Hello from Croatia , could have used my phantom over here, lovely afternoon breezes and miles of water.Will be back in Aus in. 3 weeks time and will be able to join you all on Brisbane Waters,

regurds
Pete

Just letting any extras know that Saturday 13 August we are having off due to other commitments.

Was hopeful of getting out this afternoon but If it stays as forecasted in the 25-30 knots ? May be better staying home and not breaking something or myself

Great work John!
Good luck to all this Saturday. I'm looking forward to sailing with you later in the season.

So I'm pleased to report that the return of Sailboards to the Gosford Sailing Club fleet did go ahead yesterday.
We had three starters, Lyndon, Peter and myself. Everything ran smoothly on a beautiful blue sky sunny day (a few more knots of breeze would have been nice).
No racing next Saturday due to the the 2nd heat of the Raceboard series at Hawks Nest, so the next days racing at Gosford Sailing Club will be Saturday 8-Oct-2016. Racing commences at approx 2pm. I'll be at the club from 1pm.
It would be great to see a few more boards & all are welcome to join in.

Just a reminder that we will be racing at Gosford Sailing club Saturday 22-Oct-2016. Briefing at 1pm in Clubhouse, I'll aim to be there around 12:30pm.

John.

At this stage the 22nd of October I have a chance of making it there.

AUS814 and I are headed to Heat 4 of the Summer Raceboard Series at Ramesgate Carpark, Botany Bay, Sydney: (The Grand Parade, Opposite Culver St **only accessible driving southbound) on Saturday 29-Oct-2016.

As such there is unlikely to be any racing at Gosford Sailing Club for Sailboards (however if anyone is interested Peter Walsh will be doing the standard briefing at 1pm in the room downstairs at the back of the club. Racing for the sailing fleet commences at 2pm and Sailboards are always last to start). I'd suggest being at the club by 12:30pm and make yourself aware to Peter Walsh.

I'll be back at Gosford Sailing Club for racing on Saturday 5-Nov.

John.

Hi all,

Ok so Racing at Gosford Sailing Club tomorrow. Briefing is in the bar room under the club at the rear at 1pm. First race after 2pm. Depending on the breeze it can take a while to get to the start line though.

I'll aim to be at the club around 12:30pm. Hope to see you all there.

John.

It would be great to see more of the younger sailors blasting around andnhaving fun on the Technos. The Optis and sabots certainly have good numbers on the water but you cannot help thinking how much more fun they potentially could have on the Techno.Just
Watched some of the Techno worlds footage from Lake Garda, ? Close, to 400 competitors

Excellent to hear that Brett, I look forward to meeting up with the BIC Techno guys and happy to assist them with any general skills or racing knowledge. As you know practice is the best thing for improvement, especially if there's someone just a little quicker than you to race with. I spent a large amount of my youth years racing at club level at Gosford and it's a great way to build your skills to progress to the State, National or even the International stage. Hopefully we'll be able to build on the small base numbers we currently have at Gosford to a regular fleet of 10-20.

So with only 5 days to go before the 2016 World Raceboard Titles at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, Manly Brisbane, Australia (20-25 November 2016), if anyone would like to follow the results you can get to them from the following Even web link (then click on the results menu).

www.ausraceboard.org/

Thanks Pete,

24th after Day 1 and 33rd after a frustrating but enjoyable Day 2.

Did you guys Race on Saturday, if so let me know the placings and I'll update the Series pointscore.

Im planning to sail today. See you there.

Great to hear you guys had a great day out on Saturday in a good nor easter.

Final results for the worlds can be found here :- www.rqys.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Open.htm

Here's a fantastic video posted by one of the Moth sailors from RQYS using a drone, This video is of the final Race (race 15) of the Open Raceboards which was held in absolutely perfect conditions, the check out the action at the bottom gate marks at around the 2:00 minute mark. I'm the board in the top right hand side of frame in the very final clip of the video.



I'd like to thank Pete and Lyndon for racing with me throughout the past year at Gosford, the race practice and training helped me immensely at the Worlds.

Looks like I'll miss next Saturday as they State Windsurfer One Design titles are on at Middle Harbour, I should be at Gosford the weekend after.

John.