Pint to Pint and Nuplex - L3 straight line testing

Five R's turned up for a day of fun racing and some L3 testing.

A pint on the floater followed by run to the boats for a Le Mans start on the club jetty was the order of the day with waterbombs and boarding parties legal.

A light-moderate southerly stayed in for the race, with Nuplex (L3) winning convincingly. Boats dropped a crew member on the floater to finish the second pint and complete the course, leaving the other crew member to sail around single handedly in the confines of the club launch area. This provided some good entertainment for the spectators. Liquid's Mitch Dean and Bulley Hayes' Dan Folter then sailed off for some single handed fun up the harbour for a time.

Boat Swap

Sean leaped out of Nuplex into Meridian and let Tim and Dave both have a go on the helm with Dan Leech crewing. Subwoofer and Meridian lined up for some straight line testing against Nuplex helmed by Dave Pairman and were easily overhauled in just-twinning conditions, and severely blown away once Dave was fully wiring. Dave said the boat seems to pitch much less and accelerate more freely.

Looks like the new L3 Nuplex is a big step up. Well done lads.