Hi Peeps,

It looks like we have secured the second board needed to start our Course match racing series at Pinnaroo Point.

How it works: Every Wednesday afternoon we will put out some buoys to create a triangular course and participants are to race a single lap around the course starting and ending at the beach. It should be pretty easy to determine the winner and an honesty system will be in force (as well as obvious). The course will have a long upwind leg, then broad reach down and cross wind to the rounding mark before a close reach back to the finish. A simple triangle, easy to set, easy to watch, challenging enough with all points covered.

Score system: A simple knockout system will be the format so timing isn't required. You win, you advance to the next round, you lose you, either sit it out and wait for the winner of that round to be announced, then jump in for the next series. If we get enough entrants, we'll carry over the results to the following week. I suspect we'll get through each round pretty easy. FUN!

I will keep a score card for each series so we can announce a winner at the end of the year. This is purely social racing but I'm sure there will be a high degree of competitiveness. Protests may be lodged at the price of a case of beer to be shared with everyone at the hearing and must be by the end of the days racing.

Equipment: The idea is to keep it simple, fair and most of all, fun. AKS will supply the two boards, both North Race LTD boards. The kite is up to you, no rules there. The boards make the most difference initially so that keeps it fairer as few people own a course racing board and few have experience on them so most will be starting with the same handicap. If you have your own competitive course board, you are welcome to enter it and ride it. And trust me, unless you have one, you will be squarely beaten EVERY race.

What we need now is numbers and names. If you are keen to race, put your name down below so we can get an idea of what time of day to start racing and how the draw should be set up.

We are trying to introduce a bit of spice into your kiting, something different to look forward to each week or fortnight if we don't get the numbers.

Are you fast?

KH