The Summer Slalom Series will be held on one Saturday of the month from November to March. Races starting at 3pm at Boggy Lake (http://www.boggylake.org).
Dates are:
17 Nov
15 Dec
12 Jan
16 Feb
16 Mar (Presentation and BBQ)
There will be 2 concurrent events:
1. Number of laps around 2 buoys that can be made between 3pm and 4pm. The person completing the most circuits by the end of the summer series will be the winner. Best 4 results are counted for the series as one race can be dropped.
2. For those with a GPS the winner will be the person who records the fastest 2 second peak between 3pm and 4pm while rounding the buoys. Only peaks obtained on the race course during the race will be counted.
The winner of each event series (best 4 out of 5) will take home a Black Project Fin courtesy of the Strath Windsurfing Shop!
There are no rules about equipment - whatever gets you around the course and you can even swap during the race. There are also no rules about the weather - whatever Mother Nature provides on the day.
Beginners and juniors welcome! Boggy Lake is a safe place to sail with shallow water and a good chance of a breeze.
Entry is free - all entrants will get a Hot Sail Maui South Australia T-shirt at the sausage sizzle and presentation after the last race of the series in March 16th 2013. But, all entrants will need to be members of Windsurfing SA for insurance purposes ($30 - you can join for the year at wsa.roundtablelive.org, Juniors $5).
Be keen if it wasn't at boggy! Seriously hope its fun and look out for star droppers! That's a no from me Dave.
All submerged fence post at the launch area at boggy have been removed all extended fence lines along the shore at boggy have been marked with buoys There are not fence post or fixed obstacle's to hit through the centre of Boggy lake. Boggy lake is probably the safest place to windsurf around Adelaide if you have any equipment failures you can literally walk back as it is shallow enough to stand almost everywhere in the lake. It also seems to catch the seabreeze's in summer most afternoons thus the 3pm start time for the races.
Yes, I heard that all the star droppers and fences were removed many years ago and its all safe now, just recalling a race we had many years ago when I hit one over the finish line, old news I know. Enjoy, hope its windy for you guys.
Dave, dont think my wave boards would perform too well in a slalom race and other than that 20mins drive to semaphore or over an hour to boggy. Easy decision, Semaphore wins 
more info please.
I gather its a figure 8 race ?
how far between buoys is it going to be long drag race a kay apart or is it going to be a few hundred metres close to shore.
and is it going to be consistent and the same every time.
Thinking about it I am not fussed how the outside bouy is rounded...so long as it is rounded so you could do a figure 8 or a oval the reality is it is much quicker to gybe round the bouy than tack round it so my guess is most people would choose to gybe round it.
I'll give it a go, for something to do ! Seeing summer is so crap for wavesailing, but if the waves do come up I'm out
Just one point - we will decide on the day the direction the buoys will be rounded, and everyone will need to do the same thing. Otherwise we have the potential for some high speed prangs as someone goes for a gybe, and someone else goes for a tack at the same time. Most likely figure 8 with 2 gybes will the go.
^^^^^^^^ leave it open to turn however you want - could be a new form of slalom - figure 8 demolition derby slalom - last person standing wins - make a great video Dave
a nm is nearly 2 k's a run, more like speed runs, that will count the boys with wave gear out from being competitive, if it was closer the gybing skills and getting onto the plane quickly might come more into play and even up the groups. either way I have gear for both, just need to learn to gybe and go fast.
Yeah.. it could be good for a bit of Fun
I'll come down for a few but won't be able to make then all
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if you feel inclined.. drop into Boggy and have a drag race one Saturday arvo in summer !
There are so many variables with fixed start and finish times. Depending on the conditions during the race will determine who is able to get the most roundings. I also expect there will be some races the seabreeze kicks in half way through the race again giving some and not other an advantage. some days a guy on a windsurfer one design will have an advantage others a guy on a 90l slalom board will. Some days the chop can get bad at boggy then maybe a fast wave board might do well.
Sounds great I'll be in it ,we need as many fins on the water as possible to kill the carp
An hour sounds a bit too long - (you'll all be wrecked!) - we sort of learnt that with the Wave Sail Comp - but maybe that's different?
Are you going to set up a ramp or something to attract the free-stylers?
Looks like there is a clash for the first race with the demo day. So I think the first race will have to be brought forward to the 10th of November unless anyone is aware of any other clashes on the 10th of November?
Have it on the same day as the demo day, will make the racing more interesting. A Slalom obstacle race. 
it has been decided the first race will be moved to Saturday the 24th of November. the long range wind forcast is looking good for that day
Bummer was coming up on the 17th for both as the same day seemed a great idea,
now probably won't bother traveling for 2 weekends in a row. 
Looks like it was a good thing the first race got moved to the 24th as the forcast for wind this weekend is not looking to good....mind you it is only Monday and everything can change by Saturday.
Great day at boggy yesterday if we get conditions like that for the Race Saturday week we should have a good race. Looks like there will be a seabreeze there this afternoon...hope to get another good session.
At the moment a light seabreeze is forcast for Saturday afternoon should make for some interesting racing.
should get a 15-20 knot seabreeze
Put the buoy on the other side of the lake for the outer rounding mark for the race on Saturday. It was fun trying to sail across boggy with a block of concrete sitting on your board and dragging a buoy behind you. However was good when I got it in place wanted to test that the run was possible. It feels that the wind is slightly deflected as you get near the reeds so you aim well above the buoy to make it round. It was fun gybing round something think it improved my gybes mind you most were crap!
Here is my GPS track testing out the course
