Hi Peeps,

This morning was the first Short Course, flat water, BOP style, race in Perth and I'm stoked to say was well attended. We got down nice and early and worked out the course then layed the marks to produce a fun 900m course. We used our inflatable buoys and a fixed channel marker. The course featured about an 100m run leg in between each lap. The race was a total of 2.7km after 3 laps.

We had 12 starters most of whom were on raceboards. First race started just after 7am and was amazing to watch. As starter/photog and timekeeper I missed the first race and raced the second. Times, in order of sign on, are as follows:

Cameron Fanatic 12'6"
Race 1 1st 15:56
Race 2 1st 15:59

Darren Fanatic 14'
Race 1 DNS
Race 2 2nd 16:20

Luke Starboard 12'6"
Race 1 7th 18:50
Race 2 7th 18:42

Tim Starboard 12'6"
Race 1 4th 17:48
Race 2 8th 18:58

Bart Starboard 12'6"
Race 1 9th 19:24
Race 2 9th 19:35

Rob Fanatic 12'6"
Race 1 8th 19:02
Race 2 DNS

Tom Naish 10' ?
Race 1 11th 23:18
Race 2 10th 23:55

Luke F Fanatic 11'6"
Race 1 10th 22.26
Race 2 DNS **

Kevin NSP 10'6"
Race 1 2nd 17:28
Race 2 4th 17:31 **

Loch Amundson 12'6"
Race 1 6th 18:35
Race 2 6th 18:23

Roger Starboard 12'6"
Race 1 3rd 17:37
Race 2 5th 18:06

Brett Starboard 14'
Race 1 5th 18:04
Race 2 3rd 17:12*

* Brett changed boards to Hobie 14ft for second race
** Kevin and Luke both rode on round nose boards :-O

The racing was fun and very exciting. Everyone put in a big effort and worked hard, especially for those who put in for the second race. Conditions were excellent and we will be back in another month for another race event and we'll be even better prepared.

Thank you to everyone for turning up and making the morning a great success. Congratulations to Cam for his convincing wins and to the helpers one and all.

Here's a few images of the fun ... Many more if you are interested, PM me.

DM