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470 World Championships - local talent comes good

Sailing

8:25 PM Fri 16 Jul 2010 GMT

'25 knots of wind - Delta Lloyd 470 World Championships' Thom Touw &copy

Delta Lloyd 470 World Championships - Finally after an unorthodox few days off the Hague, with the wind and wave states severely disrupting the race schedule, so for the first time at the Delta Lloyd 470 the organisers were able to hold three races back to back, on time, allowing crews to return to shore by mid-afternoon. Today for many the 'real' competition began, the fleets now divided into three - gold, silver and bronze in the Men's class and two in the smaller Women's class. With the wind starting out at 20-25 knots with gusts of up to 28, ...

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by James Boyd