The northerly winds appeared to be abating a little just before 1 (as forecast) so Sailing Officer Col Franke decided a race was on, but the conditions might not be suitable for Optis. However, Toby Cross, James Fleming and Alexander Jurovic had decided that if they were ever going to squeeze back into an Opti that it was warm, windy conditions like these that would make that an enjoyable challenge. A little bit of lobbying and Col relented. Will Fleming and Robbie Lang also rigged to join the fleet but en route to the start line both decided they need a little more weight to control their boats in winds still gusting well over 20 knots and so decided to return to shore. Anyway, the 'big boys' enjoyed a cracking race and crossed the finish line in a bunch.
Mark Axton, Bryan Hill and Eleanor Rich also showed they could handle the conditions well and completed the course, but all the entertainment was provided by the catamarans.
First to come a cropper were first time Hobie racers Robert and Luke Pease, surprised by a big gust as they headed downwind, 'Double Trouble' dug the nose in and the boys went for a swim. Steve and Lynn were battling for the lead with Adam and Josh and had opened a handy break on the third downwind leg when they gybed onto port and discovered that some time since their last port tack the pin holding the sidestay had decided to depart the boat meaning when the boom came across it took the whole rig with it into Balnarring Bight. No injuries and no damage this time but Steve and Lynn again find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory! Andrew Hill was then catching up in the Mosquito before he too came to grief on the downwind leg, struggled to right the boat after the mast got stuck in the sand and then managed to bottle again on the last lap. Adam and Josh held things together Steve Bradbury like to cross the line.
With that Col determined that everyone had had enough fun for one day and decided retiring to the bar took precedence over a second race.
Results
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Heat 9 |
Heat 10 |
Division 1 |
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Corrected Time |
Place |
Handicap Time |
Place |
Abandonned |
Hobie 16 |
BlackJack |
Adam Smith & Joshua Smith |
41.12 |
1 |
37.59 |
1 |
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Mosquito |
Whiteside Express |
Andrew Hill |
DNF |
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Hobie 16 |
Double Trouble |
Robert Pease & Luke Pease |
DNF |
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Hobie 18 |
Felony |
Steve Cross & Lynn Dugay |
DNF |
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Division 2 |
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Impulse |
Matchless |
Mark Axton |
34.54 |
1 |
33.28 |
1 |
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Division 3 |
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Sabre |
Barny |
Bryan Hill |
29.40 |
1 |
27.55 |
1 |
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Laser 4.7 |
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Eleanor Rich |
31.06 |
2 |
30.04 |
2 |
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Division 4 |
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Optimist |
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Toby Cross |
19.46 |
1 |
19.46 |
1 |
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Optimist |
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Alexander Jurovic |
19.48
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2 |
19.48 |
2 |
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Optimist |
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James Fleming |
19.49 |
3 |
19.49 |
3 |
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Last Modified on 10/12/2013 11:59