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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Simon C] #233355
06/08/11 08:58 PM
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Still, you never know, maybe the BOM will get it wrong for once!


That's the problem with a 24" monitor - there's so much more to clean up after reading something like this with a mouthful of breakfast cry


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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Tim_Mozzie] #233361
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I was thinking the same thing grin

Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Darryn] #233362
06/09/11 07:57 AM
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It's OK, Im packing the oars - I will resign myself to no wind again. cry

I will just follow Simon around the course and pull along side in need grin


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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Trevor] #233446
06/13/11 03:23 AM
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1st start on Sunday was very interesting. Breeze came up, visibility went down and a lot of last minute manoeuvring.

With 130 boats on the water, 9 divisions starting and everyone trying to get close enough to the start boat so you see which division flag was flying it was a credit to all on the water that there were no major collision’s. With visibility down to less than 2 boat lengths, it was necessary to keep moving a little so you could steer out of peoples way. At one stage I became totaly disorientated, not knowing which direction was up the course and which was down. Also lost track of where the start boat was on many occasions only to hear a start sequence hooter which gave you a rough direction to sail in.

Sailing into the fog for the start.... Photo courtesy of Sportscar from SA.

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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Tornado_ALIVE] #233447
06/13/11 03:27 AM
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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Tornado_ALIVE] #233448
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Thanks for posting this...What a fantastic photo smile

It was worth the trip just to experience that start. laugh



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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Simon C] #233450
06/13/11 04:59 AM
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Photo courtesy of smc from SA....... If you look close enough, you can see the head of a sail off his starboard bow.

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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Tornado_ALIVE] #233451
06/13/11 05:42 AM
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One of my best sailing experiences during that start on Sunday.......thanks for the pic.


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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Nic M] #233454
06/13/11 08:43 AM
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Maeve Southall took these photos still have to sort through the other 2000 she took

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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Tornado_ALIVE] #233526
06/14/11 11:34 PM
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At one stage I became totaly disorientated


You weren't the only one! The most amazing sight for me was the whole Tasar fleet that lost it's direction immediately after their start and headed back through the boats waiting for their starts. They were a bit miffed that there were so many boats on their course, until they realised they were heading in completely the wrong direction.

I would say visibility was down to around 8 metres or less during that start sequence. Amazing.

Great photos, and congrats Steve for winning the fast cat division. Well done.


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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Tim_Mozzie] #233527
06/15/11 01:19 AM
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Cheers and well done to you Tim for winning the Mozzie division.


Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Tornado_ALIVE] #233529
06/15/11 02:58 AM
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There's an article on sail-world.com:

Sauna Sail on sail-world.com

I like the last photo which shows a certain Mosquito sailor doing a pretty effective photo-bomb laugh Nice one Luke.


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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Tim_Mozzie] #233530
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Thats me I reckon......I am better looking than Luke laugh


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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Nic M] #233533
06/15/11 06:51 AM
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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: JeffS] #233537
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Great photos Jeff, thanks to Maeve for the photography skills

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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Trevor] #233542
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I reckon thats you with the beanie in that last photo


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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: JeffS] #233590
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Ha, the only time the beanie was worn was after dark to keep the ever thinning head warm blush

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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Trevor] #233687
06/17/11 11:16 PM
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There's not many stories coming out of the weekend. I guess nothing happened!

Perhaps someone can try and explain why ALL the Mosquitoes sailed an extra lap in race 4....



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Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Tim_Mozzie] #233691
06/18/11 01:13 AM
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Perhaps they saw the C1 board on the back of the Opties start boat on the way to the bottom mark on lap 3. blush Our start boat had the C2 board on the back of it at the start.

They may have also enjoyed the breeze. I was trapping along the back reach. Wanted to turn around and go back the other way.


Re: Sauna Sail 2011 [Re: Tornado_ALIVE] #233692
06/18/11 02:49 AM
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Some of our cats did the same with extra laps which confuesed me but I think they just reverted to full course because the wind came up. We were doing 12 knots on the reach which was full on compared to the rest of the weekend.
Heres a link to a vid of race 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEw9uu632Mc


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