IFCA Slalom World Championships 2007 live....

So., 07.10.2007 17:59:51	>>> The IFCA Slalom World Championships in Hyeres are over. We say good bye from the beautiful south of France and hopefully see you next year in Portugal. The next IFCA Slalom World Championships are scheduled in Giguera da Foz in September 2008.
So., 07.10.2007 15:39:14	>>> Valerie Ghibaudo from France has dominated the women fleet and takes the Slalom World Championship title with ten victories out of twelve slaloms. The second place went to Verena Fauster from Italy followed by Marion Raisi from France.
So., 07.10.2007 15:36:38	>>> Dan Ellis from wins the Slalom World Championship title in the tie break being on even points with Bora Kozanoglu from Turkey after five complete slalom eliminations. Hubert Mokrzyki from Poland is third in front of the two Italians Andrea Cucchi and Alberto Menegatti.
So., 07.10.2007 15:33:45	>>> It's over in Hyeres! AP over A! No more racing today and no more racing at this World Championship. The IFCA Slalom World Championships 2007 are over.
So., 07.10.2007 14:31:50	>>> No wind! The chances for competition are shrinking minute by minute...
So., 07.10.2007 13:16:01	>>> We have a slight western breeze but it is far from any windsurfing conditions. Less then 2 hours to go...
So., 07.10.2007 12:05:01	>>> Still no wind. We are waiting. But chances for competition on the final day are going down...
So., 07.10.2007 10:36:03	>>> Good morning from sunny Almanarre. Today is the final day of the IFCA Slalom World Championships 2007 in Hyeres (France). The sea is glassy and it doesn't look as if we would get a chance to compete today. Next announcement at 11:00.
Sa., 06.10.2007 19:34:59	>>> For the final day tomorrow the skippers meeting is set for 10:00 with the first possible start at 11:00.
Sa., 06.10.2007 19:32:00	>>> It is over for today! AP over A! No more racing! We have finalized the qualification heats of Mens Elimination number 6. Unfortunately the sunset and the darkness forced us to stop the competition.
Sa., 6.10.2007 18:18:54	>>> We are finalizing the qualification heats. there are already some well known victims of OCS: FRA-5, FRA-808,...
Sa., 6.10.2007 17:28:03	>>> INCREDIBLE! After five eliminations Bora Kozanoglu and Dan Ellis are on even 6,7 points!
Sa., 6.10.2007 17:26:24	>>> the qualification heats for the mens slalom 6 are on the track. We will return with results from the semi finals...
Sa., 6.10.2007 17:22:59	>>> Another bullet for Valerie Ghibaudo in front of Agnieszka Pietrasik and Marion Raisi. Verena Fauster is fourth followed by Olivia Piana
Sa., 6.10.2007 16:48:11	>>> Finish: GBR-52, ITA-1, TUR-11, DEN-4, FRA-40,
Sa., 6.10.2007 16:45:20	>>> Good start for the final!
Sa., 6.10.2007 16:35:01	>>> The wind is now very constant around 14 knots. We will start with the final of elimination 5. Then the ladies will race.
Sa., 6.10.2007 16:27:00	>>> Attention! We get into action! the course is set and the wind is strong enough. AP is lowered and the racers are sent on the water.
Sa., 06.10.2007 16:20:00	>>> As the wind is a little bit more stable outside the race committee moves the marks further out. We wait...
Sa., 06.10.2007 15:36:41	>>> We need a little bit more wind. Just under the limit of 11 knots we are forced to wait for the conditions to improve...
Sa., 06.10.2007 14:35:22	>>> It seems to get better! The first windsurfers and kiters are on the water. The race committee postpones for another 30 minutes. But everything is getting ready for slalom action...
Sa., 06.10.2007 14:09:41	>>> The wind is getting stronger. We have between 8 and 11 knots. The race committee postpones for another 30 minutes. Next announcement is at 14:30.
