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yellowwelly 
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 Topic: Birkett 2013Posted: 08 Jul 13 at 5:01pm |
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115th out of 230 is bang middle of the fleet... I wouldn't consider that a balls-up mate, even with the capsizes.
But yes, 'push your luck' for a drifter, or bank some brownie points and look forward to next weekend more... I reckon you made the right call 
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Ruscoe
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Posted: 08 Jul 13 at 5:09pm |
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It was fairly shocking mate, the wind had picked up and i wasted about 10 minutes messing about dropping the kite in the water about 5 times. That 10 minutes would of catapulted me up the fleet, to a respectable position. Also the 230 doesn't reflect the people that actually finished mate. Only entered. i don’t want to do anyone who finished below 115th a disservice, but I sailed terribly. |
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jaydub
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Joined: 06 Jan 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 267 |
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Posted: 08 Jul 13 at 5:20pm |
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Well we broke our Birkett virginity this year and had a great time.
No swimming for us although we had a moment when Ruscoe (I think - only D-One entered IIRC) forced us into an aborted crash gybe not too far after the island.
Not an event to take too seriously as there are some areas of the lake where it is difficult to predict what the wind will do, but great fun nontheless.
We'll be back next year.
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Ruscoe
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Posted: 08 Jul 13 at 6:05pm |
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I was the Only D-One, sorry if i forced you to crash Gybe? Hadnt realised i had forced anyone to make any snap decisions, i banged most of the corners downhill.
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jaydub
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Posted: 08 Jul 13 at 6:48pm |
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No worries. Straight forward port and starboard going downhill. Just difficult to see anything the other side of an assymetric spinnaker and you were really trucking anyway, so we weren't going to risk trying to cross you. ;)
We baled out of the gybe as the boat wasn't flat enough and went behind you.
We' were alraedy starting to lose touch with the two leading 200s anyway, so no harm done
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Matt Jackson
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Posted: 09 Jul 13 at 1:17pm |
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We binned it twice in hurried gybes on Saturday either getting pushed too far into bays or avoiding capsized boats, rescue craft, islands and steamers. Felt much better after hearing that a rather wet, forlorn D-one had struggled as much as us (we were in the pink 400 you chatted briefly with Ruscoe). We had our own issues (shredding the kite 10 minutes before the start) and finished 129th but enjoyed every minute. Sunday was sooo much better than forecast (for us at least as we got away in the first pack) with the (knackered spare) kite filling the whole leg.
The sun shone the whole weekend which always helps but I understand this happens every year
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Ruscoe
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Posted: 09 Jul 13 at 2:34pm |
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Matt, I'm sorry I can't remember that. You sure it was me? I guess so I was the only d1. Wasn't really a struggle more an inept sailing ability on gybes this weekend. Glad I have got it out of my system before nationals. Did I chat to you on or off the water?
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iGRF
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Posted: 09 Jul 13 at 2:57pm |
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Are my eyes deceiving me or did an EPS hand you a butt sandwich?
Now I wish I'd gone... |
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jaydub
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Posted: 09 Jul 13 at 4:55pm |
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We could have been treated to the novel sight of two EPSs racing.
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getafix
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Posted: 09 Jul 13 at 5:10pm |
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that may have caused some kind of rent in the space-time continuum, I'd like the lake to be there next year when I plan to make the pilgrimage
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