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2008 Dutch Formula and slalom windsurfing championships Oct 22, 2008 2:10 PM

This weekends final of the Dutch Championship was run in Monnickendam, just north of Amsterdam on the IJ. With typical dutch lake conditions, sailors ...

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2008 Dutch Formula and slalom windsurfing championships

2008 Dutch Formula and slalom windsurfing championships Oct 22, 2008 2:10 PM

2008 Formula World Championship Final report Sep 26, 2008 2:13 PM

After packing up 5 sets of formula gear into Markus’ van for the trip back to Holland, I literally stepped away from the sailing world- escaping in...

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2008 Formula World Championship Final report

2008 Formula World Championship Final report Sep 26, 2008 2:13 PM

Formula Worlds Day 4 Evening report Sep 13, 2008 12:00 AM

With 9 races already complete for the men's fleet, the RC was in no hurry to set a course today in the offshore, puffy conditions.Finally with 1 quick...

Formula Worlds Day 4 Evening report Sep 13, 2008 12:00 AM

Day 3 formula worlds Sep 12, 2008 12:52 AM

Today was about saving face.Normally I would be happy about a big breeze day but with the Z, it was a challenge to find the zone. I finished all 4 ra...

Shreeve leads Womens Formula Windsurfing Worlds Sep 11, 2008 10:45 PM

Australia's Allison Shreeve is leading the Womens Division of the 2008 Formula Windsurfing Worlds

Day 2 formula windsurfing world championships Sep 11, 2008 2:33 PM

The portugese coast delivered for day 2 of the formula windsurfing world championship in Portimao with a late afternoon thermal breeze kicking in fo...

Formula Windsurfing Day 1 Sep 9, 2008 11:25 PM

Day 1 at the 2008 Formula World Championship was filled with anxiety waiting for the first race to happen. With a first possible start at 3:30, the ...

Formula Windsurfing Day 1 Sep 9, 2008 11:25 PM

Formula Windsurfing Worlds: Portimao ready to welcome surfers from 22 countries Sep 9, 2008 9:54 AM

The seas of Portimão are already red hot to welcome the 2008 Formula Windsurfing World Championships. The events disputed in the divisions Men and Wo...

Formula Worlds Registration Day Sep 8, 2008 7:01 PM

For the last few days the wind failed to materialize till the late afternoon when most of the fleet got out on the water- finalizing their decisions ...

Portimao Formula Windsurfing World Championships: Worlds top surfers to compete in Portugal Aug 21, 2008 2:34 PM

Worldwide windsurfing will be focused in Portimão. Portimão Formula Windsurfing World Championships 2008 will concentrate the elite of worldwide w...

Day 5 Report: 2008 Formula Windsurfing European Championships Aug 5, 2008 2:04 PM

Sundays first race was run in very unstable conditions as the new weather system proceeded make its way across Leba. Still side/ offshore, the 8-10kn...

Formula euros day 4 morning report Aug 3, 2008 11:14 AM

11:15 postponement flag is up.Waiting for breeze to arrive...Sent from my iPhonewww.stevebodner.com

Formula Europeans Day 4 evening update Aug 2, 2008 6:16 PM

With 4 more races today, Denis Littel still stands in first with Jesper close behind. Gonzo has beeb a bit insonsistant today with an ocs and bad star...

Formula euros day 4 afternoon update Aug 2, 2008 3:37 PM

A new weather system moved into Poland bringing overcast skies and a decent 10-14k breeze for 3 more championship races. I had 2 decent starts and g...

Formula Euros Day 3 afternoon update Aug 1, 2008 3:22 PM

2 more races for each fleet today and now we have a break before they split the fleet into gold snd silver. Conditions were light for the first race w...

Formula euros day 3 morning report Aug 1, 2008 11:27 AM

2 races set for today before the fleet divides into gold and silver for the championship series.Each fleet will finish their course before the next f...

Formula Europeans Day 2 Aug 1, 2008 10:07 AM

A quick report from day 2 racing- more to follow later...Each fleet did 4 races in 10-14knot breeze, dying to 8-10k by the last race of the day.In the...

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Formula Europeans Day 2

Formula euros day 2 afternoon update Jul 31, 2008 6:27 PM

4 races complete in 10-14kFinishing better each race in mid fleet.More updated tonightCheck www.formulswindsurfing.org for race results and photosStev...

