James,

We need to take into account the fact that NZ play Aust at 5.35pm. It will be pretty tight to get racing in, the BarBQ, do the 3 S's and then get to wherever to watch the match (Belmont I expect).
For my part I will endeavour not to keep people waiting for my finish as long - even if it means retiring ;-)

Looking forward to a great weekend,

JB

That would be this weekend. I was talking about the 18th - the same day as the MidWinters at Marmong - subtly hinted at in the title of the thread.

See you Sunday

Can someone look at their tealeaves and see if there will be any wind this weekend?

Is that reverse psychology in practice Sam?

I think it's reverse psychology but I may have just undone it by typing this.

sounds good we will probably need 10 guys to do this job 10 @ 10

At least it looks like it will be sunny
Glass is half full

Trying a bit of reverse psychology wind warrior

Hi all,

Pretty light wind today but great to see about 20 people turn up.

Due to tomorrows forecast being a lot better in the morning, racing will be starting earlier than normal.

For those of you coming along for the day, try to be at the club by 10am for a briefing.

Should be a good day of racing.

Cheers
James

Results of Sunday's racing are 1 full tank of diesel, 4 blisters and some severe muscle cramping around 2am Monday morning.

Ok guys here we go.
First thanks to all the guys who turned up especially those who travelled. The weather was great, just not a great deal of wind.
Racing started on Saturday with Barry going out as the crash test dummy then several Newcasle sailors following for a reasonable 3 races. The visitors stayed ashore and had hamburgers, some getting a DNF result due to the size of the burgers.
Saturdays results are a mixed result including 1 Wally (48) and 1 Raceboard (AUS747) and 3 formula boards.




Sunday, was expected to be the better day for breeze but ended up basically a carbon copy of Saturday. The breeze gradually started to increase so with everybody keen for a sail around 17 sailors hit the water.
Race 1 was to be 2 laps for the gun sailors as per normal and 1 lap for the usual suspects.
This worked out well for the 1 lappers who had plenty of rest waiting for the gun sailors to finish.
To ensure no protests, the results for this race were Barry Fawkes 1st of the 1 lappers and Sam Parker 1st of the gun sailors.
The next 4 races were all 1 lappers due to the fluky nature of the breeze. Results below.



Congratulations to Steve Walsh for his consistancy in coming 1st overall, and Rick Murray for his dogged persistance to claim 2nd overall. 3rd overall went to the lightweight flash Steve Floyd.
Congratulations too to Byron on his raceboard and Lyndon on his Wally for keeping the Formula guys honest, and showing that longboards work well in those marginal conditions.
Thanks again to all who participated, and remember the Marmong boys will be back doing it again next Saturday, so all visitors are welcome.
Cheers GeoffS

any pics of the high-wind formula racing last weekend?

any luck finding those pics?

cheers

Pics are overrated - memories are better