Registration was fun for me - I helped on the desk with rego process, which included completing a Tassie govt form for every interstate competitor - you see the Tassis govt gives a small subsidy to event organisers who attract interstate visitors - the subsidy is calculated on the person bed days in Tasmania. Just as well they had an auditor to help them!!
I think there are now 60 boats entered. A great effort by the Tassie organisers.
The breeze was fairly strong today - and game in gusts that lasted 10minutes or so at times of hard breeze, that would knock, veer, or drop out!!! NW breeze coming around the side of Mt Wellington - I have decided this is NOT my favorite breeze. Here is the link to Hobart observations http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDT60901/IDT60901.94970.shtml
I found out the hard way that with outgoing tide in NE'er, one needs to travel the Bellerive Blluff side of the course. Bugga. Anyway, in INvitation race 1 I finished about 38th I think, with about 16 DNC/DNF. There was a bit of capsizing happening and another boat dropped its mast - thats two so far, as there was one on the practice day outing. Ibvitation race 2 saw 14 boats at the start, I was not one of them - I had followe the other 45 boats ashore having had enough!!
There are 6 or 7 women entered, only two of us (Fiona and I) are senior in years, all the others are quite young and athletic! There is NO TEAM CHIC reps at this regatta - I remarked to Meryl Early this afternoon on this (sence Maree had dropped by for Steve's birthday, but was then shooting off somewhere else in Aus before returning to England). I must check the old results - it may be 12 years or so that the team Chic girls, or at least one, was sailing. The other senior woman is NOT Fiona McCullogh, but the other Fiona in that family. Fiona and I had some close racing at Safety Beach last year (her home club), so we are each aware of the other out there which is great.
The usual suspects were at the top end of the results - but I don't have details.
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That was good of you to lend a hand at registration, what a great idea of the Tassie Govt to give a subsidy to event organisers, Yes they were very lucky to have an auditor on hand.
ReplyDelete60 boats fantastic!! Mmm... any breeze with west in it cheeses me off, I never feel quite safe, I feel it is very easy to have a capsize, sounds like you have your work cut out with Mt Wellington and finding the right side of the course with the tide. That's the great thing about invitation races you find out where not to go before the main event. 38th hey not bad considering you went the wrong side of the course, good idea not doing second race sounds like it would have been pretty tiring, you want to save your energy etc. for the heats, fancy 2 masts dropped already, pleased to hear there are 6 to 7 women sailing thats a pretty good show for the gals, no doubt there will be some strong competition between you and between the top guys. I shall check the weather link out in the morning.