Formula euros day 2 morning update Jul 31, 2008 11:43 AM

11:30 am updatePostponement flag upFleet is on shore waiting for breeze to build,Currently 5-6 knots onshore light breezeSteveUSA4www.stevebodner.com

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Formula euros day 2 morning update

Formula Windsurfing European Champiobnship, Leba Poland Jul 30, 2008 10:43 PM

The trip:After a 14 hour drive from Amsterdam with 2 other dutch sailors and a trailer filled with 3 sets of formula gear, we finally made it to Leba ...

5 pm update day 1 formula euros Jul 30, 2008 5:20 PM

Still waiting for wind to develop but nothing significant above 5-6 knots. Class ruled call for 7 knots at start of race. Last possible start 1 hour...

Formula Europeans day 1 Jul 30, 2008 11:17 AM

Day 1 morning update:10 am skippers meeting... Still waiting for breeze to arrive!129 board mens fleetSent from my iPhonewww.stevebodner.com

Australia. Legendary Formula One racing driver, Sir Jack Brabham, has yacht named for him Jul 14, 2008 10:09 AM

Rivergate Marina on the Brisbane River was where the Reichel Pugh 66 Black Jack was launched, on Saturday. The glorious Queensland weather and constr...

Formula 18: Franck Cammas and Jeremie Lagarrigue on Groupama are vice world champions Jul 11, 2008 7:00 PM

On the Nigrán race zone, the suspense reached fever pitch at the finish of the last race. With the breeze disappearing, the sports catamarans ende...

Groupama heads Formula 18 World Championships Jul 10, 2008 1:00 PM

In Nigran, Spain, the crew of Cammas-Lagarrigue haven't lost any time getting up to the level of the specialists in the sports catamaran that is t...

160 Formula 18 crews for Worlds at Nigran in Spain Jul 7, 2008 8:54 PM

First F18 World Championship for Franck Cammas and Jeremie Lagarrigue

Round the Island Race: Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton learns to sail a racing boat Jun 29, 2008 7:30 PM

Lewis Hamilton swapped his usual form of transport for a racing yacht, Hugo Boss, this weekend. With no previous sailing experience, Lewis was happ...

Round the Island Race: Dee Caffari looking forward to racing against Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton Jun 27, 2008 1:06 PM

On Saturday 28 June, record-breaking yachtswoman Dee Caffari and her state of the art Open 60 yacht Aviva will compete alongside 1,872 other boats in ...

Round the Island: Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton looks forward to sailing lessons from Ben Ainslie & Alex Thomson Jun 27, 2008 1:02 PM

This weekend Lewis Hamilton will be swapping his usual seat behind his Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 car, to join Alex onboard his record breaki...

Round the Island Race: McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton will be among the first to set out Jun 26, 2008 3:03 PM

Olympians and Paralympians: Competing in their final event before leaving for Beijing, members of the RYA Team GBR will be racing in a number of class...

Kiel Week: Germans Joerg Gosche & Hannes Pegel take Formula 18 win Jun 24, 2008 7:44 PM

After yesterday’s strong breeze the weather conditions in Kiel improved and mostly two final races on the 8 courses were sailed in each class to...

Round the Island: Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton & Olympic medallist Ben Ainslie to sail on Hugo Boss Jun 23, 2008 2:46 PM

Many of the RYA’s British dinghy and keelboat stars of today and tomorrow will be out in force for the annual JPMorgan Asset Management Round th...

Archipelago Raid: Belgiumâ€™s Demesmaeker & Michel Proot dominate Formula 18 catamarans fleet Jun 15, 2008 4:09 PM

On the third day of the race the teams are finally experiencing some powerful sailing in winds at around 20 knots. The small boats are reaching spe...

Sopot Formula Grand Prix Day 4 evening update Jun 7, 2008 6:14 PM

With the seabreeze failing to arrive by the 5 pm deadline, the 2nd leg of the Formula Grand Prix Tour has ended. The fleet waited on the beach all day...

Sopot Formula Grand Prix Day 4 morning update Jun 7, 2008 10:43 AM

We finally hit the water for the first race on Friday at 4pm. The breeze was still a light 8-10knots with holes and big shifts around the course. The ...

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