Etchells World Championships at Chicago Yacht Club - Day 4
by Christie Kirchner 27 Jun 2008 00:27 PDT
21-28 June 2008
No races were held on Day 4 of the Etchells Worlds, while a large high pressure system sitting over Lake Michigan brings calm winds, blue skies, and sunshine to Chicago’s lakefront. With little chance of cooperative weather for the rest of the day, the Race Committee called the day at 13:30 and pushed tomorrow’s start time forward to 10:30 in anticipation of nice winds in the morning and storms later in the day. The race committee hopes to run two solid races tomorrow while the weather holds.
“It’s a classic battle between good and evil,” PRO Tom Duggan said in reference to today’s westerly and easterly winds. “Neither of them won out, so we decided to walk away and we’ll try to get two races in tomorrow.”
The Etchells World Championship is held at Chicago Yacht Club and presented by World Sport Chicago. The regatta runs June 23-28, with the 29th as a reserve day. For a listing of the current standings and a link to event photos log on to www.etchellsworlds2008.com or www.chicagoyachtclub.org