Looking forward to some fast slalom fun.
Top photos Muz.
Shoold be a good day to get some high speeds and sail with alot of other windsurfers fromm all around.Hopfully the Mid North Coast Marauders can come and enjoy some flat water sailing.

Peel st would be good , Canton weed is out of control

Hi,

Do you need to be a member of a sailing club to enter? Will there be different grades of racing? Ie for those who have not entered before.

It is a great spot so hopefully there is some wind.

No membership should get a few more people there. If its 6m weather or better i will come check it out, never done any racing so would be good to see how well or crap i am. Any one got a 32cm ish slalom fin i could borrow. come on blow wind blow.

Hi all,

The forecast is still looking great for a 15-20 knot nor-easter so we will confirm that the event is definitely SATURDAY, and location will be Swansea Caravan Park, end of Dobinson Drive, Swansea.

A few more details about the day:

- Entry fee $20 per sailor - this money goes straight to WindsurfingNSW and Marmong Point Sailing Club to cover costs (boat, fuel, insurance etc) and support the future of the sport.

- As mentioned earlier, you don't need to be a member of a club to race. However, only members of a club will be able to count points towards the overall NSW Slalom Series. So if you're thinking about racing at the two Sydney events as well, we would recommend that you join a club (Marmong, Stormriders, Illawarra, St George and Dobroyd are all WindsurfingNSW affiliated clubs).

- Remember that windsurfing can be dangerous, so please take care, sail safely, and be aware of other sailors around you especially at gybe marks.

- Important: Every sailor needs to wear a lifejacket while racing.

- Sail numbers - In order to record results, the officials need to have some way of identifying you via your sail. Formal AUS numbers are preferred, but if you dont have one of these, please bring along a roll of electrical tape to make a number up on the day (eg your initials, or a favourite number). Whatever you choose will need to be unique, so we will record these at registration.

- If you are putting the location into your GPS, look for "Dobinson Drive, Swansea".

- Schedule for the day
- Registration - 10am-11am
- Briefing - 11am
- Racing - 12 noon onwards

- Wind limits - 12 knots up to 35 knots (wishful thinking for NSW!)

- Race format - Downwind M-Course slalom. At the briefing, each sailor will be allocated a heat in each round. This heat can be recorded on your arm, then before each start the Round Number and Heat (A or B) will be displayed on the boat.

- Drops - After every four rounds, sailors can drop their worst result.

- Start sequence - 2 minutes - More details of flags etc at the briefing.

Byron and Murray have been busy figuring out the best courses to sail. These will be confirmed at the briefing but are shown below to whet your appetite!

Cheers
James

Standard M-course:


Potential Long distance course (boat traffic and weed dependent):

Thanks David, some great info there.

I forgot to mention that we will have a dedicated rescue boat as well (small yellow boat) on the water. So if you see someone struggling in the water, and they need a tow back, let Greg on the yellow boat know.

Cheers
James

what time do we need to be there for?

hey, hows it going, ha, this looks like a sweet event, ive spoken to some of the canton locals, me, pete and mick, maybe spence, are coming, thankyou to everyone involved in organising and running, thankyou for letting us come without club membership, it will be sweet if donavan, (sic em) larko, chris christian etc, micheal thompson, leo, etc, those guys are great sailors, could challenge bryon and walshy for third spot, with me and mick battling it out for first,, its gunna be sweet, looks like a sweet forecast, ha, c ya all soon, ha, im sooooooooooooo tempted to start talking some ****,

Well said Muz the lawn will still be there on Sunday or Monday whenever.
We are looking forward to seeing some new friendly faces in a unreal windsurfing location.
Get pumped up for some fun will see you all tomorow.

dont i get a mention milsey!! Or do the real greats remain namless?? Wish i could be there folks. Sounds like fun

My backs out at the moment so no sailing for me. Someone else will have to take the honour of coming last..

It was a shame the wind did not come in as forecast , But was great to catch up with everyone ,and also to meet some new people .
Well done to the organisers

I will be turning up to more of these events, great organisation, simple courses, simple rules, great people.
Everyone was on slalom gear, well if you can call those boards slalom some were 82cm wide & big sails 7.6 to 10m i think.
Got me thinking its time to update the 12year old boards with some new wide & short style ones, with a 7.5 7.8 for the 15kt days since there is alot of them.
Shame the wind didnt come in but maybe it will play today.

AUS4 said...

sboardcrazy said...
So was everyone on slalom gear or some on Formula and others slalom? If so how did you handicap people?

This is slalom Sue, max board width 85cm. sail max 10m, no formula and no handicap.

With the light winds I thought the formula boards would have been out..

sboardcrazy said...

AUS4 said...

sboardcrazy said...
So was everyone on slalom gear or some on Formula and others slalom? If so how did you handicap people?

This is slalom Sue, max board width 85cm. sail max 10m, no formula and no handicap.

With the light winds I thought the formula boards would have been out..

Again, this is SLALOM not Formula. You wouldn't use a 4WD in a Formual 1 race just because it got wet.