We raced several kinds of courses this weekend. I won both of the triangle course races using my Starboard Phantom 380 with Severne Raceboard 9.5 on Saturday morning. Next, I won five out of the seven slalom races Saturday afternoon on my Starboard iSonic 121 and Severne Reflex3 7.0. On Sunday we did three races on an "M" course (upwind leg, followed by four reaches with three jibes down to a leeward mark, 2 laps), and I scored a 2-1-5 in those races on the iSonic 121 and Severne Reflex2 7.8. My brother, Adam, just beat me in the first "M" course race on a similar setup, and in the third "M" course race the wind was lighter and fluky so the raceboards were able to beat the slalom setup.
Setting up before the first "M" course race Sunday
Severne Reflex2 7.8
Coming in between slalom races Saturday, Severne 7.0 Reflex3
I finished first overall with 8 bullets in 12 races, and a 2 and a 4 as my other scores (two throwouts).
Here are the last two legs of Race 10 (last race) of the Walleye Wagatta. Winds were light so the last race was a one lap windward-leeward course for A Fleet, and the Sport Fleet had a shortened course that sent them to to upwind mark and then finishing downwind through the start line. Magnus Zaunmueller won the A Fleet on the big course at virtually the same time his younger brother, Niels, crossed the line coming downwind to finish 2nd in the Sport Fleet race (behind Victor Hora). Their Dad, Jim (MNH), is also seen at the pin end of the finish line in the video.
There are five Severne Raceboard sails seen in this video. I lent mine to Magnus since he is between rigs right now, and he put it to good use winning this race. He also won the first two races of the day, and finished 3rd in the other.
Adam Anderson won the overall event title with near perfect sailing on Saturday (1-1-1-1-2-1) and a strong showing on Sunday as well (2-3-2-4), so he kept 5 bullets and 3 seconds. Alex Monroe and Don Altmeyer finished in 2nd and 3rd place overall, respectively.
Four races completed this morning to give is 10 total for the regatta.
Magnus Zaunmueller made it to the event today and was the top
dog...even without his own gear. He had no rig so I lent him my
Severne Raceboard 9.5 and he put it to good use with finishes of
1-1-3-1. Alex Monroe won the third race.
We had a great start to the MOWIND season. The weather was better than forecast, with 15 mph winds for the first two races, and sunnier weather with 5-10 mph winds for the next two. The last two races were light winds but at least the sun was out. Congratulations to everyone on the great racing. Thanks to Kevin Gratton and the team at Windpower Windsurfing and also to Esther Monroe for helping on the committee boat.
Here are a bunch of pictures and video I got today from my iphone on the boat.
We're back from lunch and 3 more races planned for the afternoon. Adam Anderson made a late move again to keep his streak of bullets. This time he overtook Don Altmyer near the leeward mark and was able to hold him off to the finish.
Adam Anderson got another bullet, with Andy Gratton again in hot
pursuit. Don Altmeyer got 3rd in A Fleet. Mark Schmitz won Sport Fleet
and Larry Reed won Kona.
Adam Anderson squeaked out another win after Andy Gratton almost went
through the (closed) start line on the downwind leg. Adam snuck past,
Andy held on to 2nd with Mike Reed close behind. Larry Reed and Del
Carpenter again finished 1-2 in Kona, and Mark Schmitz won Sport.
These pictures are from the start of R3. The A Fleet leaders are
making their way through the jibes on the first lap now.
First race is done and R2 is in sequence. Adam Anderson won the A
Fleet followed by Don Altmyer and Andy Gratton. Larry Reed finished
first in Kona. Mark Schmitz finished first in Sport Fleet.
