Windwanderers Sunshine Coast

Tony,
Thanks for organising the regatta. I enjoyed my first round the bouy racing in 2 years. Its a pity the wind did not co-operate on Sunday. Did you get another race in on sunday afternoon? Hope to see you a Manly for the first of the Yacht Squadron winter series in late May.
John

Hi guys,

some very good news for the windwanderers club!!

at the agm over the weekend at the lake, final plans were put into action to move the windwanderers from being a SEQ club to being a sunshine/fraser coast club to provide support for all the the windsurfers in those regions whom have deserved support for some time now.

the new committee will now see Kellie Tusler take on the role of president to steer the club. Kellie brings previous skills to the club having organised many windsurfing events over the years and previously holding office in the now defunct sunshine coast windsurfing club.

to assist, Dylan Tusler has adopted the role as membership co-ordinator and peter nitschke is the new treasurer. i myself stayed on as secretary which allows me to hold a committee position to fascilitate the ongoing organisation of the Burrum Windfest.

New to the committee was the appointment of Justin Readers from hervey bay who holds the newly created role of fraser coast co-ordinator.

I would like to thank the support from everyone over the years that the club has been running. The sponsors, the members and in particular Kerry Look, Peter Nitschke and David Dennis whom have all enabled the club to exist by holding positions on previous committees and put forward many ground breaking ideas for the club to persue.

On a personal note i am very excited to see the club move to the north. The Sunshine coast sailbaord club was a club i was a member of as a teenager so i have a passionate connection with that regions windsurfing.

So, for now it's over to Kellie, Dylan, Peter and Justin. everyone in the region wanting to join the new direction and make new friends please jump onboard. I'll let the new committee outline their direction moving forward but hint to there being more events including, a focus on youth, cootharabah racing, learn to windsurf days and a continuation of the long running social meet ethos the club was created to enhance.

again thankyou to all and best of luck to the new committee, i sincerely believe we are in very good hands.

There was in fact another race on Sunday arvo in quite reasonable (i.e. more than none) breeze for a total of five (six for the NS14s).

Tony and the guys did a sterling job in very difficult conditions. I reckon they struck just the right balance in adjusting courses when it made sense to, and letting races run when needed. I know a lot of race committees would have canned the Sunday morning race after a 180 degree wind shift, but I think everyone was happy to have got another race in.

I have to say going around the buoys with what seemed like several thousand wooden boats was great fun. A good mark rounding in a dense pack of dinghies with virtually no steerage is easily as satisfying to pull off as a good carve gybe. With the sailboards starting last but moving considerably faster than the Herons, upwind legs were a moving obstacle course which really tested our tactics to get through cleanly. I had a bit of a private game going to see how many Herons I could pass in a single leg, and I think my record was about 25 - and they were short legs!

Top on the water moment - totally becalmed and drifting listening to the kids in the Pacers playing "I spy". Impossible to get frustrated when surrounded by that kind of attitude.

Top quote of the weekend - dinghy guy to Harry who was diligently pumping his RSX all the way around the course: "Is that as annoying for you as it is for us?".

It was good to meet everyone, all up a great weekend.

I sailed down to Boreen three times on the old Bic. Saturday I poked round the outside of the race and then sailed home, maybe should have come ashore and met some of you. Sunday and Monday, sailed down in very light conditions and had lunch down there. Nearly thought I wasn't going to get back on Monday. Late Monday arvo the wind came up and I went out on the Bic and put my knee through the bottom panel on my sail so gave it away for the day. Glad I took the long board, the Shark was hopeless in the conditions.

Who won Ray ?

Haggar, the race was won by the new Lord Mayor of the Fraser-Sunshine Coasts. "DARTS" area also includes Lake Cootharaba where the local Lord Mayor will come under his control. This could be a battle of the bantam-weight division.