The 2014 Pegasus Airlines Alacati PWA World Cup: Day 4 (All Times GMT+3)
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17:56 Heat has been cancelled due to a hole in the wind and with that, that's it for today! Skippers' meeting tomorrow 10:30am again with the action commencing from 11am. Congratulations to Antoine Albeau, Julien Quentel, Delphine Cousin and Sarah-Quita Offringa for their respective victories. Thanks for tuning in today.
17:55 At mark three it's Van Der Steen, Vonk, Kiani and O'Brien up to fourth as Moussilmani S slips out of the qualifying places.
17:54 Heat 2 is now sailing - Van Der Steen leads of Moussilmani S, Kiani and Vonk.
17:52 Results Heat 1 - 1st Diaz 2nd Iachino 3rd Algret 4th Cousin - Cousin nicks the final qualifying place after storming down the home straight.
17:51 At mark three it's Diaz, Iachino, Algret and Urganci.
17:49 Heat 1 now sailing - Diaz, Iachino and Algret lead.
17:45 Heat 1 now in countdown sequence.
17:29 Next race starting at 17:45.
17:28 Results Women's Winners' Final - 1st Offringa 2nd Erdil 3rd Cousin 4th Barre 5th Ghibaudo 6th Fujiko Onishi
17:28 Really shaky gybe from Offringa at the last but Erdil doesn't make the most of it.
17:27 At mark three it was Ghibaudo leading but she goes down so it's Offringa then Erdil, Unlu and Cousin.
17:26 Women's Winners' Final is now sailing - At the first it's Ghibaudo, Offringa, Cousin, Unlu and Erdil who overtakes Cousin.
17:25 Julien Quentel claims his second victory of the week: “I’m really happy I was on my 7.0 and small board. At the second gybe I managed to go inside Bjorn and then hold onto the lead. The wind was really strong and I’m really happy to win for the second time this week.”
17:24 Results Heat 3 - 1st Yaman 2nd De Gues 3rd Suzuki 4th Dusart 5th Demirasal.
17:23 At the third we have Yaman with a big lead over De Gues, Dusart and Suzuki.
17:20 Women's Heat 3 now sailing - Yaman leads at the first, De Gues and Dusart.
17:18 Results Men's Winners' Final - 1st Quentel 2nd Albeau 3rd Van Der Steen 4th Buzianis 5th Mortefon 6th Algret 7th Dunkerbeck 8th Dagan.
17:17 Quentel into the lead by the third ahead of Albeau, Buzianis and Mortefon as Dunkerbeck loses his gybe. He was leading into the second.
17:16 Men's Winners' Final is now sailing - Van Der Steen nails his start and as they round the first it's Buzianis, Dunkerbeck and Van Der Steen then Albeau. Top three incredibly close to each other.
17:14 Results Heat 15 - 1st Moussilmani C 2nd Toselli 3rd Iachino 4th Angulo
17:13 As they approach the third Moussilmani C still holds the lead over Toselli, Iachino and Angulo, Lang just behind.
17:11 Heat 15 is now sailing - Toselli makes the best start. At mark one it's Moussilmani C, Toselli, Angulo and Iachino.
17:06 We are now back in countdown sequence for men's Heat 15.
17:00 AP flag up at the moment. Racing will be resumed shortly.
16:58 Results Heat 2 - 1st Ghibaudo 2nd Cousin 3rd Onishi 4th Kubat 5th Andres - Suzuki misses out on a place in the final.
16:56 At the third Ghibaudo, Cousin, Onishi, Kubat and Andres currently qualifying for the winners' final.
16:55 Heat 2 is now sailing again - Gorbatykh with a good start. At the first it's Ghibaudo, Cousin, Onishi, Andres and Kubat.
16:54 Current winds of 13-17 knots.
16:51 Heat in sequence again.
16:48 Heat 2 now sailing - AP flag is up again due to another hole in the wind.
16:44 Heat 2 back in countdown sequence now.
