Chris,

Don't you mean 10 AM for the kids? I think the sharks might get them
at 10pm.

Cheers

Deb.


--- In WindsurferOD@yahoogroups.com, Pierre Coupal <pierrecoupal@...>
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> Congrats for Illiwara. 30 knots? With my bad shoulders and back,
there's no way I could hold that anymore with the big sails...
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> I would sooooo love to make it back home for any end-of-summer
regattas you may have, i.e. march-ish.
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> I was looking at tickets (from North America), so expensive for that
time of the season. Am trying to convince the missus here of the
expense. But I ain't holding my breath, can't even fathom how nice I
would have to be with her to make it ;-)
> If I make it, would love to take the younger longboard kids and just
have one of those instructional, free-format, freestyle sessions, like
I used to do at Balmoral.
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> One can dream...Pierre.
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> To: WindsurferOD@...: cthom249@...: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:53:27
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> The first round of the NSW interclub series went off last week,
thanksto Glen Morrell and the friendly crowd at Illawarra Yacht Club.
Aterrible forecast seemed to scare many sailors away, so the Open
fleetwas small. The highlight was the junior fleet - despite holidays
andthe forecast, the seven Juniors showed just how much they are
improving.Glen organised some great racing and coaching, including an
inspiringtalk from Alisha Kawalla, fresh from an excellent performance
inwinning the teams prize at the Youth Worlds. Ben Morrell was
thestandout in the Juniors, winning every event with ease. Second
wasMiriam Campbell, who has really put her skates on after
recentlymoving up from a light "modern" 3m sail to the Barracouta 3.5.
JoshNealy was third, Lauren Nealy fourth. Trent Billington, Jack
Garnerand Kurt Billington only sailed on the Saturday and finished in
thatorder.Everyone showed big improvements, even as the weekend went
on. Lauren,for instance, slipped past the unbeatable Ben on the first
leg of thelast race.Three of the Juniors also sailed in the Silver
Fleet when the adultsraced. Josh showed his determination to take two
wins and top theSilver Fleet, from Trent and Lauren.The adult's fleet
was smaller, but in the gusty aftermath of the 30-35knot blow on the
Saturday, the Wallies showed just how quickly theycan get around the
course. Racing against Raceboards and a FormulaBoard, the One Designs
scored a couple of seconds, a fifth and a sixthoverall and shocked
many sailors. Chris Thompson scored 1,1,1,2, while Deb Apthorp scored
a good secondbefore blitzing Race 4 to win by almost a leg. Steve
Barton came inthird, happy with his performance in the hairy Race 2,
followedclosely by Kerry Bergman, up on holidays.UPCOMING EVENTSThe
next Interclub is the DAC event on 3rd and 4th November. We'rehoping
to get 10 or more Juniors and a big adult fleet. Saturday nightwill
see the beer running cold and the pizza running hot in theclubhouse.
Camping is available in the clubhouse for those who don'twant to
drive. Racing for Juniors will start at 10pm, both days. Adults will
probablystart at 2.20 Saturday and about noon Sunday - more info to
follow.NEW LONGBOARD WEBSITEA few of us at DAC have started a new
longboard windsurfing website,at http://www.lbws.com.au/ . In the
first fortnight we got about 700individuals landing on the site -
proof that there is lots of life inlongboard land. By the way, our
"sister class" the Exocet Kona had 11nations at its recent Gold Cup
championship, and now has over 550sailors on its ranking list.RACING
AND DINNER THIS SUNDAYNarrabeen is racing this Sunday. Even more
important, Karen isinviting everyone around to her place at Cromer
(two suburbs away) fordrinks and dinner. There could be a good fleet
for a great fun day.
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