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AGM at 10.30 sharp in the Rec centre at BPP. We are using the upstairs meeting room. This is followed by our race day. At this stage we have a gale warning in force so no lack of wind. Will make decisions after the AGM. Briefing is at 12.50, racing to start at 1 pm. See everyone there.
Russell

The big advantage of a "weather bomb" is that you also get wind, something we haven't seen much of this year. The aftermath was 15 knts building to 20–25 knts mid afternoon – fantastic for the race day. The fact it rained all day didn't stop the enjoyment of our first windy race day for 8 months. The day started with the AGM at 10.30 which went smoothly and reasonably quickly. At race briefing there were an even number of 4m and 3m sails up, but as the wind rose to about 20 knts most changed to the 3 metre. 4 stayed with their bigger sails with Orca managing to control the gusts and coming away with a couple of wins in the heavy weights – good sailing in these conditions and Dave W showing he also fast in these conditions.. The light weights all ended up with 3 metres after a couple started with 4s. Exciting sailing in the winds with some squalls catching some out a few at times. At one stage 6 sailors failed to take the fast tack by the netball court, all ending up on the grass and 4 sailing under trees to end up skidding along on their pulley whips. Where's the camera when you need it? It couldn't have been better synchronised if they had tried. One broken mast from doing the same trick and both Jude and Nicko ended up 50 metres down the path between netball courts and lakes – the safety route for those who don't make the corner. Quite a few spun out as gusts hit but no damage. The youth sailors handled it all without a problem. Haydn had a 100% day getting 5 out of 5 although in one he had to hunt down David who got the perfect start. The minor placings were fought out between Grant1, Wayne, Graham, Trevor, Barry, Jon, and Tony with perhaps Grant being the most consistent. The heavyweights were very even with the 3 metres of Russell, Nicko, and Alex fighting it out with Orca with his 4. 3metres 4 wins – 4 metres 2 wins. Dave W, Jenny, Bruce and Grant were also there fighting for places. As we started the 12th race of the day the wind dropped a bit and the rain finally got to our start system with the recall signal being sounded instead of the start signal with 10 seconds to go. A minor hiccup for the race directors. We tried again but the wind had gone a bit fickle and rather than all change sails again it was decided to call it a day – most were glad at this stage to get into some dry clothes and warm up a bit. One last all in race to keep those on the track happy and it was time to pack up. Results out tomorrow. Thanks to Trish and Marg, with help from Bexs and Mattie, for running the starts and finishes – all very smooth all day. Wet? yes. Windy? yes. Great fun? definitely. And not a 5.5 in sight!

Russell

The cameras were drying out after yesterday. What is the wind strength when you can't stand up anymore? Orewa Beach was amazing.......I'm guessing maybe 50-55 knots direct onshore. Was truly scary being anywhere near trees............but the rubber-neckers still came in their droves...........TV Tony.

On 27 Jul 2008 06:43:15 +0000, Russell Harray <...> wrote:

The big advantage of a "weather bomb" is that you also get wind, something we haven't seen much of this year. The aftermath was 15 knts building to 20–25 knts mid afternoon – fantastic for the race day. The fact it rained all day didn't stop the enjoyment of our first windy race day for 8 months. The day started with the AGM at 10.30 which went smoothly and reasonably quickly. At race briefing there were an even number of 4m and 3m sails up, but as the wind rose to about 20 knts most changed to the 3 metre. 4 stayed with their bigger sails with Orca managing to control the gusts and coming away with a couple of wins in the heavy weights – good sailing in these conditions and Dave W showing he also fast in these conditions.. The light weights all ended up with 3 metres after a couple started with 4s. Exciting sailing in the winds with some squalls catching some out a few at times. At one stage 6 sailors failed to take the fast tack by the netball court, all ending up on the grass and 4 sailing under trees to end up skidding along on their pulley whips. Where's the camera when you need it? It couldn't have been better synchronised if they had tried. One broken mast from doing the same trick and both Jude and Nicko ended up 50 metres down the path between netball courts and lakes – the safety route for those who don't make the corner. Quite a few spun out as gusts hit but no damage. The youth sailors handled it all without a problem. Haydn had a 100% day getting 5 out of 5 although in one he had to hunt down David who got the perfect start. The minor placings were fought out between Grant1, Wayne, Graham, Trevor, Barry, Jon, and Tony with perhaps Grant being the most consistent. The heavyweights were very even with the 3 metres of Russell, Nicko, and Alex fighting it out with Orca with his 4. 3metres 4 wins – 4 metres 2 wins. Dave W, Jenny, Bruce and Grant were also there fighting for places. As we started the 12th race of the day the wind dropped a bit and the rain finally got to our start system with the recall signal being sounded instead of the start signal with 10 seconds to go. A minor hiccup for the race directors. We tried again but the wind had gone a bit fickle and rather than all change sails again it was decided to call it a day – most were glad at this stage to get into some dry clothes and warm up a bit. One last all in race to keep those on the track happy and it was time to pack up. Results out tomorrow. Thanks to Trish and Marg, with help from Bexs and Mattie, for running the starts and finishes – all very smooth all day. Wet? yes. Windy? yes. Great fun? definitely. And not a 5.5 in sight!
Russell
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Congratulations guys on braving the weather

