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cisco
cisco
QLD
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QLD, 12365 posts
6 Jul 2012 7:47pm
colk2004 said...


The pub has been cut off from my house with the rain!!!!!




Strewth!!!! And your house is right next door to the pub too.

Is it like, "A Wall of Water"????

Nikrum
Nikrum
TAS
1972 posts
TAS, 1972 posts
6 Jul 2012 8:29pm
Oh! It's so lonesome away from your kindred an' all morbid nor drear than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer. or words to that effect.
Ron
aus230
aus230
WA
1660 posts
WA, 1660 posts
6 Jul 2012 6:42pm
Hope this weather report is all wrong

www.wunderground.com/?cm_ven=cgi
colk2004
colk2004
317 posts
317 posts
6 Jul 2012 7:05pm
Situation saved the drains finally cleared it. 2 hrs of rain and we had a pond 150mm+ deep and 300m long. So good news is pub is accessible in a direct line again bad news is the dentist has been cut off Not seen that in 11 years here. This lot had better not hit Cherruiex or it'll scupper things for a day or two

Cheers Col
Chook2
Chook2
WA
1249 posts
WA, 1249 posts
6 Jul 2012 7:11pm
Geez... I'm off to iron another spare pair of jeans and pack my rain jacket.

I suppose you get to expect this, with any nature powered event.

But I feel for everyone involved, after the tremendous amount of effort that has been put into it at all levels. Damb!!!
Nikrum
Nikrum
TAS
1972 posts
TAS, 1972 posts
6 Jul 2012 11:40pm
Chook,
How far from Col is that Cricket Match??
Ron[}:)]
Test pilot 1
Test pilot 1
WA
1430 posts
WA, 1430 posts
6 Jul 2012 10:45pm
Chook2 said...

Geez... I'm off to iron another spare pair of jeans and pack my rain jacket.

I suppose you get to expect this, with any nature powered event.

But I feel for everyone involved, after the tremendous amount of effort that has been put into it at all levels. Damb!!!


Chook you got your "b's" & "n's" mixed up. Door jamB or damN
Thus endif da spillin lissin
Chook2
Chook2
WA
1249 posts
WA, 1249 posts
7 Jul 2012 8:40am

Lucky I don't teach english eh????
Nikrum
Nikrum
TAS
1972 posts
TAS, 1972 posts
7 Jul 2012 6:50pm
But you iron BJ's???? DAMN!!
Ron
landyacht
landyacht
WA
5921 posts
WA, 5921 posts
8 Jul 2012 2:59am
VindisDad said...

Paul, have you looked for some big 26" tyres over there yet?
I somehow get the feeling it might be a good idea................

I chatted with a dutch pilot and 1 tyre came up recently on ebay and there was a bidding war
nothing avaailable here but the supermarket had a 20" bike with MAGNESIUM wheels for 160euro
minis look really hot, lots of hot flat Y frames from spain and germany,
french plumekart runs well despite tiny wheel but brilliant steering
yesterday tall ships race at ST Malo. 36 ships

aus230
aus230
WA
1660 posts
WA, 1660 posts
8 Jul 2012 11:33am
I think you will find that they are is Alaska and have sld out of stock
frogy
frogy
42 posts
42 posts
9 Jul 2012 5:17am
Bonjour,
Very good day: sun, wind and lots of mini's sailing all day long.
french AIRTRACK team is third.
aus230
aus230
WA
1660 posts
WA, 1660 posts
9 Jul 2012 11:22am
Hi Frogy
Great news for you guys
Is there any cam links, or site that are following the event with vidio or pics.
Real interested in watching it all unfold
Cheers
Vic
frogy
frogy
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aus230
aus230
WA
1660 posts
WA, 1660 posts
9 Jul 2012 4:40pm
Thanks Frogy
Nikrum
Nikrum
TAS
1972 posts
TAS, 1972 posts
9 Jul 2012 9:35pm
Thanks Lads,
There are some very nice sho0ts there..

Now for the footage..
Ron
aus230
aus230
WA
1660 posts
WA, 1660 posts
10 Jul 2012 7:04am
Day 2

Results

http://www.mondial2012.com/resultats/kartavoile-09072012.pdf


www.pbase.com/waltercarels/image/144639250











aus230
aus230
WA
1660 posts
WA, 1660 posts
11 Jul 2012 11:05am
Congratulations to the winners of the first 5.6m mini championship.
1st
Sven Kraja G592
2nd
Francois-Xavier Piquet F1463
3rd
Laurent GUERIN F111




aus230
aus230
WA
1660 posts
WA, 1660 posts
11 Jul 2012 4:00pm
Sorry final results (first report had second and third around the other way)

1st
Sven Kraja G592
2nd
Laurent GUERIN F111
Francois-Xavier Piquet F1463
3rd
Francois-Xavier Piquet F1463

