Tide Ride

   Think the shallow area was to one side, it was a bit hard to tell from the shore exactly what was where. All credit to the race team for the job they did over the weekend, but I think their one major mistake was trying to run the races on the Winner in the conditions.
One 800 bust their bowsprit on the sunday, though that was just tube failure rather than hitting the bottom. He said it's not the first he's had go since he got the new version of the boat.

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alstorer Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 02 Aug 07 Location: Cambridge Online Status: Offline Posts: 2899	Post Options Post Reply Quote alstorer Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Tide Ride Posted: 06 Oct 08 at 3:37pm
	Think the shallow area was to one side, it was a bit hard to tell from the shore exactly what was where. All credit to the race team for the job they did over the weekend, but I think their one major mistake was trying to run the races on the Winner in the conditions. One 800 bust their bowsprit on the sunday, though that was just tube failure rather than hitting the bottom. He said it's not the first he's had go since he got the new version of the boat.

gerunamo=] Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 30 Nov 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 94	Post Options Post Reply Quote gerunamo=] Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Oct 08 at 6:39pm
	i was in the 29er fleet and 6 top sections broke and a mast was ruined... personally .. my top section exploded best fun of my life
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simsy Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 14 Jun 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 158	Post Options Post Reply Quote simsy Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 Oct 08 at 11:19am
	On Saturday, the 800's were racing just off of Winner, I would estimate it to be about 10 feet off . However, you could quite clearly see the breaking waves on the bank - although this didn't deter people from launching off the beach and sailing straight over it. Crowd pleasing yes, but I imagine not for the sailors.