| Source: | 7pm TV News QLD |
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| Published: | Monday, April 18, 2011 11:29 AEST |
| Expires: | Sunday, July 17, 2011 11:29 AEST |
More than 60 blokarters have taken part in a sand yachting competition in the central Queensland town of Yeppoon.
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
A few weeks ago I raced around the beach with a camera strapped to the front of my kart. I’ve eventually put a video together. If nothing else, it clearly shows the importance of getting a fast start at the front of the fleet.
I didn’t! You can learn from my mistakes.
We played around with a home made deuce bar (tow bar) the other day. Everyone should try this out, they are a hoot. I wonder what would happen if we had 4 bars with 5 karts in a row. As they say, watch this space.
Here are some photos with a video to follow soon.
William and Emily flat out in a double Blokart
If you haven’t seen this week’s copy of the Capricorn Coast Mirror’s Blokart and Sand Yachting article then you can see it below.
Good one Sophie! Continue reading
Paul Effeney writes:-
The Blokart racing on Saturday afternoon was a lot of fun and great to see a good number of karts and people turn up.
I have attached a set of results for the races. These may need some explaining, as I have used the same scoring system that is used for sailing races. I have added some notes below the table to try and explain the points. For races that a kart did not contest/start it scored 15 points, this is based on 14 karts that raced during the afternoon plus 1.
| Yeppoon Blokart Racing Results. | ||||||||||
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| 15th January 2011 | Farnborough Beach, Bangalee. | Winds. E/NE 15 - 18 Knts | ||||||||
| Kart Number | Name | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Total Points | Position Overall |
| 7 | Steve Bundred | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 1 |
| 8 | Emily & David Scott | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 2 |
| 1 | Ian Musker | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 3 |
| 3 | Col Skinner | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 4 | |
| 2 | Daryl Skinner | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 46 | 5 |
| 6 | William & Joanna Scott | 15 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 6 |
| 10 | Bob Auld | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 7 |
| 11 | Bill Condon | 15 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 63 | 8 |
| 13 | John Condon | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 64 | 9 |
| 9 | Paul Florian | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 65 | 10 |
| 5 | Amy Effeney | 5 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 74 | 11 |
| 12 | Clayton | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 78 | 12 |
| 14 | Wang | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 89 | 13 |
| 4 | Red kart | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 102 | 14 |
I have also attached a calendar with some race days and some idea of the type of races that we will try and do. Please give us some feedback on the style of racing suggested.
February – April 2011.
Farnborough Beach south of Bangalee beach Access.
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