The day arrives

As dawn broke this morning, sunshine filtered through the scattered clouds to give a magnificent sunrise over Valetta.

At yesterday’s skipper briefing Mr. Galdies, Chief meteorologist for the Maltese international airport, painted a complex weather picture including a huge wind range and direction during the first few days of the race. Ian Moore, navigator for Bernard Xiberras’ Marten 49, Speedy. confirmed that it is a complex outlook and forecast that wind speed would be in just about double figures, once the fleet had left the shift confines of Grand Harbour. It looks like the start of the 2010 Rolex Middle Sea race will be a light wind affair, after that, anything can happen.

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