Sa., 06.10.2007 13:33:35	>>> Please excuse the delay. Our internet connection was interrupted. Probably because most of the competitors were using the free wireless internet connection. We are still waiting for the wind. The wind has already turned to western direction and blows onshore with around 5 to 10 knots. We hope that it will pick up. The next announcement is at 14:00.
Sa., 06.10.2007 10:33:20	>>> We just had the skippers meeting. As there is not enough wind the start is postponed and the next announcement will be at 11:00
Sa., 06.10.2007 09:44:27	>>> Good morning from sunny Almanarre! We just arrived at the beach and were welcomed by sunshine. There is no wind at the moment but the locals expect western wind in the afternoon. Skippers Meeting is at 10:00 and the first possible start at 11:00...
Fr., 05.10.2007 18:55:15	>>> After a tough day we will be a little bit more relaxed tomorrow! The forecasts predict western wind in the afternoon. So the Skippers Meeting is set for 10:00 with the first possible start at 11:00. CU tomorrow!
Fr., 5.10.2007 17:55:33	>>> AP over A. No more racing today. A long and hard competition day comes to an end.
Fr., 5.10.2007 17:50:48	>>> Bad luck! Finally we had a clean start but the wind dropped and the final was abandonned.
Fr., 5.10.2007 17:47:20	>>> INCREDIBLE! Another General Recall and another favorite is out! Florent Renard was overearly. Next start soon!
Fr., 5.10.2007 17:38:08	>>> It seems as if the competitors are aware of the importance of this race: 2 General Recalls already. POL-25 and ITA-456 are disqualified!
Fr., 5.10.2007 17:33:55	>>> B-Final finish: FRA-916, ITA-3, FRA-105, FRA-80, FRA-531, ...
Fr., 5.10.2007 17:30:30	>>> we had two general recalls for the b-final. UKR-2 and FRA-25 are disqualified.
Fr., 5.10.2007 16:29:29	>>> 2nd Semi Final: ITA-456, ITA-1, FRA-30, POL-16, FRA-99, DEN-4 and FRA-86 are qualified for the final.
Fr., 5.10.2007 16:26:56	>>> 1st Semi Final: GBR-52, POL-25, FRA-5, TUR-11, FRA-808, POL-11 and TUR-2 are qualified for the final.
Fr., 05.10.2007 15:20:07	>>> Here you have the provisional result of the mens fleet after four slalom eliminations: 1. Hubert Mokrzyki (11 points), 2. Bora Kozanoglu (12,7 points), 3. Dan Ellis (13,0 points), 4. Alberto Menegatti (15,7 points), Andrea Cucchi (18,0 points),... As the next Slalom elimination will bring another discard there are some more riders with good chances for the World Championship title: Florent Renard has two second places and is in a waiting position for a potential podium finish and Michal Polanowski has a bullet and a third which can easily spoil him on the top with another strong result.
Fr., 05.10.2007 15:13:24	>>> We now have a new elimination posted on the Official Notice Board and also a new course with two additional marks. In a few minutes the new elimination will be started. We will again drop the qualifying round and return with results from the Semi Finals...
Fr., 05.10.2007 15:10:49	>>> Here you have the result of the final of slalom elimination 4 for the men: FRA-86, GBR-52, TUR-11, ITA-456, FRA-99,...
Fr., 5.10.2007 14:17:19	>>> Due to a timing mistake of the race committee the jury has decided that the final needs to be resailed.
Fr., 5.10.2007 12:52:19	>>> Second Semi Final: Dan Ellis wins in front of Hubert Mokrzyki, Bora Kozanoglu, Damien Le Guen and Alberto Menegatti.
Fr., 5.10.2007 12:44:14	>>> first semi Final: Pawel Hlawati wins in front of Erik Thieme, Pascal Toselli, Enes Ylmazer and Pierre Mortefon. second semi is on track
Fr., 5.10.2007 11:27:35	>>> Provisional result women after 6 eliminations: 1. FRA-444 (2.80 points), 2. ITA-31 (10 points), 3. TUR-33 (15 points), ...
