the golden three
there are three main outines of this post...
1. saturday training
2. sunday training
3. boat
1. on saturday i had the luxury of being dropped off at the club by my parents (normally i take the ferry), we then rigged up and went to double bay for the race, wind was abt 13-17 knots with lulls as light as 8 knots and gusts up to 20... it was definitely very gusty as the southerly wind was from the hills... we had one race, i started averagely and played a windshift that took me into the top 3, i then was unfortunate as my outhaul uncleeted itself, recovering slowly, i rounded the top mark 17th and last radial. i caught 5 boats on the reach before rounding the top mark 8th the second time, i caught up to 5th then to 4th, the last upwind saw the wind die a little due to the approaching storm and i managed to squeeze into 3rd. as the storm hit, boats were sent back to their clubs as ash, kevin, alex and i stayed out. we did abit more trng before heading back. i took the train back with ash who lived near pennant hills (on the same train line).
2. today, i took the ferry down and reached WSC at 12.10. the wind was unusually light at around 4-8 knots. training was in rose bay itself and we practised starts and racing with kevin, ash, peter, howard, alex and myself. we had mini races and results were somethin like 1,2,1,3,1,1,4,3,3,4,1,1... out of the 4 radials.. many races i was in front and the wind just died and picked up at the other end... thanks to adam (alex's father), i was able to get a lift home with little delay.
3. lastly and most importantly the oat, i'm very excited as this thursday i'm getting a new boat, ya, michael mills is sending it down, the number is 189024 so it is very new... it also comes with a free sail but a very hefty price, $8000... ya... well... at least i save by not spending much on charter fees...
well... to all that qualified as a result of the recent competition... well done, and for those who didn't, don't be disheartened, just pick up yourself and try harder next time..
1. saturday training
2. sunday training
3. boat
1. on saturday i had the luxury of being dropped off at the club by my parents (normally i take the ferry), we then rigged up and went to double bay for the race, wind was abt 13-17 knots with lulls as light as 8 knots and gusts up to 20... it was definitely very gusty as the southerly wind was from the hills... we had one race, i started averagely and played a windshift that took me into the top 3, i then was unfortunate as my outhaul uncleeted itself, recovering slowly, i rounded the top mark 17th and last radial. i caught 5 boats on the reach before rounding the top mark 8th the second time, i caught up to 5th then to 4th, the last upwind saw the wind die a little due to the approaching storm and i managed to squeeze into 3rd. as the storm hit, boats were sent back to their clubs as ash, kevin, alex and i stayed out. we did abit more trng before heading back. i took the train back with ash who lived near pennant hills (on the same train line).
2. today, i took the ferry down and reached WSC at 12.10. the wind was unusually light at around 4-8 knots. training was in rose bay itself and we practised starts and racing with kevin, ash, peter, howard, alex and myself. we had mini races and results were somethin like 1,2,1,3,1,1,4,3,3,4,1,1... out of the 4 radials.. many races i was in front and the wind just died and picked up at the other end... thanks to adam (alex's father), i was able to get a lift home with little delay.
3. lastly and most importantly the oat, i'm very excited as this thursday i'm getting a new boat, ya, michael mills is sending it down, the number is 189024 so it is very new... it also comes with a free sail but a very hefty price, $8000... ya... well... at least i save by not spending much on charter fees...
well... to all that qualified as a result of the recent competition... well done, and for those who didn't, don't be disheartened, just pick up yourself and try harder next time..
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