12 Km distance. What are your plans? Advice? Sail size for the projected 15 knot winds....?
Discuss.
Well I was doing the race, even did some training last night and had the Love Muscle flying, but it unfortunately ended in tears. Big over the front, boom square in the ribs and the Xray just confirmed no 9 and 10 ribs snapped clean through.
Bugger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
especially with a cranking Easterly again tonight and my new RRD FSW turning up on Wednesday.
The only good thing about it is the Morphine tablets!!!!
my rib two weeks ago (read: cartlidge and ribs moving against each other) - no x-ray.... the rib is clicking like a cricket all day - should be okay by Sunday (fingers crossed). Damn, snapped ribs must hurt bad.
No danger of that Joel you were too far behind me
Good luck everybody for the Race next week and if you are procrastinating, don't, just do it, great fun. Lets hope the weather co-operates and I will certainly be down there watching.
If anybody wants some Koncepts for the Race give me a yell, happy for somebody to use them.
Right now it looks like 9 kts of wind at race time.
The guy that brings the formula gear and a 13m sail will win.
Where, when, what? Where do you find out about these events? I must have missed earlier thread if there was one.
How long has the Breakwater to Beacon been running, and in that time has there ever been an incident like someone being swept out to sea or other?
Just a heads up - saw a tree every 5 minutes coming down the Yarra (Riverside pub) this morning - fn big ones too! Saw 2 crashes by rowers, fortunately minor, but worth keeping your eyes peeled this weekend if they end up out in the middle of the bay
Forecast for Sunday
Winds: Westerly 20 to 30 knots tending west to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon then becoming southwesterly 10 to 20 knots during the evening. Seas: Up to 2 metres.
You want to practice your getting through the shore break skills. Last time I watched the start a third of the field never made it off the beach.
How do you know where the beacon is? its 6km West. Are there buoys out there plotting the direction?
The support boat is normally the turning point. Race directions is given at the race briefing.
It was in 2008. SSW 20-25 knots. A heap of people were getting clobbered by the shore break by trying to point too high straight off the beach. They needed to get a bit of speed up first.
I lost my sunglasses that day. 
and the odd branch or stick. So could be anyones race if the leaders hit one of those. So tactically best you follow someone and then overtake them near the finish
Ahem... Breakwater to Red Buoy pump race!!!
Well that was fun I guess for an event that never happened. Arms still sore from pumping the sail for so long.
Still wrapped about winning the Gaastra Sail so I have absolutely no regrets:)
Thanks SHQ and Mike for making the best of the conditions for the day, and putting on a great barbie!