Fr., 5.10.2007 11:05:44	>>> We start with quarter fleets now. We will return with the results of the semi finals...
Fr., 5.10.2007 11:03:53	>>> The new sslalom seeding is published. Due to the good conditions and as we have a valid Championship we change the format.
Fr., 5.10.2007 10:34:40	>>> A-final: Alberto Menegatti wins in front of Florent Renard, Michal Polanowski, Dan Ellis and Hubert Mokrzcycki. We have a valid Championship!
Fr., 5.10.2007 10:06:11	>>> Valerie dominates again the women in front of Marion Raisi and Verena Fauster. We are in the sequence for the B-final...
Fr., 5.10.2007 09:55:31	>>> up to 19 knots of wind now! The woman are on the track. B- and A-final go on the water.
Fr., 5.10.2007 09:51:34	>>> Finish heat 2: FRA-707, FRA-5, FRA-86, ITA-1, GBR-52, ... now we have another woman elimination.
Fr., 5.10.2007 09:45:52	>>> Men heat 1: Alberto Menegatti wins in front of Markus Pöltenstein and Michal Polanowski. Heat 2 is on the track.
Fr., 5.10.2007 09:27:33	>>> Another bullet for Valerie Ghibaudo in front of Lena Aylin Erdal. In the meantime we are in the sequence for the mens elimination 3.
Fr., 5.10.2007 08:55:56	>>> A-final: Bora Kozanoglu wins in front of Hubert Mokrczycky, Markus Pöltenstein and Andrea Cucchi. Now we have two slaloms for the woman.
Fr., 5.10.2007 08:50:18	>>> Top-5 of the B-final: LAT-23, POL-16, CZE-7, F-80, UKR-19,... The A-final is on the track now.
Fr., 5.10.2007 08:42:01	>>> The b-final is on then track. We had a general Recall for the A-final. Florent Renard who was 2nd in Slalom 1 is disqualified.
Fr., 5.10.2007 08:25:53	>>> After a General recall we are again in the sequence for the B-final. FRA-70 and ITA-622 were too early.
Fr., 05.10.2007 08:05:10	>>> We have between 13 and 15 knots in the course area. AP is lowered at the beach. The competitors are going on the water...
Fr., 5.10.2007 07:48:50	>>> We have 13 knots on the course area. The course is almost ready and we plan to have the start for the b-final at 8.00
Fr., 5.10.2007 07:30:31	>>> Good morning from (still dark!!!) Almanarre. We are on the way to the beach for an early skippers Meeting. It looks windy!
Fr., 05.10.2007 07:28:03	>>> Good morning from Almanarre. The sun has not yet passed the horizon but slowly the darkness is vanishing. The wind is not as strong as we have hoped but on the water in should be sufficient for competition. Skippers Meeting will be in a few minutes and the first start is at 8:00.
Do., 04.10.2007 19:11:57	>>> It is over for today! No more racing. Tomorrow we have Skippers Meeting at 7:30 with the first possible start at 8:00. The forecast is looking promising!
Do., 4.10.2007 19:02:44	>>> Finish heat 2: Alberto Menegatti wins in front of Adriaan van Rijsslberghe and Hubert Mokrzcycki.
Do., 4.10.2007 18:59:36	>>> correction: Dan Ellis wins in front of Florent Renard and Pascal Toselli. Andrea Cucchi is fourth in front of Markus Pöltenstein.
Do., 4.10.2007 18:54:58	>>> Finish men heat 1: Markus Pöltenstein wins the first qualification heat in front of Dan Ellis and Florent Renard.
Do., 4.10.2007 18:44:40	>>> The women are released for today. With three races done we have a valid World Championship!
Do., 4.10.2007 18:31:23	>>> in the meantime the women did two races. Both were won by Valerie Ghibaudo.
Do., 4.10.2007 18:27:33	>>> The new seeding is out. the wind is good around 15 knots. The riders are on the way to the starting area.
