![](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://windsurfing.tv/video/pwa-fly-ana-yokosuka-japan-2017-day-1/&media=https://windsurfing.tv/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Day-1-highlights-japan.png&description=<div class="teaser-text"> <p class="bodytext">Day 1: Quiet Start to Proceedings</p> </div> <div class="news-text-wrap"> <p class="bodytext">The forecast for the inaugural day of the Fly! ANA Yokosuka PWA World Cup looked extremely positive with winds of up to almost 30 knots being predicted by the evening. Unfortunately, though the forecast never materialised meaning the men’s and women’s slalom fleets remained on hold.</p> <p class="bodytext">However, while the wind may not have played ball, the opening day was still well attended with plenty of interest in the first PWA World Cup in Japan for over 24 years - showing that windsurfing is still alive and well here.</p> <p class="bodytext">As the afternoon progressed the wind remained very light, so Bonaire’s Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic) and Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severne), who is the freestyle vice-world champion — hit the water to provide the entertainment for the crowds with an explosive tow-in show.</p> <p class="bodytext">At 5pm the wind did eventually swing to the south-south-west, which prompted a few sailors to sneak out on the water, but it remained far too light to ever realistically threaten the racing starting.</p> <div class="news-text-wrap"> <p class="bodytext">The forecast for tomorrow looks very light on paper, but as today has shown the forecast can be completely wrong, so you never know what’s going to happen. The best hope on the current forecast looks as though it will be Saturday - although it looks like there is quite a volatile weather system so it will depend on how that low pressure tracks through. The sailors will meet again at 9am tomorrow morning for the skippers’ meeting with the first possible start at 9:30am (GMT+9).</p> </div> </div>)
The forecast for the inaugural day of the Fly! ANA Yokosuka PWA World Cup looked extremely positive with winds of up to almost 30 knots being predicted by the evening. Unfortunately, though the forecast never materialised meaning the men’s and women’s slalom fleets remained on hold.
However, while the wind may not have played ball, the opening day was still well attended with plenty of interest in the first PWA World Cup in Japan for over 24 years – showing that windsurfing is still alive and well here.
As the afternoon progressed the wind remained very light, so Bonaire’s Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic) and Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severne), who is the freestyle vice-world champion — hit the water to provide the entertainment for the crowds with an explosive tow-in show.
At 5pm the wind did eventually swing to the south-south-west, which prompted a few sailors to sneak out on the water, but it remained far too light to ever realistically threaten the racing starting.
The forecast for tomorrow looks very light on paper, but as today has shown the forecast can be completely wrong, so you never know what’s going to happen. The best hope on the current forecast looks as though it will be Saturday – although it looks like there is quite a volatile weather system so it will depend on how that low pressure tracks through. The sailors will meet again at 9am tomorrow morning for the skippers’ meeting with the first possible start at 9:30am (GMT+9).
