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Sitting in airplanes for long periods of time really does
suck… that’s my rant for the day
Luckily my incredibly excessive baggage was waived by the very
friendly (and not bad looking) checkin girl. There was some
rearranging done in the few hours I had between arriving and
eventually cheking in… now I’m carring around my heaviest jacket,
and a pair of shoes and steamer wetsuit in a bag… they are damn
heavy!
Another 20 hours or so to go now… yay.

Phil
Stevo launched his in-development foiler at Balmoral over the
weekend. A few different ideas, but unfortunately not enough wind
to get it up and flying consistently.

The boat was suprisingly not slow in non-foiling mode. Managing to
keep up with the best HTs in one of the short races. Given Phil’s
weight he managed similar speeds when displacing dead
downhill.

He’s moved the mast and centreboard 500mm further forward in order
to try and stop the boat tripping over the main lifting foil. He
didn’t have any adjustable trailing-edge flaps, but did have a
different lifting main foil - with raised tips that break the
surface before the main section of the foil.

It will be very interesting to see how the boat will go in chop and
heavy winds. Having almost no foredeck will make it a bit wild in
the nose dive department. We’ll have to wait and see I guess.

I think Phil intends to race the boat as-is in the upcoming states
- without foils.

The Lake Garda based Clan Des Team has
officially challenged for the 2007 America’s
Cup.

The team is representing the Circolo Vela Gargnano which is
situated on the west coast of Lake Garda.

Clan Des Team races the crazy looking Libera class boats on the
lake - see photos.

I might just have to drop into Gargnano and have a look next week

IMCA-NSW put together a day of sailing, bbq’s and reminiscing at
Balmoral over the weekend to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the
class.

There were close to 20 boats attending, ranging from scows, to
Hungry Tigers, to Stevo’s week-old foiler. Wardi didn’t bring his
top secret wingless scow foiler, however several spy photos in the
club gave a pretty good indication of the general
configuration.

The boats raced in several short le mans handicap races, with close
finishes thanks to the wonderful work of the impromptu
handicapper!

Lots of Mothie champions attended the BBQ, including Shimeld,
Lazich, Hebden & Thorpe. Plenty of talk about the past, and
plenty of talk about what the future holds for flying Moths.

A few photos of the event included.

Here’s what the people at the AYF had to say about the implications
of Rule 52 on Hydrofoil Moths.

Sorry its taken a while to reply
to you on this one. Rule 52 is generic, and any issue concerning the
class’ application of the rule must be deliberated by the highest level
of association, in this case the IMCA. A class/measurement system/etc
may decide to amend it, as has been done to other rules such as 42.
This is not something that can be done by us, nor any single country’s
association.

Rule 52 is titled “Manual Power”
and states”A boat’s standing rigging, running rigging, spars and
movable hull appendages shall be adjusted and operated only by manual power.”

Now wasn’t that a revelation!

This would have to be the best bucks party invitiation I’ve seen.
If you’ve ever bothered to read a Notice of Race you know what I
mean.

Notice of Event

Donosan’s Bucks Day

Randwick Racecourse

17th April 2004

1 Rules

1.1 The Day will be governed by the current rules, except as any of

those altered by this Notice of Event

1.2 Alternative penalties: the ‘kick in the nuts’ penalty as specified

in rules 44.1 and 44.2 of the BDR shall apply

2 Advertising

2.1 The event is classified as a Category C (unrestricted) event in

accordance with Appendix 1.

3 Eligibility and Entry

3.1 Only current financial members of the human race shall be eligible,

and their eligibility be set out in the eligibility code for the

eligible.

3.3 Those under 18 years of age on the 17th April 2004 shall be

classified as juniors, and may under the current state liquor licensing

laws, be refused entry and/or service.

4 Fees

4.1 An entry fee will be charged by the Australian Jockey Club to gain

entry to course, use of the longest stainless steel urinal in the

southern hemisphere will be at no extra cost.

5 Schedule of Events

5.1 Schedule as follows:

Saturday 17/04/04 11:30am onwards - gather inside Randwick Racecourse

17:05 - racing finishes

17:06 onwards - festivities relocate to City

Destination in City may be reprogrammed at the discretion of the

committee as required.

On the day of the Event no warning signal will be made after 0300.

6 Measurement

6.1 A ‘One Equipment’ rule shall apply to the event. This will apply to

the whole Buck (shoes, duds, shirt, headwear) No changing of clothing

except for genuine failures, those found to be imposing an equipment

change shall be penalised under section 1.2.

7 Event Site and Area

The Event site is Randwick Racecourse, Ranwick about 10min from City.

8 Courses

Round and round

9. Scoring

Entirely up to the individual

10. Radio Communications

Phone 0407 006632

11. Rights to use names & likenesses

11.1 In participating in this Event, an attendee automatically grants to

the Organising Authorities of this Event, the right in perpetuity, to

make, use and show, from time to time and at their discretion, any

motion pictures, still pictures and live, taped or film television and

other reproductions of him/her during the period of the event for the

said Event in which the attendee participates and in all material

related to the said Event, without compensation.

12. Entry Disclaimer

15.1 It is the attendee’s decision to attend the Event. Attendee’s shall

accept that their participation in the Event is at their exclusive risk

in every respect.

Appendix - See attached.