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2013-14 Season Arriving!

Sean OBrien — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 12:44:56 +0000

The next exciting season of the NSW Windsurf Tour is upon us in only a few weeks. Check out the updates calendar to find all the Wave, Formula & Slalom events happening in NSW. Get involved!

Slalom Heat 3 – Kyeemagh Results

dflanagan — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:16:03 +0000

Report to come:

Heat 3 Results
Heat 3 – Slalom Results

Overall Series Results
Slalom results – 2012-13

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FW Heat 4 – Lake Macquarie!

dflanagan — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:29:32 +0000

After a Stella wind forecast, Saturday’s conditions of zero wind and muggy conditions was a bit of a surprise….Luckily racing was called off nice an early so we could concentrate on the potential of a full on days racing on Sunday.
Sunday did not look like disappointing with a 25knot southerly roaring down the bay at 9am.
The game plan for the day was to do 4 back to back races with no break, as the wind was predicted to drop quickly by early afternoon.
So racing kicked off right on time at 11am in what was already a quickly dropping wind, but was still a perfect clean 16knots. 4 races were completed in both the Open and Free Formula divisions with Steve Walsh AUS-55 dominating the open and Andrew Vacopoulos AUS-966 and Niall Kinch AUS-270 fighting it out in the FF.

Thanks to Marmong Point Club and the race crew for managing such as slick days racing. Next stop for the Formula Fleet is Heat 5 and the Down Under Pro www.fw-australia.com

Results (pdf)

Heat 4 Formula

Season Overall Pointscore (xlsx)

2012-13 results

New home for the yellow boat

dflanagan — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:33:46 +0000

New trailer for the yellow boat is in construction. It is being made but a fellow windsurfer from Lake Macquarie.

It will be ready in 2 weeks time.

Engine goes on the boat backwards which is very cool….all the buoys etc go inside the boat also, so all the weight is low and all the stuff covered in salt and sand is contained in the boat. There will be attachments for official flags and sponsor flags. Other equipment, like club board and rig etc can go in the trailer on racks that we can move around to suit.

Slalom – Heat 1 Results

dflanagan — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:26:53 +0000

After a cloudy start to the day, the seabreeze gradually filled in to about 12-15 knots. Those who were able to stick around were able to sail in two planing races around 5:30pm, with people on sails between 7.5 and 9.0. A third race was started but abandoned as the wind was starting to die as the sun went down.

Thanks to all 21 sailors who came along, including Rick Turner who came all the way from Jervis Bay for the day! Also good to see a few new racers from Sydney and the Central Coast. Hope to see you all back up in Lake Macquarie again soon.

Thanks also to John, John and Greg who put in lots of work on the boat and to Byron, Murray and Brett for their help with all of the event planning.

Results are shown below. Congratulations to Byron and Remi for their dead heat 1st place, and to Tibor in 3rd place.

Next round of slalom is over the weekend of 15th/16th December at Kyeemagh, Botany Bay. And the next round of Formula is back at Lake Macquarie next weekend. Location and more details will be posted up during the week.

NSWWA Heat 2 – Central Coast

dflanagan — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:23:16 +0000

Ladies and Gents,

We won’t mention the forecast but will let you know that the next NSWWA event is on this weekend. Due to unforeseen circumstances at this stage we will be running the event at North Entrance only. We have not been able to get waterways access to Toowoon Bay, which in turn means we would be uninsured.

A lot of work has been put into organising this event so we look forward to welcoming you all and seeing a healthy number of sign ons. Especially all the gun Central Coast sailors!

Sign on is at North Entrance SLSC.

Keep an eye on here,NSW Wavesailing or facebook for latest updates eg changes to sign on times.

We’re all really looking forward to it!

FW – Heat 2 – Results

dflanagan — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:59:08 +0000

Date: 20-21 Oct.

Heat 2 of the NSW Formula Windsurfing Tour was conducted on Huskisson Beach Jervis Bay on October 20-21.
Formula Windsurfing is the box rule of windsurfing. It is a development class that encourages different designs and ideas; however the majority of the products available are starting to look very similar. Boards can be up to 1005mm wide, carbon fins are 700mm’s deep and sails can be as large as 12.5M/2. These boards have a massive wind range that enables racing in very light winds from 7 knots up to 35 knots and are capable of reaching speeds of over 30 knots.