Do., 4.10.2007 18:21:03	>>> We currently have the women racing and wait for results from the water. As the course is further out now we have no direct communication.
Do., 4.10.2007 17:42:19	>>> Result of the A-Final: Michal Polanowski wins in front of Florent Renard, Pascal Toselli and Hubert Mokrzcycki...
Do., 4.10.2007 17:37:38	>>> We are waiting for the result of the A-Final. in the meantime we had a General Recall for the B-Final. FRA-707 was over early.
Do., 4.10.2007 17:32:38	>>> good start. POL-16 is leading in front of FRA-5 and POL-25...
Do., 4.10.2007 17:28:13	>>> We are in the sequence for the winners final. The wind looks good now!
Do., 04.10.2007 17:15:00	>>> It seems as if the wind is giving us a last chance. For several minutes the wind is now stable around 13 to 14 knots. AP is lowered and the competitors are sent out...
Do., 04.10.2007 16:39:17	>>> The start boat and the whole course has been moved further out as the race committee hopes to have better conditions there. AP is still flying on the official flagpole and we wait for an improvement of the situation...
Do., 4.10.2007 15:46:17	>>> Hard time! As the wind stays low the competitors are sent to the beach again. AP flag is up. We are on stand-by.
Do., 4.10.2007 15:36:08	>>> correction: Dan Ellis was not over early! so only Alberto Menegatti is out. The wind is still low. We wait...
Do., 4.10.2007 15:30:12	>>> The wind dropped down to 8 knots. The starting procedure was aabandonned. AP is up un the starting boat. We wait...
Do., 4.10.2007 15:24:48	>>> General Recall for the final! Dan Ellis and Alberto Menegatti were over early. Restart soon!
Do., 4.10.2007 15:11:19	>>> unfortunately the B-final was cancelled as a mark was drifting. Now we will run the A-final and afterwards we repeat the B-final.
Do., 4.10.2007 15:04:34	>>> B-final finish: Marcus Pöltenstein wins the race in front of Tom Nagy, Johan Malapper and Pascal Boulanger.
Do., 04.10.2007 14:34:21	>>> It really seems to get better now! AP has been lowered and the competitors are sent on the water again. 15 minutes to the start of the B-final...
Do., 04.10.2007 14:24:36	>>> The is picking up again. Therefore the race director only postpones for 15 minutes. Next announcement is at 14:30...
Do., 04.10.2007 13:53:02	>>> The wind stays under the limit of 11 knots. So the next announcement will be in 30 minutes at 14:15...
Do., 04.10.2007 12:51:25	>>> The wind seems to improve again. Currently we have 13 to 15 knots in the course area. But it is still gusty and shifty. So the race committee decided to wait for consistent conditions. Next announcement at 13:15.
Do., 04.10.2007 12:22:53	>>> The sun is coming out but the wind is still not strong enough. Next announcement at 12:45.
Do., 04.10.2007 11:26:25	>>> As the conditions remain unstable the competitors have been released for the moment. Next announcement will be at 12:15.
Do., 04.10.2007 11:21:42	>>> The wind is between 9 and 11 knots. AP is up on the official flagpole again. We are on stand-by...
Do., 4.10.2007 10:39:51	>>> The wind has dropped again. Competitors come back to the beach.
Do., 04.10.2007 10:13:12	>>> The wind is stabilizing between 12 to 16 knots. AP is lowered on the official flag pole and the competitors are sent on the water. We will start with the B- and the A-final which are still missing from the Slalom from yesterday. Then we will run one or two slaloms for the women to use the time for the new seeding for Men slalom elimination number 2.
Do., 04.10.2007 09:45:22	>>> We just had the Skippers Meeting. The crew is already on the water and we have 11 to 14 knots of offshore wind in the competition area. We are setting up the course and hope to start racing as soon as possible.
Do., 04.10.2007 09:21:50	>>> Unfortunately it seams as if the weatherman has lied. We arrived at the beach this morning and there was absolutely no sign of wind at all. The bay of Almanarre is flat as a mirror.
