Windsurfing Victoria (WV) with support from Parkdale Yacht Club (PYC) is currently working on running a windsurfing event for the WV members on the 1st April 2012 from PYC.

The name of the event will be the 'WV Classic'. An event that is full of classic activities, which will be a classic event in the future. The idea is this event is run annually and becomes WV's signature event with PYC.

Please note; this event will not be a clinic or demo day. As WV has provided directly or supported a number of clinics and demo days though out the season. This will be an event for WV members with a focus on fun.

As per the start of the season event at Elwood Sailing Club (ESC), WV has invited all the WV supporting Victorian windsurfing stores and schools to be part of this. This includes SHQ, RPS, The ZU, Core, KA, SBHQ and WaSSuP, with VWS.

The event structure will be based around social fun like we had in the 80s and 90s. All entrants will be part of a Team of four. Some of events we are looking at running are;
• Course Racing race (water start, with a upwind leg)
• Slalom Figure 8 race (beach start, as many laps as possible within a set time period)
• Relay Race (beach start, to outer mark and back)
• Random Fun Race (TBA)

The schedule of these races would be based on the weather and other PYC club day activities on the day. As an example we would be looking at running the 1st race at 10:30am, the 2nd race at 1pm and the last race before 4pm. With regards to beach start races. A marked off area will be setup by WV with PYC to ensure safety and access for all beach users.

Points will come from 3 of the 4 events and each team member, for each team. This allows for more equal opportunities for people to be an overall winner etc. Areas of acknowledgment could be (1st, last, best dressed, most retro gear). Plus we are looking at maybe having freestyle demonstration sessions during the day. Example; Long boards at 11am and short boards at 4pm, for a maximum of 20 minutes each session.

Team structures will need to follow some guidelines.
• Four members per team
• Have a captain
• Team name
• One member of the team needs to be an intermediate sailor that is confident to compete or someone with some form of old style gear (e.g. retro long or short board)
• Only one team rider from a store or brand is allowed per team
• Teams can be supported by stores or schools or other windsurfing clubs (this is encouraged)
• The gear you sail can be yours or borrowed gear
• Your national sail number needs to be displayed on your sail by any means possible (WV will have some coloured electrical tape at the registration table)

The event will also include a dinner BBQ with access to the PYC bar. The dinner will also include the WV Course Racing series and the Victorian Wavesailing Series (VWS) awards night as well.

More details on the event will be posted in the next week or so, so stay tuned and start thinking about setting up a team with a name and marketing the team.