Koseze is the pond whith no wind, at least in my eyes. Out of seven races sailed there i only saw wind twice, this year and two years ago.
The wind was ok, about 10knots if the pond would lay on a field, but since the pond is surrounded by trees and houses the effective wind speed was probably around 5 to 6 knots and gusting.
The course sailed was a triangle, due to shifty conditions there were mostly upwind and reaching streches, no real downwind sailing.
The organisation was good, we had two judges for a change.
The conditions were shifty and gusty but very sailable the whole event.
8 races were sailed.
11 competitors were present. Only one of them a junior(below 18yrs)
Below, the pictures tell some more stories, sadly they are of bad quality, taken with my phone by me during the races.
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| the weather was nice, lots of spectators came to watch, n141 is a dragonforce rg65 with a bigger rigg |
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| This is alinghi the boat with the most draft in the fleet |
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| the lonely junior, i ended up lending him my fathers backup controller, his died. |
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| Niko made a footy. |
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| Inspired by karo, but rounded, it was its first outing, the mast broke, but the boat will be back! |
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| more Nikos boat, last year he introduced a new sailor to the fleet here he is working on his boat |
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| alinghi on the water, it carries alot of sail, and is fast! i admire it |
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| nr.93 during a gybe, it is a very fast boat, but not dominating when the wind picks up |
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| Dad was going strong, checking his cunningham tension, two mistakes in the last two races made him two dnf's and worsened his score. |
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| 66, with a new paint job this year |
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| Niko's personal boat, the most balanced allrounder in the fleet, it can cope with any conditions |
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| Starting procedure machine |
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| in the end there was some time to release the footys, duck and karo |
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| duck is light and fast. |
Missing from the action were the winged prototypes, and all the new guys seen at Bled.
below is the thread on our national forum(with results):http://forum.modelarji.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=87955
file:///C:/Users/Mateja%20Fras/Downloads/DP%202014%202_Koseze%20SEN.pdf
The prevailing reaching and upwind conditions gave my boat, Fila a good advantage over the rest of the fleet.
I knew the boat can carry sails, and survive the gusts(above the a-rigg range), also i trimmed the boat for speed.
Sailing with less angle than the rest of the fleet, when a gust hit my boat just pulled away, a meter of height(they gained in respect to me) was nothing compared with three meters of lead(distance in front, i gained in respect to the fleet).
This speed made my work easy, the moment i reached a bouy in first place the race was mine.
My father sailing Evoution, which is getting faster and faster, was the only one with the same speed as Fila, but he got stuck in the fleet again and again.
some clips here:
Fila took first place again, putting me in the hotseat, as a championship leader in this early stages of the season.
We will see what happens on Rogla. This will be the third race of the championships.
It will be the first ever rc regatta i've organized. We will see how it goes!
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