Yesterday's racing at Mounts bay involved the second short 3 race series for the season.
We had 10 starters for the first race who witnessed the appearance of a large dark cloud and a squally race that
had winds gusting above 20knots.
The first race also saw 3/4 early starters resulting in some sudden death results for the short race points.
The second and third races where much tamer with 8 to 15 knot winds.
racing was tight and lead changes frequent.
results
1.Steve Schneider
2.Mark Taylor
3.Kelvin

SurfSailAUST said..
Thanks for organising the racing Snides, the whole fleet is gradually improving with more and more racing in lots of different conditions

What about some more coverage and pics of that white sail?

Special mention for the two orange sails that completed all three short races last weekend in testing conditions

It's great to see more and more participants turning up to have a go.

Just confirming racing this Sunday starts at 10.30am due to afternoon function at MBSC...correct? I assume briefing will be about 9.30am?

All boards and abilities (rescue boat standing by) welcome and you don't have to be a member of MBSC to race, just turn up we will look out for you and point you in the right direction

Also free beer and snacks if you turn up and hang around long enough at the club presentation (some sucker always rings the bell)

Quite right Mark will try and get more vid of the other crew.
yes 10.30 start this Sunday due to a function later in the day.
i will post details of the event later that day which may interest people.

Snides.. Thanks from me too. A top effort from you in promoting and organising the Windsurfer LT class at MBSC so far. Really enjoying the racing and the glide that only comes from a longboard. MBSC is a great club.. one of the (possibly the) best value yacht club(s) in WA and Windsurfer LT is the fastest growing class and perhaps will soon become the biggest class. It is a social class too and I hope more windsurfers join the fun. Raceboards/longboards of varying types also welcome to join in.

Last Sunday saw another club heat
with winds ranging from 8-18kn.
we had another good turn out with 8 starters.
results-
1 Denis Jones
2 Mike Galvin
3 Snides

This Sunday sees another 3 short race series and another windy day forecast (bring on the doldrums!)
i will be on rescue duties again so will also be armed with cameras.
see you there!!

snides8 said..
I hope everyone had a great Xmas , new year blah blah and a great break.
LT racing resumes this Sunday at the usual time.
see you there,

1:30p??

Yesterday saw the return to racing for the Windsurfer LT's at Mounts Bay sailing Club. This Season has seen some of the most consistent winds for years with perhaps only 2 or 3 days in the last 2 months with winds less than 15knots and most days gusting over 20kn in the afternoons on the river. Yesterday also saw one of the hottest days for the year with a max of 42. We had 8 starters and lots of absentees (inc myself with equip issues). Winds where light around 8-10 although Peli graphs indicated maybe 15 at times. We had 3 new sailors inc Special guess speed/wave star Spotty from Victoria on borrowed gear. 2 races where sailed with a mixed bag of results.
1-Mark Taylor 2-Kelvin 3-Guy
The video below was shot and edited by Cheryl.

Special mention has been made of our guest speed/wave star Spotty (Mr 50 knots !) our first interstate entrant from Victoria. We also had Nick Bailey , grandmaster of the Windsurfer class, join us albeit on a 1989-90 Mistral One Design (PNG IMCO race event issue) with Maui Sails TR as supplied by Ian Sampson. Thanks to Snides for his stewardship of the class and event, excellent race organisation and especially Cheryl for camera work, video editing, production and drone piloting.

Hi Normster - Just working on States at the moment. Will post something later this week. Most likely at Mounts Bay over two weekends.

rip said..
Hi Normster - Just working on States at the moment. Will post something later this week. Most likely at Mounts Bay over two weekends.

I know Safety Bay YC are keen to host course racing.
Might be worth a call

rip said..
Hi Normster - Just working on States at the moment. Will post something later this week. Most likely at Mounts Bay over two weekends.

Windsurfer LT and Windsurfer Original WA States for 2019 Are On!
Old School, New School, Legends, Weekend warriors, Youngsters, Get your Windsurfer LT or original ready.

Provisional dates are as follows:
Sun 17 Feb 3-4 Races
Sat 9 Slalom and Freestyle Fun Session
Sun 10 Mar 3-4 Races
Sun 7 April (Provision for re-sail)
Sat 13 April - Marathon

Location: Mounts Bay Sailing Club
Further Details will be on the official page here www.mbsc.com.au/classes/windsurfer-lt/

Stuthepirate said..

rip said..
Hi Normster - Just working on States at the moment. Will post something later this week. Most likely at Mounts Bay over two weekends.

I know Safety Bay YC are keen to host course racing.
Might be worth a call

Stu, I sail out of MBSC. Why not get a new fleet started at SBYC- would be best way to get more people sailing in the area. Get ready for the states and the worlds ...

I found this group recently and you guys have got me keen to get back into windsurfing after a 30 year break. Looking for used one design to start, but they seem really hard to find. Any suggestions where to look? I'm tired of looking at flat water with light winds (my preference)....and only a kayak. I'm in Jurien Bay.

snides8 said..

MEH said..
I found this group recently and you guys have got me keen to get back into windsurfing after a 30 year break. Looking for used one design to start, but they seem really hard to find. Any suggestions where to look? I'm tired of looking at flat water with light winds (my preference)....and only a kayak. I'm in Jurien Bay.

You could try posting in the wanted section.
if you get down to MBSC on most Sundays you can prob Grab a ride on one.

Thanks, I've done that. Don't get down your way too often, but may just come by one day.

MEH said..

snides8 said..

MEH said..
I found this group recently and you guys have got me keen to get back into windsurfing after a 30 year break. Looking for used one design to start, but they seem really hard to find. Any suggestions where to look? I'm tired of looking at flat water with light winds (my preference)....and only a kayak. I'm in Jurien Bay.

You could try posting in the wanted section.
if you get down to MBSC on most Sundays you can prob Grab a ride on one.

Thanks, I've done that. Don't get down your way too often, but may just come by one day.

Meh, Gumtree has some old school long boards in Perth. You could post on your local FB B&S groups too. New WS LT is available in Perth. But alas not any ODs in WA. Keep looking..

Sunday 10th of March saw the final 3 races held for the WA Windsurfer state titles 2019. We had an awesome turn out of 22 sailors for the day. Overall we had 24 competitors over the 2 weekends. Competition was hot!! The fleet included sailors from all sorts of backgrounds Including a World Wave champion a 2x Windsurfer national champion,Americas cup sailor. even with such a 'star studded' line up the atmosphere on the water and back on the beach was great with everyone sharing tips/strategies and excuses!!! And a host of other sailors with national titles to their names in various disciplines and classes. Sailor ages ranged from 17 -70!!and the fleet included 1 lady (Jade Lane)
Yesterday's conditions for the final 3 races ranged from 10/12 in the first race to 15/17 in the last. Courses where windward and returns. The standout performance yesterday was from 2 x National champ Tim Gourlay who dominated all 3 races. Next was legend Nic Poll with a couple of seconds then Scott Mckercher. The racing was very close and within the racing there was many other battles keeping everyone keen and determined. In total 6 races where held with each sailor allowed 1x discard. Final results for the racing
1 Nic poll 2 Denis Jones 3 Steve Schneider
The class in WA continues to grow with numerous potential sailors starting to place orders for boards. It was great to see the appearance of a couple of the young WAIS guys in Rome Featherstone and Caelin Winchcombe - these guys sailed the older style boards and sailed very well considering the time they had actually spent on windsurfers!! Hopefully we can get them on to the newer boards soon and then watch out!! Special thanks need to go to Denis Jones for putting the whole show together And to Cheryl Draper for capturing and providing pictures and videos.