Hi All - we have bitten the bullet and called it for Sunday at middleton (Bottom of Chapman Road)
Briefing from 1045 Sailing asap.
Expression session (60-90 mins) and Finals (condition dependant)
Current forecast is for 20-30 knt nthly going nww 20-25 in the morning and remaining for the day Swell 2-3 ft easing slightly in the afternoon.
This should give all competitors the opportunity to get some waves without getting to trashed on the inside. (social and open divisions)
Remember Windsurfing SA membership is required to fulfil insurance regulations ($40) event cost (to recover costs) $10
So come and support Wave sailing in SA - hopefully some big air - big wave manoeuvres and a sausage sizzle and a cold ale.
More information phone 0417 034195.
See you there.
Update:
Forecast is looking good for some wind and waves - 20-30knt nww.
2-3ft ssw swell with incoming tide till 1330.
Bring your cameras cause I reckon the crew will be going offffff!
If your not keen on sailing the conditions come down and help out with spotting for the judges.
See you there!!!
SUNDAY THE 6TH THAT SHOULD READ
Sunday : Wind: NE/N 20/30 knots extending throughout before sunrise shifting NW/SW 20/30 knots during the morning. Sea: 2 to 3 m. Swell: SW 2 to 4 m.
Happy Fathers day everyone.
We are all heading down soon to set up ready for kick off around 1015 for sign up, 1045 for briefing and hit the water asap after that.
Surf report from SurfSouthoz - currently 2-3foot with wnw 20-30 due later this morning and an increasing swell later.
Got a good feeling about this!!!
See you there.
Hi All - quick wrap up.
Social division - 16 Sailors - some pretty tidy windsurfing went down - conditons were a little trying at first when the wind backed off to 15 knots and everyone was rigged for the 25 knts just before the comp started.
when it finally kranked back in we had about 45 mins of 15-25 knts cross off with a few 2 - 2-1/2 foot waves. Was awesome to see the Southern Right whales watching proceedeings from out the back and great that everyone respected the exclusion zone regulations.
Social Placings:
1st Greg Fletcher with some smooth wave sailing
2nd Marty Sellars - finding some sweet sets and sliding the evo around
3rd Ty Andrews - tying some nice moves together to get the nod from the judges
Womens - Anthea Williams (who we owe a bottle of red wine)
Open Mens
This was great to watch - wind kicked but the sailors said the slightly cross on made wave riding a little more difficult with the risk of being backwinded on the sections.
1st Place - Dean Ryles - with some slippery wave face moves and a range of back and forward loops
2nd Mark Smith - in his usual style one of the smoothest wave face riders - some nice reos - a pleasure to watch
3rd Place - the judges couldn't split them so Chris Hale and Tim Haselgrove shared the spoils - both with some sweet aerial moves and a few nice waves to cap it off.
Cheers to Geoff Mitton, Gareth williams and James Thomson (who we couldn't find for the final) who sailed till they nearly collapsed and just missed out on the prizes.
Thoughts go out to Scott McCluskey who pulled a sweet forward in wind that no one else could even move in and landed awkwardley and hurt his back - hope its on the improve quickly.
Thanks to Onboard windsurfing Glenelg for the tent, Coopers Pale ales and flags, Tru Blu Hire for the generator, SAKSA for the loan of PA (and Johnny) and Dave Watson for a couple of bottles of wine for the prizes.
Finally Thankx to Johnny "chops" Sellars for a great job on the Mike and helping us keep things under control, Gemma for signing everyone up and keeping tabs on the cash and Kym for a great effort sorting out the social judging (be good to see you back out there).
Thanks to everyone else that came along, competed, helped out and shared a beer and a sausage afterwards - makes it all worthwhile when it comes off!!!
As JP said on the windsurf movie - now is a great time to be a windsurfer!!
Check ya
