Day 4 / The 2006 Alacati PWA World Cup

After a day of temptation yesterday, eager eyes opened up to see another glorious, but windless morning here in Alaçati. It was easy to forget that the serene tranquility of the still morning could in be anything other than desirable, but with nothing more than the slightest of sea breezes developing by the 10 am skippers' meeting, it was back to the waiting game.

Unlike the previous day, the meteorological odds were well stacked against the possibility of wind and, by early afternoon, the existing wind – as light as it was – was directly opposing the normal thermal winds, making the chances of any substantial airflow very unlikely.

As always, Alaçati did not fail to disappoint on the light wind alternative front, with wakeboarding, bungee jumping and plain old lounging around in the sun providing plenty to keep both the crowds and sailors occupied, but by five o'clock it was clear that there was no chance and competition was called off for the day.

With no competition today, Finian Maynard (KV-11, F2 / NeilPryde) still retains the slimmest of leads ahead of current PWA Slalom Tour leader, Antoine Albeau (F-192, Starboard / NeilPryde) and Kevin Pritchard (US-3, Starboard / MauiSails). Verena Fauster (ITA-31, F2 / Gaastra) retains her hold over Karin Jaggi (Z-14, F2 / North Sails) and Allison Shreeve (AUS-911, F2 / NeilPryde).