Hi all,
ONBOARD, SEVERNE and the BSYC are stoked to announce the start of the Summer WINDSURF and SUP Race Series.
Join us this WEDNESDAY, we'll be there just after 5pm, race start at 6pm, stick around after for beers and good company WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
ONBOARD SEVERNE SUP AND WIND RACE SERIES
Where: Brighton and Seacliff Yacht Club.
When: 2nd Wednesday of EVERY Month
Time: Setup 5.00pm to 5.30pm, Race Start at 6.00pm
$6.00 entry with a free pint of Coopers at the bar.
*This Wednesday - 17th October is our first race of the series (and isn't the 2nd wednesday of the month), we'll set the course, have a race and have BBQ and Beer afterwards! The race will be a fun start to the series and the results won't count towards the series points!
So spread the word, dust off the gear, hassle your mates out and be a part of this years series!
Catch you there!
Pete
The Bamba is Ready to fly...after I fix up a catapult dent (or should I say Hole)I put in her last year 
I'll be at the rear making sure no one else gets into trouble
Sorry, Pete you beat me too it. Was out all afternoon and night.
Hayden, the courses are short and depend on the conditions on the day. Often around the marker poles at Seacliff or a buoy or two. There can be an upwind leg. Last summer there was a lot of offshore SE and longboards ruled. But if we get a SW one evening maybe Tony will set a figure 8 for us.
Cheers, Richard
So it's on this evening folks. Weather looks like it will be classic longboarding conditions come 6 pm and beers by 7pm.
Got my short board quota yesterday about 5pm - Marino point with a 5.3 and the odd waist high wave. Short but sweet. Swell was a surprise. Anyone bag a session at U-turns?
Well, the warm-up race on Wednesday saw us in long wetties with still a hint of winter in the air. The afternoon seabreeze seemed to be 12 k or so, but we raced 2 triangles in 8 knots, maybe less, as the sun went down. A lot of pumping and ooching out of the harness needed to keep up speed. A very hard workout for the core muscles. If you want to improve your pumping, these are the conditions for it! Ron took a knock from hell just before the finish line as the SE kicked in. Racing can be cruel sometimes.
4 of us on the water - Richard, Nick, Ron and Anthea. Plenty of Kudos to Anthea for getting a set-up together, including a boom scavenged from the Goolwa dump.
It would be great to see more sailors on the water next month. Let us know if you have a board that needs liberation!
Thanks to Tony and Pete.
Cheers, Richard
next month for sure... sorry the Bamba wasn't ready, had more issues than I thought....
Hope you all had a good night
