167 sailors from 31 countries participated in the Techno293Plus World Championships in Quiberon France – the first of the qualification events for the Youth Olympic Games.
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A title that sums up the Techno293Plus Open fleet. A fleet dominated by Japanese sailors, who turned up in numbers here in Quiberon.
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It was not an easy day for the Race Committee and the sailors, but the trouble ahead could not have been foreseen.
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Today all fleets managed to get two races in although the wind lasted only until noon and then never came back.