disoriented wrote:

disoriented wrote:
So glad i had a mechanical and finished work early.

5cm of snow at kime hut fell in the 'ruas. I might up load a pics if I can be arsed

Yeaterday at 11am

Were you doing the Taraura Mountain Race? That looks just nasty to be running through. I presume James Coubrough didn't break the record in those conditions?

Awesome

That's awesome Sifter!

Yogi wrote:

disoriented wrote:

disoriented wrote:
So glad i had a mechanical and finished work early.

5cm of snow at kime hut fell in the 'ruas. I might up load a pics if I can be arsed

Yeaterday at 11am

Were you doing the Taraura Mountain Race? That looks just nasty to be running through. I presume James Coubrough didn't break the record in those conditions?

Nah I wasn't running, I was marshelling(sp). Was great fun being able to see the pain and suffering for a change

disoriented wrote: Nah I wasn't running, I was marshelling(sp). Was great fun being able to see the pain and suffering for a change

Good on you. Almost as tiring getting to the huts walking as it is doing the whole run. Just checked out the results. Looks like they had a good number turn up this year. Planning on doing it again some time?

Yogi wrote:

disoriented wrote: Nah I wasn't running, I was marshelling(sp). Was great fun being able to see the pain and suffering for a change

Good on you. Almost as tiring getting to the huts walking as it is doing the whole run. Just checked out the results. Looks like they had a good number turn up this year. Planning on doing it again some time?

I would be keen to do it if they had some resonable weather, I wouldn't want to do it with the conditions at the weekend. If I'm in town for it next time I'll most likely be marshelling again.

Here's a short video of the storm hitting from the RPNYC rescue boat which was off the end of the Miramar Peninsula at the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyVy0AfjbWw

And a snippet of the report from out on the water...


The majority of the race was completed and the boats were on the home leg when a southerly buster hit. The wind was predicted to change to the south with 30-40 knot front ... nothing abnormal for Wellington . But when it arrived the wind was more like 60 to 70 knots. As the front approached the call was made from the race office that the race was abandoned and that all boats should lower their sails and head for home.

Sailing Academy manager Matt Wood was out on Te Ruru, the club's rescue boat, and witnessed and recorded the front as it came through Evans Bay . "I've spent many hours out on the harbour and have never seen a southerly change come through with that much wind. We are used to 30 to 40 knot but twice that is a bit rare!"

Brandon Clarke, crewing on Flying Circus was pulling the head sail down but slipped overboard as the squall struck. He kicked the sail free, and trod water for about five minutes. Thanks to good information regarding their location being given from Flying Circus he was located within a couple of minutes and brought safely on board Te Ruru.

No sooner had he been recovered than a Mayday was received from Andiamo. By this time visibility off Kau Bay had dropped to virtually zero and the search for Andiamo commenced. By the time Andiamo was located their crew had done a great job of securing the boat and passengers and despite having a sail wrapped around their propeller were making 3 or 4 knots across the wind with reasonable steerage. Te Ruru stayed in the vicinity of Andiamo until a Wellington Pilot vessel initiated a tow.

Over the next hour Te Ruru transported 11 sailors from various boats to the shore while Nedax Racing and Baccante were also towed back to Lambton Harbour as they had engine issues. A number of the fleet took shelter from the storm in Kau Bay and made their way safely back to their marina berths after the front had passed. With every one safely ashore the stories started to flow in the wardroom in with an incredible buzz around the room. The 2010 Business House Race will certainly be one to remember.

The largest gust recorded by the Pt Jerningham weather station during the Southerly Buster was 78 knots.

Pffffff, by Wellington standards that's only a light breeze