Double Demerits (NSW, Australia) - 2019-01-12
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
AlfaMale
24.378(D)
21.78(D)
10.087(D)
12.769(D)
16.649(D)
21.353(D)
Jethrow
Karl
Waiting4wind
Laff77
Peter (Wineman)
Roar
Carol
Sparky
Artur Kowalski
Cheeky Monkey
George
Remi Dunoyer
Nigel
Barks
Palleaon
JohnM
Dean Seal
Starboard64
Andrew
Erik
Dieter
Rico
Rodskeg
Jules
Greg Kay
Remi Roques
Average
AlfaMale (18525km):
1924 days ago
3 categories

Underwhelming comp at Coal Point, NSW, AU

WEED WEED WEED WEED WEED WEED WEED. and my biggest weedfin is 27cm, not quite big enough for a 9.3

The new TR16 9.3 was epic. So easy to sail, so easy to plane, just felt underfined, especially as soon as a piece of weed stuck to the fin, ruining upwind.

And my bloody GPS got wet, and decided not to record the GPS maps for the GPS stage of the competition. Urgh FFS.

Final gripe.... jumping the chop I re-hurt my back. Just made it back to the beach being gentle, not happy. 

Remind me not to go to Coal Point for a very long time. Unless I get a very long weedie. And maybe a dagger board to go with it.



Comments
AlfaMale


NSW
Australia
1924 days ago
Having said that, and now the pain killers have kicked in and I’m not so grumpy... The organisation for the races was pretty good, 2 boats and heaps of volunteers (4!) manning the vessels. Just a shame they couldn’t organise more wind. Nice to see a healthy crowd having a set of fun races. If you can make 3 gybes in a row... you probably won’t finish last!