Pete Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 Where are the results/photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointed Reply Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 Still waiting for Budgewoi to post the results. some photos on their fb page and on sail buddies. Sloop - new state champion - Daniel and William Super Sloop - Wassa, then Peter Goldie then Phil Cat - a very close series - races shared between 4 boats First - David the Younger, then Knobly Jim, then Pointed, then Darcy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 Thanks. Some mature sailors amongst the medals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointed Reply Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 There were a few sailers making their first appearance at a Maricat event. information and tuning tips were passed on. Daniel and crew William made their first appearance on a Maricat. They took a couple of races on Saturday to get settled but managed to win a race on Sunday and very close in another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badgered Cat Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Just been to the Budgewoi Sailing Club's facebook page and viewed the photos. And went to Markzphotos and had a look. Some really good photos, and some close racing. And the weather looked great. Well done guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobblyoldjimbo Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 I've asked for a recount. The first pictures of the results which was a screen shot of the elapsed times for Saturday showed that incorrect handicaps had been applied. When I signed in Doreen showed me the VYC 2016/17 yardsticks which show Maricat 4.3 cat rigged as 95.5 plus one for grp. That's what I put. Trouble is everyone else put 96 and 97 so I was giving the GRP's half a minute and only getting half a minute from the foamies. This means that on the couple of occasions that Dave was right behind me (there was one where he was about 30metres behind) then he'd get the win (Dave and I both have GRP boats). I put the times for Saturday in a spreadsheet and adjusted them for the correct handicap. I was half a point ahead. Trouble is they didn't show the same elapsed times for the Sunday. It was certainly close racing in excellent conditions. I think it was 8-12knots on Saturday and probably 6-9 on Sunday with maybe a couple of bigger gusts. Wind was E and ESE so coming straight over the dunes without much to stop them. Wind was quite variable in terms of both strength and direction which made things quite interesting. At one start I had to do a 360 but was second cat around the mark. I went right instead of following the others and greatly benefited. On other occasions if you did that you lost out significantly. Budgewoi is a smallish lake but big enough for the F18s and foiling A's that were there. Small cats sailed a four cornered course. I won't say it was square though but the outlying marks kept us mostly clear of the big cats doing windward/leewards. Best thing was the lack of waves - wasn't flat but at Mannering Park we get quite big waves coming down the lake, not here though. There's nothing more stomach churning if you're at the front of the pack on a run and a nice gust blows through from behind! The only other small cat was a Paper Tiger from Kurnell. He got a lift on the top of a F18, there were three mono's too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobblyoldjimbo Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 22 hours ago, Pete said: Thanks. Some mature sailors amongst the medals. Old farts, yes. It's no longer a young persons class. The youngsters knock up dad for a foiling A class these days! Last weekend one of them was in a new $35k boat. Us oldies appreciate that we can sail competitively with a budget that is lower than a significant number of other boats. I spent a massive $1500 on mine, mainly because I was getting back the Eastwind sail that I bought new a few years back. Dave, and most others have RedHead sails of various vintages, but all radial cut, Darcy had a MidNorth radial. My Eastwind is a cross cut sail but it still cracks like a rifle and is smooth as a baby's bum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointed Reply Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 The Budgewoi results show Jimbo on 96.5 — I thought they may have given you a 0.5 penalty because of your boat name “Daisy” !! The updated 2017/2018 catamaran yardstick for a Maricat is 96 plus 1 for GPR boats. Budgewoi were initially using the old 2016/2017 version. Cat rigged results using the “incorrect” yardstick for James are: 1st. David Younger 8 points 2nd James 11 points 3rd Pointed 11 points 4th Darcy 16 points It would be interesting to see if the results would change if the correct yardsticks were used for all boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobblyoldjimbo Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Daisy - the cow! I always had trouble tacking the bloody thing! So do you have the data set for Sailwave showing the original elapsed times Rodney? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointed Reply Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 No ... only what is on the Budgi fb. Maybe Was can get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobblyoldjimbo Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 You mention 2017/18 yardsticks Rod, can't see anything other than 2016/17 on the wonder web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobblyoldjimbo Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Found it at last! http://www.sailing.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/171201-Australian-Sailing-Yardsticks-Catamarans-17_18.pdf Pity that wasn't printed out and used by everyone. My request for a recalc stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointed Reply Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 Wassa is on the job ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobblyoldjimbo Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 Results are in. Afraid I can't paste it in here, my allowance is so small now. I guess it keeps the costs down for the owners. I've put the results onto the Budgewoi Sailing Club Facebook page as this is the only place that I can think of that is freely available. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointed Reply Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Congratulations Jimbo ..... The corrected yardstick results show Jimbo 1st on a countback from Dave Younger with Pointed Reply 3rd and Darcy 4th Without any yardsticks, just scratch results, Pointed Reply would be 1st with Jimbo 2nd and Dave 3rd and Darcy 4th. PR and Darcy are foamies and Jimbo and Dave are GPR boats. All four had pretty new sails and setups almost identical. The racing was tight with tactical decisions and luck of the wind shifts the difference. Skipper weight varied from 64kg to 94kg ...... average age .... ummmm 60 !! Even the so called “new” foam boats are now getting on - ZAX is now over 12 years and and PR 10. The 1 point YA yardstick allowance is now used in Maricat state and national titles .. “to keep the GPR boats competitive” but in the end it comes down to boat and sail setup and most importantly .... the skill and (luck) of the skipper. The battle will recommence at Queenslake in February for the national title ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobblyoldjimbo Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 You can always dig out the old Pointed Reply Rodney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darcy1945 Posted December 27, 2017 Report Share Posted December 27, 2017 Where did Rod dig up those weights and ages ? My scales read 5kg heavier, damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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