Below is a promotional video put together to get the blood going and to remind us what sailing is all about. Hopefully it will inspire you to book your accomodation and head across to Victoria this year for the Nationals.Special thanks to Andy McIntyre for putting together such a great clip.

With low cost GPS recorders now available, you can now record your races and replay them on your computer. If your fellow competitors also join in, you can play the race as it happended, and compare distances travelled up wind, beairngs and speeds, to find out what really happened!

Geoff Smith (Aquila 1510), has developed a software package for playing and analysing GPS tracks for yacht racing. The software is launching in November, but attendees at this years Sabre training at Black Rock had an early preview. You can find out more about it at www.tacktracker.com

To get people started, Geoff is organising a bulk purchase in ealry November of GPS tracking devices at $140 each, and is offering a Beta trial program for the tack tracker software. If your interested in participating, please contact Geoff at geoff@tacktracker.com or 04258 03752.