Sorry Vic I pulled my finger out, so here is some fillum from the 16th of March.
try to watch in 720-1080p (click the little cog in the bottom right corner) if ya internets is capable

Great sailing day today with 10 yachts on the grid. The wind gods were smiling and gave us a steady 10 knot southerly to start with which picked up to around 15 in the mid afternoon from the south west.

Some interesting occurrences with markers clipped and minor yacht breakdowns , the most notable being a boom breakage which is very rare. The wind direction allowed the first mark to be much further upwind than normal, although with the shift later on it was easy to make it without a tack.



Results to follow

Another great racing season just about over, the last point score meeting for class5 was run last weekend. There is one more club88 day to be sailed and the season will finish with an open fun day on the 4th of May.

The winds where light to moderate all day and all 8 races where completed, Phil sailed mini Aus230 in the class5 races and ended up mid field I think he enjoyed the little yacht and was a bit surprised in how fast a 5.6 mini can go. We ended the day with a barbie and a few coldies.

Top positions
1st Vic AUS230
2nd Ewen AUS199
3rd Howard AUS23

Score Sheet



vid from aus230 last meeting. Starting to get a bit of a handicap which is great fun

4.04.2014
Last sailing day for the season on Lake Walyungup. It was a handicap fun day but the winds failed us, most races where started but the wind dried up half way through each race. But was still good fun.

We cleared all out markers etc. from the lake and packed up for this season. Greg had the roast cooked and we had a great feed.

Thanks everyone for the great season and a special thanks to the scorers, starters and all those that put there time into the club.

I've watched Vics video so many times that I feel as though I've had a run there myself! Never get tired of watching that run Vic. I would REALLY like to run there. But not against you Vic, cuz I don't like getting my ass kicked!

If I were only half the sailor!!!

The Sandgropers season is now finished for 2014 at Lake Walyungup. It was a great season and we did not lose a lot of sailing time due to low winds.
The AGM was held a couple of weeks ago, It was a good night with a good attendance and a couple of new members also present.
A new committee was elected and I would personally like to thank Barry M for running the club over the last 3 years.

The new committee

Commodore Vic AUS230

Vice Commodore Adam AUS12

Treasure Sue

Secretary Greg AUS42


Trophy Presentation

There was a new trophy this year based on handicap points for a second division and it was won by Adam AUS12

Club 88

1st Howard AUS23

2nd Phil AUS190

3rd Ewen AUS199

Class5 Scratch

1st Vic AUS230

2nd Barry M AUS16

3rd Howard AUS23

Club Champion

1st Vic AUS230

2nd Howard AUS23

Barry M AUS16



so ends a great year, Our next event will be the state open championship at Lake Lefroy on the long weekend in September so looking forward to that

Cheers
AUS230