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Epic bay crossing downwinder this Saturday

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Created by Peterc150 > 9 months ago, 24 Jan 2013
Peterc150
VIC, 710 posts
24 Jan 2013 5:19PM
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The Across the Bay to Conquer Cancer is planned for this Saturday. 25 kiters will attempt the 90km journey from Rye to Port Melbourne.

You can find out more about the event - and get the link to donate to a worthy cause here: www.facebook.com/pages/Across-the-Bay-to-Conquer-Cancer/418371941550110?fref=ts

We will be carrying EPIRBS, SPOTs and have PFDs. There will be support boats too.

Here are some photos of the 66km training run we did last weekend.







We are looking for a few kiters to go on the boats, and a couple more boats are welcome too.

LostDog
WA, 445 posts
24 Jan 2013 4:22PM
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Good luck fellas! Hope you dont need the services of any of the planned support or use of the emergency equipment. It's a great challenge for a worthy cause - SMASH IT!

harry potter
VIC, 2777 posts
25 Jan 2013 4:16PM
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Going to be some burning quads

Peterc150
VIC, 710 posts
25 Jan 2013 11:45PM
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Thanks Lostdog & Harry Potter. We have done a lot of training so hope to have the endurance.

The wind is good tomorrow so we will definitely make an attempt. You can follow progress on Twitter @KiteAcrossBay

Fingers crossed...

Dave Whettingsteel
WA, 1397 posts
25 Jan 2013 9:14PM
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Fantastic Peter !
Great adventure and great cause. Perfect oz day event.. I love the spirit

inout-inout
VIC, 131 posts
26 Jan 2013 9:58AM
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Hi ,looks like fun I gess it too late to join in.



tomme
VIC, 475 posts
26 Jan 2013 12:23PM
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good luck. q fantastic cause and great to see from a small idea to getting press and support.

Peterc150
VIC, 710 posts
26 Jan 2013 9:49PM
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21 kiters completed did the 98km journey in about 5 hours with great support for boat crew and Coast Guard. More info to follow.


suniboy21
VIC, 1090 posts
26 Jan 2013 10:13PM
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21 completed? how many started?

Peterc150
VIC, 710 posts
26 Jan 2013 10:31PM
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24 started, there were some equipment problems. They were picked up by support boats.

Saffer
VIC, 4501 posts
27 Jan 2013 12:34AM
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Some pics of the finishing are uploading to this site. They're still uploading so it could be half an hour before they are up.

atholhill.smugmug.com/Sports/Across-the-bay-for-Cancer-1/27725119_g65fDk



slyfox
VIC, 319 posts
27 Jan 2013 1:00AM
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Very lucky with the conditions today, glad it went well.

dusta
WA, 2940 posts
26 Jan 2013 10:51PM
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so 21 kiters did 98kms each ?


fracking awesome effort

SpaceCoyote
VIC, 147 posts
27 Jan 2013 8:05AM
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I think everyone did a min of 80kms. Peter was out on the water earlier testing the conditions and then also had to wait while we all drift launched (which was bit tricky in gusty offshore wind).

My GPS log read 85kms at the finish (3 hours and 15 minutes on the water).

Awesome day and we couldn't have asked for better conditions. Apart from few light patches at the start we got consistent wind around 18-22 knots the whole way.

Peterc150
VIC, 710 posts
27 Jan 2013 11:09AM
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Yes, I did few extra kms at Rosebud while everybody launched.

Some more information, photos and my GPS log here: www.peterskiteboarding.com/2013/01/kitesurfing-across-bay-from-rosebud-to.html

And donations are still open here: vic.cancercouncilfundraising.org.au/EventClosed.aspx?eventID=12041&langPref=en-CA


Peterc150
VIC, 710 posts
29 Jan 2013 2:00AM
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Here's the track log of all the SPOT tracking devices we carried:




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