mattyg 0 Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 So who is doing the Island Bay race in the weekend? Link to post Share on other sites
benny14 6 Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 88%Proof will be there... Depending on the wind... Looking a bit much again for this weekend... Have too back up our win in the Spring Series! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Cosmic Thing will be coming over from LBYC to do our first Island Bay race. Link to post Share on other sites
w44vi 17 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 i believe Titus and Testarossa are as well Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Looks like you got a bit of weather for the race - people overboard (Esprit), gear damage (Clearvision) and other withdrawls during the race (Cosmic Thing). Lucky the wind didn't come through as forecast! Link to post Share on other sites
benny14 6 Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Esprit went down the mine big time, right in front of us, saw whole bottom of boat, rudder and all out the water, very impressive I'm sure not so fun for those who were onboard and those that ended up in the water... Our rescue attempt was foiled by a jammed main halyard but congratulations to the guys on Blue Magic? I think it was who picked them up! Would've been freezing in the water. We pulled the pin at that point, had 25kts gusting 35 on the way out, did not want to have to come all the way back in to it and it was building... Broke spinnaker pole too so was another reason to go home... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 On Cosmic Thing we had distroyed our headsail, spinnaker and traveller before we had even got to Moaning Minnie, so we decided to retire after some awesome runs. Link to post Share on other sites
Young Mr Reid 0 Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Testarossa was in the 17's when esprit went over.. we saw the mast hit the water and the people catapulted off the back, looked nasty.. This is not the first time, design fault? TO FINISH FIRST...... FIRST YOU HAVE TO FINISH.... Link to post Share on other sites
drbob 0 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Lucky the wind didn't come through as forecast! I reckon the forecast was correct. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Lucky the wind didn't come through as forecast! I reckon the forecast was correct. As someone with a good knowledge of the incident concerning Esprit I can assure you that the weather forecast was far more accurate than Young Mr Reid's description of what happened. No one was "catapulted" off the boat rather they were washed gently off what became the leeward side. Further crew members who were getting the kite down confirm the mast never touched the water. Perhaps Young Mr Reid should refrain from a career in news reporting and instead apply to Peter Jackson for a role which would make the most of his creative skills. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Apparently After Midnights new main bit the dust as well. Happy times for the sailmakers. Link to post Share on other sites
w44vi 17 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 as I was sitting in the marina with a wee rum, the wind didn't seem that strong, gusts of 30kts shouldn't have had that carnage Link to post Share on other sites
drbob 0 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Hey slack, were you on the Spirit on Saturday? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Me, no. I'm lame at the moment. Did you all keep them busy? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 as I was sitting in the marina with a wee rum, the wind didn't seem that strong, gusts of 30kts shouldn't have had that carnage the forecast was for 35 gusting 45 and I got the impression that the wind hadn't got near that (not over 30?) when the race was on but might have later. Any one who was out there had time to look at the windspeed? Link to post Share on other sites
Young Mr Reid 0 Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 You sure know how to dull down such a spectacular/frightning sight. So why does the boat keep fliping over? Lucky the wind didn't come through as forecast! I reckon the forecast was correct. As someone with a good knowledge of the incident concerning Esprit I can assure you that the weather forecast was far more accurate than Young Mr Reid's description of what happened. No one was "catapulted" off the boat rather they were washed gently off what became the leeward side. Further crew members who were getting the kite down confirm the mast never touched the water. Perhaps Young Mr Reid should refrain from a career in news reporting and instead apply to Peter Jackson for a role which would make the most of his creative skills. Link to post Share on other sites
benny14 6 Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 as I was sitting in the marina with a wee rum, the wind didn't seem that strong, gusts of 30kts shouldn't have had that carnage the forecast was for 35 gusting 45 and I got the impression that the wind hadn't got near that (not over 30?) when the race was on but might have later. Any one who was out there had time to look at the windspeed? We had constantly over 25, up to 28 and gusting 34 to 36 at times, so not as bad as forecast but the swell through to the heads was pretty steep... Heard reports that Needax saw 50kts wind speed just outside the heads... Not sure about that tho... Link to post Share on other sites
Young Mr Reid 0 Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Would be nice to see some results?? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 so would peace and quiet Jamie Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Would be nice to see some results?? Just make them up. Link to post Share on other sites
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