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Laser - Olympic Worldcup 2010 - Weymouth GBR - Day 4

Updated: 13 Aug 2010

A difficult shifty and puffy 10-15 kn breeze and a strong current made Tom Slingsby AUS at ease doing a demolition job in the Laser Standards leading Michael Leigh CAN, winner of race 2, by 31...

Laser - Olympic Worldcup 2010 - Weymouth GBR - Day 3

Updated: 12 Aug 2010

In the Laser Standard, the two top dogs Paul Goodison GBR and Andrew Murdoch NZL sailed their throwouts, but remained ahead after the final day of the qualification heats. The Olympic Champion's...

Laser - Olympic Worldcup - Sail for Gold - Weymouth - Goodison GBR moves up

Updated: 11 Aug 2010

First the wait then the breeze that accompanied the cold front that was moving through. It was a day for heavy-air specialists. Tom Slingsby AUS took two bullets to climb to fourth in the Laser...

Laser - Olympic Worldcup 2010 - Weymouth GBR - Day 1

Updated: 10 Aug 2010

With two races in moderate but shifty conditions, the last ISAF World Cup event of the year started yesterday on the 2010 Olympic venue courses. Two races were sailed in both Olympic Laser classes....

Laser - John Bertrand USA - The master returns

Updated: 04 Aug 2010

In the 1970s and into the early 1980s, Californian John Bertrand was one of a select group of talented young sailors who, collectively, turned the world of dinghy sailing on its head. Starting with...

Laser - Europacup/Belgian Championship 2010 - Nieuwpoort BEL - 7 bullets for Van Laer

Updated: 02 Aug 2010

The Laser Europa Cup Nieuwpoort BEL ended yesterday with two more races in a 12 kn breeze. With 7 bullets in 7 races, Wannes Van Laer BEL dominated the Laser Standard. In second Jordi Capella ESP...

Laser 4.7 - European Championship 2010 - Hourtin FRA - Final Day

Updated: 01 Aug 2010

Yesterday, the Laser 4.7 Europeans on Lake Hourtin near Bordeaux, concluded for the 226 entrants with races 10 and 11. In the Boysfleet, Maximilian Stein GER took the title by edging Benjamin Vadnai...

Laser - Europacup/Belgium Open - Nieuwpoort BEL - Day 3

Updated: 01 Aug 2010

The Laser Europa Cup Nieuwpoort continued yesterday in a 12-15 kn breeze. In the Lasers Standard, Wannes van Laer BEL has a flawless series of 5 bullets in 5 races, leading ahead of Jordi Capella ESP...

Laser 4.7 - European Championship 2010 - Hourtin FRA - Day 5

Updated: 31 Jul 2010

The positions on top of the Boys fleet before the last races today are very close, as Maximilian Stein GER, Bartul Plenkovic CRO and Benjamin Vadnai HUN are separated by 6 pts only, and their lead on...

Laser 4.7 - European Championship 2010 - Day 4 - Qualifications terminated

Updated: 30 Jul 2010

Two more races yesterday, sailed in a fresher breeze, completed the qualification series at the Laser 4.7 Europeans. Bartul Plenkovic CRO and Maximilian Stein GER have the same score and are leading...