WINDWANDERERS and SUNSHINE COAST BOARD SPORTS

Presents
The 2018 National HOUR OF POWER
Sail anywhere in Australia in November.
$10 entry fee
Entries open soon and close on the 31st October.
No late entries
You must prepay and enter via KA72 website.
The tracks are also to be processed by KA 72. A special event page will be available on this site.
Rules are as per GPSTC.
Product prizes are supplied by SUNSHINE COAST BOARD SPORTS for each division in GPSTC. Plus some random prizes.
This competition will be running in conjunction with a European competition sponsored by KA sails and Tribal Fins.
More information will be following shortly.

sounds good!

Awesome really enjoyed this last year!

Good one WW
is AWA affiliated club membership required for this or the NM comp?

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Stretchy said..
Good one WW
is AWA affiliated club membership required for this or the NM comp?

Yes Stretchy, about $1000 for you!!

Sat & Sun next week in MH!

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Stretchy said..
Good one WW
is AWA affiliated club membership required for this or the NM comp?

No

A week to go until entries open! You must pre register prior to 1 November however entries are still open for the nautical mile challenge until 15 October.

The 2018 National HOUR OF POWER and The 2018 European HOUR OF POWER

The entry page is now live for the hour of power. If you entered last year you will see your results from last year. This result will disappear once the competition starts.

Sail anywhere in Australia or Europe in November.
$10 au entry fee or 6 euros
Entries are open and close on the 31st October.
No late entries
Club membership is not a requirement this year.
You must prepay and enter via KA72 website.
The tracks are also to be processed by KA 72. A special event page will be available on this site.
Rules are as per GPSTC.
In Australia product prizes are supplied by SUNSHINE COAST BOARD SPORTS for each division in GPSTC. In Europe KA sails and Tribal fins will supply the product prizes. Random prizes are also being awarded.

Im in. Now just got to try to be planing for 62 minutes non stop! How hard can that be?

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BSN101 said..
Im in. Now just got to try to be planing for 62 minutes non stop! How hard can that be?

Geez Dave, for a guy as young as yourself it should be a walk in the park!

Love the one-hour!!!! I think it's by far the most underrated component of our GPS sailing. Generally I find that if you get a good one-hour, you've pretty much done well in most of the other parameters as well.

Bring it on!!!!

Oh, and thanks Dylan & Co for hosting it

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Tony Wills said..

BSN101 said..
Im in. Now just got to try to be planing for 62 minutes non stop! How hard can that be?

Geez Dave, for a guy as young as yourself it should be a walk in the park!

Love the one-hour!!!! I think it's by far the most underrated component of our GPS sailing. Generally I find that if you get a good one-hour, you've pretty much done well in most of the other parameters as well.

Bring it on!!!!

Oh, and thanks Dylan & Co for hosting it

I figure that on the right breeze we could squeeze in 3-4 gybes and have almost 25knt average. This is our summer goal and get a 30knt in the bay. Dunsborough return runs of about 16km each way.

Australind can give 8-10km runs too and flat water.

Only 7 days to get your entries in

Lots of random draws including your choice of a Tribal fin.

You don't have to be a member of a club this year.

Prizes for each GPSTC division.

Are you letting Kiwis in?

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BSN101 said..

Tony Wills said..

BSN101 said..
Im in. Now just got to try to be planing for 62 minutes non stop! How hard can that be?

Geez Dave, for a guy as young as yourself it should be a walk in the park!

Love the one-hour!!!! I think it's by far the most underrated component of our GPS sailing. Generally I find that if you get a good one-hour, you've pretty much done well in most of the other parameters as well.

Bring it on!!!!

Oh, and thanks Dylan & Co for hosting it

I figure that on the right breeze we could squeeze in 3-4 gybes and have almost 25knt average. This is our summer goal and get a 30knt in the bay. Dunsborough return runs of about 16km each way.

Australind can give 8-10km runs too and flat water.

16kms!
Wow that would be nice! Makes it a hell of a lot easier..here's a recent hr I did.. it's actually more than that but you can see the concentrated area - that's the hr..
I suppose other people have places with even shorter runs!

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Te Hau said..
Are you letting Kiwis in?

Yes just enter via KA72

This my hour pb at Lipton's last year. About 1.5km runs with a bit of chop in the channel in the middle. Good wind and flat water to gybe on still made a decent hour possible

Here's mine from Coodanup wind was strong from the SSE which it sometimes swings to late in the day. Runs of maybe 2.5kms with smooth water the whole way . I was only gybing well on one side as I was still getting back into windsurfing and fell off 4 times in the hour. Best conditions for an hour I have ever seen and I think a top sailor could of been pushing towards a 30knot hour on this day.

