Boat Building Task Team Feedback
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
Light winds, which made for some very interesting sailing
Day 4 Worlds San Francisco
LIGHT WIND!!!!! Can you handle that!
Day 3 Worlds San Francisco
Day 3 Saw another 25 knots by race 2
Von Nimwegen Regatta
NOR and Sailing Instructions available for download in the downloads sections
505 Worlds Day 2
Day 2 saw another two mast breakages in the fleet.
SAP World Championships DAY 1
Absolute Carnage. 33 knots, 6 broken masts and 5 bent!!!
DAY # 3 Pre Worlds
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
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
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.