Results
http://www.mondial2012.com/resultats/kartavoile-08072012.pdf

Day 3 photos
www.pbase.com/waltercarels/tue10

Opening ceremony photos
www.pbase.com/waltercarels/monoc
VindisDad
VindisDad
117 posts
117 posts
11 Jul 2012 8:56pm
Hi Paul,
It looks like it was pretty crazy out there & yacht design for conditions obvoiusly big factor.
Hope you get a better go in 5.
Good luck,
We're cheering you on here.
landyacht
landyacht
WA
5921 posts
WA, 5921 posts
13 Jul 2012 2:37am
rained off,which is a pity as the clay doesnt stick to your tyres when its raining. running 3.8 fat larrys today instead of those skinny hookworms
A huge thanks to englishman Chris Wright , who had prepared a set of tyres ,but was unable to attend,he sold me tyres at cost, and they were all buffed and ready to go ,
thank you so much
other results
dont take a ferrari to a dune buggy race!!!!!!!!!
nappy rush with its 4.2m poly sail would have been the perfect choice for this beach, fast upwind and grosly overpowered downwind
add clemco steering and sit up nappy rush to the grandad position and youve just described the top designs on the beach. fit a 5.5 for medium winds and a 6.5 for the lighter stuff Clemcos batten diagram was spot on for beaches,forgrt your hookworms,as they are not too good at 15psi
only needed 10psi on the front and now have 10kg of sand at the back to keep it light up front. running a massive 6kg on the front when sailing that keeps the front wheel just touching the ground,except on the tacks ,which are achived by the front aileron/wheel with all the adjustments I actually finished a race today, on 2 wheels,possibly 2 laps behind, but recieved a compliment from one of the french pilots when I held back at a mark to give him a clean line.
re the beach.......;its s**t
but thats Europe, If I recall correctly
on another note , European kite buggiers ;make us landyachters look like a mob of babies.
the crap they sailed through was incredible
after 1 lap they were driving through a river,and they did it again and again
beachball57
beachball57
SA
540 posts
SA, 540 posts
13 Jul 2012 9:27am
looking at the photo's Pt Germein beach here in good 'o SA doesn't look to bad after all !!
veladaterra
veladaterra
84 posts
84 posts
14 Jul 2012 7:40am


and "the crap the sailed through"



Very pleased to have seen some Lake Lefroy Minis there!

Enrico
gibberjoe
gibberjoe
SA
956 posts
SA, 956 posts
14 Jul 2012 8:45pm

Thanks for the posts, they are most interesting It would seem

for landyachts the flat on the back position is least favoured.

and thats a yes vote from me ![}:)]
aus230
aus230
WA
1660 posts
WA, 1660 posts
14 Jul 2012 11:10pm
Class5 results
http://www.mondial2012.com/resultats/classe5-general.pdf

Pics from the 12th-13th. The kite buggy mob sure do it hard.

www.pbase.com/waltercarels/thu12

www.pbase.com/waltercarels/fri13







landyacht
landyacht
WA
5921 posts
WA, 5921 posts
15 Jul 2012 12:27am
gibberjoe said...


Thanks for the posts, they are most interesting It would seem

for landyachts the flat on the back position is least favoured.

and thats a yes vote from me ![}:)]

dont forget youll also need the 6.5m sail as welland relly tall rigs
our sails were just too small for the beach conditions,today in 25kph winds with the beach graded they are racing with 5.5M sails

landyacht
landyacht
WA
5921 posts
WA, 5921 posts
15 Jul 2012 12:36am
Kiwi 307 was on the ball re the roller blocks, destroyed 3 ronstan carbon blocks in 2 laps
fitted some blocks off my cl5 in 1986/87,and ran much smoother
gibberjoe
gibberjoe
SA
956 posts
SA, 956 posts
15 Jul 2012 9:48am

Whats the news on ....The Minny Stigg Bob the Dog don't forget

Promo Girl.......
iand
iand
QLD
243 posts
QLD, 243 posts
15 Jul 2012 11:43am
landyacht said...

gibberjoe said...


Thanks for the posts, they are most interesting It would seem

for landyachts the flat on the back position is least favoured.

and thats a yes vote from me ![}:)]

dont forget youll also need the 6.5m sail as welland relly tall rigs
our sails were just too small for the beach conditions,today in 25kph winds with the beach graded they are racing with 5.5M sails




I thought class 5 were limited to 5.5m or are you referring to mini's (just realized you said 25kph not 25 knots sigh of relief
aus230
aus230
WA
1660 posts
WA, 1660 posts
15 Jul 2012 11:40pm
Congratulations to all that attended the championship. I had a great time following the event.

www.pbase.com:443/waltercarels/sat14

www.pbase.com/waltercarels/sun15

Class5 Champions

Francois Papon F225 1st place


Brice Pedit F706 2nd


Aureuen Morandiere F577 3rd

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