Thanks to all our club members who turned up to Emu Park on Sunday to help with our display of Blokarts on the beach.
Although there was no wind in the morning and we all thought the day was going to be a complete fizzer, the wind shifted around and increased in the afternoon. Everyone was kept busy taking interested members of the public for a ride.
The Notice of Race for the Australian Blokart Nationals 2017 has been released.
The regatta is to be held at Kingstone S.E. in South Australia on the 25th to 28th January 2017.
The Notice of Race is available by clicking on the link above.
Capricornia Blokart Club, in conjunction with CQBC, will be hosting the 2015 Nationals at Mulambin Beach.
The dates are -Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th March (short course)
with a marathon- Monday March 30th.
This is the weekend before Easter- making it a 3 day week between the marathon & Good Friday.
Time to book those holidays & start thinking about accommodation.
The Big 4 Capricorn Palms has all their cabins & a lot of sites reserved for this event, which show as booked on their website too.
** please note- you will not be able to book these unless you state that you are part of the Blokart event**
Grab a copy of the
Our local club is now incorporated. We exist!
We even have a suggestion for a club logo.
Look what turned up on Farnborough beach this week. A 35 year old home made sand yacht from Rocky. Merv, Kevin and Roy brought it along and they allowed a mere Blokarter like myself to have a go.
The foot steering took a bit of time to get used to but it went quite well in 12 knots of wind. The frame is of aluminium so it isn’t very heavy. And it folds flat but still needs a small trailer to carry it.
It has 3 sizes of home made sails with unusual scalloped leach.
And it’s not me being rude by calling it a dinosaur. That’s what they call it.
I’ll try to get the complete results soon. In the meantime here are the place getters in all divisions.
| 2011 Queensland Blokart Titles Results (Local sailors in bold) |
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| Overall (short course and marathon) | Marathon only: | |
| Production: | Performance | Across the line regardless of weight division. |
| Light weight: | Light weight: | Production |
| 1st Blake Smith 2nd Ian Musker 3rd Trevor Smith | 1st Barak Dekel 2nd Gavin Baguley 3rd Matthew Bianchi | 1st Rod Jackson 2nd Cameron Moore 3rd Blake Smith |
| Middle weight | Middle weight: | Performance |
| 1st Colin Skinner 2nd: Steve Bundred 3rd Judy Cox | 1st Gary Smith 2nd Tony Francis 3rd Ivan Paterson | 1st Darren Bianchi (first overall) 2nd Gary Smith 3rd Joe Millen |
| Heavy weight: | Heavy weight: | |
| 1st Cameron Moore 2nd Daryl Skinner 3rd Rod Jackson | 1st Darren Bianchi 2nd Dave Blundell 3rd Bernie Cox | |
Dave L sent me these photos today. Taken on Yeppoon’s beaches in 1971. This is what he says about them.
Thought you may be interested in the attached photos. Yes, that is me standing beside the landsailer and the year was 1971. Forty years ago !!!
I was just passing through Yeppoon. The landsailer belonged to some fellow from Rocky. I saw him sailing on the beach and went down for a closer look. Ended up spending the afternoon sailing with him.
Wonder if he’s still around ???
Dave poses next to a Land Sailer from 1971
Land Sailer 1971 Detail
Land Sailer Flat Out on Mulambin Beach
The weekend of the 16th / 17th April. With a 100km marathon planned for the Monday. The guys from Mackay are organising it at Rydges but would be happy to get help from down here.
Some notes from Mackay.
You can download a copy of the Entry Form here.
I’ll post more details as they come to hand.
Annie has been using a ratchet block for some time as her “mature arms” get tired hanging on to the main sheet all the way up to Corio Bay in a big blow. I’ve given it a go too because I know how she feels.
And they work. Here is a photo of the block showing how the Dyneema wire slips off so you can attach it to the saddle on the mast base. No shackles needed.
Blokart Ratchet Block