The 2006 World Rowing Under 23 Championships Regatta Course BLOSO National Watersports Centre Hazewinkel Belgium
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The Hazewinkel regatta course is situated in Willebroek (population 22.500). Willebroek is situated near the city of Mechelen (population 75.000), between Antwerp (population 800.000) 18 km North and Brussels (population 1.000.000) 20 km South. The 2006 World Rowing Under 23 Championships will be promoted by the Flanders region (population 6.000.000). Meteorological statistics (average over the last 10 years) for the proposed month, hours of sunshine, rainfall in mm, median temperature, hygrometric degree, speed and orientation of predominant winds:
Time of day 06.00 to 09.00 09.00 to 12.00 12.00 to 15.00 15.00 to 18.00 18.00 to 21.00	Mean wind speed 2.55 m/s 3.45 m/s 4.00 m/s 3.50 m/s 2.90 m/s	Maximum wind speed 10.20 m/s 13.80 m/s 16.00 m/s 14.00 m/s 11.60 m/s	Wind direction 240° 240° 260° 250° 230°
Time of day 06.00 09.00 12.00 15.00 18.00 21.00	Average temperature 13.8°C 17.4°C 19.7°C 20.3°C 18.9°C 16.1°C	Average air humidity (%) 90% 76% 64% 62% 68% 81%
Time of sunrise and sunset during the proposed period:
Sunrise ca. 06.00	Sunset ca. 21.30