PB

From:tony smith [mailto:...]
Sent: Sunday, 27 July 2008 8:30 p.m.
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Subject: Re: [blokart] Auckland Sunday

The cameras were drying out after yesterday. What is the wind strength when you can't stand up anymore? Orewa Beach was amazing.......I'm guessing maybe 50-55 knots direct onshore. Was truly scary being anywhere near trees............but the rubber-neckers still came in their droves...........TV Tony.

On 27 Jul 2008 06:43:15 +0000, Russell Harray<...> wrote:

The big advantage of a "weather bomb" is that you also get wind, something we haven't seen much of this year. The aftermath was 15 knts building to 20–25 knts mid afternoon – fantastic for the race day. The fact it rained all day didn't stop the enjoyment of our first windy race day for 8 months. The day started with the AGM at 10.30 which went smoothly and reasonably quickly. At race briefing there were an even number of 4m and 3m sails up, but as the wind rose to about 20 knts most changed to the 3 metre. 4 stayed with their bigger sails with Orca managing to control the gusts and coming away with a couple of wins in the heavy weights – good sailing in these conditions and Dave W showing he also fast in these conditions.. The light weights all ended up with 3 metres after a couple started with 4s. Exciting sailing in the winds with some squalls catching some out a few at times. At one stage 6 sailors failed to take the fast tack by the netball court, all ending up on the grass and 4 sailing under trees to end up skidding along on their pulley whips. Where's the camera when you need it? It couldn't have been better synchronised if they had tried. One broken mast from doing the same trick and both Jude and Nicko ended up 50 metres down the path between netball courts and lakes – the safety route for those who don't make the corner. Quite a few spun out as gusts hit but no damage. The youth sailors handled it all without a problem. Haydn had a 100% day getting 5 out of 5 although in one he had to hunt down David who got the perfect start. The minor placings were fought out between Grant1, Wayne, Graham, Trevor, Barry, Jon, and Tony with perhaps Grant being the most consistent. The heavyweights were very even with the 3 metres of Russell, Nicko, and Alex fighting it out with Orca with his 4. 3metres 4 wins – 4 metres 2 wins. Dave W, Jenny, Bruce and Grant were also there fighting for places. As we started the 12th race of the day the wind dropped a bit and the rain finally got to our start system with the recall signal being sounded instead of the start signal with 10 seconds to go. A minor hiccup for the race directors. We tried again but the wind had gone a bit fickle and rather than all change sails again it was decided to call it a day – most were glad at this stage to get into some dry clothes and warm up a bit. One last all in race to keep those on the track happy and it was time to pack up. Results out tomorrow. Thanks to Trish and Marg, with help from Bexs and Mattie, for running the starts and finishes – all very smooth all day. Wet? yes. Windy? yes. Great fun? definitely. And not a 5.5 in sight!

Russell

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Hi Tony,

There were some comments yesterday on why we didn't get to the beach on Saturday. Actually the tides were wrong!

