Oh! It's so lonesome away from your kindred an' all morbid nor drear than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer. or words to that effect.
Ron
Situation saved the drains finally cleared it. 2 hrs of rain and we had a pond 150mm+ deep and 300m long. So good news is pub is accessible in a direct line again bad news is the dentist has been cut off
Not seen that in 11 years here. This lot had better not hit Cherruiex or it'll scupper things for a day or two
Cheers Col
Geez... I'm off to iron another spare pair of jeans and pack my rain jacket.
I suppose you get to expect this, with any nature powered event.
But I feel for everyone involved, after the tremendous amount of effort that has been put into it at all levels. Damb!!!
Bonjour,
Very good day: sun, wind and lots of mini's sailing all day long.
french AIRTRACK team is third.
Hi Frogy
Great news for you guys
Is there any cam links, or site that are following the event with vidio or pics.
Real interested in watching it all unfold
Cheers
Vic
Day 2
Resultshttp://www.mondial2012.com/resultats/kartavoile-09072012.pdf
www.pbase.com/waltercarels/image/144639250
Congratulations to the winners of the first 5.6m mini championship.
1st
Sven Kraja G592
2nd
Francois-Xavier Piquet F1463
3rd
Laurent GUERIN F111
Sorry final results (first report had second and third around the other way)
1st
Sven Kraja G592
2nd
Laurent GUERIN F111
Francois-Xavier Piquet F1463
3rd
Francois-Xavier Piquet F1463
Resultshttp://www.mondial2012.com/resultats/kartavoile-08072012.pdf
Day 3 photos
www.pbase.com/waltercarels/tue10
Opening ceremony photos
www.pbase.com/waltercarels/monoc
Hi Paul,
It looks like it was pretty crazy out there & yacht design for conditions obvoiusly big factor.
Hope you get a better go in 5.
Good luck,
We're cheering you on here.
rained off,which is a pity as the clay doesnt stick to your tyres when its raining
. running 3.8 fat larrys today instead of those skinny hookworms
A huge thanks to englishman Chris Wright , who had prepared a set of tyres ,but was unable to attend,he sold me tyres at cost, and they were all buffed and ready to go ,
thank you so much
other results
dont take a ferrari to a dune buggy race!!!!!!!!!
nappy rush with its 4.2m poly sail would have been the perfect choice for this beach, fast upwind and grosly overpowered downwind
add clemco steering and sit up nappy rush to the grandad position and youve just described the top designs on the beach. fit a 5.5 for medium winds and a 6.5 for the lighter stuff Clemcos batten diagram was spot on for beaches,forgrt your hookworms,as they are not too good at 15psi
only needed 10psi on the front and now have 10kg of sand at the back to keep it light up front. running a massive 6kg on the front when sailing that keeps the front wheel just touching the ground,except on the tacks ,which are achived by the front aileron/wheel with all the adjustments I actually finished a race today, on 2 wheels,possibly 2 laps behind, but recieved a compliment from one of the french pilots when I held back at a mark to give him a clean line.
re the beach.......;its s**t
but thats Europe, If I recall correctly
on another note , European kite buggiers ;make us landyachters look like a mob of babies.
the crap they sailed through was incredible
after 1 lap they were driving through a river,and they did it again and again
looking at the photo's Pt Germein beach here in good 'o SA doesn't look to bad after all !!
Thanks for the posts, they are most interesting It would seem
for landyachts the flat on the back position is least favoured.
and thats a yes vote from me ![}:)]
Class5 resultshttp://www.mondial2012.com/resultats/classe5-general.pdf
Pics from the 12th-13th. The kite buggy mob sure do it hard.
www.pbase.com/waltercarels/thu12
www.pbase.com/waltercarels/fri13
they are most interesting It would seemand relly tall rigs
Kiwi 307 was on the ball re the roller blocks, destroyed 3 ronstan carbon blocks in 2 laps
fitted some blocks off my cl5 in 1986/87,and ran much smoother
they are most interesting It would seemand relly tall rigs sigh of relief
Congratulations to all that attended the championship. I had a great time following the event.
www.pbase.com:443/waltercarels/sat14
www.pbase.com/waltercarels/sun15
Class5 Champions
Francois Papon F225 1st place
Brice Pedit F706 2nd
Aureuen Morandiere F577 3rd
