On 29 Jan 2020, at 08:43, Bear <david@...> wrote:

?Just wanted to see if there was going to be enough interest before sorting any arrangements with club.? Can anyone that reckons they'd be up for it please reply.? Or if defo not interested or able to make it that would be handy to know as well.? It would be a DIY event so parents manning rib etc.

Plan would be roughly 2 hour+ sessions before and after lunch break, 10 minute target time for races so 6-8 races per session - weather permitting.? ? Windward/leeward just off beach so great spectating.? Someone can run a bookie's blackboard. Sprints work pretty well for any newbies as well, there's a fresh start every 15 minutes so you don't get too far behind.

Can make a one or two day event.? Or self training one day/racing the other?? ?Could potentially decide based on weather forecast on the Thursday night? If it goes according to plan we'd get at least 12 races in a day.? So 24 over two days.? Is that too many, it depends heavily on weather playing ball though. It's good starting practice, mark rounding, decision making etc and should be fast and furious, the beach could well be one of the boundary lines.??

Colin and Danny did a RS200 sprints last autumn with an 8 minute target time and said it was great, lots of place swapping within the 8 minutes, I suspect the 29ers might need an extra couple of minutes?

Anyway any interest or thoughts?

Bear