Quick update, will post full report and results after final day Monday.

Ben & I have raced Sat & Sun.
Karl raced Sun.
Michael did not make it due to rudders being stolen from his boat this week.
I will be on my own Monday for final race as the others have to go home and have other committments.

Races have been triangle | sausage and short beat to finish and Toukley have handled a big fleet well. Up to 5 divisions with 2 for cats, monoslugs, juniors and the Nationals for International Canoe.

16ft plus division is Taipan, F18, Hobie Tiger 16 & 18, Tornado and us Mossies.

Ben has sailed well & is hard to beat. The difference between newer Kevlar boat and our timbers is clear.
Even with my spinnaker I have not been able to properly capitalise on advantage over Ben.

I have had some great reach and downwind legs in full flight with kite, out on trap and pushing the boat further than before. Absolutely adrenalin pumping stuff.

A few breakages of very simple parts on trapeze setup has put me out of 2 races and out of contention.

Weather has been great with sun and warmth. The wind has been variable - even within a race of 50 minutes we have had everything from 5 to 20 knots.

Racing has been strong and competetive with a good vibe on the water.

It has been great to meet & sail with others.

Full report later.

Cheers,

Good to see you had a great time, i was really dissappointed a couldnt make it down. But yeah, as i said in the other thread, it wasnt my rudders, it was some of my tiller assembly including my new carbon fibre tiller extension, a fairly costly set back for me. I was quite shocked, I literally had the car packed and was about to put the trailer on the car when i decided to do a check list of everything only to discover the missing parts I was so keen id left it to the end to check (fortunately i did check) just assuming i guess that it would be there.

Anyway, well done guys, cant wait to make it down to nationals, setbacks or not: ill stick my legs in the water to steer if i have to