A good weekends racing at Gosford Sailing Club, a lot of fun with a southerly front on Saturday just at the end of race one wiping out the rest of the day leaving us with a bit of energy for leaping on the dance floor to the 80's cover band upstairs at the club. Sunday was a 8-12kn southerly with a few tricky shifts. Cam showed us all the way continuing with his form from last season getting the gun in each race.
Thanks to all of the Gosford team for putting the event on. We shared the water with the WIndsurfer Lt having its debut regatta and the J24's. Everyone played nicely together and looking forward to doing it again in the future.

Thanks for the weekend. Nice place to rig & launch.

regal1 said..
Thanks for the weekend. Nice place to rig & launch.

regal1 said..
Thanks for the weekend. Nice place to rig & launch.

Cheers mate, I'm so pleased to hear you enjoyed the weekend at Gosford. I promise next year we'll be even more organised!

Just a reminder that Heat 2 of the NSW Summer Raceboard Series is on this Saturday (13-Oct) at DAC.

It's a combined regatta with both the BIC Rippers & the Windsurfer Class so bound to be a well attended event & the forecast is looking great!

Start times vary with the Little Rippers starting early Saturday morning and the Raceboards and Windsurfer classes at 2:30pm (to be confirmed).

I'd suggest contacting your class reps for exact times and would recommend the Raceboard and Windsurfer Class competitors aim too arrive by midday.

DAC have sandwiches, Meat Pies etc and drinks available at the club, so get there in time for lunch and to rig.

See you all there!

Another great regatta despite the testing weather conditions. Congratulations to James, Cam and Richie, well sailed guys.

A big thank you to everyone organizing the day for a well run event. It's always a great atmosphere at DAC and great to see so many young kids getting into windsurfing, the future of windsurfing is looking much brighter.

See you all at Hunters Hill on 4-Nov for Heat 3.

The weather definitely turned up for yesterday's 3rd heart of the NSW Summer Raceboard series, and so did the breeze (albeit in some rather sudden gusts).

From the shore the breeze looked deceptively light, causing most of the fleet to venture out with 9.5m rigs, with a handful of us on 8.5m rigs (thanks Cam for the recommendation). I'm sure the guys on the 9.5m rigs were cranking the downhauls, as some of the gusts were quite solid and lasted for minutes rather than seconds.

The usual strong breeze contenders, Justin Lord (8.5m - new prototype Lord racing rig), Cam Harrison ( Demon 8.5m) and a James Grunfelder (Demon 9.5m - well done James) lead the fleet in race one and Justin, James and Cam fought out the remaining two races in some very close finishes in what were definitely sprint races. Good to see Rob Bell, Colin McCall and Rhys Herbert contending at times.

The harbour was definitely busy with a multitude of other craft ranging from yachts, dinghy's, small medium and large motor boats and the Sydney ferries which added a couple of extra components to the mix (chop from all angles as well as constant moving obstacles).

Looking forward to seeing the official results when they get posted.

Some pics of the day

Raceboard State Titles at Marmong Point this weekend Saturday and Sunday!
wally Racing all day Sunday!

get on up to Lake Macquarie and enjoy some great sailing conditions, free parking and a warm weekend

Well done Grae
Always knew you better than your old man!??

Winners in the WindsurfNSnow Raceboard State Championships at Marmong. Grae Morris (1st), Cam Harrison (2nd) and Justin Lord (3rd) take home a trophy, medals and vouchers for WindsurfNSnow at Long Reef. Youth Champ Vaughn O'Shea (left) won ION adjustable harness lines. Dan the Mann was 2nd in the Youth comp. Thanks to Sam and the crew at WindsurfNSnow for their continued support.

The next leg is this Sunday at Kurnell. Here are the progressive standings following the states at Mamong in November. The next two heats are at Woollahra on March 3rd and St George on March 9th.

Richie, Lissa or Brett M,

Could you please confirm the registration, briefing and 1st start times for Heat 6 at Woollahra on Sunday?

Round 6 at Woollahra Sailing Club, a sparkling day with a 8 to 12 knot NE. The start was in Rose Bay heading up around Steele Point, the wind coming over the headland made for some interesting mark roundings. For the last race the course was extended beyond Steele Point out into the harbour for a good look at the !8ft skiffs and the keel boat racing.

See you at St George Sailing Club next Saturday for the final round. Briefing will be at 1.00pm on the deck on the western side of the. The first race will be at 2.15pm with a maximum of 3 races for the day. Hang around after for the presentation of prizes for the series, sponsored by Starboard and Severne.