I looked at some of the weather stations you told me about in the past and at Whangaparoa it was blowing constantly over 60 knts in the afternoon and top gust 100 Knts. Probably a bit much for even the bravest 2 m sailor. I think Orca looked at it but couldn't get his garage door open against the wind!

Russell

>>> "tony smith" <...> 27/07/08 8:30 p.m. >>>

The cameras were drying out after yesterday. What is the wind strength when you can't stand up anymore? Orewa Beach was amazing.......I'm guessing maybe 50-55 knots direct onshore. Was truly scary being anywhere near trees............but the rubber-neckers still came in their droves...........TV Tony.

On 27 Jul 2008 06:43:15 +0000, Russell Harray <...> wrote:

The big advantage of a "weather bomb" is that you also get wind, something we haven't seen much of this year. The aftermath was 15 knts building to 20–25 knts mid afternoon – fantastic for the race day. The fact it rained all day didn't stop the enjoyment of our first windy race day for 8 months. The day started with the AGM at 10.30 which went smoothly and reasonably quickly. At race briefing there were an even number of 4m and 3m sails up, but as the wind rose to about 20 knts most changed to the 3 metre. 4 stayed with their bigger sails with Orca managing to control the gusts and coming away with a couple of wins in the heavy weights – good sailing in these conditions and Dave W showing he also fast in these conditions.. The light weights all ended up with 3 metres after a couple started with 4s. Exciting sailing in the winds with some squalls catching some out a few at times. At one stage 6 sailors failed to take the fast tack by the netball court, all ending up on the grass and 4 sailing under trees to end up skidding along on their pulley whips. Where's the camera when you need it? It couldn't have been better synchronised if they had tried. One broken mast from doing the same trick and both Jude and Nicko ended up 50 metres down the path between netball courts and lakes – the safety route for those who don't make the corner. Quite a few spun out as gusts hit but no damage. The youth sailors handled it all without a problem. Haydn had a 100% day getting 5 out of 5 although in one he had to hunt down David who got the perfect start. The minor placings were fought out between Grant1, Wayne, Graham, Trevor, Barry, Jon, and Tony with perhaps Grant being the most consistent. The heavyweights were very even with the 3 metres of Russell, Nicko, and Alex fighting it out with Orca with his 4. 3metres 4 wins – 4 metres 2 wins. Dave W, Jenny, Bruce and Grant were also there fighting for places. As we started the 12th race of the day the wind dropped a bit and the rain finally got to our start system with the recall signal being sounded instead of the start signal with 10 seconds to go. A minor hiccup for the race directors. We tried again but the wind had gone a bit fickle and rather than all change sails again it was decided to call it a day – most were glad at this stage to get into some dry clothes and warm up a bit. One last all in race to keep those on the track happy and it was time to pack up. Results out tomorrow. Thanks to Trish and Marg, with help from Bexs and Mattie, for running the starts and finishes – all very smooth all day. Wet? yes. Windy? yes. Great fun? definitely. And not a 5.5 in sight!
Russell
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An 80 knots constant recorded at Tiritiri light!

