Qld Titles Round 2-3 Ballina

What a great weekend with a 5knot off shore breese and some sets max at 3-3.5ft. This was perfect racing conditions for the surf X on Saturday. We had a total of 12 boats racing with 7 A grade and 5 B grade boats. We kicked off at 10am and got into some fast action racing and it didnt back off the throttle as that small breeze held the nose down when punching through the waves. B Grade kick off with 2 flips in the first race- Canapult and rocket man showing us there roll over proceedure on there outboards. Canapult won the flipper award for cork screwing on D can. WELL DONE. The B Graders Showed some good driving and some speed is starting to show.

I took till race 5 for Hammer Time {the only A grader} to flip punching out through a set wave. Then the next wave fliped it back over. Lucky Lucky.

Fat Cat was in full throttle mode as there was no backing off over any of the waves. TTTC and Duck Nuts were all over his tail and never let a bad move go by. Congratulations goes to FAT CAT for winning the day, Ducks Nuts second, and TTTC Third. Head Case Snaped there steering and was out in the first race and for the rest of the day. Unlucky.  Congratulation goes to H2Go Racing for staying upright for a whole race day.

On the Sunday we raced the 90km long haul event. The condtitions were average with a 2m swell rolling and a 15knot SE breeze. There were some testing conditions and prop choice was hard as some areas were smooth and some were rough. Congratulations to FAT CAT won the Long Haul event, Duck Nuts second and H2GO Third.

Big thanks:-

Goes to the score girls for helping out {Mel,Jen and Kirra} officials who help with the event. Aaron the RD got 6 stiches when he kicked a prop guard. Be careful mate. RJ towing all the boats and club trailer up and down the beach. Ballina Coast Guard for help with safety on the 3 jet skis and the jets boat for the 2 days. Cheers

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