Jervis Bay provided a spectacular location for this fast and convenient format of windsurfing. Not to mention a perfect place for a family get away. Races are about 20 minutes in length and courses are usually located about 500M’s off the beach, allowing competitor’s to return to shore between races. Two divisions are started and compete on the same course allowing new comers to the class (Free Formula) to race one lap of the course, while the expert’s complete two laps.

28 competitors lined up in five races over two days of racing. Saturdays racing was held in southerly winds of up to 20 knots and four races were conducted in quick succession. Jesper Vesterstrom (DEN111) showed the fleet how to start and displayed outstanding speed to win all four races. Steve Floyd showed some early form, however it was Steve Walsh who ended the day second overall. Meanwhile the Free Formula class saw three heat winners and a dead heat at the end of day one between Andrew Vacopoulos and James Farley.

Sunday’s racing saw a Southwest breeze of 10 – 15 knots. Racing started after a short delay and gave the fleet some very tactical racing. Large holes started to appear on the course up the first work and the right paid heavily. Jesper Vesterstrom once again picked the pressure and won the race by a huge margin. Jesper won the weekends racing on 3 points, second was Steve Walsh on 9 points and Remi Dunoyer came in third after five races on 15 points.

The next event will be held at Ramsgate Beach, Botany Bay on the weekend of the 10th and 11th of November. The Free Formula division allows any windsurfers that can complete a windward leeward course to compete. Or you could even organise to borrow the club gear and give it a try.

The NSW Formula Windsurfing tour is made up of seven events, mostly weekend regattas held in family friendly and spectacular locations. The National titles will be held at Jimmy Beach in Hawkes Nest at the end of January. This event attracts some of the world’s best windsurfers due to the brilliant venue and excellent racing.

Photos can be found here. Photos(FB)

Heat 2 Results(pdf)

2012-13 Overall Results(xlsx)

FW Heat 1 – Results

Sean OBrien — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:05:01 +0000

NSW Formula Windsurfing Series 2012-13
Heat 1, 29-30 September
Jimmy’s Beach, Hawks Nest.
Hawks Nest proved again what a special location it is to holiday and the long weekend provided what is predicted to be a hot, dry and windy season ahead. Those of us who choose to take advantage of this beautiful location and the school holidays, headed up early to get in some much needed practice before the racing starts proper, and we were rewarded with 20+ knot NE sea breezes and flat water all week prior to the predicted mismatch of conditions for the weekend.
Saturday: After a long winter the first event of the series is always a bit of a shock to the system. Dusting off equipment or taking shinny new kit out of the bag is the usual state of affairs. Come Saturday morning we had 20+ westerly winds channeling down the beach. Luckily for us, Hawks Nest is one of the only locations we can actually race in a westerly as it is cross on shore and relatively clean and even more importantly, it was warm.
Race 1 kicked off, just as the breeze dropped to the lower end of the range, much to the delight of Steve Floyd AUS-222 who had earlier stated that the wind would not build and it was a big sail day. Steve was looking like a super star after lap 1 until the full force of the wind kicked in, rewarding the small sail contingent. Byron McIlveen AUS-747 absolutely killed it and won by a good distance with Barry Fawkes AUS-2111 cleaning up in the Free Formula division.
Race 2. The wind had now settled down to about 15knots but most of the fleet had succumbed to their smallest sails as the strength of the gusts in the first race had caught a lot of people off guard. Steve Walsh AUS-55 sailed a brilliant race for a good victory in the shifty conditions, with Remi Dunoyer and Steve Floyd making up for their DNF’s in race 1 by taking the minor places. Nathan Hohnberg AUS-11 having returned from a back injury was also on the pace with 2 x 4th. The Free Formula fleet celebrated a victory for the first time to Andrew Vecopoulos AUS-966 with Lewis Pullen AUS-80 in 2nd.
Race 3. The wind was now up to 20+ knots, but was clean i.e. not gusty. Steve Walsh, Remi and Brett Morris AUS-8 rounded the 1st mark only meters apart and locked in for a full on down-wind sleigh ride to the bottom mark, where positions were unchanged until Steve’s hand slipped off the boom, handing the lead to Remi, who had no intention of making the same mistake and muscled out a great victory. James Farley AUS-173 became the 3rd winner in 3 races in the Free Formula.
Race 4. Windiest race of the day! With the wind close to our limit of 25knots and the short but steep chop building up, this had the potential to be a test of seamanship as much as racing pedigree. Brett won in convincing style with Byron in 2nd. Nick Austin AUS-151 and Wayne Bowness AUS-98 had their best results also in the trying conditions. James Farley showed a clean pair of heals to clock up 2 bullets in a row.
After a quick pack up it was off to watch the Sydney Swans give Hawthorn a lesson of how to play AFL. Under dog victories are always sweet…….
Sunday. Sunny with 15mins of 12knots winds every 15mins. This is the perfect scenario for a family day at the beach with lots of family/girlfriend time combined with some windsurfing when the wind came in. Unfortunately it is not ideal conditions to run racing, as every time a race was started, it faded during the race. This resulted in a series of cancellations. One had to feel for Tibor Ferenczy AUS-1, who was rebelling in every race, only to be robbed each time as the wind such off to zero again. Eventually racing was called for the day and a repeat performance of packing up as quickly as possible so we could head off to watch the Rugby League final.

