starting again !!!! couldnt stand the grumpy posts.
so september 26 ,27,28 , feel free to arrive early or stay late.
registration on the saturday 26th.
marathons for class 5 and mini class. ( a blowie is a mini)
Event is an open even . pilots need to be a paid up member of a club, or can take out temporary membership to lake lefroy LSC for the weekend.

If the lake is unusable this year we plan to take a trip to Menzies to trial a street circuit that weve spotted . the idea has the support of the local shire. it would involve paying for camping at the local caravan park ( next to the pub) we can rig and sail from the park onto the street network to the west of the goldfields highway. have a look on google at the town. its not that big. Its 131km from Kalgoorle which would add 70km one way if driving from perth or 230kms if driving from esperance

Don't forget Kite Buggies!
Sounds like there might be enough this year for their own race/s.

If we do go to Menzies are the power lines still up I.E. how would it be for kites?

PS: For those who don't live here.
We had 60mm rain on Leffroy at the beginning of Aug and a couple more showers since then.
Last year we had a similar amount of rain late March and that was only just drying off by Sep.
So its not looking good, the lake will not be dry, but the question is will it be dry enough to sail on.
That depends entirely on how much wind we get and from what direction.

If we get strong steady westerlies it will blow the water across to the other side of he lake. This is why its so hard to give a definitive answer at this stage. If we get consistent westerlies we will probably be ok. But If the wind swings around to the east it will push all the water over towards where we sail.

We wont be able to give a definitive answer until about a week out when we have an accurate enough forecast to be shore of wind directions and strengths in the lead up to and through out the event.

Dont give up yet, as you can see from the rose below, westerlies in Sep not unreasonable just not guarantied.

I would give Menzies a miss if we could not sail Lefroy

That's good news indeed!

Coops77 said..
Too much water on Lake Lefroy does not sound good. Have you considered pumping out the pond the day before?
The alternative option of Menzies sounds interesting but looking on the street layout west of Menzies on google, makes it difficult to imagine how it might work. Streets are narrow and in a grid pattern.
Can you expand on what you propose and how it might work?

the big white blob is the caravan park with a clraeed block to the north then the pub. that gives 3 bitumen roads to the westand 3 EW cross roads to sail . only power is on the noerthern most EW road. there are no trees, just bare ground. very few kerbs. we shouldnt need to book at Caravan park , they dont get that busy. organisation would be 1 phone call to say we are coming.

Any update on conditions at Lake Lefroy? We've had some decent rains lately.

Yachts ready for the Lefroy regatta, both have been rebuilt over winter and a few modifications made ,looking forward to catching up with everyone

Because it is almost impossible to get a full overview of the lake without a plane it can be difficult to get a good idea of how much water is out there.

On the way over to work there a corner of lake about 1 sq km in size which is completely enclosed by causeways and mining. I find this corner is a very useful micro gauge macro conditions.

At the moment just over half surface area but less than 2/3 is covered in water.

Bloody nora that's a big mini sail Vic.
Hope it doesn't mean Trav isn't sailing this year as it looks like his old Viking sail.
I just thought you were tanking in the mini earlier in the year to give the rest of us a bit of a chance to be honest, but
between You, Landy, Chook, Ben, Greg and all the cookie cutters we haven't a chance in hell.

dropped into crazy travs new mansion on the hill and didnt see any signs of landyacht preparation.
the lake situation isnt so good.
john went out to the club and main lake was proper flooded. ponds are relying on wind to give 2/3 of a dry pond. that should improve with some wind and heat. I went up read hill and can say that the wind only moves the water about 1km from the lake edge when its blowing. . we are relying on a southerly change just before the weekend to get main lake sailing, otherwise it will be pondlife

How is the lake looking now.

Sounds promising.
Now I just need to decide whether to install lead weights on the outer ends of the axles (ala AUS 12)
or floaties and a paddle.
We will head off early Thursday , hope to get there around lunchish.

Thursday around lunchtime for me too.

Had a great time,(except for the wind) It was nice to travel out to the island and place a memorial to Lyndon, the club commodore, who passed away just recently
A few pics

Did anybody get any pics of the row of tornados that were trying to form up and touchdown , one thumped into Coolgardie whilst we were at the lake.
there was a row of about 15, but the winds below were too light to get em started