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| 16|05|2008 | day 04
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» AUCH AM 4 EVENTTAG KEIN WIND
Bei schönem Wetter machte man sich am dritten Tag in Folge ohne Wind erst gar keine großen Hoffnungen.
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|  | | | Akinori Goshi waiting for wind | |
Als am Nachmittag immer noch keine Wetterbesserung in Aussicht war, wurde die Zeit für Interviews genutzt.
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|  | | | Oh Han Kwon of Korea | |
Was machen Organisatoren und Fahrer in der Zeit, in der die Competion auf Stand by ist:
Race Director, Juan Antonio Aragon:
“I’ve been preparing all the equipment; checking the boats over, making sure they have enough fuel, and the buoys have the right lengths of rope. After that I’ve been checking the wind to see if we have the minimum possible conditions. I check both the strength, and the amount the wind is shifting. I never get to relax!”
2007 PWA Slalom World Champion, Antoine Albeau:
“I spent the morning back at my hotel. I watched a tonne of movies, then grabbed some lunch.
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|  | | | Antoine Albeau | |
This afternoon, I’ve been down here on the beach just chilling out, and chatting with the guys, we’re all just waiting for the wind you know!”
PWA Photographer John Carter:
“I’ve had a disastrous day, since there’s no wind and not much going on, I thought I’d do an interview with two big stars. It took 40 minutes, and at the end of it I realised I hadn’t pressed record, so that was just a disaster! For the rest of the afternoon I’m going to try and get some portrait shots of the sailors.”
Slalom Competitor, Christoph Pressler:
“I’ve been translating some board tests I did for my sponsor, from German to English.
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|  | | | Christoph Pressler | |
And after that, Jesper (Orth) the leader of the Severne race development department had some of the 2009 prototype sails, so we rigged those and checked them out.
Later on I’m probably going to go for a run.”
Bis zum frühen Abend schaffte der Wind nicht mehr als ein paar Knoten und Race Direktor Juan Antonio Aragon beschloss um 18.00 die Stand by Phase zu beenden.
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|  | | | Albeau and Moussilmani waiting for the wind | |
Die Aussichten für morgen sind vielversprechend. Es schreit nach einem großen Final Day. Skipper Meeting ist um 10.00 Uhr, frühest möglicher Start um 10.30Uhr..
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Autor: ssr | Pic PWA | |
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