Wow... That is a long way...

Mandurah to Lancelin??

Why not Mandurah to Coral bay, make a day of it!

Very funny comments but on the serious side this can be done.

The idea comes from a story on Boardseeker.com where they have just completed a run from Bournemouth to Brighton.
That’s a whopping 107 miles. Mandurah to Lancelin would be around that figure I reckon.

The stats for the UK run are:

Distance = 107 Miles
Sailing Time = 5Hrs 40 Mins
Resting Time on Land = 2Hrs 45 Mins
Resting Time on Water = 25 Mins

count me out, my dogs are already barking at the thought of it.

Don't forget distance sailed can be a lot different depending on wind direction.

Part of the gps challenge is a distance category, it's been going for 2 months now and nobody's done 100km yet!
My ruler tells me Mandurah to Lancelin as the crow flies (12km off shore at Freo) is 175Km.
If you had a westerly and could do it in one tack, (sore ankles) and average 40km/hr that's about 4hrs travel time.

Yes doable, and Rottnest wouldn't be a bad stop.

But with a S.W. seabreeze, travel time may blow out to 5 1/2 6hrs.
Say you get an early one and can start about 1100 with breaks you'll be in Lano fairly late, hopefully the breeze hasn't died!

Count me out I'm getting too old for that sort of challenge.
I'd want to try here to Rockingham first, to see how I hold up.

Having done the Cervantes excursion which is a similar wind direction (if we have southerly)

That was 10km as the crow flies but 18kms on gps tacking down wind.

Have thought of Mandurah to Safety bay though, that would give you a good case of jelly legs

ill do it on a kite and beat ya all there im willing to make a bet on that 50 dollars anyone to get there arsed wooped by a kite boy yeeew

Kite Boy often has neck looks like it's sunburnt

It's actually a circumcision mark, the redness is friction burns from where he keeps stroking it

hes been eating skittles again.
All that sugar, does nothing for his ADD

Hey Kite Boy, I'll take you up on your bet but how about we raise the stakes to $500... or does the thought of working triple shifts at McDonalds until you turn 18 in 3 years time worry you ?

woof woof

Back on the topic though..

Sounds like a damn fine idea, I reckon you'd get a fair sized crowd involved.

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Originally posted by spot1

the last 2y we have batteled to get 10 or 12 involved

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Oops I am Mistooken then, I've only ever done one down winder and that was Cervantes 2 y ago

Yes he did do it ! crazy fecker ! He comes in to the beach for a chat and I says wheres your car? Tells me he sailed up from Rockingham. WHAT!
He had $20 in his pocket for bus fare to get home. CRAZY FECKER!

Forgot to ask SPOT1 wasnt part of the problem that the run was on weekends with no wind ? I know I was thinking of going but there was some reason I didn't - perhaps a lack of motivation -

A long down winder,. im keen sounds like fun