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Russell Harray" <...>
To: ...
Sent: 28/07/08 9:42 a.m.
Subject: Re: [blokart] Auckland Sunday
Hi Tony,
There were some comments yesterday on why we didn't get to the beach on Saturday. Actually the tides were wrong! I looked at some of the weather stations you told me about in the past and at Whangaparoa it was blowing constantly over 60 knts in the afternoon and top gust 100 Knts. Probably a bit much for even the bravest 2 m sailor. I think Orca looked at it but couldn't get his garage door open against the wind! Russell
"tony smith" <...> 27/07/08 8:30 p.m. >>>
The cameras were drying out after yesterday. What is the wind strength when you can't stand up anymore? Orewa Beach was amazing.......I'm guessing maybe 50–55 knots direct onshore. Was truly scary being anywhere near trees............but the rubber-neckers still came in their droves...........TV Tony.
On 27 Jul 2008 06:43:15 +0000, Russell Harray <...> wrote: The big advantage of a "weather bomb" is that you also get wind, something we haven't seen much of this year. The aftermath was 15 knts building to 20–25 knts mid afternoon – fantastic for the race day. The fact it rained all day didn't stop the enjoyment of our first windy race day for 8 months. The day started with the AGM at 10.30 which went smoothly and reasonably quickly. At race briefing there were an even number of 4m and 3m sails up, but as the wind rose to about 20 knts most changed to the 3 metre. 4 stayed with their bigger sails with Orca managing to control the gusts and coming away with a couple of wins in the heavy weights – good sailing in these conditions and Dave W showing he also fast in these conditions.. The light weights all ended up with 3 metres after a couple started with 4s. Exciting sailing in the winds with some squalls catching some out a few at times. At one stage 6 sailors failed to take the fast tack by the netball court, all ending up on the grass and 4 sailing under trees to end up skidding along on their pulley whips. Where's the camera when you need it? It couldn't have been better synchronised if they had tried. One broken mast from doing the same trick and both Jude and Nicko ended up 50 metres down the path between netball courts and lakes – the safety route for those who don't make the corner. Quite a few spun out as gusts hit but no damage. The youth sailors handled it all without a problem. Haydn had a 100% day getting 5 out of 5 although in one he had to hunt down David who got the perfect start. The minor placings were fought out between Grant1, Wayne, Graham, Trevor, Barry, Jon, and Tony with perhaps Grant being the most consistent. The heavyweights were very even with the 3 metres of Russell, Nicko, and Alex fighting it out with Orca with his 4. 3metres 4 wins – 4 metres 2 wins. Dave W, Jenny, Bruce and Grant were also there fighting for places. As we started the 12th race of the day the wind dropped a bit and the rain finally got to our start system with the recall signal being sounded instead of the start signal with 10 seconds to go. A minor hiccup for the race directors. We tried again but the wind had gone a bit fickle and rather than all change sails again it was decided to call it a day – most were glad at this stage to get into some dry clothes and warm up a bit. One last all in race to keep those on the track happy and it was time to pack up. Results out tomorrow. Thanks to Trish and Marg, with help from Bexs and Mattie, for running the starts and finishes – all very smooth all day. Wet? yes. Windy? yes. Great fun? definitely. And not a 5.5 in sight! Russell
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Shaping up to be an interesting series in over 85kg class and handicap divisions. Those damn 5.5s have evened the playing field too much!

Russell

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Now predicting NW for tomorrow, around 35 knts dropping to 25 knts. That means at the park we will probably get about 15–20 knts – ideal for some fast round the mountain sailing. There will be a short traing session at 1 pm then general sailing. See everyone tomorrow.
Russell

The wind was 15-18 knts so most started with 3 metre sails for the first hour training session. We had a couple of showers but this didn't seem to stop everyone enjoying a relaxing days sailing. While the wind dropped a bit at times this only added to the skill needed to get off the start line on time with speed and then sail the 2 minute course. With no shortcuts allowed at the start getting the timing correct was important. Some upwind/downwind legs meant that angles were necessary to keep speed around the tricky little circuit. We had three 4 metres but even in a dropping breeze they didn't dominate without a good start. With about 14-15 on the start, 2 seconds late often meant middle of the fleet as everyone started to get the timing right. Great to see the improvement.

Most then changed to 4 metre sails and we set a course "around the mountain" in about 12-15 knts. An ideal course for the westerly breeze with fast legs down the back if you got a gust on the rec. centre corner and then all powered up down past the netball courts. We used reverse starts which meant there was a challenge for everyone and sailed either 3 or 4 laps, depending on who was leading and whether they stopped or not. I think everyone had a turn up front over the afternoon. The odd mishap with a couple of punctures and one of the speedsters taking out a safety sign in what could only be described as very poor sailing!

Good to see the youth team out and handling these conditions well plus Dave turned up for his first sail and I'm sure will be back for more and with slightly better wet weather gear.

Graham had a visitor join us (and hopefully the club) and he ended up using his new 5.5 as the wind dropped off about 4 pm. Handling it well for a newcomer and in a good steady breeze.

Next weekend will be casual sailing at BPP on Sunday or there is the BAI AGM followed by the BBC race day at Papamoa. A number are planning on being at the race day and I encourage them to be there early and attend the AGM as well. It is your national association and this is the forum to put forward your views. I'm planning on putting forward that BAI fees rise to $200 each so you better be there if you don't agree.

