It's a rest day for the 297 athletes competing in the 2009 Nautel Laser Masters World Championships on St. Margaret's Bay, near Halifax, NS. Most fleets have five races in after three gruelling days of competition.

Shifty winds made for two very long days on the water on Sunday and Monday; almost eight hours for most of the sailors.

The St. Margaret Sailing Club is hosting a Maritime Kitchen Party this evening at the club for competitors beginning at five. Steamed mussels are on the menu, maritime music in the clubhouse.

It's back to competition on Thursday, and the race committee has moved the start of racing forward one hour to noon. 

The Masters, which is for athletes 35 years of age and older, concludes on Saturday.