Agreed with Reli....start finish at Melville seems better as there is a lot more space, and it is so conveniently close.

I will be teaching until just before the start so I won't be able to make a start @ Melville.

Better to tack upwind first then sprint to the finish IMO anyway.

I'd dispute there being more room at Melville - especially for a standing start - heaps of setup room at PP if you include the beach up to the CALM sign.

You Melville guys can organize the next one - Sat 25 Feb?

AWwwRight - looks like its a goer.
So we have got a few basics fully sorted :-
The Inaugural WA Kiters Short Course Speed Challenge.
Host Beach - Pelican Point
Technical Director - Ian (kiss) Young
ROUND 1
Saturday 18th Feb. 2006.
Peli Pt Pansys vs the Mighty Melville Machines
Peli Pt to Lucky Bay & return.
(is it to be 1 or 2 laps ??).
Briefing on the lawn at Peli Pt. 4:00 pm.
Final course & race details at the briefing.
Race start time 4:30
Can one you yatchies please advise if there should be any no-go zones at that day/time.

ROUND 2.
Sat 25th Feb 2006
The Mighty Melville Machine - fresh from their 1st winning round - challenges the first beach to respond to a 2nd round of competition over the same course. Starting & ending at Melville (Lucky Bay).

NB: WAKSA has been keen to get active 'beach user groups' set up at as many locations as possible. This may be just the vehicle needed to get kiters together at their own locals for a bit of casual get-to-know ur local buddies as well as to interact with kiters from other areas. Gotta be all good I reckon.
If any other kitebeach comes back on the forum to answer the Melville Round 2 challenge they will be accepted as the round 2 victims [}:)]
Otherwise I guess we just have to make it Round 2 - Melville Vs the World.

Sounds like a great starting point already.
Continued planning input welcome from all comers - the more the better.

At last, competitive kite racing. I've been wanting to see and do this since I started. WIKKID.
Graeme

Seriously though .............
A few locals at Melville today suggested we should change the course for Round 2 such that everyone on the beach can follow the whole race from the comfort of the superb Lucky Bay outlook.
Host beach has the call so it looks like Round 2 may be a little different :-
Upwind towards Pt. Walter then downwind to that dreaded Waylen Pt orange bouy then back upwind to the launch beach
What do you melville crew think of that idea
Maybe we could add a bit of a 'Big Air' spectacular to finish off the day before the sausage sizzle & presentation/s

What ever - No. 1 priority - we have to kick the peli pt butt 1st.

The big race is on:

The Pelican Point Piranhas against the Melville Mullets - should be a feeding frenzy!

I hear by declare myself available for the PP crew

May the seabreeze be a strong one !!!

Phil, I have removed my post suggesting the race to go around the Big Ugly Stick. I chose that stick because it is in the middle of the River and gives a good distance to race while keeping out of other kiters way. Let me know if I can help you.

Nick

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Originally posted by jan

sounds good :)

pls kite with a buddy

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and no mobes in the middle of the river hey Jan


Sat the 18th sounds good for round 1 but doesnt round 2 clash with the state titles on at woodys??

i'll give round one a go but i dont know if my knee will get all that way up wind so i might just cheat and luanch from melvile and join you all for the downwind part from melvile to peli point

It's friggen hot and no wind Good for the boaties though.

Yea, Phil you got me all day Sat. to set up. I recon we determine the length of the race on the day...and make it longer or shorter depending on wind speed.

Man I do hope that the Seabreeze predictions improve,especailly for Sat.........I actually thought I was going to get out today[}:)] The locals, people who grew up here seem to know without looking on the net....like my wife, good V-day...sweat in bed

VB Man.........is it hot!

We have some really crazy and FN fast people over here in Minceland. WTF, Melville "Mincers?" Who came up with that one......

I'm going to chase you VB.

Let the games begin.

Too friggen hot to sleep, drink...........

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Originally posted by jan

the bay of the bows doesn't stand a chance

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OOOOW OUCH
Thats a bit below the harness Jan

and as 4U VB MAN
Enjoy that yaaaawwwwwnnnnn while (U think) U can
U may think that popping the cork on the odd occassion is the measure of a MAN
BUT when it comes to brute strength endurance, combined with the extended, coordinated finesse of kite & board control I'm reckoning the VB MAN will just be all froth & bubble [}:)]

Phil that will be fine - as long as people know exactly where the marker is and it can be seen some distance away then we shouldn't have a problem.

Sorry I didn't answer your question before about one or two laps of the course - I reckon we just do one to start with - but if people want to do a second lap to see if they can improve their time - go for it!

At the end of the day we all have to be flexible when dealing with the wind gods :-) How's the forecasts been this week????? Storms that never happened, NE when it's supposed to be SW, nil wind when it's supposed to be 15-20knots and today there's drizzle that wasn't forecast + it's supposed to be SW and it's NW!!!! WTF is going on??? Lucky we got the wind for the Contacio Wave comp

Vance can you please give us details of who to contact regarding the course they will be sailing? Cheers, Ian 0414 716 812 [email protected]

I've done a lot of yatch racing and there is always a rescue boat. From what I hear there is a strong interest and we're going to have quite a large fleet and there is a chance of some carnage. I personally believe we should be looking for a boat to accompany us in case there is a problem.

Does anybody know somebody with a boat who would be interested to participate as a rescue vessel? Perhap we could each chip in a couple of dollars to help cover their fuel costs and effort.

Graeme

My boat will be available & on the water at the time. Just needs a driver & 1 crew. Anyone experienced with small powerboats who would like to operate as safety craft please ring me - 0400 227 296.