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27 Sep 2026 12:49pm
choco said..

Chris 249 said..
The shape of most boards changed dramatically with wide style boards, which use the simple physical fact that a short and wide planing surface is far more efficient at planing speed.

The idea that the gap between the two “planing” surfaces won’t get in contact with the water seems to be very dubious in any chop.

These boards goes away from that. The style, incidentally, was tried about 1981.



What were those boards built from back in 81?


I’ve got one from the late 90 early 2000. Tried it at LG…. I’ll bring it and you can have a play
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22 Sep 2026 8:24am
Will there be a post event wind provided?
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26 Aug 2026 7:59am
I’m loving the racing too. I think it comes down to having an excessive amount of horsepower available to use. The foils are still cavitating but they have the power to push a little further into the edges of the envelope. The new foil design has helped too. I noticed in the last race meet the amount of twist that they can tweak into the sails. Amazing for a solid structure.

I always remember a conversation I had with Mal Wright about foil design . He believed that you could build a foil that you could jump on and glide across the water for 50 m or so. That was back in 2004 at Speedweek, way ahead of everyone.
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23 Aug 2026 6:10pm
choco said..

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KJ said..
Yeah, i've sailed it all at LG. The last few years there's been a Roo carcass, just before a flat spot, it was a good marker to line your run up on.







Yep, I remember the roo and there’s been a few over the years.1 roo is easy to deal with, 1000 swans not so. But no one can tell me yet if the disease can survive in a salty brine cos it can survive in brackish water for several days. And yes it can be transmitted to us humans. I guess it’s watch this space.



Wearing PPE, so the risk is real




Yep, double gloved and proper training too.
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22 Aug 2026 9:45am
KJ said..
Yeah, i've sailed it all at LG. The last few years there's been a Roo carcass, just before a flat spot, it was a good marker to line your run up on.




Yep, I remember the roo and there’s been a few over the years.1 roo is easy to deal with, 1000 swans not so. But no one can tell me yet if the disease can survive in a salty brine cos it can survive in brackish water for several days. And yes it can be transmitted to us humans. I guess it’s watch this space.
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19 Aug 2026 7:47pm
Mark _australia said..
Oh look if it gets worse we are all on half price roast chooken from Woolies.
im far more concerned about our mouse plague that is roughly 10x the mice per hectare than needed to declare plague.


And a little fertiliser shortage and diesel shortage at seeding time. Massive reduction in grain crop means less feed for all farmed animals as well as the primary use for us. But the news are picking up on a handful of petrels as it’s easier to scare people with bird flu than mouse plague.
quick buy dunny paper 🙄

Very true Mark, but they’re talking of mass deaths of black swans 99% and 60% of seals. Couple that with SA,s algae deaths, it just might tip a lot of other species to the brink.

KJ said..
Most of you might have seen it on the news last night - about 200 dead birds have washed up on Portland's beach's over the last week.

The spit at LG might be an interesting sight, the S&SE will wash all the carcasses up on there. Looks like I won't be launching from there

Yep….. this is just the start. Word from the experts is that year 3 is worse than the first wave of the disease. I hope that our experience is better than overseas.



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29 Jul 2026 7:21pm
Bird flu has arrived at Beachport and having it in the Creasted Terns is alarming and extremely sad for the area. They are the birds that we see darting into the water as we sail. Black Swans have no protection from this disease either. Not sure how it will play out for us sailing there in summer as the disease can survive in water. All the briefing that we’ve had some far a painting a very grim future for all our native animals.