As mentioned in an earlier post, more info about these crazy Hungarians... the guys emailed me with these interesting stats... ... 2008 Kekszalag... or Blue Ribbon... fastest wins!!!!
Lake Balaton 150km west of Budapest... largest lake in Europe... 70km long
Race distance... 150km... basically once up and down the lake
Entries... 575!!!!!!!!! Yep thats rite... everything from the huge Liberas with 12 guys on trap...RC44s and Assos to small lake yachts about 15ft.... and four HUN 18s... ah and no cats
Start Time...9am... Finish Time...12.30am...15.5 hours in about 5-8knot wind all day and night... code zero used for very light upwind
Result... 5th over the line... after the 4 big Liberas... 2.5hrs after the first Liberas
These guys are definitely serious about their skiff sailing, with the lake freezing over during winter... when they go ice sailing... the boys are straight into training as soon as the lake starts to thaw... water temp around 3 degrees... and we say its too cold in Sydney in winter for skiff sailing
Huge effort guys... maybe with a little more breeze the boys could finish before dark next year... and maybe get the big win!!!!!!!
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