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  • in reply to: Puddleduck Vineyard Racing DF95 29th April 2024 #16640

    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…

    in reply to: Puddleduck Vineyard Racing DF65/RG65 23/4/24 #16604

    Hatcam video Race 5:

     

    Race 6:

     

    Race 7:

    in reply to: Puddleduck Vineyard Racing DF65/RG65 23/4/24 #16603

    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.Ā  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:

    in reply to: Puddleduck Vineyard Racing DF95 16t5h April 2024 #16547

    Hat cam footage Race 3:

    in reply to: Puddleduck Vineyard Racing DF95 16t5h April 2024 #16544

    Hat cam footage Race 1:

    in reply to: Puddleduck Vineyard Racing DF95 16t5h April 2024 #16543

    Main footer:

    Main close hauled:

    The tuning gauges:

    in reply to: Puddleduck Vineyard Racing DF95 16t5h April 2024 #16542

    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:

    in reply to: FMS Firefly flying at Mathinna NE Tasmania #16516

    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.

    in reply to: FMS Firefly flying at Mathinna NE Tasmania #16514

    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! šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

    in reply to: Puddleduck Vineyard Racing DF65/RG65 26/3/2024 #16358

    Great write up Bodge.

    I didn’t have too much luck with hat cam videos today.Ā  Race 1 and 2 were unwatchable due to rain on the camera lens.Ā  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

     

    in reply to: Puddleduck Vineyard Buoy Maintenance #16340

    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! šŸ™‚

    in reply to: Puddleduck Vineyard Racing DF95 19/03/24 #16327

    A couple more hat cam videos…

    Race 3

     

    Race 8

    in reply to: Puddleduck Vineyard Racing DF95 19/03/24 #16326

    Great write up Shorty. Thanks for that.

    I also stayed with the A rig as I don’t have a B rig. I was happy with my finishing positions in R7 and R8 and wish I didn’t tangle with Geoff at the start of R9 ☹

    I’ve started processing some of my hat cam video and here is the footage from Race 1…

    in reply to: FLYING MONDAY #16305

    Wow, the stabilisation in that video is awsome Gerald.

    in reply to: FLYING MONDAY #16303

    Hahaha….

    That’s a challenge for me next time 🤣🤣🤣

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