Great effort guys, really hotting up now!!!!!

very gusty conditions today.
first time on the water in 6 weeks
getting cold though.
well tom suppose to be better so fingers crossed.

great going guys!! some awesome alpha's

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Time for the secret weapon

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holy sh1t, on top of the personell you guys also have a secret weapon

And a hint of wind for the Pit on Monday....Game On

Good point Snides - the rules dont say that sessions/posts have to be from within Orstralia - Karpathos is just down near Margies!! Right

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Originally posted by elmo

Doesn't matter where you post from as long as it has the right date on it.

Good Luck Chris, keep that Grin of yours going mate

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Now there's a point. what about the international date line???'
Do we work Australia's date, or the place you sail???
ie you could be sailing at exactly the same time as your mates, but the gps would say a day earlier.

Has to be verifiable, so whatever the gps records the date as!

hey 25 looks like we got the mandurah crab boys worried with our proposed 'global' tactics me thinks they should be more concernd with the bug boys instead another good post from vandoi wonder if any of the other bug boys sailed today also

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Originally posted by snides8

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.... Too late for sucking up to me now........ You've triggered me off into a mad hungry psychotic grab for power...... MWA...HAHAHAHA!!!

Let's see now the Swan River Mob: 2 point penalty per month for being better looking than us,... 2 point penalty per month for having a younger more athlectic crew than us,... and a measly 144 point penalty for being faster and more skilled windsurfers than us MWA..HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

For a social competition things are starting to really get serious.

On that point what is the consensus on dropping slower times from a days sailing? The challenge as i understand it disapproves of only the fastest sailors times being submitted. The reason i raise this point is that i have heard from a very reliable source that my fellow qlders are ommitting their slow sailors from their sessions.

Personally i don't give a rats razoo how each team goes about their business. Its not in the spirit of the competition, and i think that messrs hardie and nebbian would be disappointed that their brain child may evolve to a no-holds barred event.

I personally like the way the guys have set things up and i encourage my fellow competitors to be honest to themselves and embrace the spirit of this challenge and the sport in general.

If my source is proven to be incorrect and my comments have been considered to be inappropriate then i appologise in advance for any harm that such comments may cause. It is not my intention to antagonise but highlight an action that is perceived by myself and i trust others as not embracing the spirit of the challenge.

I no doubt expect a bit of flak over this, thats cool - but if you do not know me then i would appreciate a minimum of personal attacks because they only belittle yourself.

Hey Dam71,

The way the site is set up now everyone should be able to post their own times. So if a sailor is a bit slow, and the captain decides that their time won't be entered, then that sailor can still enter their own time behind the captain's back.

The "My Data" pages show your own progress, and I believe that this is an incentive for everyone to record every day they go out sailing. That way on those calm Saturday afternoons, or those boring days at work, they can have a quick gander at the times and remenisce about that howling 30 knot SE session where they broke a boom, or that sunny 15 knot day where they clocked up 80 k's, or [insert fond memory here].

In the end the competition is aimed at having fun, and getting people on the water more, and to that end I think it's succeeded Well done Hardie

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Originally posted by snides8
[bras for Hardie i propose a truce, i realise it was foolish to ever cross swords with you besides that i still want to come down and sail on your beloved speed strip (hows that for a suck up)

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Excellent suck up!!! Truce Accepted!!!!!

Re: Challenge Spirit.

As for the spirit of the competition, it is written in the rules, though I'm not going to be a Nazi and have an inquisition about it. People will have to live with their own consciences about breaking the rules. At one level it's understandable, to want to post your best possible performances to be competitive and be frustrated when they are dragged down because of less capable performances. So it isn't a crime against humanity, no one has been murdered or raped. However, it will cause aggravation for those that are keeping to the spirit of the competition, so best to keep within the spirit.

I think it has identified one of the problems with the challenge, in that the concept of inclusiveness and relationship building which I think are extremely important, have a cost to them, and that cost being the true dedicated serious speedsters are disadvantaged by this. Therefore I propose 2 divisions next year, and you nominate before you start.

Remember, This is the first year of the comp, and as I said it's a test year, not to be taken too seriously. I think the way to overcome this next year, is to have the aforementioned 2 Divisions, where you nominate for either Serious Competion Division, or the Social Competition Division, I'm sure the Brilliance of Ben can accommodate this on the website.

There probably needs to be an allowance for this, the serious boys and girls need to be able to express themselves in this way. However, as the philosophy is inclusiveness the average social sailor also needs to be able to be part of it, and express that side of it aw well. So this year we're all in it together in the one division, all getting a taste for it, and the feedback I've got so far is most people are rapt in the concept.

So I reckon if anyone is going against the spirit, ask your conscience if this "is this the right thing to do?", and realise that your high competitive nature will be accommodated next year, so be patient.

The punishment for the winning social challenge team, can be a move up into the serious division in the following year

Our rule for the Pit Crew is if you sailed your times get posted,even if you sailed backwards all day