Results here
www.bluechipresults.com.au/Results.aspx?CId=11&RId=2112&EId=1
1 1 29 Peter VOLWATER 00:35:58 Elite Male 1
2 2 9 Jesper ORTH 00:37:34 Elite Male 2
3 3 30 Patrick DIETHELM 00:37:53 Elite Male 3
4 4 13 Chris LOCKWOOD 00:38:07 Elite Male 4
5 5 12 Isaac DE VRIES 00:38:10 Elite Male 5
6 6 26 Rowen LAW 00:38:35 Elite Male 6
7 7 24 Steven STRATFORD 00:38:59 Elite Male 7
8 8 20 Daniel AEBERLI 00:39:06 Elite Male 8
9 9 8 Bjorn DUNDERBECK 00:39:08 Elite Male 9
10 10 14 Blair GAVIN 00:39:10 Elite Male 10
Well done to all those who finished.
I see Ben Newson and Craig Spottiswood had equal times, they were talking about using a tandem board so I guess they did, is that a LOC first
Congrats to Peter and everyone who had a go
lotsa pics here: see page 2
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Lancelin-Ocean-Classic-4/
to be anywhere near the front Pack you needed 9m+and BIGwide boards and massive fins, otherwise for most people you were on/off/off/off/on/off the plane.
Even the guys that had 9M sales had them set very bagged out.
If you were on a normal reach it wasnt so bad, but due the the extreme dowind nature of the race you actually need MORE power to make some of the angles.
I think normally 95% of people wouldn't have gone out for a sail, unless they were mucking around and perhaps teaching beginers etc, but race day is race day andyou have tomake the most of what was on offer, the organisers called the start pretty close to scheduled time, which was a goodmove.
I suppose both PV and JO were on 9+ mq.Almost sure Chris was only 8,6.What for Patrik,Daniel and BD?
I don't know the guys in between so if want post about them it will be welcome
firiebob ,
no tandem has been a few times , and every time they have finished ,
there was one back in the nineties, then a threes ago , paul stratford and matti ?? so i think this makes it the third time ??
aaah yeah thats me pumping like crap to stay on the plane in a lull, with a big bowl of cabbage on my 48.5cm pointer not helping. With Patrik in the next gust upwind ready to power past. Looks windy in the pic! It wasnt.
I had a 7.5 Severne Overdrive on a 75 % Carbon mast -
and an isonic 122 with a 40 cm fin - which was extremely comfortable
That combo got me down the course nicely -and with some Pre race training for technique (i usually wave sail - the last time i properly used race gear was 3 years ago) i would have been easily 5 or 7 places further up the front - i finished 20th.
My gybes suck so bad! I came off the plane on every single one - which is unforgiveably bad technique!
Just posted this because i wanted to say that even though you needed a big sail for the outright win - a 7.5 Rigged for low end power (tighten up that leech a bit - get that sail touching the boom) was totally doable - i planed for all of the race and was generally very comfortable.
Loved the energy in the air jsut before the race started - with Helis buzzing around and countdowns in progress - definitely gets the heart beating.
Yet again the race vibe was awesome and one of the highlights of the season for me.
it depends on your weight... 7.5m should be heaps for a cruisy race, not expecting to be powered up and planing the whole time, if you weigh 73kg.
if you weigh 1200kg as does BD, a 9.3m doesnt cut it.
First of all Stoked to get 2nd :)..
This year was pretty light wind. Anything under a powerful 7.5, would have been struggling,, So well done to all that completed the race.
I know a lot of sailors did not make it and had to pull out. Great effort to give it a go,,, In the end there was just below 200 sailors starting and this was awesome for the forecast.
In the end the organisation did extremely well, to get result in both Waves and the Marathon based on a doubtful forecast. It can't be cheap to have the helicopter hanging there + all the other media packages. So hopefully the outcome will be a nice 30 minuts of some good action.. and the support from sponsors etc be intact, for the years to come.
I used the KArace 9.4 myself with the F2 82, 44 Volt.
Great start and top 5 out of the beach, I would say. Dan got the best start again,,
He actually went to the wrong boat (more upwind fishing boat,,) but realized in time and corrected. I was happy to jibe 1'st around the boat and I think behind me was Aberli, Chris, Dan, Isaac, Rowen, Blair, Stratfold. Not sure where Peter, Diethelm, Bjoern etc was , but they must have been up there. I might have forgot to mention some, but hard to tell,,
Then the really deep off the wind to the next marks. Think Peter came up to me on 2nd or 3'rd leg and got a little ahead. I tried to hang on to him, but my jibe at 3'rd mark left me non planing for a while and I could see Peter pulling away more on the deep of the wind. All sailors behind me seamed to have same low wind situation for a short while.
Got going again and the helicopter came around, but went way to close to me on my leeward side. I saw it coming and could do nothing against the "suddenly headwind gust" that flatten me straight in the water. Chris passed me "laughing",, :).
I managed to pass past Chris again a little later going very deep and a little faster with my 9.4.
Then Patrick arrived and we had a good fight. He managed to pass below me and get in front to the last mark. The last leg inside was very tricky as we had to throw in 2 more jibes , to get through the reef. Patrick went way to far in on the inside and I jibed further out and could sail next to the "knee deep" reef on the outside. Next jibe was critical and I did actually jibe to early and could not make the gate (of 2 marks), so had to go off planing and drift down for 20meters. My "panic" eased as I saw the guys behind with the same problem...
Made it to the beach in 2nd -- stoked..
Right behind you Reflex.
I decided last minute to rig the Formula gear. 11.0m reflex and F161 board 70cm Deb fin. It was a bit of a handful on all but the last leg which was deeper off the wind than the others. - Yes not much wind but it was still a great day on the water if you got planning.
Stringer - BD was on a 9.2 - The other one he tried before the start was a 9.6.
hahaha I was upwind of all of them... lining up to do a slingshot into the first mark police boat overshot the first mark by a mile cos I couldnt go downwind enough... oops!
I pumped past a few stalled out guys including Dunky ("mmmmmooooar power!").
nice writeup Jesper. Well done on the race too- and on making it to the pub . That was fun- especially the chopper attack...