It is back on at DAC! The nor-easters are coming and daylight savings kicks in this weekend. So that means from Oct 7 DAC twilight racing resumes. If you want to join in be COVID free.
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Owain, I'll let Greg or Ritchie officially reply, but I think it's a great idea. LTs take part so why not foils? I know Ritchie has been foiling at DAC on his Slingshot gear.You'll have to pick your evenings. The NE course is triangle, sausage, triangle. A decent sea breeze is necessary as the wind drops as the sun goes down. It's a handicap, so fastest goes last. I think the entry fee covers AWA third party liability insurance. Below is the Navionic map set at -1m, low tide. At dead low tide, the shallow, muddy part is straight off the clubhouse. I think by the end of the season & if it's windy, we will have windwings course racing.
Wednesday night twilights are about encouraging participation in windsurfing. It does however have some customs that may be problematic for foils. The event is started and finished off the beach near the carpark. This area is the shallow part of Iron Cove. If we get Foiling starters we can accommodate that by starting and finishing them from the club pontoon, which has deeper water. As it will then be a slightly different course, the foilers will become a separate division. All participants in Wednesday night twilights are involved in running the event, so if we all do a little bit it works. There are no starters or finishers as such, just racers. The foilers would have to keep track of their finishing order. From week to week we can tweak what we are doing to make it better. If the foiling crew have some ideas on what would work for them PM me and we can see how best to combine all boards in the event.
From the pontoon towards the bridge there is enough water on the racecourse as long as you give adequate clearance of the water's edge.
If you're coming be rigged and ready to launch by the briefing at 6pm.
