Bayside Slalom Racing - Sunday 24/11/13

Some shots from previous race days

what are the dates for round 7 & 8.

baysidesailboards.com.au/

According to our current calendar the final race this calendar year will be the 8/12/13 (round 7)

Thanks how far is it from surfers I would love to come and race on Sunday 8 th

Thanks let me know if the date changes due to green island . I will do slalom but to far to go to green island

Well today was definitely a little different!

We had another massive turnout of sailors. Great to see all the new faces and some old ones. If anyone ever doubted the quality of the open fleet then they would have been silenced today. Brad was back from Africa, several sponsored riders from the PWA and the usual local hotshots.

The first race was run in almost perfect conditions, with all sailors planing 99% of the time. Then things started to go pear shaped.

We could all see the large storm brewing from the west. Half way through the second race we lost most of our wind, then there was a deafening roar from the land as large hailstones were pelting the iron roofs of Manly/ Wynnum. Worst still it was heading straight for us.

Most people took cover under boards or sails or anything they could find. The hailstones smashing into the water made for a pretty surreal landscape.

Within 60 seconds it was all over. Including the wind!

Days like this make you appreciate our great sport even more! As the majority of Australians continue to lie on the couch and become vegetables, today on the water was one of those days that makes you feel alive. We need less spectators and more participants.

It may have not been our greatest day of racing, but for those on the water today I don't think many will forget it in a hurry. Great work again by the boat crew (under difficult conditions) special thanks to Tribey for helping out.

Another of life's adventures that you would have missed if you had stayed home to watch the v8's or the cricket.

Thanks to the boat crew and Tribey for picking me up from the outer mark. I still had a smile on my dial when i got back in thanks to his, Dan's and little Bailey's efforts in getting me and my kit safely to shore, unlike Jensey who looked less than impressed after making his own way home. How many times did that wind shift 180 degrees big fella?

I think it's amazing that you can get so focused on beating your mates or rounding a buoy that a whole fleet of otherwise sensible and safety conscious sailors can allow a vicious storm close in on them. The noise of that front coming through was like a jet plane, quite awesome.

Thanks Bayside for another interesting story to tell in the old folks home.

I had a pretty good little video capturing the moment but managed to muff it when I accidentally deleted the master files before publishing the movie. I did manage to save this though. If you turn your volume to full you will get a tiny appreciation of the noise as the front hit. You can't see him but poor little mate Bailey is tucked up under that sail to avoid being knocked silly by the hail stones.

I think we were lucky. I have a client around the corner and their cars got really badly damaged by the hail.

Robert Earl Jones Voice over

In late 2013 a small Queensland sailing club was hit by the worst natural disaster of our time???.

???what started out as a fun afternoon???soon turned into???

HAILJELLIESHARKLOTSOFWINDNOWINDLOTSOFWINDNADO!

Little bit of footage of the racing before it went biblical!

If you could all message jersey with offers on how to be on time for a start???he would very much appreciate it.