The Courses
General
- Target Time: 3 minutes for eliminations, longer for half fleet/full fleet races with more than 8 riders
- Kiteboards’ speed is approximately 10m/s in 12-15 knots
- Total course length is approximately 1800-2000 meters
First leg (Start to Mark 1)
- 105° (+/- 5°) off the wind
Length: - Eliminations (4-8 riders): 600-700 meters
- Half Fleet (up to 16 riders): 1200-1400 meters
- Full fleet (more than 16 riders): 2000 meters
- No jump
All other legs
- 105° of the wind (+/- 5° depending on wind strength, current, waves)
- In a symmetrical setup all legs have the same angle and the leg length is approximately 300-350 meters
- In an asymmetrical setup, early legs are longer, getting shorter in each subsequent leg, depending on beach configuration, waves etc. Example for an asymmetrical setup:
- Start leg: 600meters
- Leg 2 and 3: 450 meters
- Leg 4 and 5: 250 meters
- Recommended number of legs is 5. There should not be less than 3 or more than 7 legs.
- On a 5 leg course, obstacles are set initially on legs 3 and 4. Additional obstacles may be set on legs 2 and 5. There should be an equal number of obstacles on each tack.
Dimensions of obstacles
- 1 meter high (minimum 0.5 meter)
- 20 meters long (minimum 10 meters) / 2x 10 meters
Please contact the office for sources of buying obstacles
The Finish
- Finish line should be laid as close as possible to the beach
- Finish leg length is the same with the course lengths (symmetrical setup), line is square to the last leg.
- Finish line length: approximately 20 meters
Course Examples
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