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Posted Feb 26 2018

Marathon Winners!

The annual Landsailing Kapiti Waikanae Beach 50km Endurance race was a great success yesterday. The marathon event was run in almost perfect conditions with a clean beach and 20-30km NW wind. The winners completing the 50km in 1 hour and 10 minutes.

See the results on MYLAPS Speedhive site https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Events/1496293 checkout the Lap Chart to see all the jostling (in a gentlemanly way of course) for position, especially in the first few laps. Congratulations to everyone who took part, especially Trevor for taking Gold and the Event Trophy, John for taking Silver and Ernie for taking Bronze medal.

Posted Feb 18 2018

Looking good for Marathon on 25th Feb

The long range forecast is looking good for the Landsailing Kapiti Waikanae Beach 50km Endurance next Sunday.

1000 setup, 1100 racing, see details on our website
http://capitalblokartclub.org.nz/event/50km-endurance-2/?instance_id=289

Update during week

Posted Feb 18 2018

A good sail at Waikanae Beach on Saturday

When I arrived on the beach at 1445, I was greeted with 16-20km NW and plenty of beach to sail. I started with a 5.5m sail, but soon changed down to a 4m as it was a bit tough on my sheet arm and Ian and Keith were leaving me for dead. There was a spot of rain for about 15 minutes, but otherwise a near perfect afternoon, with 20-25km NW wind. The 3m tide gave us a huge beach, not that we needed it as the wind was near square-on to the beach, so no tacking involved. As Murphy’s Law would have it, we could have easily pulled off a 50km marathon with these conditions. Maybe we should not rule out 1800 low tides for future calendar planning…

Posted Feb 07 2018

Endurance Race Postponed

Landsailing Kapiti 50 km Endurance Race is postponed due to light and unfavourable wind. Next scheduled day is February 25th. Check calendar for details and times http://capitalblokartclub.org.nz/event/50km-endurance-2/

Posted Feb 06 2018

Manawatu Open a success

Manawatu Blokart Club Open event at Ohakea

The Manawatu Blokart Club ran a successful Open Blokart event at Ohakea this Waitangi weekend. Seven rounds sailed on Saturday in a Southerly around 10 – 15 knots. Some sailors were swapping between 4m and 5.5m sails trying to get the optimum combination. Sunday saw light winds with just 3 rounds being completed. 10 rounds altogether, so everyone was able to drop their worst race. Congratulations to all the winners. A special mention to Nicko who was on form winning every race except for two. Dropping a 2nd must be tough!

The results are on Mylaps Speedhive

Day 1 https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Events/1491390

Day2 https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Events/1492196

Overall results and points tables: https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Organizations/315655/Championships

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Manawatu Blokart Club Open event at Ohakea

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