Kite Racing Worlds 2011 Day 2: Its getting nasty...

JULIEN KERNEUR STRIKES A SECOND PLACE IN GNARLY 5TH RACE!

The day kicked off with bright sunshine and light offshore winds, and

that's how it was almost all day. The forecasts called for turning
winds till the late afternoon which made it impossible for the race
committee to set a course, and also taking into consideration not to
send the fleet out in fluky, shifty offshore conditions.
Around noon the wind started turing but also to completely die down,
and it took another couple of hours until it came back up. Around 5 pm
there were first signs of wind on the horizon, and suddenly at 5:30pm
the wind switched on, turned to west and had 17-20 knots in strength.
The race committee set a windward leward course with the start line
close to the beach and headed out for a 18:30 start, and the fleet
went off in water conditions that became more nasty from minute to
minute. Breaking waves all over the course made it a mission to sail
the course properly.
Johnny Heineken (USA, Mikes Lab, Ozone) proved to be the best one
again, but this time the margin was way smaller to beat Julien Kerneur
(FRA, RRD, Takoon) in second and Adam Koch (USA, Mikes Lab, Ozone) in
third.
Good performance also for Italian rider Luca Marcis, who crossed the
finish line in 15th position rising the overall ranking to 18th position in the Overall Ranking.

On the production ranking we have to register a 2nd provisional place for RRD polish rider Tomek Janiak and a 4th provisional place for Luca Marcis.

RRD Riders keep on fighting!!!

MENS RANKING AFTER 5 RACES
OPEN DIVISION
1. John Heineken (USA) 2.8 points
2. Adam Koch (USA) 7.7 points
3. Syk Solbach (USA) 12.0 points
4. Julien Kerneur (FRA) 15 points (RRD RACEBOARDS)

MENS RANKING AFTER 5 RACES
PRODUCTION DIVISION
1. Blazej Ozog (POL)  
2. Tomek Janiak (POL) RRD Addiction, RRD K-RACE 65
3. Joey Pasquali (USA)
4. Luca Marcis (ITA) RRD Addiction, RRD K-RACE 65
Full results can be found at http://results.extremience.com/sylt2011course.htm