Distance Racing

Continuing light winds today meant that official events have been replaced by a long distance race at Gott Bay.
A fleet of Corona Extra race boards competed over the 3-mile course the first leg of which was almost directly into the wind. Even in the light conditions the racers impressed the crowds with their turn of speed with John Hibbard taking the eventual honours.
The good news it that the weather forecast for the week ahead is predicting an increase in wind strength from the 8 knots recorded this morning to winds of 26 knots by Thursday.
Bring it on!

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Team 15 Success

Oct 15

The Tiree Team 15 Junior Racing Event was a great success at Loch Bhasapol on Wednesday 14th.

17 rounds of racing were completed with the junior racers prior to finally announcing the winners of the event.

A big thank you to everyone who came along on the day and contributed in some shape or form. Additionally a special thanks to George Shillito and Chris Murray from Tushingham/Starboard who were kind enough to come along with demo equipment from their sponsors. The boys also got in the water and completed the final race of the day with the kids prior to teaching the children how to perform some pretty sporty freestyle moves!

Overall the day turned out to be a great success, even with the light winds that we had over the course of the day. This is an event which we hope to grow for next year to involve more young windsurfers in racing and give them the opportunity to interact with the top stars in the sport. Watch this space for 2010!

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