Good luck Windy,

I remember the grin last time

thanks nebs
i think i beat greenroom by 0.1
but putting up pics like that makes me feel homesick

thanks for the kind offers everyone,,,

if i get down, i'' be the one with the white courier combo van, looking to break my pb


windguru is backing off to a more managable wind speed now...is wsw ok there?

WSW is perfect

Windguru may be backing off, but BOM marine wind forcast is saying 40-50 for Sunday at 1 PM. Have fun...

Any news yet

Had a SMS saying 40-60kts... Looked at the station at Wilsons Prom on BOM. 50-80kts.

Just got a call from Hamma...one word carnage!! few guys managed to get some runs, Anthony said he nearly drowned at one stage.More info to follow from the crew down at Sandy.

50.01Kts peak for a certain Pit crew KA sailor.
Carnage is right. Only the 100k guys were getting repeated runs. I managed two runs and new PB peak at 47.0 knots and 10 sec just over 45 knots.
If only it had backed off 10 knots I may have been able to do a few more runs.
When Tony Wynhoven is using a 4.4m sail, you know it's windy.
Anthony Perkins took my wind gauge up on the spit and saw a 58 knot gust, but that was before we started trying to sail. On the course there were definitely sustained gusts to 50 knots because the water was smoking. It was very constant wind. Seldom backing off to less than 40 knots. On one walk back I sat for about 5 minutes while the water smoked. Couldn't really lift my rig without it pulling me off balance.
More news to come.

Bloody Hell!!!

On behalf of those who rigged and got wet but didn't get out I can confirm that it was indeed carnage material!!! Some serious 2second and 500m pbs but not many have managed to string together 5 runs (so far as we know at the minute). Couple of the heavy guys may have hung in to write their names down in history!!! Probably need some nappy san for the washing machine tonight!! Major respect to those who locked in and held on.. Sure there'll be some stories exchanged over a few nerve calming beers tonight.
A more sane day forecast for tomorrow should be good fun.

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seahorse said...

On behalf of those who rigged and got wet but didn't get out I can confirm that it was indeed carnage material!!! Some serious 2second and 500m pbs but not many have managed to string together 5 runs (so far as we know at the minute). Couple of the heavy guys may have hung in to write their names down in history!!! Probably need some nappy san for the washing machine tonight!! Major respect to those who locked in and held on.. Sure there'll be some stories exchanged over a few nerve calming beers tonight.
A more sane day forecast for tomorrow should be good fun.

What sail size did you rig John?

5.5m is my smallest. After seeing Slowboat struggle with his 5.5 I was just waiting for the calm patch that didn't eventuate... could have gone for a body slam but can't afford the damage - esp with a good day forecast tomorrow

Woah..what an epic day!!!!!!



Here's a sample of the type of conditions. Spotty on an early run of the day- 45 knots.
Huge respect to all who got out there- it took balls of steel !!

mick

A few shots from today. Jodi

Extreme is the word! Whitecaps, hope flying sand hasnt seized your zoom and driven your antishake around the bend...

Vimeo not work here in Firefox. Copy and paste into IE..

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drift said...

Woah..what an epic day!!!!!!

Here's a sample of the type of conditions. Spotty on an early run of the day- 45 knots.
Huge respect to all who got out there- it took balls of steel !!

mick

when he stopped, the breeze was that strong it tried to take his board for a run
He looked like he was in control the whole time well the first 20 meters anyway He even had trouble backing orf at the end.
Hope its just as good for Hardie when he gets there.

wow wow wow...

I experienced 45knots in the south of France last year, this is definately wilder!

Good luck y'all, get some pb's in there! :)

50.1 bloody hell Spotty thats smoking mate well done .
not sure if i really missed it today sounded like chaos on the water my smallest being a 5.6
cheers Vando

Thanks Oldie - am too scared to look. It was pretty extreme, haven't worked in such full on conditions before (which is why I stayed at the top of the course). Ah, bring on tomorrow.

Awesome, thanks for the pic's Jodi

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drift said...

Woah..what an epic day!!!!!!

Here's a sample of the type of conditions. Spotty on an early run of the day- 45 knots.
Huge respect to all who got out there- it took balls of steel !!

mick

haha yep, windguru got it slightly wrong.

that was the windiest i have ever sailed in......

still got sand in my eyes ..

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haha yep, windguru got it slightly wrong.

that was the windiest i have ever sailed in......

still got sand in my eyes ..

SO how fast did you go????????
Bet you beat your last try.

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WINDY MILLER said...

haha yep, windguru got it slightly wrong.

that was the windiest i have ever sailed in......

still got sand in my eyes ..

SO how fast did you go????????
Bet you beat your last try.

probably,,, didnt have a gps on though

my 85 wave board was about 20l to big 4 me


greg did 34, unhooked out of control coz it was too windy too hook in.

what a day

Thats Madness Windy

Huge Respect to anybody who put board on water and attempted those conditions.

Some more pics of a truly memorable day at the PiT.

like this report very much
makes me desire the next storm at my homespot, maybe coming weekend

Ok, here are a few random shots from yesterday, it was a tamer day than yesterday so I headed down for the bottom on the run and got some good shots then I thought what the hell so I waded in clothes and all thigh deep and got some great shots and a couple of heart attacks thanks to Kato's close calls. There were approx 900 shots taken on the day and there are more on my website (www.whitecapsphotography.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=7137781) but if you dont see yourself, let me know your sail details....


















Go karting today......

Cheers for posting Jodi (and others)! Next best thing to being there. Monday looked a little better for the majority. Wish I could have made it down.

Great photos Jodi - I especially like the one of the guy just sitting looking forlorn and broken with his sand covered board.