Hi all,
Just a reminder that the Marmong Midwinter regatta is on NEXT weekend. So blow the cobwebs off your booms and polish your fins ready for a big weekend of racing.
The race officers Nev and Brian have been busy coming up with some great innovations and courses, including separate handicap scoring for the Sunday to keep things interesting.
Registration is $30 per sailor which includes dinner from the BBQ to be held after racing on Saturday.
We hope to see you there on Saturday morning for registration from 10:30am.
Cheers
James
james i dont have a sail number yet do i need one?
i sent brian( i think) an email about getting one regestered but no idear when i can use that number . what should i do lol?
Nick, if you havent heard back from the AWA by the end of the week you can just put an X or 1 or something with electrical tape on your sail. All the guys on the boat need is some way of identifying you as you finish. It doesnt have to be an AUS number.
cheers
james
For those who are coming from out of town, and are not familiar with the area, there are the following accommodation options within a 10 minute drive of the club:
Cabins/Camping:
Teralba Lakeside Caravan Park - (02) 4958 5370
Toronto Caravan Park - (02) 4959 1271
Motels:
Macquarie Inn - (02) 4958 8499
Toronto Catalina Motel - (02) 4959 4833
Warners at the Bay Hotel - (02) 4956 6477
Cheers,
James
Does the club have good shelter for significant others who :
a. dont windsurf
b. Dont like cold
Cheers
Craig
Sue im sure we could find a bit extra if you show up .Craig there is a clubhouse with shelter. It even has windows looking onto the lake and Nick if you are really stuck for numbers you can borrow mine. Wether you come to race or to socialise everyone is more than welcome
James,
"A big kiddies playground". Is that
1 - A big playground for kids
2 - A playground for big kids (for example an irishman in his late 30's)
?????
how do we 'read' the forecast 'for the pond' fellas? Looking a little light on...
Hmmm, not sure if i'm up for the 5 hour round trip tomorrow...
On a brighter note, sunday's looking nice!
Do you have a minimum wind strength and then cancel or what? I dont know much about formula racing..
Looks better for Sunday.
Well the forecast is looking ordinary for tomorrow unfortunately. But we all know the BOM doesnt always get it right 
And Sunday is showing some promising signs of good light wind formula conditions.
In terms of wind minimums, its up to the race committee, but usually once most of the fleet can stay on a plane (about 8 knots?) they will call a start.
We will run the BBQ either at the end of racing tomorrow or after the race committee calls off sailing for the day.
Don't forget your 12.0's! 
Looking forward to catching up.
Cheers
James
james if they did take results today were can i find them and also were i can i find the pics taken?
Thanks to all who competed in todays racing, especially the guys that made the trek up from Sydney.
After a day of waiting for the wind on Saturday, four races were held on Sunday in an unexpectedly strong westerly gusting up to 19 knots at times. Sam Parker won 3 of the races with Byron McIlveen right behind him and scoring the win in race 4.
In FE+ Bruce Healey proved that he should go back to the two-lap fleet by winning all the races on his 9.8.
Final results will be posted here on Seabreeze once they've been finalised and the guys on the start boat also took a few pictures that will be put up.
Thanks to Neville and Brian for running the racing and to Geoff and the other club guys for all the behind the scenes organising.
Our next regatta will be the Marmong Spring Regatta in September. Dates will be posted up here when they're locked in with Windsurfing NSW.
Cheers
James
Cheers to Marmong for putting on a great day of racing on Sunday. Gets you nice and fired up for the Summer's racing doesn't it.
Great turn out with plenty of new faces making keeping things interesting for FE+. Then again maybe Nick could go straight to the 2 lap fleet?
Didn't 5 races get run James?
Sam.
Sam,
Marmong has to uphold a fine tradition in taking out the FE+ class with a ring in .
I will be happily handing on the "Fine Cotton" cloth to Nick with the simple caveat that he doesnt beat me around the course in '11/'12.
thanks again to Nev, Brian, geoff etc for a good weekend
Gentlemen, contrary to popular belief, there were 5 races on Sunday.
Another myth to be destroyed. Bruce won 2 races not 4. Sorry to destroy the moment Bruce.
I will have the results and some pictures up tomorrow.
Thanks to the diehards that turned up and had at least 1 great days racing.
GeoffS
Sorry Bruce, I guess I'll have to return that cheque you kindly sent me
Thanks to Geoff for doing up the results.
cheers
james
OK below are the results of hours of mathematical calculation, all designed to ensure fair play and that I didn't come last.
Happy days
Hi Geoff,
Sorry mate but I think I mucked up your scoring.
It was my first ever race I wasn't sure what I was doing. In the first race I saw all the other sailors going round for a second lap so I did too but after the first race I realized that I could and SHOULD be doing one lap so for the rest of the regatta I was only doing one lap.
Sorry to mess you round. No need to recalculate my score in the FE+ group - just scratch me from the open class.
Cheers,
Andrew
Hi Geoff,
i only did 1 lap in the second race so i'll have to forego that 4th place...
I was still at the top mark when the race started..
Seano, Andy, how refreshing to see honesty rear its wonderful head.
My results are merely a tabulation of the sheets supplied by the boat guys, and the entry forms.
As a reward for your honesty and to let the world see that honest people can prosper, we will leave the results as is. Besides if I change them someone else will find a mistake and it will become the never ending story.
Next year when/if we find a sponsor and offer some real incentives we will have to get serious.
Happy days
GeoffS
I second Nick's question. I'd love to see some of the photos that were taken off the boat.