16:42 Women's Heat 2 is now sailing - AP flag up just before the start due to a big hole in the wind.
16:40 Results Heat 1 - 1st Offringa 2nd Unlu 3rd Erdil 4th Kaplas 5th Barre
16:39 Offringa still leading over Erdil, Unlu, Kaplas and Barre still holds fifth despite dropping her third gybe.
16:38 Just to confirm fourth place goes to Tristan Algret from Heat 14.
16:37 Women's Heat 1 is now sailing - Into the first we have Offringa, Erdil, Unlu and Barre.
16:35 Results Heat 14 - 1st Dunkerbeck 2nd Albeau 3rd van der Steen - Photo finish for fourth between Algret and Moussilmani C.
16:34 Dunkerbeck continuing to fly and leads into the third over Albeau, van der Steen and Algret who overtakes Moussilmani C. Sylvain Moussilmani took down Angulo at the previous mark.
16:32 Heat 14 is now sailing - Van Der Steen with a good start. Into the first we have Dunkerbeck, Van Der Steen, Angulo and Moussilmani S fighting with Algret.
16:29 Results Heat 13 - 1st Mortefon 2nd Buzianis 3rd Quentel 4th Dagan.
16:29 Top three unchanged, but Dagan has made it into fourth at the final gybe.
16:27 At the third we have Mortefon leading ahead of Buzianis, Quentel and Iachino, with Toselli currently missing out.
16:26 Heat 13 is now sailing - Buzianis with the best start in the first semifinal. At mark one it's Mortefon, Buzianis, Quentel and Toselli.
16:22 Results Heat 12 - 1st Albeau 2nd van der Steen 3rd Moussilmani C 4th Algret
16:21 Currently qualifying for the second semifinal are Albeau, van der Steen, Moussilmani C and Algret with one gybe to go.
16:20 Heat 12 now sailing - Van Der Steen off to a flayer. At the first it's van der Steen, Moussilmani C, Albeau and Algret.
16:18 Results Heat 11 - 1st Dunkerbeck 2nd Angulo 3rd Allen 4th Moussilmani S
16:17 As they approach buoy 3 Dunkerbeck now leads ahead of Angulo, Allen and Moussilmani S, who has Vonk chasing him for the last qualifying spot.
16:15 Heat 11 is now sailing - Angulo with another well timed start. At the first it's Angulo, Yilmazer, Moussilmani S and Dunkerbeck.
16:14 Results Heat 10 - 1st Iachino 2nd Mortefon 3rd Dagan 4th Lang
16:13 Iachino still leads by the third ahead of Mortefon, Lang and Dagan with larsen still in with a shout.
16:11 Heat 10 now sailing - Best start in this one by Iachino. At mark 1 we have the Italian, Mortefon, Costa Hoevel and Lang. Disaster for Costa Hoevel though as he breaks his mast on the exit.
16:09 Results Heat 9 - 1st Toselli 2nd Buzianis 3rd Westera 4th Quentel
16:08 Toselli looking solid up the front with Buzianis, Westera and Quentel in the top four right now. Yilmazer not far off.
16:06 Heat 9 is now sailing - Toselli makes a good start and leads into the first ahead of Buzianis, Kiani and Quentel. Still very close though.
16:04 Results Heat 8 - 1st Diaz 2nd Morgan 3rd Albeau 4th Algret
16:03 At the third it's Diaz now leading over Morgan, Albeau and Kayin who is having a big fight with Algret for fourth.
16:01 Heat 8 is now sailing - O'Brien good start. Into the first we have Morgan, Albeau and Diaz as a couple of sailors go down.
16:00 Results Heat 7 - 1st Moussilmani C 2nd van der Steen 3rd Rutkowski 4th Rosati - Williams just misses out great comeback by the Italian though.
16:00 Photo finish on the home straight between Rosati and Williams.
15:59 At the third it's Moussilmani C, van der Steen, Rutkowski and Williams with Rosati in fifth.
