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SPORTSCAR
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I am hearing that the Passage Race to Geelong has been postponed because it's... wait for it... too windy?
Anyone care to confirm... or deny?
Anyone care to confirm... or deny?
MelbourneA31
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Getting a first hand view of the Geelong long race from an Aframax tanker. Calm 2 and Shogun in a close battle ahead of the old Calm just ahead of Hooligan. Ikon then Reverie then Senna in Div 2. Equinox next - that's a nice looking boat but it can't match the 45's upwind. Ginger has a protest being lodged against her by Senna for not sailing the course correctly. The southerly has kicked in out here at about 25 knots so no surprise that ED is leading Div 3.
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evanrude71
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Can anyone who was at race week explain Hooligans kite in this photo. It looks like a mast head kite hoisted on a fractional halyard. Secret weapon or cluster fuck?
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mexican
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It was a reaching leg and they elected to fly a fractional spinnaker. Calm2 started the leg with a jib to gain some height and finished the leg with a kite. Shogun managed to hold a masthead kite for the whole leg and put a gap on the rest which probably won them the event.
Mex
The reaching leg where they flew a fractional Zero, was the previous leg befor the gate and channel.
That photo was from the short leg to the finish, yep they screwed that one up.
I think they'd already worked out they'd lost the regatta to Shogun (on 3rd place countback mind you) by choosing the fractional zero on the long reach so probably didn't give a flying faaark.
We were too close to them for them to have a chance to get the 2nd place they needed.
Funny thing was that no one on Shogun even bothered to check the results after either race on Sunday, so they didn't realise they'd won until Nudge called Rob to congratulate him, Rob of course thought Nudge was being..., well Nudge and hung up on him!!
Giddy Up
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yeah the old boy thought I was tugging his middle stump ...classic...though your version of events makes for better journalism !!!!
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Giddy Up
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Can anyone fill us inn on what happened to the Sydney 38 Zen on her delivery home ?
Early reports say she lost her rudder and half her keel somewhere around point Hicks
Early reports say she lost her rudder and half her keel somewhere around point Hicks
Dark Cloud
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Early reports from where Giddy ? I'd think that to lose both rudder and some keel that a lack of water may've been involved.
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Can't see an entries list for the TP52 Southern Cross Cup at SYC this weekend. Anyone know who's entered ? Calm. Calm 2, Shogun V, Hooligan ????
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"The yacht was sailing with another boat, Wild Oats, when it grounded on the Tamboon Inlet bar and damaged the anchor and keel"
How accurate do you think that statement is ?
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Dark Cloud
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Didn't think Scarlett was a TP - is this TP regatta open to any boat around that size ?
