Hi, does anyone know the results of the Ocean classic - Ledgepoint to Lancelin race?
Thanks, Samantha
Thanks! I know Peter Volwater uses MauiSails. Does anyone know what Chris Lockwood uses? And well done Nebbian! Was there enough wind? It looked light.
Thanks Elmo, surprisingly my toe didn't affect my results as much as poor sail and board choice (a 6.0 and 80litre wave board wasn't enough).
I think the top crew were all using 7.5 sails. Chris uses CarbonArt boards and KA sails.
Thanks Neb. Do you know you came in 2nd - 5th place? Or do you know when they will have the listing on seabreeze (or do they?).
Thanks Elmo.
Some interesting variations on the dismount!! 
I think the bloke about halfway thru who elegantly combined a body drag and a catapult wins the prize. 
Classic!
Nice vid Elmo. If you'd kept filming for half an hour you'd have got me finishing.
Yeah Nebs, 6.0 is way under done eh? I was in the same boat. Spent a long time floating waiting for some wind out there.
Hard to get your head around needing a floaty board and a 7.0+ sail in 20+ knts.
Makes you want to pack everything up and move to texas oops I mean W.A.
Great vid elmo - did you see the speed chris lockwood hit the beach at. The speed he jumped off the board is about as fast as I've ever gone.
Actually is there a prize for best dismount because as Pointman pointed out the half body drag switch to catapult has only daylight for second.
Havn't seen the full results but I can fill in a few more gaps;
1. Pete Volwater
2. Chris Lockwood
3. Patrik Diethelm
4. Jesper Orth
5. Luke Matthews
6. Dan Engdahl
7. ?
8. James (from UK)
13 Matt Langer
14 Magne Fronsdal
15 Rowan Law
20. Claude
21-23ish Pete Dans
24 Chad Silver
25 Chris Adamson
This from memory. Matt Holder and Ben Severne were up the front somewhere too
Anyone spot any media coverage? I didn't see anything on Nine or ABC. Not even a blip on Google News.
Congrats to all. How about Jet - WOW!!! 
14 yrs old and a time of 50.16. Awesome effort Jet!
14 yrs old and a time of 50.16. Awesome effort Jet!
Classic!
Looking through the results I see Karen Jaggi was 11th overall. That's one fast lady!
Guys, I've been watching the GPS movie for the Ledge to Lancelin. What happens when you pull in to the shore half way through the race like 'Evets'? Do you need to get going and sail on through to the finish, or can you be picked up at that point by car if you've had some kiond of equipment failure? Hopefully 'Evets' was ok - looks like he might have ended up walking to Lancelin. How does this affect the sign on and sign off - is it possible to end up with competitors strewn between Ledge Point and the finish line?
It looks fantastic - what a great race.
Hi Chris,
Evets was fine. You can read more about his adventure here:http://gpsteamchallenge.com.au/showsession.php?date=2009-01-10&team=2
It was "suggested" to him that he retire, and he was picked up by ute and transported back to the finish line.
The event coordination is extremely well done, you get a number written on your hand when you register, and you check that number in at the finish. The coordinators make sure that no-one is missing at the end of the race, they're pretty draconian about making sure you check in afterwards (as they should be!).
Very well run event.
I'd just like to congratulate myself on finishing last in the open category. Somewhat underpowered all the way round on an 80l wave board and 5.7 sail. I even had the rescue boat following at the end cos they thought I was going to keel over and not be able to get out of the drink. However, having two groupies standing on the beach waiting (or worrying) for me with a cold beer (it warmed up a bit cos I was so slow) made it all worthwhile.
well done nasty i was on similar set up and underpowered,but just wanted to finish.cant wait for the race to have 25 to 30 kts
Nasty, just finishing is an accomplishment. Anyone doing it in more than an hour deserves praise as much as the winners as it's damn hard being out there that long. 
The slower you do it, the harder it gets. Especially so if you fall in lots. Being under powered makes a tough race so much tougher. Kudos to all who used less than a 6.5.
