Henley 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: 7th/8th, 14th/15th, 21st/22nd, 28th/29th 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/
Windsurfer definition: (Wikipedia) It consists of a board usually 2.5 to 3 meters long, with displacements typically between 60 and 250 litres, powered by wind on a sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating universal joint and consists of a mast, boom and sail. The sail area generally ranges from 2.5 m2 to 12 m2

Hope to see you there!

Excellent news. Always a fun event.

Yes Geoff, foils are allowed as long as sail is connected to the board with UJ. We've been speculating for a while now about how a foil would go in the race, but to date no one's been game/conditions not favourable.

To encourage participation the intention is to call it in conditions when the average sailor can make it down on a wave/free ride board. Speaking from experience, its unlikely you'll win on a wave board but you'll have a much smoother ride!??

I forgot to mention Refreshing beverages will be provided at the end of the race.

Sunday the 1st!??
Windguru showing Sems at 20-25knts on the 1st

www.windguru.cz/208631

Just abit of fun Mark

If I was Bondy I would be more worried about the Priest behind him

Nothing.......what's a couple of implants worth these days?

Conditions unsuitable this weekend

We are running this event on this Saturday 21st
Registration from 14:30 h
Event briefing 15:00 h with race to start shortly after.
More details (address, what to bring, etc) at start of the string
Hope to see you there!