GKC Race Season Round 3

[Nas]

SUNDAY AUGUST 3rd 2008

*Presidents Park Werribee*

Melway Ref - 205 D3


Entry fees : $50.00 for the Season or $10 per race




Pilots meeting 10.30 am

Racing Starts 11.00 am




Format for Buggies

3 x 20 minute races



Format for Mountain Boards

3 x 15 min races



There will be Different classes consisting of Buggy Advanced and Buggy Intermediate. Also depending on numbers there will be a Mountain board advanced and intermediate class as well.


NO HELMET NO RACE.

[Gog]

Looking forward to this one. Theres a 25kn NW decreasing throughout the day. Should make for a good afternoons racing.

Who else is going to be there?

I'll bring a pen so i can finally join the club too.

Gog.

[Douglas]

Hi Flyers. Had a look at the park today a lot more grass abit sticky, if it dosn,t rain will be good for sunday. Hopefuly, I should be there. Have guest coming to dinner.

Cheers Doug.

[nigel]

Hi Flyers. Had a look at the park today a lot more grass abit sticky, if it dosn,t rain will be good for sunday. Hopefuly, I should be there. Have guest coming to dinner.

Cheers Doug.

We got rain Douglas!!

From the BOM:
Thursday Few showers later. Min 8 Max 15
Friday Showers. Windy. Min 10 Max 14
Saturday Few showers. Windy. Min 8 Max 13
Sunday Shower or two. Min 7 Max 14

Here's the winds till Saturday:

Tonight and Wednesday
Variable wind to 10 knots tending northerly at 10 to 15 knots overnight then
reaching 20 knots at times during the morning. Waves to half a metre locally
reaching 1 metre in the morning.

Thursday
Northerly winds 15 to 20 knots, increasing to 20 to 25 knots at night. Waves 1
to 1.5 metres.

Friday
North to northwesterly winds increasing to 20 to 30 knots then shifting
northwest to westerly during the day. Waves 1.5 to 2 metres

Saturday
Westerly wind of 15 to 20 knots reaching 25 knots at times in the south. Waves
to 1 metre locally 1.5 metres in the south.


Will see Sundays wind forecast tomorrow from 4pm.

BYO mud tyres I think??

How muddy does it get??
Last time I had a buggy ride there, my front wheel locked solid with mud.
Wasn't much in the way of grass then (clumps of thistles), so fingers crossed, more grass, less muddy??

[cris italy]

:rofl:i hope wi have a goog day ba t realistic a dont' thinch so well dag chek the news before sai samting !!!!!!ai wont too race no go to church
by cris

[cris italy]

plaese unloch me .........tri a send masage a have too left thanchs cris italy baga!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cris italy]

the same story??? joel bring wid you on sundey, at the race one spere sit bell thanchs. cris italy

[cris italy]

ok am veri happy too fly wiz you guis! olso my surpraise too find very organise kite club i hope more peaple join too the club

cris

[cris italy]

cris itali again thanchs guis

[cris italy]

ops i left oun more message? sear on sundey grazie cris

[SoutherlyBuster]

I'll be there. Zachary might come later on in the afternoon. Nigel, no thistles and there is enough grass for mud not to be a problem. The Northern end was pretty good last weekend, no mud. The Southern end, yep does have some mud spots. The Northern end gives the most space and is void of the turbulence (well with Southerlies when the wind goes over the bridge in the Souther end of the park).

[nigel]

Thanks for the info Norm!!

Well the wind gods are going to bless us with:
Sunday
Northwesterly winds of 10 to 20 knots, tending more northerly. Waves to 1 metre.

Well at least we are going to have some wind!!

See you all there!:)

[goshen]

yep; it's actually looking quite good now for Sunday. I'll def be there.

and Chris Italy; wtf?

[schultzie]

At least it might have a chance to dry up over the next 24hours... and lets hope there is good wind!!!


Woot

[SoutherlyBuster]

Goshen, you've got say to it out load what Chris is saying, then it makes sense. He writes as he speaks it. Haven't you ever read the book "Catcher in the Rye", he did the same thing. Just imagine the heavy Italian accent layered on top.

Lookin' forward to catch up. Hey watch out for Cris, he's been practicing, the speeding bullet.

[.Joel]

@Goshen, Cris Italy is Fredrico Bologensie.... signed up on the day.

http://www.extremekites.com.au/gallery/d/86924-2/P1090462.jpg

See you guys tomorrow.... Cris i'll bring the belt for you!

Regards,

.Joel

[Fast_Eddie]

Thanks for the info Norm!!

Well the wind gods are going to bless us with:
Sunday
Northwesterly winds of 10 to 20 knots, tending more northerly. Waves to 1 metre.

Well at least we are going to have some wind!!

