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Good to hear Dennis. See you at the next one 🙂

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I suspect it conked out and he needed to retrieve it Kermit?

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Great videos Gerald and Kermit.  The summaries where very accurate as well 😋

It’s a shame my “candy dropper” didn’t work as planned with dropping the whistling bomb.

I really love the “frog cam” Kermit 👍

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Race 5:

Race 6:

Race 9:

 

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Great write up Shorty and congratulations on your win.
You picked some great courses for sailing today.
The missus was happy that everyone enjoyed the caramel slice.

I reckon the gloves that Bodge found are mine. They must have dropped out of my pocket after sailing.

Following are my hat cam videos of some of the races today…

Race 1:

Race 2:

Race 3:

More to come…

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Hatcam video Race 5:

 

Race 6:

 

Race 7:

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Great write up Bodge and very wise words indeed. We all want to have fun and enjoy ourselves at “The Duck” so people will need to pay a bit more attention and be more courteous which will benefit everyone.

I’ve managed to process all the hatcam videos from today except for race 1 as it took way to long.  That race could rival some of SBS’s documentarys on “slow TV”!

The following footage is from races 2, 3 and 4. Races 5, 6 and 7 will be posted after the final video has finished uploading.

Race 2:

 

Race 3:

 

Race 4:

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Hat cam footage Race 3:

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Hat cam footage Race 1:

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Main footer:

Main close hauled:

The tuning gauges:

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Great write up Shorty and excellent course selection during the morning keeping up with the unpredictable shifting winds we all love at the Puddleduck.

As mentioned, here is a link to DF95 Tuning Gauges that I saw on Thingiverse.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5885190

I thought I’d try them out and here are a few photos of the gauges attached to my DF95:

Jib footer:

Jib close hauled:

Jib leech:

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Thanks Mike. I had intended to start flying just before sunset, around 6:30pm to get used to it. Unfortunately I got there around 7pm, near last light which was a bit too dark to get my bearings.

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That’s a great idea Kermit. If we have a “crash and burn” fly on a cool evening, we can gather around to keep warm! 😂😂😂

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Great write up Bodge.

I didn’t have too much luck with hat cam videos today.  Race 1 and 2 were unwatchable due to rain on the camera lens.  Some other races were too low or too high and not much of the sailing was in shot. I think the strong wind may have adjusted the hat without me noticing.

Race 3

 

Race 6

 

Race 10

 

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A very successful day.

We also made sure the larger buoys were the ones placed furtherest away to make it easier to see them.

Also, no one fell in! 🙂

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