Hi,

I used to live in Primbee and sailed at yacht club and off Primbee so I know the area reasonable well. Primbee in the winter westerlies and sometimes the NEers in the summer when the slalom races were run. I remember you blitzing us.

What sort of course are we looking at? Triangles or reaches in figure eights?


If its not possible to create a team before hand, can teams be ad hoc teams be created on the day of miscreants crawling out from under rocks at unlikely locations?

local knowledge!!! thats almost cheating!!!

the 2 courses will generally have some upwind component in them, and we are looking at one up in the bay (which is likely to have a limited amount of upwind in it because of the size of the bay) and one in the lake (which is likely to have alot more upwind in it).

the idea of the bay lap is that anyone should be able to sail it regardless of skill level (and the lake lap offering a bit more for the more keen)

and, if we get lucky and we get a building NE it should be reasonably easy to tackle the bay on a slalom board when it gets windy enough despite the upwind bit.

we definately will put teams together on the day if you haven't been ingested by then, so definately don't let that stop you coming along!!!!

I'm not sure if I can make it. If I'm in the country on that day I'd be keen to take part in this.

Just a reminder!

rules are posted at www.iycwindsurfing.net.au

WindSurfnSnow confirmed as coming down and providing demo gear

there will be a provision for absolute novices/beginners to be included so no excuses!

event was run, won and a great success - feedback was fantastic and looks like the format might have potential - definately run again next year (with some tweaks to make it even better)

first 2 hours were run in a ugly lightish nor-wester but allowed the longboards to get ahead, beginners/novices to have a crack and a lot of demo-ing of SUPS from WindSurfnSnow

then the NE came in for a delightful remaining 6 hours.

third place was the Pink and Purple Pokadotted Rubber Duckies - aka the youngun's on a mixture of longboard, wallys, rsx and formula

second place was the UnderDacs with a impressive 21 laps all on longboards

first was the Nelson Ninja's with 24 laps on a mix of longboard, formula and slalom boards

awesome day with a few diehards dining out at the club afterwards