Will update during the week.

Russell

Russell,

Is there any way I can belong to Jiglu, but not have these messages sent to my Email address?

Cheers,

Chris

Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 19:56:01 +0000
From: ...
To: ...
Subject: [blokart] Auckland Sunday

The wind was 15-18 knts so most started with 3 metre sails for the first hour training session. We had a couple of showers but this didn't seem to stop everyone enjoying a relaxing days sailing. While the wind dropped a bit at times this only added to the skill needed to get off the start line on time with speed and then sail the 2 minute course. With no shortcuts allowed at the start getting the timing correct was important. Some upwind/downwind legs meant that angles were necessary to keep speed around the tricky little circuit. We had three 4 metres but even in a dropping breeze they didn't dominate without a good start. With about 14-15 on the start, 2 seconds late often meant middle of the fleet as everyone started to get the timing right. Great to see the improvement.

Most then changed to 4 metre sails and we set a course "around the mountain" in about 12-15 knts. An ideal course for the westerly breeze with fast legs down the back if you got a gust on the rec. centre corner and then all powered up down past the netball courts. We used reverse starts which meant there was a challenge for everyone and sailed either 3 or 4 laps, depending on who was leading and whether they stopped or not. I think everyone had a turn up front over the afternoon. The odd mishap with a couple of punctures and one of the speedsters taking out a safety sign in what could only be described as very poor sailing!

Good to see the youth team out and handling these conditions well plus Dave turned up for his first sail and I'm sure will be back for more and with slightly better wet weather gear.

Graham had a visitor join us (and hopefully the club) and he ended up using his new 5.5 as the wind dropped off about 4 pm. Handling it well for a newcomer and in a good steady breeze.

Next weekend will be casual sailing at BPP on Sunday or there is the BAI AGM followed by the BBC race day at Papamoa. A number are planning on being at the race day and I encourage them to be there early and attend the AGM as well. It is your national association and this is the forum to put forward your views. I'm planning on putting forward that BAI fees rise to $200 each so you better be there if you don't agree.

Will update during the week.

Russell

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Russell,

Is there any way I can belong to Jiglu, but not have these messages sent to my Email address?

Cheers,

Chris

Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 19:56:01 +0000
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Subject: [blokart] Auckland Sunday

The wind was 15-18 knts so most started with 3 metre sails for the first hour training session. We had a couple of showers but this didn't seem to stop everyone enjoying a relaxing days sailing. While the wind dropped a bit at times this only added to the skill needed to get off the start line on time with speed and then sail the 2 minute course. With no shortcuts allowed at the start getting the timing correct was important. Some upwind/downwind legs meant that angles were necessary to keep speed around the tricky little circuit. We had three 4 metres but even in a dropping breeze they didn't dominate without a good start. With about 14-15 on the start, 2 seconds late often meant middle of the fleet as everyone started to get the timing right. Great to see the improvement.

Most then changed to 4 metre sails and we set a course "around the mountain" in about 12-15 knts. An ideal course for the westerly breeze with fast legs down the back if you got a gust on the rec. centre corner and then all powered up down past the netball courts. We used reverse starts which meant there was a challenge for everyone and sailed either 3 or 4 laps, depending on who was leading and whether they stopped or not. I think everyone had a turn up front over the afternoon. The odd mishap with a couple of punctures and one of the speedsters taking out a safety sign in what could only be described as very poor sailing!

Good to see the youth team out and handling these conditions well plus Dave turned up for his first sail and I'm sure will be back for more and with slightly better wet weather gear.

Graham had a visitor join us (and hopefully the club) and he ended up using his new 5.5 as the wind dropped off about 4 pm. Handling it well for a newcomer and in a good steady breeze.

Next weekend will be casual sailing at BPP on Sunday or there is the BAI AGM followed by the BBC race day at Papamoa. A number are planning on being at the race day and I encourage them to be there early and attend the AGM as well. It is your national association and this is the forum to put forward your views. I'm planning on putting forward that BAI fees rise to $200 each so you better be there if you don't agree.

Will update during the week.

Russell

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