Velenje race report

On the 27th of septembre i was supposed to be with the italian footy gang sailing footys. But school would not let me take the 700km trip to north-western italy.
So i attended the 5th race of our national championship in the F5g/750mm class.
Velenje is alway a nice race, sailed on an artifical lake which is a consequence of heavy mining activity in the area and the site of the coruptive project teš6(part of a thermo electricity plant).
The water is clear blue, warm and wind is usually pretty good.
12 competitors showed up.
The line up was as competitive as it gets in the 750mm class.
8 races were sailed. First there was no wind then the wind came. then it was gone again and later it came back again. Not exactly the "good" wind i was expecting.
but the race was lots of fun and i am particulary proud of the first race. Because there was almost no wind and nr.93 was just behind me, but i managed to fight him off and took 1st.
The rest of the race was mellow. Start hard, stay right. Keep up the speed.
When the wind came evolutions speed was untouched. but in the luls either 93 or 331 and 334 were always close behind.
My father short curcuited(or however it is spelled) his electronics. And with no backup servos fila was out of the race. He had to do with am reserve boat from niko. But it was a completely different boat that he is used to and he was just not as fast with it.

My hopes for the race were high. I knew if i get the win i would have enough points to claim the national title for the second year in a row.
Luckily i did it.

Photos and videos will be posted soon.


In week before the race an older sailor passed away, his name was Ivan. He was the grandfather of an acquaintance of mine. He loved building model boats, and enjoyed national championship races.
He was not always on top of the rankings but he did it with a smile!
Until a heart complication took him away, may he rest in peace.
Velenje race was the race he was always eiger to sail. This year he built a new boat, which was supposed to sail for the first time that weekend.

Maybe that boat will sail in velenje the next year, to honor his memory. Also i will suggest that we name the race as his memorial.

Race in velenje

On saturday at 11 am we arrived a the lake, no wind.
Seascapes were sceduled to have a regatta too. But the clouds wouldnt budge.

after the training sessions 8 races were sceduled, with a 30 min pause for footys

The footys barely moved, but atleast other people could see them and gain interest, sure enough i left the yellow Karo with the builder of many hulls, and a keen race(#48) for examination and hopefully building copies of it!

 I managed to be dominant on the startline, but #93 is a boat specialized for light winds, weighing 400g lesser than Fila and ofcourse faster in the drifters.

 

My father was sailing #88, blue life, the boat needs a bigger rudder for beter manouvering.

He finished 6th, and was quite happy :)

 

I was 2nd, good, but not good enough, as i have to win the last race of the series to have a chance of taking the national championship.

#93 stands 3wins 1second

me, #87 2wins 1 second

 The last race in the season is comming in a month and a half.