| Goolwa to Meningie Sailing Classic #86800 10/16/06 10:45 PM 10/16/06 10:45 PM |
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,012 South Australia Darryl_Barrett OP
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Posts: 1,012 South Australia | 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 | | | Re: Goolwa to Meningie Sailing Classic
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Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,012 South Australia Darryl_Barrett OP
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Posts: 1,012 South Australia | The F14 is a formula catamaran that fits within a “box” rule, the basics of which are, max’ length (4.3m therefore formula 14), a max’ beam, a maximum working sail are, a maximum spinnaker area, and a minimum weight. They are light, powerful, sailed one up on trapeze, and are very fast. Their current Victorian Yardstick is 77, which places them right up the transoms of the F16 around a racecourse. If you wan't to see a video of them go to http://www.thebeachcats.com/videos.htmland scroll down to "Formula 14' cats in Australia"
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