Ice Breaker Regatta at Eppaloch

Hi all,

Who's going to Ice Breaker at Lake Eppaloch, near Bendigo?

Hey Garry,

Looks like a few of us are going. Three Rye boats, a couple from Sugarloaf and I think Matt and Daniel are also going. I am sure there will be a few others......

Will we be seeing you??

All the best...

i will be there with a mossie, or a papertiger, depends if i can get my mossie ready!

Hey Matt - PT with a Mozzie rig including kite?

it could be done, dont tempt me

Hobie have a Hobie Tiger, why cant we have a Mossie Tiger?

The results might be more like a paper mossie? and besides if you're going to turb ao boat go all the way!!
TORNADO TIGER

Yeah I am heading up Friday, via Irwin Sails and selling old set of rudders to a guy fixing up a Mossie. Hope to get through Melb before the afternoon rush.

Hey Matt, don't tell me you're lagging behind already .

far out gary, give me a chance, geez, haha, i need to get some things off my chest at bendigo, so i will be 100% infront of u with steam from behind me, BRING IT ON!!!

Hi Matt,

so you reckon new sails was a secret, so whats going on with your boat?

Gary,

Yes, it is, my boat, just a few tweaks here and there hehe,
you should know me by now, that i like to modify stuff to beat u!

I will be there and keen to claw up the field a bit.

Just going out to the shed to continue packing. May have to work late on Friday so may travel up early on Saturday.

looks like my plan too, arg, so much to do! its hard when work 14 hour days.

Hi all,

I hope to be there Friday afternoon, in time to rig up and go to the pub for tea.

Wind forecast doesn't look to good though Opposite of last year Might just stay at the pub

Friday arvo for me.

Matt - dry the tears and pull the finger out.

Gary - see you at the pub for dinner.

Pete - understandable

Luke - see you there

Wind for Sunday is looking good, tomorrow not so good :-(

Matt! Another chest wax! Are you insane?

I'll be there - though not sure when exactly.

Hi all,

what a way to start the season, a full on weekend of sailing covering both extremes of wind, if you didn't go, you should have followed Tim's example of dedication to Mossie sailing. England Wednesday night, Paynesville Friday, Lake Eppaloch Saturday morning. What was your excuse

With 8 Mossies in Division 2 (racing hobie 16's and Paper Tigers) and 6 with spinnaker in Div 1 (racing A's, Vipers, Taipans and Capricorn) Mossies where well represented, but there was room for more. At presentation people thought there was a echo, with Gary's on Mossies taking out Div 1 & 2 . Well done to the older Gary .

Thrice Bitten had some of the wildest rides ever on Sunday under spinnaker without capsizing and the new Irwin sails certainly went well, as Thrice Bitten completed the first lap in one race in second place outright only an A one boat length ahead.

All in all a good weekend of sailing and socialising, a great start roll on season 2012-13.

hi all,

Great weekend, i think most of us were a bit rusty due to capsizes, yes me too ( i never let you guys down in that section haha) really good racing and social side too.

Matt

Yes those flat-water, screaming downwind legs were a very good way to get the season started.

I'm sorry I didn't watch over my shoulder down the final downwind Matt. Your ride down that leg must have been insanely fast. I thought I had been breaking the speed limit but when I took the spinnaker down you had caught me up!
You should have trapped that last sprint to the finish - you could have got me.

yes it was so fast that i had to lift up the bottom centerboard to keep the nose out, scary stuff, and i didnt want to push it as i could of broken something , i was fine where i was.

Hi Matt,

have done that before, but never had time to think about it at Bendigo, guess I was just to busy hanging on and trying to avoid other boats.

Regards,
Gary.