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Australian Hobie Class National Championships 2009/2010

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Series 2 Day 4 - January 4, 2010

Final Results - Now Posted - Photos Day 5 Now Posted

Series 2 - PM Report - Wind was actually a LOT less . . . sailable . . . on time start . . . very shifty  easterly  . . . with 2 races back2back with lots of course changes . . . then it went away . . . and the WA supremacy is confirmed . . . 5 out of the top 10 (NSW 3, Qld 2, Vic 0) . . .  & first, second & third overall!!! Full results shortly!

Thanx to all the sponsors . . . MOFSC vollunteers . . . a great event!

Provisional Results for 5/01/2010 Race 14 - Now Posted

Series 2 - Final Day: 6.30 am . . . wind from 090 (degrees). . . 10 to 15 . . . guesstimate??.

Looks like a typical easterly trying to go seabreeze after 2pm or so. Strong wind warnings from yesterday never eventuated & are gone from today's official stuff!

Could be more of yesterday  . . . just a bit less!

Photos from Day 3 - Now Posted

Provisional Results for 3/01/2010 - Now posted

Provisional Results for 3/01/2010 Race 13 - Now posted

Provisional Results for 3/01/2010 Race 12 - Now posted

Provisional Results for 3/01/2010 Race 11 - Now posted

Provisional Results for 3/01/2010 Race 10 - Now posted  

 We have wind! It's 6am and breeze from 145 degrees @ 18 to 22! Strong wind warnings all along the coast . . . up to 33 kts later.  Can we use it????

Well . . . Yes We Can!!! 9.30 first warning signal . . .  4 back2backs . . . and back to the beach by 2 to rest up for Hoggies nite tonite! Various directions of the Easterly breeze @ 12 to 18 knots . . . provided lots of passing lanes & the lead changed regularly! The WA lesson continues!  . . .  Darren Smith & Josie Mark take out 2 races to move into 2nd overall . . .  Gav Colby & Sasha Marks with one bullet & 3 2nds consolidating first place on the ladder . . . Taylor Booth & Emma Sturgeon, the reigning H16 Oz Champs . . . 3rd overall and still in there with a chance.

Day 2 Photos Now posted

Series 2 Day 2 - January 3, 2010

Provision Results 1-9 - Now Posted

Provisional Results for 3/01/2010 Race 8 - Now posted

Provisional Results for 3/01/2010 Race 7 - Now posted

Provisional Results for 3/01/2010 Race 6 - Now posted

Provisional Results for 3/01/2010 Race 5 - Now posted

AM Report -Don't even want 2 say this!! 6am . . . wind went away last nite! Right now . . . 3 to 6 kts from 90 - 113 degrees, however a strong wind warning from midday for Perth to where Australia turns east towards Melbourne!

Series 2 Day 1 - January 2, 2010

New Photos from Series One & Provisional Results for 2/01/2010 Race 1 -4

Provisional Results for 2/01/2010 Race 1 - Now posted

Provisional Results for 2/01/2010 Race 2 - Now posted

Provisional Results for 2/01/2010 Race 3 - Now posted

Provisional Results for 2/01/2010 Race 4 - Now posted

Day 1 . . . Early Morning Easterly The easterly has been blowing all nite & @ 6.30 am it's 12 -15 from 80 . . . First start @ 11am  . . . hopefully it will have made up it's mind by then! The first day of 2010 . . . a few sore heads . . . a cruisy time @ MOFSC. A few competitors  . . . ones who hadn't sailed Series One . . . tried out the seabreeze. Some handled it . . . others ?????

Series 1 - Day 3 PM Report: A bit of a wait for the seabreeze . . . saw an attempt to use the easterly . . . by race time it had faded away to almost nothing . . . A GOOD SIGN! . . . the seabreeze should be in earlier! Up anchour & downwind for a mile & 1/2 & a start in a building seabreeze by 11.30 . . . 18 KTS half way thru & it was on again!

Two more races in 18 to 20 with abuilding sea provided lots of action @ the mark roundings . . . & that's it for Series One.

Congratulations to all the winners!!!!

Series 1 - Day 3: December 31, 2009 Series 1 - Final Day: 6.45am . . . 95 degrees (wind direction) @ 12 -16 . . . were in for that dreaded easterly for awhile . . . then the forcast is threatening a seabreeze later . . . when it feels like it. At least someone took the bumps out of the ocean last nite!

Series 1 - Day 2: December 30, 2009

PM Report - Racing close to shore  . . . 15 to 22 knots  . . . sunny & hot & no flies!!! . . . 22 to 30 out wide . . . sunny & hot & also no flies!!! . . . 4 great races  . . . places start to get sorted! In the Youth H16's  . . . Victorians Chris & James Wierzbowski hold a 2 point lead over joint 2nd place teams  . . . WA's Alex Landwehr/Jason Dobson & Qld's Brendan Effeney/Nick Sommerfield.

The three WA Women's Teams have only a 5 point spread . . . with Emma Sturgeon & Josie Mark leading the pack.

Robbie Lovig & Lachlan Gibson lead the Tigers on a countback from Taylor Booth & Ryan Duffield . . . despite Booth's acrobatic efforts @ the second last gate rounding in race 5.

Kerli & Ali Corlett in the Fossil Cup & Anthony Duchatel & Ejay Schaffer in the Masters (both from the Pittwater Catamaran Club) . . . hold the lead in the 'Old Fart' divisions!

Results Posted (7:30 pm AEST)

6am Report - 220 degrees (direction) @ 22 to 26 knots. . . in the carpark!  

Series 1 - Day 1: December 29, 2009

Lets ease into this . . . . A lite SE breeze tempted the RC into one race @ 11.30 . . . then back to the beach for an extended lunch. The seabreeze finally came in . . . race 2 @ 3.20 . . . then a back 2 back which failed miserably . . . when the wind went away! Towing 101 & all boats back on shore  . . . shortly after 6pm . . . fortunately the club extended happy hour . . . now off to Hoggies! (It's 8.30 pm . . .  wind??? . . . 260 @ 18 to 24 . . . tough day coming up tomorrow!!!)