Pierre, sorry about the slow reply.

About regattas in March - the nationals are on at the Gippsland Lakes, 22nd to
26th. If
you're here then, we'll find you a board, no worries......

Chris







--- In WindsurferOD@yahoogroups.com, Pierre Coupal <pierrecoupal@...> wrote:
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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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[WindsurferOD] Illawarra Interclub
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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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