FEATURED REGATTAS: June 4, 2008
 

Overcast skies kept the gradient breeze from developing and the 37 Star Eastern European Championship teams were postponed ashore at JK Labud until the early afternoon. When a gentle wind started to fill in from the north, the fleet sailed out of the harbor toward the wide channel separating the chalky cliffs of Ciovo, to the north of Split and the rolling green hills of the island of Solta to the west.

A westerly breeze filled in from Solta at 2:15. Thunder rumbled from the cumulo-stratus clouds that were bottoming out as they tried to pass over Mosor’s ridge, the mountain that rises above Split. There would be no Tramuntana today. Given the fact that the locals have a name for the fight between the sea breeze from the west and the cold mountain air from the north and east, there is hope that the fleet will experience the Bora, a strong northwesterly that can blow for days.

The breeze dropped out during the starting sequence. Following a general recall and an attempt to reset the starting line, racing was abandoned for the day at approximately 3:00 pm.

Photo of Stars returning to JK Labud in Split, Croatia taken by Lynn Fitzpatrick. The northern tip of the peninsula on which Split sits is in the background.