are continuing to improve here in Turkmenistan. 16:55 The wind is beginning to fill in across the entire sailing area. In some parts we now have 8-12 knots, so conditions are getting closer. 16:45 The conditions still aren't suitable for racing so next announcement at 5pm with a first possible start at 5:15pm. Latest wind readings of 6-11 knots. 16:30 The wind has picked up from what it is, but it's still only 4-10 knots. Next call in 15 minutes time. First possible start 5pm. 16:00 The wind is starting to pick up now with the wind now cross to cross on from the right. Next call at 4:30pm first possible start 5pm. 15:00 The wind has swung to be starboard tack now, but it's still quite light. Hopefully as the temperature cools the wind will kick in! Next call 4pm first possible start 4:30pm. 14:00 Conditions haven't changed in the last half an hour so next all will be at 15:00 with the first possible start at 15:30. 13:30 The wind is still very light so next call at 2pm, first possible start 2:30pm. 12:30 With the wind remaining extremely light the next announcement will be at 1:30pm to allow the sailors to have lunch. First possible start 2pm. 12:00 Next announcement at 12:30pm, first possible start at 1pm. The wind has now swung to be fully onshore and should continue to swing throughout the afternoon. 11:30 The wind remains very light for the time being, so the sailors remain on hold. There's a couple of freestyle jet skiers out on the water providing some entertainment at the moment. Next call 12pm, first possible start 12:15pm. 11:00 The temperature is continuing to rise here is Turkmenistan as the wind has dropped to almost nothing. The wind is still predicted to swing from the Easterly direction this morning to be NW for this afternoon and evening. Next announcement at 11:30am, first possible start 11:45am. 10:30 The next call for the sailors will be at 11am with the wind dropping back further. First possible start 11:15am. 10:15 The next announcement will be at 10:30am with the first possible start at 10:45am. 10:00 The waiting game continues. Most of the sailors are seeking the shade with the temperature continuing to rise. Next call 10:15am, first possible start 10:30am. 09:45 Conditions are showing signs of improving, but the wind is still dropping to 6 knots in places. Next call 10am, first possible start 10:15am. 09:30 The wind is still up and down, there has been gusts up to 15 knots, but still dropping to 6 knots at times. Next call 9:45am, first possible start 10am. 09:00 Sailors remain on standby for the time being. Next call 9:15am, first possible start 9:30am. 08:45 No change in the conditions at the moment. Next announcement at 9am, first possible start at 9:15am. 08:30 Next announcement at 8:45am, first possible start 9am. 08:15 We are moving back to announcements in Turkmenistan. Next announcement at 8:30am, first possible start 8:45am. 08:07 Heat cancelled! The wind is too light at the mark again! Z flag is up for the time being. 08:04 Heat 3 is now sailing - Allen nails his start. At the first it's Dagan, Costa Hoevel and Buzianis. Dagan drops his gybe though. 08:02 The heat has been cancelled due to light winds after the gybe. 08:00 Heat 2 is now sailing - Angulo nails his start. At the first it's Moussilmani B, Toselli and Jossin. Cyril Moussilmani just behind. 07:57 Heat 2 is now in countdown sequence. 07:56 The local satellite forecast does have the wind increasing from 12 o'clock onwards with forecast showing winds of 11-15 knots for the afternoon, increasing to 15-20 knots in the evening. 07:52 The sailors are still making their way out to the start line, but already the wind is dropping back to 4.5 knots.  07:38 The wind is back to being 7-11 knots so the sailors have been called to the committee boat. 07:32 Sailors are in standby mode on the beach. When racing resumes men's heat 2 will be first up. 07:20 Lena Erdil talking after the women's winners' final, after finishing third: "The wind was really light, just planing. Lets hope for some better wind and racing." 07:19 The race director has decided that the heat will stand. The conditions were borderline, but the result will be kept. 07:15 There's a few complaints about the conditions in the first heat of the men's, but whether that heat will stand or not is still to be decided. 07:12 The Z flag is now up, so all sailors are coming back to the beach whilst we wait for the wind conditions to improve. 07:08 The wind is still dropping to 6 knots at times so the AP flag is still up at the moment. 07:06 Delphine Cousin has suffered a broken mast on the way to back to the beach after her opening victory. 07:00 Heat 2 has been cancelled due to a drop in the wind and also a change in the wind direction. AP flag is currently up.  06:59 Results Heat 1 - 1st Quentel 2nd Mortefon 3rd Williams 4th Reuscher 5th Rosati 6th O'Brien 06:58 At the third it's the Moussilmani brother's in the lead followed by Algret and Diaz. 06:55 Men's Heat 2 is now sailing - Angulo in the lead ahead of Moussilmani C. 06:53 Quentel still leads ahead of Mortefon at the third followed by Williams and Reuscher. Remember it's top six to advance from each men's heat. 06:51 Men's Heat 1 is now sailing - Sean O'Brien nails his start. At the first it's Quentel followed by Mortefon. 06:49 8-15 knots on the race course right now. First heats of the men's should be starting shortly. 06:46 Each women's heat this week will be run as a winners' final. Congratulations to reigning world champion Delphine Cousin for the first victory of the week. 06:44 Results Women's Winners' 1 - 1st Cousin 2nd Erdil 3rd Anayama 06:39 Latest wind readings of 8-12 knots on the committee boat. 06:38 It's Cousin followed Erdil at the third. 06:35 Women's Heat 1 is now sailing - Mortefon in the lead followed by Arrighetti. 06:32 Women's Heat 1 is now in countdown sequence. Latest wind readings of 7-10 knots. 06:15 The wind has improved in the last 15 minutes with wind readings of 7-13 knots now being recorded. The sailors have been called to the water and the racing will be kicking off at 6:30am. 06:00 The wind is on the edge at the moment with wind readings between 6-10 knots. Next announcement at 6:15am with the first possible start remaining at 6:30am.