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8 April 2013

FELICIDADES karaoke!!! ONNEA karriv!! GRATTIS sassy63!

SOL's first G2LHI race started in very light and shifty winds but within a couple of hours a brief spell of moderate gusts led to many being steered off-course. Choosing to go S or N of the rhumbline was the first real test and, interestingly enough, the top group were from both camps. Sailing the shifts was crucial for success and it is for this that our podium three, all regular participants in the informal pre-race practice races, are to be congratulated for a job very well done indeed!

RACE INFO:

Race Reports from Gosford SC:

Report 3: Tricky conditions
Report 2: Slow progress
Report 1: LHI Start

Introduction
The Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race (G2LHI) is organised by the Gosford Sailing Club of New South Wales, Australia. The 2013 event is the 39th running of the event and SOL is delighted to be "buddied" with GSC to run the event along side the real life race for the first time. Welcome to all Gosford yachties and their friends and relos to this very special virtual race!

A unique feature of the actual G2LHI race is that the organisers must limit the fleet to around 20 yachts. This is due to the strict mooring restrictions in the lagoon at Lord Howe Island. Mooring depths vary as well, so the fleet must cover a wide spectrum from 30 footers to maxis. A further restriction is the limit of 400 visitors to the island at any one time, which includes yacht crew as well as regular tourists. For these reasons, the 2013 racing fleet is comprised of just 16 yachts. They are the form yachts in their class in this season's fleet from various clubs, chosen from a long list of applicants. This year's fleet ranges from a Hick 35 to a VO70. The fleet also includes the race record holder, VO60 "Merit" and the local TP52, "Frantic". Frantic is owned and skippered by former rugby international, Mick Martin.

The race is a Category 1 passage race and the weather could be either steady trades or a low coming down from the north as the tail-end of a late season tropical cyclone.

The SOL race of 412nm in TP52s will start @0200utc on Saturday, 6 April.
/Tyger
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