On Saturday, am, the 18th November 2006 the” Goolwa to Meningie Sailing Classic” starts from Goolwa at the bottom of the Murray river in South Australia, and is raced upstream on the river to Lake Alexandrina, across lake Alexandrina to the entrance into Lake Albert (the “narrows”), through the narrows then across Lake Albert to finish at Meningie at the south eastern end of the lake.
This is not a race for the “faint hearted”, it’s a long way (approx’ 70 plus kms), and there are a lot of “traps for the unwary”, but all in all it is a REAL CLASSIC that truly does “separate the boys from the men”. It is said of this race that just to be a finisher carries bragging rights for a whole sailing lifetime. Open to ALL cats, as well as the heartiest of mono-maran sailers.
Details are available off the net at
http://lm.net.au/~meningiesc/Goolwa%20to%20Meningie.htm

This is one real gutsy race. When the sea breeze kicks in across lake Albert you really know if you're a "real" sailor, or whether you only "think" you are.

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Would have been a quick race if it was yesterday

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Only 9 days left to nominate for this "classic" race. To miss it would be your loss.

A bit far 4 me to travel particularly as I've just done the Wildcat and need some bits for the boat. All too hard sadly.