Well, it was a very disappointing turnout for the state titles, but many thanks to those who came. Conditions were light, but the weather was nice and there was always some wind and Kyeemagh was a pleasant placeto sail.

The day after the regatta we got good news - the head of WindsurfingNSW, Brett Morris, rang to say that he had been really impressed by theWindsurfers ODs. He liked the friendly people who enjoyed theirsailing, the visibility of the bright sails, and the accessible imagethey gave to a sport which can look pretty intimidating. So he has asked the major Sydney retailer to start pushing the Windsurfer One Design, and he's keen to see it as a major part of the sport and THE major entry/junior section. We may now be able to ride that enthusiasm a long way.

Considering how much we have lost in the past by being seen as old fashioned, it's great to see such positive feelings coming from the"high performance" end of the sport. It can only help Windsurfers.

The wavesailor/short board freestylers were pretty good natured when it came to the Windsurfers taking the first prizes (worth a few hundred bucks) in both sections of the freestyle, too!

Notable performances were seen from Justin Steel, who showed why he has been a world-class dinghy sailor on the way to top lightweight andtaking out the intermediate section of the freestyle comp. The women's fleet was the largest division with 5 sailors in total, more than we've seen for some time (excepting the uni sailors), and some good racing.

So thanks to all those who turned up, especially Kerry Bergman from Victoria.

Narrabeen is looking healthier than it has been for some time, and downat DAC the fleet's been looking OK too ; 10 "senior" Windsurfers last twilight.The interest from the kids has been increasing and now 6 of them have their own Windsurfers (two "Mk 2s" with retracting centreboards andthree older "Mk 1s"). The Belmont (Lake Macquarie) interest has tailedoff and I'm bringing one of the training boards back from there toboost the DAC fleet because we have lots of kids who want to get into the class. It can also be loaned to anyone who has juniors who want to try windsurfing. The kid's section of the states didn't end up happening and the intention is to run a regatta at DAC in a few weeks.

Preliminary ideas for next year have the NSW States and University nationals combined in early December, possibly at Narrabeen; and the nationals around Anzac Day at Batemans Bay. Please throw me anythoughts.

Part of the loss of numbers at the states may have been the fact that I had a sudden work trip to Bourke, Lightning Ridge etc just beforehand and that meant I had no time to ring around people to rev them up. I did find a keenWally sailor at Bathurst though!

It underlined that support from other class members is vital if we are to take advantage of the interest we have from kids and from Windsurfing NSW.

I have probably more of my own commitments (kids etc) than just about anyone in the class and I cannot do it all by myself. We need to hold a meeting to work out what is going to happen next year; it would be great to see everyone after the first round of the DAC winter series. Steve Barton and Steve Welsh have agreed to help with the nationals next year if we are running them,  Roger does Narrabeen which is great - anyone else?

Chris

WINDSURFER ONE DESIGN 2005/2006 NSW CHAMPIONSHIPS

 

SILVER FLEET	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Total	Place
Stephen Barton	1	1	1	1	1	4	1st
Leanne Murdoch	3	3	2	2	2	9	2nd
Jorn Kronke	2	2	DNS	DNS	DNS	18	3rd
Elise Trask	4	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	25	4th
Mischa Aizatulin	5	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	26	5th

 

WOMEN	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Total	Place
Karen Constable	1	2	1	1	1	4	1st
Deb Apthorp	2	1	2	2	3	7	2nd
Leanne Murdoch	3	3	4	4	4	14	3rd
Kerry Bergman	DNS	DNS	3	3	2	15	4th
Elise Trask	4	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	25	5th

 

Men – HW	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Total	Place
Stephen Barton	1	1	1	1	1	4	1st

 

Men - MW	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Total	Place
Chris Thompson	1	1	1	1	1	4	1st
Mick Griffith	2	3	2	3	2	8	2nd
Roger Crawford	DNS	2	DNS	2	3	12	3rd
Mischa Aizatulin	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	18	4th

 

Men - LW	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Total	Place
Justin Steel	2	1	1	1	2	5	1st
Steve Newman	1	2	2	3	3	8	2nd
Steve Walsh	3	3	3	2	1	9	3rd

 

 

 

Just for interest……..    

 

OVERALL		No.	Fleet	RACE 1	RACE 2	RACE 3	RACE 4	RACE 5	O'A Pts		O'all Plc
Elise Trask			MacU	11	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	62		14th
Justin Steel		X	Narra	6	4	1	1	5	11		2nd
Kerry Bergman		O	Vic.	DNS	DNS	8	9	8	42		12th
Leanne Murdoch		MU	MacU	10	11	10	11	11	42		11th
Mischa Aizatulin			MacU	12	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	63		15th
Jorn Kronke		01	St G.	9	10	DNS	DNS	DNS	53		13th
Stephen Walsh		1	Narra	7	8	6	3	2	18		5th
Chris Thompson		2	DAC	1	1	2	3	1	5		1st
Mick Griffith		7	DAC	3	7	4	6	3	16		3rd
Karen Constable		11	N/A	2	6	5	7	6	19		6th
Stephen Barton		20	DAC	8	9	9	10	10	36		10th
Roger Crawford		141	Narra	DNS	2	DNS	5	4	28		8th
Steve Newman		326	N/A	4	5	3	4	7	16		4th
Deb Apthorp		331	MacU	5	3	7	8	9	23		7th
CLUBS	Best Three Results							Total		Place
Dobroyd Aquatic Club	Stephen Barton 1, Chris Thompson 1, Mike Griffiths 2							4		1st
"All Stars"!	Karen Constable (Nth Beaches) 1, Steve Newman (Nth Beaches) 2, Kerry Bergman (Parkdale Vic) 3							6		2nd
Narrabeen SC	Justin Steel 1, Roger Crawford 3, Stephen Walsh 3							7		3rd
Mac Uni	Leanne Murdoch 2, Deb Apthorp 2, Elise Trask 4							8		4th