So - who's doing the East Coast Championships this long weekend? Open to formula foil and iQ foils.
George's River Sailing Club is hosting the event which can run in Botany Bay or George's river.
Rego closes on Friday $120-$170.
www.optinsw.org.au/events/129725
www.grsc.org.au/events/135445
So far we have 9 Formula Foil and 5 iQ sailors registered. Wind forecast looks good so should get 4 races a day done easily.
5 Races held from GRSC on Botany Bay today in a 10 to 25kt gusty westerly to south westerly.
Conditions were tricky... Big (up to 1m) Long Ocean Swell was coming in from the heads heading W which was met by half metre wind driven chop heading E made for some tough rides that meant a lot of people ended up getting wet at least once!
Races were run very well thanks to the start boat crew and I think ever body was happy with the choice of 2 lap races.
As always the starts were critical!
A good start gave you options... Will extending his first leg lead meant he could tack onto Port and safely pass in front of me... as did Matt moments later.
Dowwind took commitment... after Sail Melb & Competting in Europe, Will had heaps on offer
As did Matt & Dave
But it was VERY easy to get over balanced as everyone from 3rd back could attest! Dave recovered from this angle!
On the second lap the leaders had gotten away but Dave missed his lay-line giving him the opportunity to show me his sail... and how to tack properly. Thanks Mate.
We didn't have the water to ourselves... the 29ers were on our course and occasionally gave way. I dipped on Starboard just because it was easier and I wasn't sure if they saw me through the rig... or understood how fast I was going to catch them!
But I went above the next boat... nice to see the 2 person crew fully hicked out!
Some of us gybed better than others...
Getting a bit wet here... but I made it out dry!
There is a start video here... 360 mode best viewed on a phone! I'm working on a race edit soon.
Your commentary is classis Berowne, love it
Conditions looked pretty nice out there.
Day 2 was cancelled due to dangerous wind warnings expected to last until 3pm. While some of the more advanced sailors could have handled the conditions the safety of everyone was taken to be a key factor combined with the fact that on Day 1 everyone had been knocked in during at least 1 race!
Day 3 was somewhat disappointing, but the kids banded together around the start boat and made the most of a great day for champagne sailing. 2 to 4 knot SW with occasional gusts to 6 while we bobbed around from 10 to 1:30 then 2 slalom races held in 5 to 4 to 15 (30 seconds) to 4 knots of wind.
There was some great displays of pumping in extremely light conditions such as from
Henry AUS 105
BerowneAUS123
Roger AUS 303Henry AUS 105
Will AUS111 and
Nick AUS537 tried a spot of tandem sailing... badly Dave 688 
Matt "1"
