Hi everyone,

just a reminder :-

Inaugural KA Sail Caloundra Wind & Surf Speed challenge

to be held at Golden Beach, Caloundra this coming weekend. The event will be held over 2 weekends to maximise the wind outcomes.

At this early stage the wind forecast is for an excellent angle to the bank.

just follow the links in the seabreeze upcoming events section for more details. Also we now have a ladies division for the event too.

The guys at KA sail and Caloundra wind & surf have put up for grabs the following prizes.

6.6m KA Koncept sail
2 x KA booms
plus lot more goodies

sign on is between 9am and 10am. the briefing will be held at 9.50am.
I will have waivers there on the day for all competitors. entrants under 18 years of age must have a guardian to sign the waiver for them to be eligable.

finally, this event is open to all. everyone is welcome.

let the fun begin.
Regards
Justin.

Anyone from the Gold Coast keen?

has there been any wind up there? Did you get wind on weekend sonic?

Wishful thinking mk. Wind looks promising for the week end but like always its jumping up and down.
Shame you can not make it what about the week after.

sonic it would be great to see you goldy guys up there.

padi leave ya bags at home mate wouldnt want to embarrass you.
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Forecast 4 wkend ain't lookin too good at present. Sorry to say but, ....no wind will really kill a speed event.

make sure you are all wearing your life jackets as you might get another fine on top of your speeding fine!!!!!

hi Sonic,

we've definately got our eyes on the forecast and hear what you're saying.

Tomorrow is definatley going ahead, as they say the show must go on. there will hopefully be enough wind to get some intial times on the board. the scoring system is based on an average of all days of the comp sailed to even things out and give everyone a chance to bring home a prize. this method is the anti vando method. no matter how many days are sailed we will still have one discard. there will also be a wind limit so if no one gets mobile that day won't count. We will review sunday and let everyone know what the plan is. at this stage sunday is not looking good. but we still have next weekend too.

I agree that we need some wind for the event to be successful. unfortunatley the windy time of the season hasn't been windy.

So tomorrow is definately on and definately watch this space.

Hey justin, I assume this means tomorrow is off as well then? I was planning to go up then but from the looks of things it wouldnt be worthwhile. Pitty about today.

good idea to postpone it to get good winds i reckon

now if it can hold off til after the 16th so i can make it.

Ah Chris im sure that was u on the starboard go doing 5 knots.
must be a record for you mate haha.

hi troppo, wish we could have you bring some of your wind down here.

It seems there may be good news towards the end of the week as the first of the east coast lows for the season starts to make it's way southwards. at this stage there is a chance it may even turn into a cyclone. and even more fortunate we could get 2 or 3 as there are also more lows following behind.

the low currently being watched is situated in the coral sea. it popped onto the radar about 7 days ago. I am told the computer predictions have it moving closer to the Qld coast and intensifing as the week progresses. also helping it along are the high sea temps. higher than 26.5 deg. but it is moving very slowly so we will have to wait and see.

currently there is a large amount of chatter online suggesting that all the pieces are falling into place. there is also a suggestion that the BOM will start cyclone information bulletins soon.

so at this stage we have a yellow light for the speed event. towards the end of the week once things are more clear we will have a better idea to what is happeing. but at this stage the predictions are for 20 knots on sat and 20-25 on sunday.

lets hope this is the real deal.

as we have lost the first weekend to the 2 weekend format the intention is to change the scoring system to the 5 best 10 sec runs. so competitors can use either or both days to clock their fastest times.

generally in cyclone season wind is from NE an not much over ten knots until late march when trades start. might get one or 2 days a month to sail.

if there is a cyclone the wind here depends on what the cyclone does.

its pretty hard to explain what its like until youve been here for one.

if it goes south of us and crosses the coast then the wind is going to be coming off the land..not good.. very gusty... i went to the beach straight after Larry smashed innisfail and it was like a mill pond in cairns.

they really need to sit out to sea for a few days north of us to be any good for sailing and to blow up a bit of swell.

the wind is really gusty on the coast because of the rain. Theres lots of **** in the ocean from the creeks flooding and if the cyclone looks like its going to hit then you cant go to green because the boats are all in port.

its only in the lead up that you can sail. it gets to strong

Tinaroo dam is sometimes a good option its inland an hour but i havent been there for one yet and prob wont bother.

i'm keeping an eye on that low out in the coral sea at the moment but looks like you guys might get all the benefit from it going south.

Show me the green arrows!!

fingers crossed guys.