Mi., 03.10.2007 18:01:46	>>> As the wind is not getting better and conditions remain unstable the race director decided to call off the competition for today. The forecasts for tomorrow and the day after are excellent. Therefore the start has been moved: Skippers meeting tomorrow at 9:30 and first possible start at 10:00. C U tomorrow!
Mi., 3.10.2007 17:33:43	>>> Women finish: Fanny Aubet wins the first women slalom in front of Olga Maslivets and Marion Raisi. Now the B-final is in sequence.
Mi., 3.10.2007 17:30:06	>>> Clean start for the womens fleet. FRA-808 is leading in front of FRA-213 and UKR-9...
Mi., 3.10.2007 16:54:54	>>> Finish heat 2: Andrea Cucchi wins the heat with a huge lead. On his heals are Dan Ellis and Nicolas Warenbourg. Women are in sequence now.
Mi., 3.10.2007 16:46:30	>>> Heat 2 is on the track. Andrea Cucchi is leading at the first mark. Dan Ellis is second...
Mi., 03.10.2007 16:35:26	>>> Everybody is on the water but still the wind is not stable enough. So we are forced to wait...
Mi., 03.10.2007 15:43:52	>>> The wind is up to 12 knots again! The AP-flag has been lowered. So it is 20 minutes to the start of heat 2. Hopefully the conditions will remain stable! The competitors are switching to their wetsuits again an go on the water...
Mi., 03.10.2007 15:38:16	>>> The conditions are improving a little bit but AP is still up on the official flag pole. So we are bound to the beach until we can have further action...
Mi., 03.10.2007 14:01:29	>>> As the conditions remain unstable the competitors are sent back to the beach again. The AP flag is up and we are on stand-by...
Mi., 3.10.2007 13:43:54	>>> The wind went down under the limit of 11 knots. So heat 2 cannot be started. We wait that the wind gets stronger...
Mi., 3.10.2007 13:24:41	>>> The top-14 of each heat qualify for the A-final. Heat 2 is in the sequence...
Mi., 3.10.2007 13:23:11	>>> Finish heat 1: Alberto Menegatti wins the first heat followed by Pawel Hlawaty and Marco Begalli...
Mi., 3.10.2007 13:16:47	>>> we are in the sequence for heat 1. START ok!
Mi., 03.10.2007 13:05:26	>>> Clouds are moving in and the wind is picking up! AP has been lowered and the competitors are sent out. Currently we have between 11 and 13 knots of wind. We plan to start with two half fleet races for the mens fleet than a full fleet race for the women and then B- and A-final for the men.
Mi., 3.10.2007 12:07:08	>>> The wind dropped down again. 8 to 10 knots. We remain on stand-by.
Mi., 03.10.2007 11:08:03	>>> The wind id picking up! We have 10 to 13 knots in the course area. The water crew is starting to set up the course...
Mi., 03.10.2007 10:45:53	>>> We just had the Skippers Meeting. At the moment there are only about 3 knots of wind. So the start is postponed. The next announcement will be at 12:00.
Mi., 03.10.2007 09:24:36	>>> The Skippers Meeting is set for 10:00 and the first possible start at 10:30. The forecast has improved so that we can hope to get good conditions for slalom competitions in the bay of Almanarre
Mi., 03.10.2007 08:24:04	>>> Good morning from the first day of the IFCA Slalom World Championships 2007. Again the beach of Almanarre has welcomed us with perfekt sunshine. At the moment there is no wind but we hope that it will pick up later during the day. Yesterday the inscriptions closed with over 70 competitors representing 14 different nations. A positive sign is the participation of not less then 16 women.
Di., 2.10.2007 12:01:21	>>> Competitors from all over the world are arriving to make their registration. Everybody is getting ready for the regatta.
Di., 2.10.2007 11:36:54	>>> Good morning from the sunny beach of Almanarre! Today is the inscription day at the IFCA Slalom World Championships 2008 in Hyeres (France)