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Created by BSN101 BSN101  > 9 months ago, 4 Jun 2018
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BSN101
BSN101

WA

2378 posts

4 Jun 2018 4:06pm
Where are the WA Speed Obsessed going tomorrow?

Perth & Bunbury. Australind looks to be the place at the northern end in the flat goodness.




decrepit
decrepit

WA

12802 posts

4 Jun 2018 5:49pm
I may join you there Dave, I'll make up my mind in the morning.
stroppo
stroppo

WA

747 posts

4 Jun 2018 9:13pm
Im going to work but might get the arvo dregs!
BSN101
BSN101

WA

2378 posts

4 Jun 2018 10:54pm
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stroppo said..
Im going to work but might get the arvo dregs!


That's a bugger for you mate . Steve is workin too apparently. Stretchy is away too. Chris Mike Ratz & me in Bunno. Northern end.
olskool
olskool

QLD

2459 posts

5 Jun 2018 7:22am
Crankin forecast!!! Even made the East coast news. Send us some pics from the Wicked West.
yoyo
yoyo

WA

1646 posts

5 Jun 2018 5:54am
33 with gusts to 42 and a nice 18 degrees in Mandurah. Feels stronger. Can not tell what it is like on the water as sunrise is an hour away. L Preston would be nice in the northerly. Is there any water there?
Jonski
Jonski

WA

77 posts

5 Jun 2018 7:18am
I'm at the north end of Australind now and it looks awesome
BSN101
BSN101

WA

2378 posts

5 Jun 2018 7:27am
Great. Will be the 9ish
Windxtasy
Windxtasy

WA

4017 posts

5 Jun 2018 7:37am
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yoyo said..
33 with gusts to 42 and a nice 18 degrees in Mandurah. Feels stronger. Can not tell what it is like on the water as sunrise is an hour away. L Preston would be nice in the northerly. Is there any water there?


yes there is. 1m + on the water level indicator as of yesterday. Cannonball checked it out.




decrepit
decrepit

WA

12802 posts

5 Jun 2018 3:49pm
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Windxtasy said..
yes there is. 1m + on the water level indicator as of yesterday. Cannonball checked it out.


Looks like a lot of growth on the bank. N Australind doesn't have anything like that much, and the speed bank is a much better direction for a direct Northerly. Cheese graters is fun in a Northerly but you have to bear off into the chop to get any speed.
Did anybody sail it today?
decrepit
decrepit

WA

12802 posts

5 Jun 2018 3:52pm
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BSN101 said..
Great. Will be the 9ish


Yes well you certainly were, but where did you go?
How come you didn't join us in the disappearing wind?

But I've had a taste of it now, want to come back next northerly.
BSN101
BSN101

WA

2378 posts

5 Jun 2018 4:45pm
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decrepit said..

BSN101 said..
Great. Will be the 9ish



Yes well you certainly were, but where did you go?
How come you didn't join us in the disappearing wind?

But I've had a taste of it now, want to come back next northerly.


Went to GH instead. No wind there either til later after it went SW. Was ok but our hearts weren't in it.
decrepit
decrepit

WA

12802 posts

5 Jun 2018 5:53pm
Saturday??????
yoyo
yoyo

WA

1646 posts

6 Jun 2018 2:41pm
I was surprised how good it was at Novara and Alphaland/Len Howard yesterday. Normally the trees make a quite wind shadow and what does get through is gusty. I guess it was strong enough yesterday to push through. Was windy as and flat as out for several hundred metres but I did not go out as I was on my own.
I was surprised with the Australind wind dropping off. The weather guys were saying it would be stronger down south but it looks like it was better up here.





BSN101
BSN101

WA

2378 posts

6 Jun 2018 4:50pm
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yoyo said..
I was surprised how good it was at Novara and Alphaland/Len Howard yesterday. Normally the trees make a quite wind shadow and what does get through is gusty. I guess it was strong enough yesterday to push through. Was windy as and flat as out for several hundred metres but I did not go out as I was on my own.
I was surprised with the Australind wind dropping off. The weather guys were saying it would be stronger down south but it looks like it was better up here.






I believe that the Bunno wind gauge is well in land (Carey Park?) so if its green then its honking.

Busso jetty was the windiest place in Aust with a constant 40knts for most of the morning, bit rough at the end of the jetty tho. lol

Where abouts is alphaland? map or address. Id like to go there oneday.
decrepit
decrepit

WA

12802 posts

6 Jun 2018 5:05pm
Alpha land's between the Len Howard reserve and boundary Island, so named by Snides almost a decade ago. But if you're sailing downwind to it from Novara, beware of "The Rock Garden" it's straight out from The big green roofed gazebo in the Len Howard Reserve. We did have it well marked with plastic pipes, but they have slowly disappeared over the years.
Tomski set up some alpha markers there, they really help if you're trying to improve your alphas.
elmo
elmo

WA

8879 posts

7 Jun 2018 6:37am
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decrepit said..
Saturday??????


WNW, I'm thinking possibly some coastal bay action
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