See you all there!:)





Pretty accurate crystal ball u got there Nigel :)

I took a peek at the ground conditions yesterday evening and there is no mud that I could see. The place is covered in patchy, short green grass so It should be ok.

According to the BOM right now the wind there is 7 to 10 knots and hopefully it will pick up as the ground warms up. Radar is showing light patchy rain spots in the Laverton area and pretty much clear everywhere else.

See ya's there

Eddie

[.Joel]

It's 7 degrees currently.... f*******rk! Come on global warming!

Regards,

.Joel

[JKS]

:popcorm1:


Whooooooooz gunna win this one .....

[schultzie]

im home early with a broken bum.... i knew when the wind picked up i was going to hurt myself... i just knew it...

[JKS]

A broken bum :eek:

Not good mate .... !!! hope yer alright ,,,, :whistle: ...... any more details ;)

[Andyfly]

im home early with a broken bum.... i knew when the wind picked up i was going to hurt myself... i just knew it...

It's not broken dude..... the crack is there for a reason... ask ya mum she'll tell ya, and ya better hope it doesn't heal up or you'll explode......... honest...... :yes3: :rofl:


get well soon
Andy :D

[.Joel]

Hi Guys, we're back and I would say a number of people are completely stuffed after a great day!

Charging up the camera battery to download the photos, will sort through all the results and get them up shortly.

Regards,

.Joel

[.Joel]

GKC Round 3 Writeup!

Well what an AWSOME day it was! What started out at 7 degrees at 9am slowly started to shine. Everyone arriving and getting themselves setup with smiles on everyone's faces. First up was the land board race, followed by the first buggy race. The wind for the first races was very average, from struggling to move at one marker to heavily overpowered at the next, and a beautiful little mudpile right in the middle to make things more fun! Shortly after the first race the wind dropped out completely, a few faces headed off and then the rain came, terrential! We all ran for the shelters and hung out there for about half an hour while the rain came over. After the rain disappeared it was sunny blue skies again, so we headed back out and decided to run another two buggy races. Second one was very interesting with absoloute carnage all over the place, followed by Dukey snapping an axle bolt.

Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who helped organise the day, it was fantastic and your efforts were most appreciated!

Some photos from the day.... and yes Kiteboarding the lake was attempted.

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More photos will be added to the "Events" section in the gallery tomorrow. If you have some photos you would like to share upload them to your Gallery Album and we will put them in the events or email them to Secretary@GeelongKiteClub.Org.Au and Mel will throw them in for you!

This turned out to be one of the most enjoyable fly days ever with smiles all around!

RACE RESULTS!

Landboard Race 1
1. Goshen Watts
2. Justin Schultz
3. Norman


Buggy Race 1
1. Nigel Clifford
2. Neil Duke
3. Fredrico Spaghettie
4. Douglas Walker
5. Joel Theodore
6. Pete Stuart
7. Domenic Iesue
8. Hugh Benbow
9. Andre
10. Joesph Livori
11. eddie Garay


Buggy Race 2
1. Nigel Clifford
2. Fredrico Cabonara
3. Goshen Watts
4. Domenic Iesue
5. Neil Duke
6. Andre
7. Eddie Garay
8. Hugh Benbow
9. Pete Stuart


Buggy Race 3
1.Nigel Clifford
2. Neil Duke
3. Goshen Watts
4. Fredrico Ravioli
5. Hugh Benbow
6. Pete Stuart
7. Andre
8. Eddie Garay


Hats off to Nigel coming 1st place in all three races. Well done to Goshen for coming 1st in the land board race. And finally, special mention and congratulations to Fredrico (Cris Italy) who put on a very very entertaining display during the race insisting all markers be passed by either a 180, 360, OBE or nearly finishing up in the lake! :D

Next race I say we give Nigel the job of counting the laps ;)

Regards,

.Joel

[nigel]

Hey I gave every one a full lap advantage before I started the first race.:yes3:

Quite glad that I could not get the 10m Scorpion in the air, so had to go back to the 8.5 C-Quad for the first race.
It was pulling like a truck!! So was the 4.2 C-Quad for the second!!
The 10m Scorpion got used for the third race.

Very interesting racing!!

I lead the first one, only just after having to make up the lap I missed, beat Neil by half a lap in the end.

The second race, Neil got past me on the 3rd lap I think, and slowly started to get away, till the next lap when the wheel bolt snapped.
What Neil doesn't know, that as it was my rear axle he borrowed (left his at home:o) I had a little button......

The button got another workout durring the third race when the wind died halfway through and I had the rest of the field gaining fast on my lead.
Chris (Fredrico) was about to get past when his strop snapped, and his kite went flying all on it's own.

