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Boat Building Task Team Feedback

Local

The boat building task team recently spent a great deal of effort investigating the feasibility of manufacturing boats locally from moulds which were aquired a number of years ago. Their brief was to locate and collect the most recent mould which was in the KZN area, inspect the mould for compliance with the class rules and then determine if it was feasible for a local builder to manufacture boats locally from this mould.
They also spent time negotiating agreements with local suppliers to assess the costs of locally manufactured and assembled boats.

This report was received recently from Rudolph and CJ.


Day 5 Worlds, San Francisco

International

Light winds, which made for some very interesting sailing


Day 4 Worlds San Francisco

International

LIGHT WIND!!!!! Can you handle that!


Day 3 Worlds San Francisco

International

Day 3 Saw another 25 knots by race 2


Von Nimwegen Regatta

Local

NOR and Sailing Instructions available for download in the downloads sections


505 Worlds Day 2

International

Day 2 saw another two mast breakages in the fleet.


SAP World Championships DAY 1

International

Absolute Carnage. 33 knots, 6 broken masts and 5 bent!!!


DAY # 3 Pre Worlds

International

22 Knots again! Epic stuff!

See the final results on:
https://event-manager.compete-at.com/Manager/event/results.do?eid=719

Read further!
Note: Well done Peter and Ewert on your 31st place overall out of 69 competitors in the North American Nationals.

The event was won by Mike Martin and Jeff Nelson.


DAY #2 Pre-worlds

International

Day 2 and another 25 knots day!!!!

Ewert has a slight back injury and Peter sailed with another crew Mike Jew.

Typical wind pattern 15 knots in the morning strenthening to 22-25knots in the afternoon.

Boat setup is critical in these conditions.

Read on!


Day # 1 Pre-Worlds

International

3 mast breaks on the first day already...The wind really blows here!

Team SA had a good first beat with a clean first row start. We were somewhat sluggish off the start, being under powered slightly in around 12 knots of breeze.

The wind increased to about 22 knots by the end of the race and increased further therafter. We missed the second race to save the boat for the worlds.


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Photo 131114 Dave Le Roux
Photo 131114 Dave Le Roux
From album: 2009 Charity Regatta, PSC

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