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Morning briefing:

Posted on 12 August 2011

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1140 - Big news announcing partnership between YouTube and the 34th America's Cup. You'll be able to check out our new multi-stream player today.

1130 - Check out wing trim expert Dirk 'Cheese' de Ridder explain how the wing sail works.

1045 - And here are highlights from yesterday.

0940 - Check out these interviews from after racing yesterday...

Vasilij Zbogar, skipper, Green Comm Racing
Mitch Booth, skipper, China Team
Dean Barker, skipper, Emirates Team New Zealand
Terry Hutchinson, skipper, Artemis Racing

0930 - At his briefing with skippers this morning, Principal Race Officer John Craig told the teams he intends to run the full schedule of racing today - three fleet races, followed by three match races.

0835 - Check out Dean Barker talking about racing multihulls here.

0830 - First, let's start with the forecast: Northeasterly winds this morning will ease and give way to a building Northwesterly this afternoon.

At start time of 1410, the forecast is for patchy winds in the 7 to 10 knot range. But these will become more solid over the course of the afternoon, eventually building to 15-20 Northwesterlies by 1700.

Last edited by pgp; 08/12/11 07:06 AM.
Pete Pollard
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