Select to expand quoteHenley to Semaphore Race
Race from Henley to Semaphore.
This is ~8 km direct line and expected to take 30 - 60 mins, depending on the conditions.
When: Green SW'ly arrows on Seabreeze during the holding period & consensus amongst organisers
Holding Period: Weekend day in Nov/Dec (7th/8th, 14th/15th, 21st/22nd, 28th/29th November, 5th/6th, 12/13th, 19/20th December 2019
Called: based on the forecast around noon on Friday - here at this post
Registration - Marlborough St, Henley Beach, from 2:30 pm
Briefing - 3:00 pm - you need to be at the event briefing to participate in the event
Car Shuffle - Organisers will leave transport at Semaphore ready for the car shuttle.
If you have a buddy coming then organise to leave a car at Semaphore
Eligibility - competent wind surfers who can water start, gybe and plane comfortably in choppy conditions.
Comfortable sailing for 1 h in changing conditions, mainly on a broad reach
Equipment - Floater board, PFD and mobile phone in waterproof case recommended
Event entry fee - free for WindSurfingSA members. Join online at
windsurfingsa.org.au/
Craft: Windsurfers, Windsurf Foilers and Wing Dingers.
Event Sponser - Ocean Surf Co
Select to expand quoteWsurfingSA said..
Not this weekend
(might be a nice breeze this arvo tho!)
Was a good breeze Friday arvo.
Plenty of wind this weekend but not the sea breeze we are looking for - not this week end
Saturday forecast looks like it could be possible at this stage. Fingers crossed.
Select to expand quoteWe're calling it on for Saturday on the basis of Metro Waters forecast:
Forecast for Saturday, 19 December
Winds: South to southeasterly about 10 knots becoming south to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon then tending south to southeasterly in the evening. Winds reaching 20 to 25 knots north of Grange in the afternoon and south of Brighton in the evening.
Registration - Marlborough St, Henley Beach, from 2:30 pm
Briefing - 3:00 pm - you need to be at the event briefing to participate in the event
Car Shuffle - Organisers will leave transport at Semaphore ready for the car shuttle.
If you have a buddy coming then organise to leave a car at Semaphore
Eligibility - competent wind surfers who can water start, gybe and plane comfortably in choppy conditions.
Comfortable sailing for 1 h in changing conditions, mainly on a broad reach
Equipment - Floater board, PFD and mobile phone in waterproof case recommended
Event entry fee - free for WindSurfingSA members. Join online at
windsurfingsa.org.au/
Craft: Windsurfers, Windsurf Foilers and Wing Dingers.
Try and get a waterproof case so you can carry a phone with you in case of the unexpected.
It's a good time to check over your equipment (UJs, cord, harness lines)
Refreshing beverages served after the event.
Hope to see you there!
Select to expand quoteasdmuzak said..
Just dusted off the 8m race gear!!
Job is on!
8m...WOW WEE
The big boy's have come to play
Select to expand quoteTAA said..asdmuzak said..
Just dusted off the 8m race gear!!
Job is on!
8m...WOW WEE
The big boy's have come to play
And that cocko was your 800th post congrats!
Results are in for the CANNONBALL RUN 2020
8km downwinder
Well done crew for making the event happen
WINDSURFING
1- Mark Tinnion
2- Tim Haselgrove
3- Ian Ruston
4- Rob Mac.....On a Windsurfing foil 1st
5- Richard Upton
6- David Poulsen
7- Juan Hierro
8- Chris Humphrey
9- Leo Tolo
WING-DINGING
1- Mark Sykes
2- Scotty Mac
3- Shane O'C
4- Mario Stefano
5- Tony Mitrovic
6- Jade Denton
7- Ty Andrews.....Sweep rider
8- Travis Murphy DNF
Select to expand quoteTAA said..
That's a different running style Ian Ruston
At least he is number 3 now
Thanks to everyone that participated
Thanks to Ocean Surf co for putting on the prizes!
Special thanks to Ty for Sweeping and keeping an eye on everyone
Another great event! Thanks James and Windsurfing SA for organising, and thanks to Ty and Ocean Surf Co. for sponsoring. A great prize for everyone in the end.
Congrats to Mark the overall winner. A bit of a slog for me this year. 8 knots average speed, 20 knots max speed. 45 min.
What a great way to kick off the holiday sailing season and burn off that Christmas party food and booze binge
Congrats to the two Marks.
It was fantastic to see the WingFoilers zipping around too, and be in a mixed fleet of fin, foil and dingers.
Thanks WindsurfingSA for organising it (and James for the lift).
Big thanks to Ocean Surf Co for sponsoring and great set of prizes for everyone!
Cheers Ty for keeping me company at the back of the pack
Due to double pressing on GoPro button, I only got 26 seconds of beach start - 
...this was the only frame worth posting.
Great event!
Thanks to Ty, James and everyone at WSA for organising this and other events. Wind sports are clearly popular at the moment and we should all try and support anything that these good people devote time and effort to hosting. There are nearly 50 users on our Windsurfing WhattsApp group now so a few more attendees would have been nice. Don't be scared off by the whole "race" thing. It's just a fun social sail........with the bonus of some nice prizes from Ocean Surf.
Well done again to all involved.
Rather tardy but big thanks to James and Ty (and others?) for organizing this. Was great fun and look forward to the next one where I'll turn up a bit earlier and rig a bigger sail!
