buzz/iso/boss nationals

at these nationals in hayling island, on the saturday there was 6 - 8 foot waves which broke 12 masts, including mine plus ripped my mainsail and wrote one boat off, the was some racing on the sunday and i managed to get a mast because andy holmes from wet n windy drove all the way back to bristol to pick some masts up for everybody, we raced for 6 and a half hours non stop, then on the monday there was no racing because the wind was too strong and the sea was too rough.

check out http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/5023758.stm for saturday

 

Any pics anwhere? i wana see!

yeah, i got off lightly, i dont think it was 8 ft waves, 6 at top. We should've raced yesterday but the iso's couldnt even handle their own boats and were capsizing all over the line, only blowing 5, gusting 6. shame really as being the heavyweights we got a good start but after the windward mark the RIB came over and told us race abandoned and back to the shore. really pis**d off, so we went for a blast round the harbour with the kite instead. good fun but a bit of a disappointing weekend.

Originally posted by jpbuzz591 yeah, i got off lightly, i dont think it was 8 ft waves, 6 at top. We should've raced yesterday but the iso's couldnt even handle their own boats and were capsizing all over the line, only blowing 5, gusting 6. shame really as being the heavyweights we got a good start but after the windward mark the RIB came over and told us race abandoned and back to the shore. really pis**d off, so we went for a blast round the harbour with the kite instead. good fun but a bit of a disappointing weekend.

5 gusting 6 !!! over the bar at Hayling!!!  no thank you     tried that in an ISO a few years back  fair amount more grunt needed than in a buzz.

 

 

Couple of points: 1 for the RS 10th race, I'm sure we were told to come back via the beacon, and under no circumstances go through the cut if it was windy (can anyone confirm this? My memory is vague!) I understand the majority of breakages were from people going through the inshore passage (the cut near the shore). This is only hearsay, (sorry if I'm wrong!) but it sounds like a lack of good advice if it was true...

2 Sorry if I missed you Buzz 591/585. You may've seen me and my dog (Black Lab Bitch) wandering round on Friday, or sailing the Solo Sat/Sun (just me, not the dog). Friday I spoke to a couple of the competitors to give them advice on racing in the harbour, 'cos I was sure you would.... We should have a thing on site so forum people could meet if they are going to the same place on the same day!