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The Delta Lloyd Regatta, the fifth event in the 2009-2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup series, started today in Medemblik, The Netherlands, in a shifty breeze in the teens and chilly conditions with the RS:X Women and RS:X Men completing 3 races each.

Blanca Manchon [ESP} and Marina Alabau [ESP] traded places in the first two races to dominate the RS:X women's fleet overall and then went on to take first and second places in the third to end the day in those positions on the leaderboard. It's good to see the Spanish Dream Team still firing on all cylinders!

Medemblik, Netherlands: Thirty Olympic medallists are ready for the Delta Lloyd Regatta 2010. This 5th event in the ISAF Sailing World Cup has attracted a very talented field with numerous World Champions. The 2010 edition has set record high pre-entries in all classes including the 2.4, with a total of 707 boats from 53 countries. As usual, the largest fleets are in the Laser, RS:X men and 470 men. Racing will start on Wednesday May 26th and will conclude with the Medal race on Sunday May 30th.

Lukasz Grodzicki, in the end, is the winner of Sicily Grand Prix Regatta, one of the jewels of the XXV edition of the World Festival on the Beach in Mondello. The blond Polish guy, 14th last in the last ISAF World Ranking, won thanks to a brilliant performance that let him close down the lead established by Mariano Reutemann [ARG], 23rd in the ISAF Wold Ranking, after a strong battle similar to the RS:X European Windsurfing Team Racing Championship final between France and Argentina.

Argentina and Italy are on equal points in the lead at the RS:X  European Windsurfing Team Racing Championships at the end of the second day in Mondello, Sicily. Over in the Techno 293 championships it is the unbeaten French Team who are dominating the competition.

The draft agenda for the 2010 RS:X Annual General Meeting can be downloaded here

The Council and Events Committee of the  met this past weekend for the 2010 ISAF Mid-Year Meeting at the Ramada Hotel on the shores of Lake Balaton in Hungary. This traditionally deals with matters deferred from the previous Annual Meeting on which further information and consideration are required. Indeed this was the main agenda item for the Events Committee.

The Late entry fee for the RS:X European Windsurfing Championships and the RS:X Youth European Windsurfing Championships will come into effect on June 1st.

The Notice of Race for the 2010 RS:X Youth Windsurfing World Championships has been published. This, the premier open entry event for young windsurfers under the age of 19 will be hosted by the Cyprus Yachting Association from October 23rd to 31st.

At the end of race day Day 5 at the Semaine Olympique Francaise, it seems like the names of the winners in the RS:X windsurfing men and women's fleets are a done deal. Both have comfortable points advantages so barring natural disasters Bryony Shaw [GBR] and Byron Kokalanis [GRE] should both standing on the top step of the podium on Friday night.

Another long day of waiting was endured by everyone before the wind finally filled enough to get two races off. Birthday girl Bryony Shaw [GBR] has extended her lead to 13 points in the RS:X Women's windsurfing fleet whilst Piotr Myszka [POL] holds on at the top of the RS:X men's windsurf fleet with just a one point advanatge.

The AP flags were raised and lowered several times today at Semaine Olympique Francaise as sailors met the same light air fate as the past two days. By the end of the day, the RS:X Men and RS:X Women had both squeazed out one race, but it wasn't the full day of consistent racing they craved. With racing ending Friday, racers must make every race count in order to stay in the top 10.

American boardsailor Kimberly Birkenfeld has lost her nearly eight-year bid to get $15 million damages from Olympic gold medallist Bruce Kendall.