15:57 Heat 7 is now sailing - Rutkowski nails his start. At mark 1 it's van der Steen, Williams, Rutkowski and Moussilmani C.
15:55 Results Heat 6 - 1st Allen 2nd Dunkerbeck 3rd Cousin 4th Vriewsijk - Gerzile drops his final gybe, misses his waterstart, allowing Vriewsijk to snatch fourth place.
15:54 By the third it's Allen then Dunkerbeck followed by Cousin and Gerzile. Vrieswijk went down at the last gybe.
15:53 Heat 6 is now sailing resailed - At the first it's Allen, Dunkerbeck, Vrieswijk and Gerzile. Team Severne going well.
15:49 Latest winds of 20-27 knots in the starting area!
15:48 Heat 6 is now sailing - Kuscu goes over early.
15:47 Results Heat 5 - 1st Questel 2nd Angulo 3rd Dunkerbeck 4th Moussilmani S
15:45 The top four remains unchanged at the third.
15:44 Results Heat 4 - 1st Lang 2nd Dagan 3rd Iachino 4th Morin
15:43 Heat 5 is now sailing - Angulo with a good start and leads at the first, Jossin, Vonk and Moussilmani S in the top four at the first.
15:40 Lang still leads over Dagan, Iachino!
15:39 Heat 4 now sailing - Reuscher with the best start. Lang leads over Dagan, Reuscher and Iachino at the first.
15:37 Results Heat 3 - 1st Costa Hoevel 2nd Mortefon 3rd Larsen 4th Malina
15:35 Costa Hoevel looking good in the lead at the third ahead of Mortefon, who is right behind. Then it's Larsen and Malina, but Bouman has caught right back up and is in contention for fourth.
15:34 Heat 3 is now being resailed - Malina with the best start of the bunch. Mark 1 sees Costa Hoevel, Mortefon, Malina and Larsen in the top four.
15:29 Heat 3 now sailing - General Recall - Kayin and Urganci both go over early.
15:27 Results Heat 2 - 1st Buzianis 2nd Bordes 3rd Kiani 4th Westera
15:26 Buzianis still leads. Bordes up to second, Kiani third and Westera still fourth with a big advantage over his closest challenger.
15:24 Heat 2 is now being resailed - Buzianis with the best start. At mark one it's the American leading ahead of Kiani, Bordes and Westera.
15:19 Heat 2 is now sailing - General Recall - Taty Frans goes over early and is disqualified.
15:17 Results Heat 1 - 1st Toselli 2nd Icingir 3rd Yilmazer 4th Quentel
15:15 Toselli ahead of Icingir at the third, then it's Yilmazer and Quentel. Asmussen in fifth, but he's out of contention now as he drops his gybe.
15:14 Heat 1 now sailing - Yilmazer off to a good one. Mark one sees Toselli in the lead over Yilmazer, Icingir and Quentel.
15:12 Wind is still good with 14-18 knots in the starting area.
15:10 4 minutes to go until start of Heat 1 - Elimination 6!
15:09 Arnon Dagan pushed Albeau all the way: "Dagan: “I think I did my best, the wind picked up after the start, which made life hard I needed to be on 7.8m really and not 8.6m. I’m still happy with second place.”
15:08 Elimination 5 winner Antoine Albeau: “It was pretty windy. I was 8.6 but everyone was overpowered I think. It was good race and finally we got some properly windy weather.”
14:58 Next start 3:10pm.
14:57 Results Women's Winners' Final - 1st Cousin 2nd Erdil 3rd Offringa 4th Ghibaudo 5th Kubat
14:55 Cousin still leads at the third followed by Erdil, Offringa and Ghibaudo in fourth.
14:54 Women's Winners' Final is now sailing - Cousin with the best start and into the first it's Cousin just ahead of Offringa, who span out slightly, then Erdil and Ghibaudo.
14:52 Results Heat 3 - 1st Dusart 2nd Yaman 3rd Anayama 4th Toraman.
