Well done to Landyacht and Wedgetail for getting us all moving and onto the Lake before winter hits. It was a great weekend and I certainly had a ball. So glad that we got to see Vic's winged mini but the wind gods didn't play the game. The grandstand "gold seating" had sold out in a flash to see it's debut..... Fantastic workmanship. Its a real credit to you. Paul turns around just as "Little Stig" slips quietly away with his craft. George in "Spirit of Christmas" Wedgetail in his promo This is the yacht that Michael (pictured), built at the Esperance Farm Training Centre. A fantastic effort and his first sail at Lake Lefroy was in the moonlight on Saturday evening in a really brisk wind. It performs really well too. All sorts came out of the woodwork. Mick also travelled up from Esperance. Paul at the office. Thanks for a great weekend guys.

Thanks for the great weekend guys and visotors. Thanks for letting me borrow a few yachts to sail. Hopefully there will be more wind for the marithon plus speed event at the end of September. Looking foward to that Cheers aus230

Now, there's what I talkin'! Good Lad Chook.. Nice pic's, however I would have at least thought you'd run to a Handy Cam. Yeah Right! Never satisfied! Hey? I like the Sunset. Ron

Nice Shooting "Charlie Borman" I use a HD720P , mind you it isn't to fond of being bounced about.. Ron

Ta Landyacht, but I have stuffed up here. The sail in the above photos of my yacht ("Saline by), is a 6.9 square meter cammed sail which I used on Friday (when these couple of snaps were taken). But I had left the mast extension home so the boom was to low for me. This sail is completely unaltered with just the bottom batten removed. It works just as well as my 6.2 square meter (pictured laying behind Michael's, and which I used all the long weekend) which as you said has just the foot altered. The cams were never removed from either of these sails. This photo of it was taken last October when it placed 5th in the min'is I also have an old 5.7 recut Gaastra cammed, on the first mini I built and they all pull like trucks. The Blue yacht with the orange sail is also a 4.5 cammed sail.

The "Sirocco", didn't have any downhaul for a start. Fixed........... A bicycle built for one!!!

Excellent Event!!! ...and I have no idea how the sailing went

Yes Landyacht he did a fantastic job for his first effort. He arrived Saturday night and was down on the pond with us straight away. This was the only time over the whole weekend, that wind came up a bit. The sailing. Very light is an "understatement" when I'm from the coast Paul. This log started at a quarter to nine at night with the full moon. When you view it, click the "satellite" box in the ground log (red squiggly line) and roll your mouse wheel. It will display where we are on earth. As you can see the top speed is a phantom spike from the graph and incorrect. (I can see why any records require 3 GPS's to confirm them) http://connect.garmin.com/activity/186741858 You can even see where I stopped to take Stephens call. A great time together and can't wait for Sept 29th- Oct 1st meet back at Lefroy.

Hey Chook that GPS stuff was pretty cool, Maybe you can give me a lesson on how to do it next time we catch up. Cheers Vic

Roll on sept-oct weekend......... I hope i have it all together for then am working on it,....who wouldnt be....... I think I can, I think I can, I think i can, with the help of a debit card.......loved the squiggley graph thingy, adds meaning. .........WOOPYDOO!!!!!!!

youve got to remwmber that the wind didnt pick up enough for you to look like a real kiter until after chook had packed up and gone. something you will discover is that unless you take your own photos there will be none. we all suffer from the same delusion that we look soooooooo great out there sailing that everybody elde must be watching and filming us I gotta say tho that those last couple of runs on monday , you are really starting to look like you know how to go fast!!!!