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Gestalt > 9 months ago, 13 Aug 2010

Gestalt

QLD

14722 posts

13 Aug 2010 11:08pm

this was the course that vando clocked his 43 knot run on thursday. earlier in the day it was knee high chop and the guys were doing 36 knots through it. pierre clocked a 42+ knot run as well and both were consistantly over 40 knots.

not exactly flat.

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vando

QLD

3418 posts

13 Aug 2010 11:36pm

Gee I dunno looks flat for QLD

Gestalt

QLD

14722 posts

14 Aug 2010 12:15am

it's flatter than the other side of the bank.

dave.h

194 posts

13 Aug 2010 10:54pm

looks similar to melvile waters aswell. pretty close to the same colour water as well.

pedro e

VIC

257 posts

14 Aug 2010 3:49pm

some of the waves at the PiT on Thursday were up to 2cm high!

BundyBear

NSW

325 posts

14 Aug 2010 4:40pm

Here is Hardies run 40 has been done here many times and some big nautical miles too

Swagger

88 posts

14 Aug 2010 5:21pm

Portland harbour 14/11/2009 highest gust 72 knot

But if we didn't have Chesil Beach well this is the sea state the otherside on the same day!!!

Google it what a phenomenom!!!!!

Gestalt

QLD

14722 posts

14 Aug 2010 7:53pm

^ how big were the waves? oh, they were as big as houses.

hardie

4129 posts

14 Aug 2010 7:29pm

Great photos Swagger, and thanx Gestaslt for giving us a view of QLD, and thatnx Bundy for Hardies, mus admit I got a bit of an E happnin with all those photo's of wind, when I was a young lad it was girlie pictures, now its wind pictures

Gestalt

QLD

14722 posts

14 Aug 2010 10:45pm

i think the boys had an e or 2 amongst them on thursday also. either that or they were cold and needed to hug out on the water to warm up. [}:)]

it's been so long since we've had wind that strong. farrrk it was good.~!

i wanna sail in 70 knots. most i've done is 45-50 and had a ball

red

VIC

741 posts

14 Aug 2010 10:58pm

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pedro e said...

some of the waves at the PiT on Thursday were up to 2cm high!

Jeez Pete,

You guys must have almost been on wave boards in that type of rough water!!

nebbian

6277 posts

14 Aug 2010 9:02pm

The last time I had a ball in 45 - 50 knots with Gestalt:

I wasn't windsurfing in it, I can tell you now!!!

Gestalt

QLD

14722 posts

14 Aug 2010 11:11pm

haha neither was i, i was scared let me tell you. cowering behind a bbq.

funny story,

the euro tourist beside me (crouched behind a bbq) says to me "how long is this going to last and will it get worse?"

i calmly responded "this, oh this is just a little storm in australia"

meanwhile a car beside us gets it's roof caved in by a falling tree.

that storm had, lightning, hail, floods and a little wrath of god.

nebbian

6277 posts

14 Aug 2010 9:18pm

Good times

sailquik

VIC

6166 posts

15 Aug 2010 2:09am

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Gestalt said...

i wanna sail in 70 knots. most i've done is 45-50 and had a ball

Ahhhhh, I have tried to sail a coupla times in 50-60+ and.............um......... well........ I actually have very little interest in doing it again. 35-45 is plenty enough for me I can assure you.

Swagger

88 posts

15 Aug 2010 12:54am

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hardie said...

Great photos Swagger, and thanx Gestaslt for giving us a view of QLD, and thatnx Bundy for Hardies, mus admit I got a bit of an E happnin with all those photo's of wind, when I was a young lad it was girlie pictures, now its wind pictures

To be honest Hardie this is not my skill with a camera, i was on my way back from a Muse concert so missed it the only reason i can remember the date so well.

Nick Dempsey our Olympic hope holding it down.
All photos taken from www.weymouthwindsurfingassociation.org

Swagger

88 posts

15 Aug 2010 1:06am

Forgot to say Nick had a spell of speedsurfing back in November got a 39.24 10 second average, second to the mighty Pete Young (The Matrix) in Portland Harbour and 42.06 max.
Gives me hope he weighs 72 kilos same as me.
Who says you have to be heavy for speed sailing.

OPH

128 posts

15 Aug 2010 5:44am

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Swagger said...

Forgot to say Nick had a spell of speedsurfing back in November got a 39.24 10 second average, second to the mighty Pete Young (The Matrix) in Portland Harbour and 42.06 max.
Gives me hope he weighs 72 kilos same as me.
Who says you have to be heavy for speed sailing.

Dug this out of youtube

scary as

Remember when me and Zo were down there a few years ago, I remember reading about the great storm of 1824 that pretty much destroyed the town ....

Gestalt

QLD

14722 posts

15 Aug 2010 9:33am

@ nebbian, and here's to many more goodtimes nebs.

@ sailquik, at 105kg i handle a fair amount of wind. if we had 60 knots come through i'd go and buy a 3.5m sail to celebrate or maybe grab the kids rig.

AUS02

TAS

2039 posts

15 Aug 2010 9:49am

Similar to the Isle of Portland Storm of 2009, but with windsurfing!! Very gutsy effort.

hardie

4129 posts

15 Aug 2010 8:44am

So cool to watch going out in those radical storm conditions, more so since I wont let myself do it any more, another thing thats passed me by now!!!

Swagger

88 posts

15 Aug 2010 8:09pm

Amazing footage in France and strangely you don't get a feel for the size of the sea at portland but here is a picture of Pulpit Rock on a normal day with people to scale against it.

The funny thing is on this day the boys in the pictures were out on 6m,5.6 and a 5.0 how Si was holding the 6m down (sail number 115) i will never know?

AusMoz

QLD

1510 posts

18 Aug 2010 6:54pm

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Gestalt said...

haha neither was i, i was scared let me tell you. cowering behind a bbq.

funny story,

the euro tourist beside me (crouched behind a bbq) says to me "how long is this going to last and will it get worse?"

i calmly responded "this, oh this is just a little storm in australia"

meanwhile a car beside us gets it's roof caved in by a falling tree.

that storm had, lightning, hail, floods and a little wrath of god.

It was the quickest time i have exited the water!!! the green clouds and lightning made me think it could be bad! That shelter was awesome as well as the snags and beer!!!

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