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Vaikobi joins our team
The groundswell of support has begun for the Battle for the Bar! With no surprises our friends at Vaikobi Ocean Performance were the first to put their hand up and are now the Junior Champion Sponsor for 2024!
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Welcome to The Capel Sound Invitational
About
This is an event designed for maximum fun, a course built for absolute blasting on a reach, a collaboration between two progressive clubs, good people, good times and a passion for off the beach wind sports and culture. It's called an invitational but it's really a call to arms, to get involved and get more people involved in our amazing sport. This is an event that doesn't compete with others, it's purposely designed to be different, to stand alone, the first of it's kind.
The question is... Can you survive the Battle for the Bar?
Why? To bring us together
It's time for yacht clubs to do things a little different. Currently all clubs are competing against each other to do exactly the same thing. We thought we'd do the opposite. We are passionate about ocean sports and our community and we want to see our sport grow, so we decided to collaborate together and design a race that is fun for everyone, yet challenging and exciting enough for those that want to push their limits. If you want to go for a cruise, you can do that too, with a hint of adventure.
The Course
The course is simple, there is a Start in front of Rye and Rosebud Yacht Clubs. Each start line will also be your finish line. Wherever you start is where you finish. The course is set just outside the 5kt markers in the beautiful turquoise waters just off the beach along the sandbar between Rye YC and Rosebud YC.
Competitors race from one club to the other and return to their start club.
There is a 'Midway Gate' exactly halfway between the two clubs that competitors must sail through.
The pin end of the start line is also the rounding mark that a competitor must leave to port for each rounding.
Monohulls do one lap 12km, Multihulls do two laps 24km, Foilers do 3 laps 36km and Cruisers sail the distance that suits them making sure to sail through the midway gate each time.
The race is held on one day in a weather window between Dec 27 and Dec 30, this day is to be the best 'Reaching' conditions possible.
The After Party
Building on our sports unique culture is really important to us. We come together at alternating yacht clubs where we try to "out beach party" each other for presentation, food and drinks in the evening following the race to connect and enjoy the good times with each other. This is what makes our sport great, shared experiences, lifestyle and of course respectful banter.
See you at Rye YC this year and bring your best Aloha shirt!
Our Family Continues to Grow
For the first time ever (no need to fact check, just go with it) the Capel Sound Invitational becomes the first sailing event to now include and welcome outrigger paddlers into our family.
We have similar cultures and the same passion and love for the ocean environment so why not make it a festival of ocean sport and its people.
This year will see Single OC1 and Double OC2 crews do a single lap of our course, the same course as the monohulls as a test bed to grow this event even further and give paddlers an event in our beautiful waters of Capel Sound.
For more information if required you can contact
Drena Tamaariki 0435 228 818 otherwise simply fill out the form below and we'll see you on the day!
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