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Sail-World.com : Audi Etchells Worlds Day 6: Final race likely to go ahead
Audi Etchells Worlds Day 6: Final race likely to go ahead
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'Audi Etchells Worlds 2009 - RACER XY, skipper Jason Muir (second from right) is the Etchells World Champion 2009'
Andrea Francolini / Audi ©
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An ominously dark sky, thunderstorms, gusty winds up to 30 knots, breaking waves and rain had competitors at the Audi Etchells World Championship thinking it was all over and there would be no more chances to move up in the standings.
While the Championship was won yesterday, by a Queensland’s Jason Muir and three crew members, there are still second and third places to consider and the winners in the Masters and Masters Seniors categories.
At 11.00am, after studying weather maps and talking with the appropriate weather gurus, Principal Race Officer Ross Wilson said it is likely the final race of the series, Race 9, will go ahead.
'We’ll go out and take some measurements and check out the situation. I think it will be sailable this afternoon. We will drop the AP (racing delayed) flag around midday at this stage.'
Wilson went on to say: 'We expect westerly winds in the vicinity of 15-18 knots, gusting to 25.'
UPDATE: Audi Etchells Worlds – AP flag ashore dropped at 11.50am giving some hope Race 9 will get underway after 12.30pm.
The 2009 Audi Etchells World Championship is organised by the Melbourne Etchells Fleet in conjunction with the Royal Brighton Yacht Club.
Full results www.audietchellsworlds2009.com.au/
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11:57 PM Fri 13 Mar 2009 GMT
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