14:51 At the third mark it's Dusart in the lead ahead of Yaman and Tulumen.
14:49 Women's Heat 3 is now sailing - Carnage at the first mark as the first four or five girls all crash into each other allowing their rivals through.
14:47 Results Winners' Final - 1st Albeau 2nd Dagan 3rd Bordes 4th Dunkerbeck 5th Sylvain Moussilmani 6th Quentel 7th Costa Hoevel 8th Williams
14:46 Albeau overtakes Dagan into the final mark to take the lead!
14:46 Dagan still holds the lead at the third followed by Albeau, Bordes and Dunkerbeck up to fourth after the carnage at mark two with several sailors falling.
14:45 Dagan into the lead at the second.
14:45 Men's Winners' Final is now sailing - Best start by Albeau. At the first it's Bordes, Dagan, Albeau and Costa Hoevel.
14:44 Sailors looked pretty stacked in that one with the wind gusting up to 21 knots - making life in the gybes interesting to say the least.
14:43 Results Heat 15 - 1st Moussilmani C 2nd Mortefon 3rd Toselli 4th Angulo
14:42 Into the third Moussilmani C still leads ahead of Mortefon, Angulo and Toselli - who quickly recovers after stacking it at the previous mark.
14:40 Heat 15 is now sailing - Cyril Moussilmani with the best start. At the first we have the Frenchman, Toselli and Angulo after Algret drops his gybe.
14:35 5 minutes to till the start of heat 15.
14:34 Heat 15 is now sailing - AP flag is up moments before the start due to a yacht getting in the way.
14:30 Heat 15 back in countdown sequence. 4 minutes to go.
14:30 Sailors are on 7.8s and their medium boards.
14:27 14-17 knots now at the start boat.
14:17 Sailors have been called back to the committee boat with winds of 15-20 knots being recorded on the start line.
14:10 Sailors are back in standby mode as we wait to see what happens with the wind.
14:09 The wind has picked up, but is slightly onshore again now. Heat 15 will still be sailed first ahead of the winners' final.
14:05 Heat has been cancelled due to a drop in the wind.
14:04 Heat 15 is now sailing - Algret with the best start of the day. At the first it's Toselli, Angulo, Reuscher and Mortefon up to fourth on the exit.
14:00 Heat 15 now in countdown sequence.
13:45 Sailors have been called to the committee boat with the wind looking to have stabilised. Racing resuming at 2pm.
13:20 Sailors still remain on standby. The wind still hasn't stabilised in one direction yet, so the wait continues.
13:05 Sailors are now back in standby mode.
12:45 Next announcement at 1pm - first possible start at 1:15pm.
12:32 Moving back to announcements so next call 12:45pm - first possible start 1pm.
12:25 The wind is all over the place again and has dropped back. Sailors are on their way back to the beach to change equipment.
12:08 Red flag will go up for men's heat 15 at 12:25.
11:51 There's currently two wind directions fighting each other, but sailors still remain on standby.
11:33 Wind is now 10-15 knots, but still swinging a lot.
11:30 Latest report is now that the wind has swung back to it's normal direction and has dropped back a lot.
11:15 Sailors are now in standby mode - racing can resume anytime from 11:30am onwards.
11:00 Next announcement at 11:15am - first possible start 11:30am.
10:45 Next announcement at 11am - first possible start 11:15am.
10:33 Feedback from Antoine Albeau, who was out on a 7.8m, is that there's still big patches in the middle of the course.
10:30 Next announcement at 10:45am - first possible start 11am.
Good morning and welcome to day four of the Pegasus Airlines PWA World Cup. Yesterday saw Ben Van Der Steen and Pascal Toselli claim victories in race four and five, whilst Sarah-Quita Offringa extended her perfect run to make it four victories out of four. It's a windy start here in Alacati with the wind currently cross on from the left. Skippers' meeting coming up at 10:30am, but if things stay the same then it looks as though we'll be starting at 11am.