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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Racing Log: 31st of Jan

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    Weather: SSW 5~15 knots of breeze, building during the afternoon.  Course: 2 larger triangles, 4 smaller triangles, Port course Start: Start was in front of the club, with a pin end bias. The end of the line near the retaining pond making it a bad tactical move. Slowed boat down the line with 20 seconds…

  • Impulse 378, After the fairing

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    I have now patched everything to the extent that I am happy with, the back of the boat isn’t exactly perfect but I would end up with a boat that is all filler to get everything 100%. I suspect that somewhere along the way the boat has had a solid bang in the back and…