NSW Windsurfing Series – Heat 4

24. Nov, 2009 15 Comments

NSW Windsurfing Series – Heat 4Results Photos

A weekend with something for all 45 competitors. Ramsgate on Saturday with course and Slalom in perfect NE winds, followed by Sunday at Kurnell in perfect SW winds. RSX, BIC, FE+ and Formula results, photos etc on the way.

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15 Responses to “NSW Windsurfing Series – Heat 4”

  1. Brett Morris 24. Nov, 2009 at 5:41 pm

    Rumour is that Sean O’Brien has other commitments this weekend…Game on!

  2. Jason 24. Nov, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    Hi Brett, Am landing in Sydney thursday morning. Will go direct to customs to get the gear I had shipped over from Greece. Not sure if i will make it in time for the NE on thursday arvo. But I will definitely be on the water all day friday. Anyone else keen to come down for some tuning on friday?
    Will be great to see everyone again. Can’t wait to race!
    So put my name down.

    P.s,,,,, So what if Sean is not coming. Isn’t Steve AUS222 the new leader of the pack?

  3. John 25. Nov, 2009 at 4:01 pm

    I reckon Sean is going to Hulkomania and is looking to get some tips on how to deal with Stephen “Giant Haystacks” Floyd.

  4. Sean O'Brien 26. Nov, 2009 at 8:32 am

    It’s “Hulkamania” and Rick Flair is going to teach me some moves…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-2z_kTRi_s

  5. Barry Fawkes 01. Dec, 2009 at 3:53 pm

    Dear admin slalom R1 I didnt start because I was told at breafing fe were to start seperatly R3 and R6 I finished but have been scored DNF in these two races probably because I was so far behind Its a tough ask for a number of us FE sailors to do the full course repeatedly and get back to the start in time

  6. Byron Mcilveen 01. Dec, 2009 at 9:20 pm

    Awesome weekend of windsurfing! Great to do slalom! Had a look at results, can you tell me why we don’t work on average of points rather than adding places to get results.

  7. John Hurley 02. Dec, 2009 at 9:11 am

    Byron,

    The resulst were calculated this way so that we could…
    1 – Effectivley combine the FE+ and Formula slalom results. Because the FE+ do not do the same formula course as you we cannot given them a “fair” placing other then number of Formula entries plus score (For Example – Ben Turner got 20 (no of competitors in Formula) plus 0.75 for first spot in FE+.
    2 – All the slalom results get carried forward to the overall slalom result for the season – and in this the FE+ do sail the same course so should be just as eligible to be placed appropriately in the full fleet (to count towards the Slalom champion comp). Example: John Bear battled around the slalom course and deservs his 11th spot in slalom.
    3 – Recognition that the disciplines are completely different (Formula and Slalom) and should be scored seperately.
    4 – It was also an effort to reduct bias towards slalom scoring (because we did 8 races but only 4 for Formula). With three drops (12 races complete) someone who only raced 1 formula race could take the event. This was negated by giving seperate results and combining each result rather then races or points.

    I did the results as decided without input from any others – I can see how you would have fared better if we had averaged the points across both disciplines but I guarantee you there was no analysis of results to favour any party.

    Apols for the long winded explanation.

    John

  8. Bruce Healey 02. Dec, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    Many thanks to the guys who ran the w/ends racing. It was excellent; so good were the conditions that even Nick Nelson couldn’t stuff up the work of John, Brett etc.

    And since there has been discussion recently about including slalom in the program allow me to say that the racing we have had this season reminds me how great slalom is. Really, that was a brilliant weekend and though I love FW it would be a crying shame to cut out slalom, particularly when Tibor leaves his gear at home.

  9. admin 02. Dec, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    I had to make a choice on Saturday between leaving my 2 children behind or my Slalom kit. Needless to say i didn’t make that mistake on Sunday – PS when was the last time we had Course and Slalom racing on both days of the event? I can’t remember once in the 10yrs that I have been competing?
    Special thanks to Tom & Elizabeth Stephensen + Nick Nelson for doing a great job running the event….Also T2 (Tam Ting) for the sweet photos….

  10. Steve Walsh 02. Dec, 2009 at 8:19 pm

    Yes guys, fantastic event. Great conditions and well run. I agree with Bruce, so refreshing to do some slalom racing also!

    Now all I have to do is get my act together and be on time to read the course diagram so I actually get scores for my races by crossing the finish line properly without loosing a heap of points!!!! :(

  11. John Hurley 08. Dec, 2009 at 8:39 am

    Sean has retired!

    Big news guys. According to reliable media sources the scourge of NSW Formula saiors has retired.
    “Crisp cites coach(ing) from ex sailboarder, Sean O’Brien, as the reason for her improved performance in higher winds.”

    Make sure to congratulate him this weekend ;-)

    J

  12. John Hurley 08. Dec, 2009 at 8:40 am

    Source:
    http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Sail-Sydney-Day-3:-Light-to-start—fabulous-to-finish/64205

  13. Brett Morris 08. Dec, 2009 at 9:39 am

    Word is that Jessica AUS-15 and Sean AUS-120 will be racing at the NSW FW States this weekend at Ramsgate Beach, Sydney.

  14. Sean OBrien 08. Dec, 2009 at 9:11 pm

    I will confirm that rumour…

    Not sure why they said I was an ‘ex’ sailboarder in that article… I mean, c’mon, we’ve been calling it ‘windsurfing’ for years now….

  15. Sean OBrien 08. Dec, 2009 at 9:13 pm

    Also loved how Sail-World mentioned her improved performance in “higher winds” when it didn’t actually get above 15 knots during the regatta :-/

    Higher than what? Beijing?