News
Mike Garvey Marries
On Friday 17th August Mike married Cathy. Congratulations and best wishes to you both from all at SolentXtra.
Return from the Olympics
The race management team that ran the RS:X course at the 2012 Olympics have returned home from Weymouth. Led by Rob Lamb, the 39 members of the team were joined by Ross Wilson (AUS), Ilker Bayindir (TUR) and Nathalie Peberel (FRA) who acted as the International Technical Officers.
…Olympic Medal Races
We're nearly there. We are on our last lay day with the Medal Races tomorrow. The forecast is for 12-14 knots gusting to 15-17 from about 220o degrees. This means a maximum leg length of 0.5nm with the start line in full view of the public. As a slalom takes the finish away from the grandstand the likelihood is that the course will be an LR. …
RS:X Seeks Judicial Review
Since the ISAF Mid Year Meeting and the narrow vote to deselect windsurfing and the RS:X for the 2016 Olympic Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, the class has been working on many levels to get this decision reversed under the direction of its crisis management group within the Executive Committee.
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