Just a reminder about some of the Hazards

The "Rock Garden" or with the tides they are at the moment "The zone of death"

Whenever we have one of these events there is normally one or two people who sail through the rock garden and luckily only destroy a fin, so stay away from the posted area, if in doubt ask one of the "Locals"

Here's a Vid we made on a very low tide showing most of the rocks we dodge



When sailing in close to shore,
UNHOOK and GET OUT OF FOOTSTRAPS
It can get real shallow real quick.
If you hit the bottom hard, let go fall backwards like a starfish and you should be (in theory) ok and your mast shouldn't smash your board.

Weed
Unfortunately with all the tourists terrorists down on holidays there is lots of fine weed floating around in the water so if you have weedies bring them.
These terrorists also like crabbing so in technical terms there can be sh1tloads of crab nets out there with lovely floating PP rope lines on the good crab nets have nice visible floats the bad ones are when the boaties use clear bottles, bad for pointers ok for weedies.

Wild life
Crabs,
Small aggressive ones are close to the shore, it is acceptable to squeal like a biatch when they ambush your feet (I do)

Stingrays,
Haven't seen any (or hit any) for weeks but they out there

Sharks,
yep them to, couple of small ones spotted near the boat stuck on the sand bar across the bay, realistically be more concerned about d1ckheads in boats

Cobblers,
Hide in weed, don't jump of your board and land on your feet in the weed, swirl your feet around a bit before putting them down first, if you can avoid walking through the weed then that's even better.
If you do have the misfortune of treading on one and you haven't done so before you are in for an interesting experience.
Heat is the best way to negate the toxin, I will have some air activated heat packs which I keep in my car and will also give some to the organizers.
The local chemist sells these and wheat filled heat packs which are good for use around the house when you get home.

Excited - yes, knowledge- very little

Elmo, Can you help ?

Hows the chop on a seabreeze? like Swan Rv/melville mid river?
How much upwind is needed? slight pinch, 1 tack or 2 tacks
How broad is it off wind? 140deg , 100deg or 90 both ways
Whats prefered board by the Muppet man? on that course?

Thanks for the info Elmo, or are you trying to scare us all off so you have the place to yourself?

elmo said...

re the far gybe mark, it's over the horizon so you don't know where it is and you just hope the people you are following are heading the right way as well, last time you couldn't see it till you were 3/4's of the way into the leg

Will the Start Boat/Line have the gybe mark compass heading displayed?

bring repellant.

tobyhodgso said...

repellant for what?

mosquitoes?
crabs?
Rocks?
Cobblers?
Muppets?

(more excited now....)

Mosquitoes
Bullsh1t

Hopefully should be able to do some test runs tomorow

and a cup of concrete.

Devil fish are also common, a small fish with a an initial sting similar to a cobbler, but only lasts 5 to 10 minutes, often a victim when drag netting for prawns, ouch, found in weedy/seagrass areas

tobyhodgso said...

repellant for what?

mosquitoes?
crabs?
Rocks?
Cobblers?
Muppets?

(more excited now....)

Stingrays
Stink boats

Don't forget the sunscreen, and a bottle of vinegar in the car is always handy.

some pics..

What a great event Yet so far away

isonic 107 carbon 2012
Severne Overdrive 8.5m pre production 2012
39cm pointer

Isaac

Great day! Thanks to everyone involved.

petermac33 said...
It was more than 13-15 knots, i'd say 13-18,no sub planning lulls.

errr yes there were. Even isaaaaaaac and jesper couldnt get planing at one point- for about 20 seconds. Wind probably hit 18 at times.

petermac33 said...
Overpowered a little on my 6.5m,changed down to my 5.6m after 4pm when the breeze hit 20 plus.

thats because you have to weigh yourself with kitchen scales cos the bathroom ones dont budge