MFF Alongi Competition - Notice of intent to participate

[skip]

COMPETITION CONFIRMED FOR TOMORROW.

VHF A - NORTH, B - SOUTH AND C - COMMON, CHANNELS WILL BE ADVISED VERY SHORTLY

[Gazzetta]

Unfortunatley Georgia 1 is out for work commitments !!! 
Gud luck 2 all and enjoy

Chris 

[Kaptan Jr]

Ok skip hope that tomorrow the weather will BE MUCH BETTER than today. I just came in and at 8 this morning the sea was force 5. If tomorrow the sea will be like this I will let you have fun and go back inside;-( because it is not worth it to fish int these weather conditions

[fishfinder]

Nick,

please have a look to the sea cause it is still very rough. we work at Hal Far and from here we can see that the sea is still coming strong and there are white waves everywhere.

if the sea will still keep coming as it is I will turn back cause it's not worth it waisting so much fuel with having fun.

[BIKRI]

Fish finder is right.The sea is still strong and i think that it will be impossible for the small boats.

[shanook]

I was at B'Bugia this morning and it was not good to go fishing so i went back home, will do the same tomorrow if sea is not fairly nice. i Will be at jetty to inspect boat together with ramio, for those who want to venture out.

[Kaptan Jr]

This morning I was out at 3 and the sea was moderate. I waited near the stationed oil rig for sunrise but it was all in vain. The sea kept coming and sometimes it was force 5. Its up to you guys if you still meet I come but if the sea persists I will turn back

[camkev]

I just came in and the sea was moderate guys.it's not going to be fun fishing i tell you.And bigboy is out there and told me that its 4 to 5.

[skip]

Guys the bottom line is this. If we postpone again the most likely option is to cancel the competition completely. Its not fair on the judges to keep moving the date and expect them to still help and i found it disappointing that given the number of people in the forum and even some who pulled out from the competition only 5 guys offered their help......3 of which are spearos, 1 new member MikeD and Mullet75

If we do go ahead on another weekend where the wind doesn't blow up which now seems to be the prevailing conditions, there will be 1 finish point which will be Beachaven NOT B'bugia which was less popular with the judges given the lack of facilities and also the fact that it now seems we have more boats from the North than the South.

Today was a steady Force 4, no evidence of a 5 but it's up to each Skipper to make their call.

Tomorrow is forecast 3 touching a 4 here and there but not steady....no it might not be comfortable but we can't control the wind guys

[neville]

good luck guys for tomorow

[Moonwalker]

Why not make it for Sunday then? The wind is forcasted to increase slightly tonight and then decrease again by evening which means it should be better on Sunday.

[neville]

not a bad idea

[charliemyster]

I can assure  everybody that today the maximum speed up to now was 14.7 km /hr and an average of 12.3 km/hr on my data logger. So i dont think it reached F5 at no point in time.

[skip]

Sorry guys Sunday isn't and was never an option on the table as an available date....initially marked as a blackout day due to it usually being used by the Interclubs competition and other plans have been made on that day.

Next weekend is not looking good, long range forecasts show it worse than today but we'll have to see.

However, after discussion a final decision will be taken at 20.30 today after the 8pm forecast comes out.

If we do postpone we need to see about judges if the existing ones rightly so cannot make it, and EVERYONE will need to be prepared and accept that it could be around the 18th of July when we can go out in such calm weather.

[baghira]

guys.
My only problem is that I will be abroad from the 9th till the 15th.