So I have to say a big thank you to the powers that be for todays win.
Luck must of been with me as when I was walking to the set up area in the morning, I found $10 sitting in the long grass just off the path :D

Hope you all had fun!!
A great day, made better by enjoying it with a great bunch of fellow kiters!! :yes3:

[sinbad]

Nigel should give every one a handicap as he has 6million dollar man technology. :)

[JKS]

Great wrap up Joel ..... I love the tales that follow the days :D

Sounds like you were on fire Nigel .... 3/3 well done ! .... but I have to ask ...... was that a kiddie play tunnel you were sitting with :rofl:

Great turn out all round .... nice to see a few kites in the air

.... couldn't help but spot the Norminator in a few of the pics ;)



Wish I was there ....


Happy Days

[nigel]

but I have to ask ...... was that a kiddie play tunnel you were sitting with :rofl:

Mock if you must :p
My big bag of C-Quads :D

C-Quads are 10 years old this year. Lord help you all should I get some real race kites!!

Got my eye on those new PL race kites :)

[Steve]

Hey Nigel
That $10 is mine I lost it there 12 years ago, 100% for sure.
Well done, 1 st in all 3 races.
Sounds like an epic day, you Melburnian/Vics are spiled with all that flat ground!

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve

[SoutherlyBuster]

Sure was a top weekend. Was absolutely buggered when I came home and ate the fridge empty. Sore muscles in the arms, holding onto that NPW5 8m^2 (the Norminater Marty?) and that was in 4-7knots. Did swap over to the VenomII 13m^2 when the wind picked up --- what a relief to be a bar system + harness, my arms were saying thank you. Will have to refine the strop so it's a workable system, didn't use it on the day, just the handles. One swollen left thumb. Tried the NPW on the Saturday in 15-19 knots, had to squat on the board to keep it down, so the double work out explains the sore muscles.

Many thanks to the organisers and photos.

Regards,
Norman Freund

[The Duke]

Yep, a big thanks to all for a great race event.

My own axle will definately be the first thing packed next time :yes3:

Those PL buggy bits just can't handle the punnishment I put 'em through:sorry: Sorry bout the bolt Nigel.

[Steve]

Glad you all had a great day, really!
Bummer to forget a critical bit like your axle Dukey, and lucky you could borrow Nigels, sort of!

However in the interests of keeping the record straight and to protect the image of the newer and much tougher Peter Lynn MarkII buggies, could you or Nigel confirm what size axle bolt was it that broke?
The original 12mm or the intermediate (but still too small) 15mm?

The new MarkII buggies have 20mm bolts (or stub axles = stronger still!), and to date I have not heard of a bolt failure issue on a new buggy since its release over a year ago now.

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve

[SoutherlyBuster]

Joel,

I have put a video together of the event, 11 megs worth plus still pics. Pics in current form 30megs, though will compact well once I set jpeg quality down a bit. The video resolution is not that great but there are some funny bits and especially if you turn the volume up and listen to the holering. So the pics I can put in my gallery, but I suspect the 11meg video will not get through. I can just put the vid on youtube and post the link. How do you prefer to receive the data?

Thanks,
Norman Freund

[.Joel]

Hi SB,

Youtube the video, that's probably easiest for now ;)

Regards,

.Joel

[SoutherlyBuster]

Here are some vids I strung together on the day. The resolution is not the best (will try and borrow my wife's cam the next time), but hey the action has it's funny parts as well as the commentary from the participants. You have to turn up the volume to hear this. The bird sounds in the back ground are a classic too (sounds faaarrrrqqqqqqqq, yea really). Don't know what bird it is, but I think it was trying to tell us some thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snva1UqtDaI

Regards,
SoutherlyBuster

[JKS]

Good stuff Norm ... this is what we need more of ;)

Nice to have a peek into your day and see how it was.
Looks like everyone was having fun there ... and working it a little bit :D

And yup ... it was your kite I was calling the "Norminator" (Hope you don't mind) .... gotta ring to it don't ya reckon. It looks good in the sky ! And there is something about making things yourself :yes3: Well done mate !





Happy Days

[nigel]

However in the interests of keeping the record straight and to protect the image of the newer and much tougher Peter Lynn MarkII buggies, could you or Nigel confirm what size axle bolt was it that broke?
The original 12mm or the intermediate (but still too small) 15mm?

Steve

It was an old 12mm giga axle Steve.
I even warned Niel twice! The're 12mm not 20mm!!

[Steve]

Here are some vids I strung together on the day. The resolution is not the best (will try and borrow my wife's cam the next time), but hey the action has it's funny parts as well as the commentary from the participants. You have to turn up the volume to hear this. The bird sounds in the back ground are a classic too (sounds faaarrrrqqqqqqqq, yea really). Don't know what bird it is, but I think it was trying to tell us some thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snva1UqtDaI

Regards,
SoutherlyBuster

That would be the great faaarking crow! :yes3:

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve

@ Nigel - thanks for the clarification.

[Fast_Eddie]

:D