LOC

Results here
www.bluechipresults.com.au/Results.aspx?CId=11&RId=2112&EId=1
1 1 29 Peter VOLWATER 00:35:58 Elite Male 1
2 2 9 Jesper ORTH 00:37:34 Elite Male 2
3 3 30 Patrick DIETHELM 00:37:53 Elite Male 3
4 4 13 Chris LOCKWOOD 00:38:07 Elite Male 4
5 5 12 Isaac DE VRIES 00:38:10 Elite Male 5
6 6 26 Rowen LAW 00:38:35 Elite Male 6
7 7 24 Steven STRATFORD 00:38:59 Elite Male 7
8 8 20 Daniel AEBERLI 00:39:06 Elite Male 8
9 9 8 Bjorn DUNDERBECK 00:39:08 Elite Male 9
10 10 14 Blair GAVIN 00:39:10 Elite Male 10

Well done to all those who finished.

I see Ben Newson and Craig Spottiswood had equal times, they were talking about using a tandem board so I guess they did, is that a LOC first

Congrats to Peter and everyone who had a go

That's them Bart1

lotsa pics here: see page 2
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Lancelin-Ocean-Classic-4/

Some people even finished on formula boards

firiebob ,
no tandem has been a few times , and every time they have finished ,
there was one back in the nineties, then a threes ago , paul stratford and matti ?? so i think this makes it the third time ??

how do you gybe a tandem board?

Easy, each person turns thru 90deg

Myself 5th, and Rowen 6th were both on 8.6m reflex 3's which were awesome low end power and efficiency, but the sail area for the wind was still lacking but planing all the way through to finish. The finish through the reef where the angle was deep and the wind seemed to have completely died was where it was a pumpfest and a last bit of fun

I was on the starboard 127 with a 46cm fin.

Chris L, Jesper and Patrick were sitting between 100-300m infront for most of the race. It was amazing how much they broke up the wind and it was probably 3 or 4 knots less in their "dirty air".

Rowen and i had a tight tussle i managed to catch up to him about 2/3 way through the race, and slowly made a small amount of ground on him but it was hard work and pushing every last bit of fin and power out of the gear to get that extra knot or 2.

Also in the tighter race and in light winds where speeds were alot closer together than in high winds, it was quite noticeable how much ground you could gain around the boats in the turns. The first 2 or 3 boats i went out wide to play it safe and not fall in from the boats wind shadow, but soon realized that i could go alot tighter and make more ground and time. I could almost say that you could gain 10 seconds in a turn, and that 10 seconds at full speed is at least 100 metres or so.

In the photo. Tight high speed finish haha

Positions 2 to 6. Jesper, Chris (about to be overtaken by 1 metre bigger sail), Patrik, Isaac and Rowen

I had a 7.5 Severne Overdrive on a 75 % Carbon mast -

and an isonic 122 with a 40 cm fin - which was extremely comfortable

That combo got me down the course nicely -and with some Pre race training for technique (i usually wave sail - the last time i properly used race gear was 3 years ago) i would have been easily 5 or 7 places further up the front - i finished 20th.

My gybes suck so bad! I came off the plane on every single one - which is unforgiveably bad technique!

Just posted this because i wanted to say that even though you needed a big sail for the outright win - a 7.5 Rigged for low end power (tighten up that leech a bit - get that sail touching the boom) was totally doable - i planed for all of the race and was generally very comfortable.

Loved the energy in the air jsut before the race started - with Helis buzzing around and countdowns in progress - definitely gets the heart beating.

Yet again the race vibe was awesome and one of the highlights of the season for me.

it depends on your weight... 7.5m should be heaps for a cruisy race, not expecting to be powered up and planing the whole time, if you weigh 73kg.

if you weigh 1200kg as does BD, a 9.3m doesnt cut it.

First of all Stoked to get 2nd :)..

This year was pretty light wind. Anything under a powerful 7.5, would have been struggling,, So well done to all that completed the race.

I know a lot of sailors did not make it and had to pull out. Great effort to give it a go,,, In the end there was just below 200 sailors starting and this was awesome for the forecast.

In the end the organisation did extremely well, to get result in both Waves and the Marathon based on a doubtful forecast. It can't be cheap to have the helicopter hanging there + all the other media packages. So hopefully the outcome will be a nice 30 minuts of some good action.. and the support from sponsors etc be intact, for the years to come.

I used the KArace 9.4 myself with the F2 82, 44 Volt.
Great start and top 5 out of the beach, I would say. Dan got the best start again,,
He actually went to the wrong boat (more upwind fishing boat,,) but realized in time and corrected. I was happy to jibe 1'st around the boat and I think behind me was Aberli, Chris, Dan, Isaac, Rowen, Blair, Stratfold. Not sure where Peter, Diethelm, Bjoern etc was , but they must have been up there. I might have forgot to mention some, but hard to tell,,

Then the really deep off the wind to the next marks. Think Peter came up to me on 2nd or 3'rd leg and got a little ahead. I tried to hang on to him, but my jibe at 3'rd mark left me non planing for a while and I could see Peter pulling away more on the deep of the wind. All sailors behind me seamed to have same low wind situation for a short while.

Got going again and the helicopter came around, but went way to close to me on my leeward side. I saw it coming and could do nothing against the "suddenly headwind gust" that flatten me straight in the water. Chris passed me "laughing",, :).

I managed to pass past Chris again a little later going very deep and a little faster with my 9.4.

Then Patrick arrived and we had a good fight. He managed to pass below me and get in front to the last mark. The last leg inside was very tricky as we had to throw in 2 more jibes , to get through the reef. Patrick went way to far in on the inside and I jibed further out and could sail next to the "knee deep" reef on the outside. Next jibe was critical and I did actually jibe to early and could not make the gate (of 2 marks), so had to go off planing and drift down for 20meters. My "panic" eased as I saw the guys behind with the same problem...

Made it to the beach in 2nd -- stoked..

Mac and Dennis having a conversation about body mass.

hahaha I was upwind of all of them... lining up to do a slingshot into the first mark police boat overshot the first mark by a mile cos I couldnt go downwind enough... oops! I pumped past a few stalled out guys including Dunky ("mmmmmooooar power!").

nice writeup Jesper. Well done on the race too- and on making it to the pub . That was fun- especially the chopper attack...