Deep Purple 511 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 No 3 ........ Less than 3 finishers and the race is excluded Link to post Share on other sites
Ptown 14 Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 Well done to Fast Company for taking out the Series double Inside oil was a nice new #1 from Tony Harold might have helped in the last one Great racing yesterday with the lead changing quite a bit over the course. The following starters in no particular order: Fast Company Pepe Arch Rival Grunt Machine Scarlett Fever No Worries Ballistic The Bondi Tram The Entertainer Wild Oats Start Me Up Some obviously need to watch the depth gauge a bit more too eh Link to post Share on other sites
Ptown 14 Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 Three races into the Ross 930 Ponsonby Winter series and we've probably averaged about 2 knots TWS the whole time. Testing our drifting skills! Yesterday Fast Company took the path of less tide and smoked us all. On the other side of the course (at times looking like they were heading to Bucks) No Worries took the path of more tide and less wind snatching defeat from the jaws of victory! A great comeback from Scarlett Fever to slip into second in front of The Entertainer. Almost another shorts and T-shirt winter race, damn you global warming. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 An hour before the finish to say Scarlett Fever was out the back door and No Worries along with The Entertainer were doing damn near an horizon job, would have been understating it. The race management team were wondering where No Worries was off to there for a while, we thought the Bottom End seemed the most likely The move of the day was by Wild, the 727. It was approx 3 weeks behind the fleet, +/- a bit, only to come around the last mark and make the smartest call for the day. She finished mid fleet on the line and about 2 years ahead on handicap. And if that wasn't freaky enough we also found a 930 skipper who voluntarily, without protests, bitching or threats to body parts, withdraw has he suspected, only suspected, they went 3mt the wrong side of a mark. It cost them a podium finish as well. A honest 930 driver, who could have see that one coming We won't go into why some of the tweaky turbos were behind the old school pedigrees We even saw a rather low level aircraft taking interest in the 930's. We were thinking either the CIA or more likely Mr W Oats. How fickle yacht racing can be at times Some photos. Taken by a Sony Z1 if anyone is interested. Nice but a sh*t zoom as can be seen in the Pepe shot that's been cropped, they all have to some degree. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 We even saw a rather low level aircraft taking interest in the 930's. We were thinking either the CIA or more likely Mr W Oats Yep that was me, the finish sounds nothing like what I saw. Sadly my pics didn't come out. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 We even saw a rather low level aircraft taking interest in the 930's. We were thinking either the CIA or more likely Mr W Oats Yep that was me, the finish sounds nothing like what I saw. Sadly my pics didn't come out. I suspected as much from the type and it's interest in yachts. Yes the game changed dramatically a little after you left..... taking what little wind there was with ya Link to post Share on other sites
Ptown 14 Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 P.S. It'd be nice to get SMU back playing with the fleet... Any ideas?? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Yes it would Ptown. It caused all sorts of confusion in the tower as I didn't know that was happening. I nearly flew the X flag I'll have a chat and see what I can suss. Link to post Share on other sites
muttley 0 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Knot me when is your boat going to re join the fleet?? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Knot until Oct/Nov now. I have to get in and out via a grass reserve and the weather (plus council lack of maintenance induced flooding) means it's now closed to heavy vehicles. I didn't quite make it out in time..... but the house has new goodies and paint At times it would be more efficient to be single. Link to post Share on other sites
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