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  • Racelog Feb 27th 2010

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    The wind around Albert Park Lake was blowing 10-15 knots from the South-South West. With the tents and grandstands being built at the southern end of the lake for the Grand Prix the wind was light and very fluky down the narrows and rowing basin. The race went well with the winds allow me to…

  • Racing on October 24

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    Nice steady spring breeze rolled in to Albert Park Lake just before the race. With a Starboard course the question of how to tackle the island/entrance to the narrows is a tricky one. It seems that there was better wind towards the island rather than out near the entrance to the narrows. At present the…

  • Sailing Log 12th of September

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    Yesterday was an extremely windy day, with the wind was consistently over 25 knots, with the weather station at Royal Melbourne recording gusts at 47 knots (87 kmh) during our race. An idea of how windy this is, there was spray being blown off the surface of Albert Park Lake, and the boat got tipped…

  • Photos of Dad’s Boat ‘The Toad’

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    While I have put a number of photos of rebuilding and repairing Dad’s boat, I haven’t put any photos up of the finished boat. Unfortunately it would probably have been better to take these photos before breaking the mast and punching a hole in the deck. I took a liberty with name of the boat.…

  • Racing on the 14th of March

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    A very wild day with the wind. We started with a north easterly breeze. For the first 45 minutes we were sailing in extremely light, flukey winds everything less than 5 knots. After that a number of storm clouds rolled in, shifting the breeze to the west and bringing an average 10 knot breeze with…

  • Racing on the 7th of March

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    Boat setup on the Impulse is going well. Probably the only thing left to do is replace the hiking straps. Will look at ordering Zhik straps in the next couple of weeks. Area that needs the greatest work is my tacking. It is interfering with my upwind boat tactics. The focus on the technical aspects…

  • Racing on the 21st of February

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    First day out in the Impulse. It was blowing quite strongly and it was going to be a good test of the boat.  The start was fairly good, starting a few slots down from the committee boat end with a little speed and was with the front of the fleet for the first couple of…

  • GPS Log of Feb 14th

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    Here is the GPS log of the racing on Feb 14th. I have used everytrail.com to show the details. The full trip details are available on the Every Trail website.  14th of Feb Race Widget powered by EveryTrail: GPS Geotagging

  • Race Log: 14th of Feb

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    Weather: 5~10 knots, a couple of stronger gusts, Southerly Breeze Course Notes: Port Course, 2 big laps, 4 smaller laps.  Start: Starting at course boat end, pin favoured, didn’t loose out to much except for the first 2 boats off the pin. End of the day the course boat is still favoured on Albert Park. …

  • Racing Log: 3rd of Feb

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    Weather: Strong Easterly Breeze, ranging from 5~20 knots. Inconsistent breeze.  Course Notes: Starboard course with the bottom rounding mark in front of the club. Top mark on opposite side of the island. The windward shadow of the island extended nearly the entire lake between the island and the road on the upwind leg. Unless you…