Hi all starling sailors  Grant Beck will be having a talk about regatta preparations and specifically weather. If you are interested see below.

We have our first coaching session with Max on Wed 30th. Its school holidays so no excuse to be late. Keep an eye on the weather it could get up a bit.

Also 3 day regatta at Murrays Bay Fri Sat and Sun. this weekend.

All for now

Donn

Talk No.3 - Grant Beck

Now all set for Tuesday evening 13 October  7.15pm for a 7.30 start.

Grant Beck will give a talk on regatta preparation and then will focus on looking at weather.  He will do a case study on Wellington that should be of particular assistance to the OK sailors as they have there Worlds there later this season.  It will also give some ideas on what to look for when you go to a new venue.

Hi all starling sailors,  Well done at the lake on Sat. As Peter said on the web
site report everyone except Brad had at least  1 bad race. Its just a case of
getting more consistant now. The Lake conditions are always very tricky. 

The starlings Wednesday Coaching will start Sept 30th with Max. We will be starting
at 4:30pm. So far we have Ben, James, Kelsey, Mahia, Mathew, Heather and Lauren
signed up with Lucy when she can. Reminder to send or give me a cheque for $90 made
out to Wakatere Sailing club for those who have yet to pay. This will cover Wed
coaching for the rest of this year. 

There are paid jobs available at the club to get boats out and ready on Sun morning.
If you are interested talk to Amanda Michel, or send her an email. Ask James and
Lucy its not that hard. 

27th Sept is a whole club working bee. Its a chance to tidy out your locker. help
arround the club with jobs that make the club run smoothly. All helpers will be
appreciated. The more helpers the quicker it will be done.

Next regatta Winter Champs at Murrays Bay. Amanda has sent the NOR. This is also the
first leg of the Starling Traveler Series. 

All for now. 

Donn

The 2009 Icebreaker was sailed on Sep 12th with 20 Starlings competing, of which four were from Wakatere. With wind of around 10-15kn from the NE conditions were great (apart from a few showers) and resulted in close racing. Almost everyone had a bad race apart from Brad Moss from Murrays Bay, who scored 1,1,2,2 to finish 15 points ahead of Logan.

		Results 2nd Logan 10th James 11th Chris 13th Matthew 14th Mahia

With summer not too far off its time to wash off the dust and cobwebs from your Starling. Why not do it by sailing at Pupuke on Sunday afternoons?

Sun 6th Sep. Lovely spring sailing at the lake with 10 Starlings out, four from Wakatere.  Chris won the first race with James in a photo finish for second. Mahia was close in 4th. Matthew just got it all wrong to finish 10th. In race 2 Mahia recovered from an average start to lead from the 1st mark. James sailed through the fleet on the first full beat moving up from 10th to 2nd! Chris sailed a safe race (ie: up the middle) for 3rd, while Matthew improved to come 7th.

Mahia lining up for the best start in Race 1

James showing great speed for a couple of seconds

Sun 30th Aug, down to 9 Starlings with four from Wakatere, Logan, Mahia, Matthew and Chris. Both race were in under 10kn, much less than the 25kn that was forecast which probably put some off. Logan won both races from Mahia with Matthew having a 4th and 5th. Chris had a 6th in the first one and sailed a Splash in the second.

Sun 23rd there were 13 Starlings out, they just keep coming! Logan, James, Mahia and Matthew were there from Wakatere, with Mahia sailing a great first race to lead all the way. Logan won the second getting in front of James just before the finish. Just the two races were held as the wind was lighter and the longer course was sailed.

For more photos see the Starling Gallery

Logan (FRA01), Matthew (1153) and Mahia (right), Race 1 start

Sun 16th there were 11 keen Starlings out  including the same four from Wakatere. Three short races were held and were over by around 4pm, so it was all good fun especially with some good rides down wind.

Matthew, James and Logan

Start of race 1

Race 3