Our session yesterday. NM in the middle, blue. Where the 'W' is shows the drain near the GBYC. Run were approx 9km and about 1km off the beach. A great sessions with heaps on the water, crowded actually.... almost ran into Steve a few times. LOL


And this shows Dunsborough with the sand bar out the front at top left. We did 40km yesterday

Don't forget to get your entry in for the November Hour of Power sponsored by SUNSHINE COAST BOARDSPORTS, KA SAILS and TRIBAL FINS.
Wednesday the 31st October is the last day you can enter. The competition starts on Thursaday the 1st of November and runs for the month.
You only have to enter and sail once to be in the major draw - a Tribal fin of your choice plus other minor prizes as well. There are also prizes for 1st in each GPSTC division.

a few nice hours today from Eric and Chriso! Things can only get better for me!!

Congratulations to the winners and everyone that joined in the fun! Some really close numbers and spread across a number of states and countries! Well done to Kaleb from Tasmania for the best overall hour for the month.


Womens
1 Kazza
Marion Bay, TAS, AU 22.792018.11.19
2 K T
Lake Cootharaba, QLD, AU 21.43 2018.11.18
3 sboardcrazy
Budgewoi Lake, NSW, AU 17.28 2018.11.13

Juniors
1 djmax
Lake Weyba, QLD, AU 16 2018.11.09

Grand Masters
1 Stretch
Coodanup, WA, AU 26.49 2018.11.29
2 B Rad
Wynnum, QLD, AU 26.46 2018.11.06
3 Byron Mcilveen
Budgewoi Lake, NSW, AU 25.62 2018.11.23

Legends
1 Geoff Ringe
Urangan, QLD, AU 22.31 2018.11.07
2 rudi
Lake Cootharaba, QLD, AU 20.19 2018.11.30
3 powersloshin
Kyeemagh, NSW, AU 19.34 2018.11.13

Masters
1 Kaleb
SA Neck Beach, TAS, AU 26.55 2018.11.23
2 Jonski
Coodanup, WA, AU 25.93 2018.11.29
Chriso
Point Halloran, QLD, AU 23.14 2018.11.18

OPEN
1 snake Pelican Point, WA, AU 24.51 2018.11.26
2 Bill Budgewoi Lake, NSW, AU 21.07 2018.11.13
3 Rolf_de_Ruiter Nunspeet, GL, NL 19.39 2018.11.29

link to full results below
www.ka72.com/Login?returnurl=%2fGroups%2fGroup-Activity%2fgroupid%2f48

Winners will be contacted shortly. Lucky draw prizes will be held in the next week or so, the club is still finalizing and awaiting shipping of all the prizes.

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WindWanderers said..
Winners will be contacted shortly. Lucky draw prizes will be held in the next week or so, the club is still finalizing and awaiting shipping of all the prizes.

I think that the 1hour concept is very interesting as it requires physical stamina, very well trimmed equipment and a constant breeze.. I didn't find the right wind conditions in Denmark this year, but I hope that my GPSTC team from Italy will join the European HOUR OF POWER next year!
Regards, Claus

Apologies to the European competitors we neglected to put your results up. We look forward getting more entries next year. KA sails will contact you in regard to your division prize.
European Hour of Power

Open
1 Rolf_de_Ruiter_NED177 Nunspeet, GL, NL 19.39 2018.11.29

Grand Masters
1 ClausRoskilde, DK 9.38 2018.11.04

Fantastic results kellie and kazza

The KK team. Thanks Dezza

Great effort and hours Kazza & Astrid!

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WindWanderers said..
Apologies to the European competitors we neglected to put your results up. We look forward getting more entries next year. KA sails will contact you in regard to your division prize.
European Hour of Power

Open
1 Rolf_de_Ruiter_NED177 Nunspeet, GL, NL 19.39 2018.11.29

Grand Masters
1 ClausRoskilde, DK 9.38 2018.11.04

thanks a lot!
Regards, Claus

A good fun comp . Thanks to Anne & Wind Warriors for organising and to sponsors Sunshine Coast Boards Sports and KA sails for the prizes.

Good news we have all the sponsors prizes - A big THANKYOU to TRIBAL FINS, KA SAILS and SUNSHINE COAST BOARDSPORTS. We will be doing the lucky draw for the Tribal fin of your choice and some KA sails t shirts and hoodies later in the week.

SO CHECK BACK TO SEE IF YOU ARE A WINNER













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