With 4 winners from 4 races in the open and 3 winners from 4 races in the Free Formula, it is obvious that we are in for a competitive season. Congratulations to Brett Morris and James Farley for winning their respective divisions.
Thanks to the new race committee who managed to pull together our first event, and also our guest Race Officer (Jesper Vesterstrom DEN-111) who really made the most of the crazy conditions to give us the maximum amount of racing. Thanks to Sean Dayhew and Adam Craven for the fantastic photos also….Some pretty special shots.
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We want to encourage the participation in our facebook page also, where you can comment, post photos and indicate if you are attending the next events as this make organizing so much easier. Facebook

Heat 2 is at one of the best locations in NSW (Huskisson, Jervis Bay 20-21 Oct)…. Huskisson Map

Photos can be found here. Photos(FB)

Results can be found here. Results(pdf)

NSWWA Heat 1 – Port Kembla

Sean OBrien — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:43:43 +0000

Heat 1 of the 2012/13 NSW Wave Series was held in Port Kembla over the weekend. Click the poster for photos, report and results!

FW Heat 7 – Report & Photos

Sean OBrien — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:30:35 +0000

Rain, rain and more rain. Wind, wind and more wind… You can complain all you like about being wet, but at the end of the day we came to Jervis Bay to race and the wind gods accommodated with perfect 15-18knot NE winds for the entire weekend.

28 hard core Formula races rocked up to the premier windsurfing spot in NSW for the 7th and final race event of the 2011-12 season. The new “drop” rule that stated that you can only drop the 7th event if you competed had the desired effect with all of the top competitors present to battle it out for the series honors.

Saturday: Brett Morris AUS-8 rigged a small sail anticipating the wind to build and was rewarded win in race 1. Remi Dunoyer sailed a killer race winning race 2 before Sam Parker finally pulled his finger out with 3 bullets in a row.

In the Free Formula division David Howe Aus-688, Roger Lucas AUS-303 and Tim Ford AUS-71 took turns at winning races and along with the likes of David Flanagan AUS-057 had amazing close racing often finishing within meters of each other.

5 races were plenty for one day, so it was time to pack up and head to the new and improved Husky Pub for the traditional Saturday night dinner. It is fair to say that dinner will be remembered for a long time for all the wrong reasons. Our picturesque outdoor setting was a good concept, but torrential wind and rain made it all but a farce.

Sunday: 4 more races in exactly the same conditions with race 6 starting right on the strike of 11am. Brett started the same way as the day before with a win. Remi, not to be out done and just to prove that his win yesterday was no fluke took the next 2 races before Brett finished the day off with a victory. The real battle was the ever changing minor places which were being filled by Byron AUS-747, Nathan Hohnberg AUS-11, Murray Towndrow AUS-720 and the fastest yet most inconsistent guy in the fleet Nathan Bowness AUS-70.

I’m not sure what motivated Tim Ford but the Free Formula fleet was dominated by him with 3 bullets.

Overall it was some of the best racing of the season, even if it did rain constantly. Brett secured a victor from the ever consistent Byron and the rapidly improving Remi in 3rd. Free Formula was convincingly won by Tim ford with David Howe and Roger Lucas 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Huge thanks to our race OD, Nick Nelson who ran a slick event in truly miserable conditions. 9 races in 2 days is enough of a testimony, but Sunday was competed by 1.30pm which allowed ample time to get to the prize giving and enjoy lunch before heading home tired, but extremely satisfied.