NSW Windsurfing Tour

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!

FW – Heat 7 Huskisson Jervis Bay

dflanagan — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:02:00 +0000

The last event of the 2012-13 Formula racing season is this weekend (02-03Mar).

Huskisson, Jervis Bay is one of the best and glamorous location in NSW if not Australia, and if the wind is as predicted (25+knots), then bring some small equipment, as there maybe plenty of time for some high wind free sailing,
(just like heat-2 earlier in the year).

Remember: The series rules require you to compete in this heat to qualify for a season drop.
So the pressure is really on to rock up and finish the season in style.

There will also be a beach prize giving on Sunday, but the main prize giving will be held after Easter at a combined windsurfing event to be announced very soon.

2012-13 results

FW – Heat 6 Lake Macquarie

dflanagan — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:50:55 +0000

A terrible forecast turned out to be better than expected, and thanks to the diligent effort from the RO (Glen Rumford) 1 race was completed.

Danish/Aussie Pro Jesper Vesterstrøm won by a country mile (literally) with Andrew Vacopoulos winning the Free Formula division.

Results for Heat 6 and Overall attached…..

Heat 6 Results (pdf)
2012-13 results after Heat 6 (xlsx)

Just 1 event left before we call it quits for another long winter…Luckily it is at the glamour locations of Huskisson, Jervis Bay 02-03March)….

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

Facebook Photos:
Photos

Windsurfing NSW Regatta Trailer!

dflanagan — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:24:02 +0000

Hi everyone,

The NSW Regatta trailer is almost complete. It will be ready for the weekend. We just need a volunteer from Lake Mac to help pick it up and drive it down on Saturday?

If you think you can help please let Brett Morris or David Flanagan know.

Cheers
David

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 3 – Illawarra

dflanagan — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 03:55:40 +0000

Ladies and Gents,

It seem like Event 2 at the Central Coast was only last weekend (it was) so this post seems somewhat premature. However, Event 3 in the Illawarra brought to you by Windsurf ‘n Snow, supported by our Series Sponsor Severne and Junior Season Sponsor Hot Sails Maui, is only 3 weekends away!

Please start organising accommodation assuming that we will be competing at Gerroa in a NE’r or Windang in Southerly. BBQ will be in Gerroa.

Hopefully we’ll have some excellent demo kit from the guys at WS’nS who are always ready to help!

They have also organised a SUP event this Friday and Saturday with some young wizzkid SUP Grom called Kai ~~Bates~~ Lenny – give ‘em a call if you want to get involved!

We will get results, report and pictures up on our website ASAP.

See you in the Illawarra!

FW Heat 3 – Botany Bay

dflanagan — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:29:59 +0000

NSW Formula Windsurfing Series – Heat 3

Venue: Ramsgate Beach, Botany Bay, Sydney.

Day 1:
Course was set just off the beach with the finish only 20meters out. 5 races in cross on shore (SE) conditions that started out at 18knots, but increased in every race, finishing up at 25knots. Really challenging but rewarding day for those that had their high wind gear sorted. Not really sure of the results yet because there was so much racing going on and it was hard to keep track of who was doing well.

Brett Morris had a great day in the open fleet with 4 bullets and a 2nd but only after some super close racing with Remi and Stephen Walsh. In the Free Formula David Flanagan picked up a win in the first heat and Andrew Vacopoulos had a clean sweep winning every race after that.

There was a few drama’s on the day with a couple of rigs separating from boards and Nathan Hohnberg giving us all a scare when he was thrown from his gear and couldn’t swim fast enough to retrieve it. Luckily someone in the fleet noticed him and alerted the rescue boat before the situation got too serious

Day 2 (Report to come)

Congratulations to the following sailors:

Open
1st – Brett Morris
2nd – Remi Dunoyer
3rd – Steve Walsh

Free Formula
1st – Andrew Vacopoulos
2nd – Barry Fawkes
3rd – Roger Lucas

Grand Master
1st – Wayne Bowness AUS-98
2nd – Tibor Ferenczy AUS-1
3rd – Rick Murray AUS-4

Photos:
Facebook Photos

Results:
Heat 3 Results (pdf)

Overall Standings:
Overall Standings (xlsx)