John340 said..
With the forecast offshore conditions, do you have a rescue boat?

FreeraceQLD said..


Well what an afternoon! Winds smashed through with a 15 to anyone's guess top speed Westerly, some say 25+ others claim 35+ bit like the 'how big was the fish'!
Certainly was some big bullets that's for sure, but by mid afternoon it had dropped to nothing!
Some of the runs along Sandgate beach were super flat and fast in the early afternoon, and the as the tide changes the chop came into play around the bridge end, was a pretty spectacular site to see a bunch of sails blasting across the bay like that.

The wind direction, sailability and safety meant for some changes to the day, the Jetty just being too far off the wind in the offshore winds meant a couple of distance races were held to the channel markers on the bridge and back which was the right course/call or the conditions, some insane fast sailing combine with some decent old crashes made it all the more interesting, no one lost at sea, no injuries, although Jason's tour of Moreton bay wasn't on the plans for the day, and not sure where Clive went, think he got stuck talking to the troll under the bridge, big thanks to Morgans Family for participating and assisting with Photo's, Starts, and the occasional Jet Ski rescue!

We managed two races which was perfect as we have a 4 way tie for first! Brad Anderson and Dave Sandos 1st & 4th and Steve and Leo 2nd and 3rd respectively, all finishing with a score of 5! So the best way to sort it out would be to do it again next year!


As a racing and destination event site its got a lot of things going for it, facilities, parking, works in a variety of winds, no mud, in a SE wind the Jetty to Jetty will be a lot more achievable and importantly a great team of water crew at Surf Connect that help bring it all together.

There is a heap of photos on the Face Book site, www.facebook.com/freeraceq .

There were also some great prizes awarded for the season also, with Fin's from Black Project, Transit Harness from Flying Objects, and the big two..
A brand new NCX or Turbo sail from Severne and the Starboard Board prize won by Martin (more pics to follow) .

Winners not in attendance on the day that need to make contact, George Polak - Severne , Rob Vaughn & Hannu Viitakangas - Black Projects, if you won a prize please PM here so we can put you in touch with key persons to arrange goods.

Again a big thanks to Padi and the team at Surf Connect who helped make it happen with support, boats, sausages and lamingtons, Surf Connect have been keen supporters of the concept all the way, great place to get friends into Windsurfing with Bic beach learner kits available to hire right there on the beach.