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mkseven said..
& people ask why bother having little boards & sails you never use Years from now you don't go remember sailing that 20 knot breeze but you remember sailing the cyclones!

I can't see it following Bom's predicted path, the euro model is scary close to my thinking, hope im wrong. From what we saw at top of Moreton a few weeks ago there's been crazy high offshore water temps to keep it angry too.

Olskool Gestie was one of the few I saw that sailed the last cyclone that stopped by.

i just sold my smallest board.... what was i thinking. where are you sailing for this one MK

Which day, am off now til Sunday- thursday & sunday have to sail local here, VP or Manly. Was maybe thinking of trying Beachmere on Friday. Saturday no idea... wherever depending on rain. Let me know where you thinking of heading. I imagine i'll get smashed, still havn't sailed much since we last spoke.

Queens could be an option but I imagine the sweep would be crazy?

Might have to change spots last minute if the police say no sailing again, protecting us from ourselves has only increased since last time.

Olskool I cant remember anyone taking pics until the afternoon where the focus turned to speed. In the morning high tide it was just the news complaining about how irresponsible we were. On the reef at wello it was just fun mountains of water, unfortunately there isn't enough east forecast this time for that

There has been some online talk of 1m tide surge.

Not sure Mk. Was thinking sandstone but not keen on driving too far if the conditions are crazy. I got stuck in Byron for 3 days chasing a swell event with my camera. Flooding being the issue.

vp is fairly safe in a s wind all thing considered.

I'm thinking of taking camera gear to Kirra and Burleigh and tweed river mouth Sunday morning

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mmkseven said..

Gestalt said..

mkseven said..
& people ask why bother having little boards & sails you never use Years from now you don't go remember sailing that 20 knot breeze but you remember sailing the cyclones!

I can't see it following Bom's predicted path, the euro model is scary close to my thinking, hope im wrong. From what we saw at top of Moreton a few weeks ago there's been crazy high offshore water temps to keep it angry too.

Olskool Gestie was one of the few I saw that sailed the last cyclone that stopped by.

i just sold my smallest board.... what was i thinking. where are you sailing for this one MK

Which day, am off now til Sunday- thursday & sunday have to sail local here, VP or Manly. Was maybe thinking of trying Beachmere on Friday. Saturday no idea... wherever depending on rain. Let me know where you thinking of heading. I imagine i'll get smashed, still havn't sailed much since we last spoke.

Queens could be an option but I imagine the sweep would be crazy?

Might have to change spots last minute if the police say no sailing again, protecting us from ourselves has only increased since last time.

Olskool I cant remember anyone taking pics until the afternoon where the focus turned to speed. In the morning high tide it was just the news complaining about how irresponsible we were. On the reef at wello it was just fun mountains of water, unfortunately there isn't enough east forecast this time for that

meant ro say Mk. Not sure I can do Friday. Depends if schools are shut or not.

Bribie Is. is only about 50m wide where the old lighthouse used to be. About 3-4 m above sea level. Was there when they pulled the lighthouse down. Left the pylons to shore the beach up. 16m into the sand. Otherwise itd definately break thru. Theres another location where its possible to break thru. In a bay across from Powerboat club. Its only 1-2m above sea level. Have seen it washing across there in much smaller event than Oma. All trees in that location are already dead.

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I'm thinking of taking camera gear to Kirra and Burleigh and tweed river mouth Sunday morning

Let kookiemonster know, he's pretty into sailing down that way now & loves photo opportunities I'm out for that stuff, until I get back down to fighting weight/fitness so havn't been able to join him.

He's probably following this thread though.

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AusMoz said..
I just hope it doesn't dissapoint us all at the last minute windwise. Love to do some Gps PB'S at GB again!!!

my hope is the narrow piece of land at bribie gets washed away creating a new bar similar to what it used to be like back in the day.

used to be an amazing spot to sail.

Yep i hope that happens! would love for GB to be how it was in 80's and 90's - happy times!

^^ just lose most of the trees n itll be good enough. Hell of a lot of sand to move for it to be like the ol days.

bom track map from today..... things are getting serious......

^^^^ ASSUME CRASH POSITIONS !!!

"Thomas Traversa is pretty manic to sail in" HaHA nice one Tim
Good Luck all you guys , be safe ? , Looks like we are gonna cop it down this way also -

Got Friday to Monday off. Going by The last few months means it wont be windy at all on my days off.

Moz, i dont know about that! Current forecast sez 19-42kts early friday morn. How the hell do ya rig for that windrange????

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Moz, i dont know about that! Current forecast sez 19-42kts early friday morn. How the hell do ya rig for that windrange????

just rig your smallest sail and hope for the best. ??

Rig for the gusts lol

latest track map out.

ec, gfs and bom have Oma approx 100km eastish of fraser by sun/mon after starting to move NW. Depends on what the high pressure system to the south does.
still a few days to go so anything is possible.

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Let kookiemonster know, he's pretty into sailing down that way now & loves photo opportunities I'm out for that stuff, until I get back down to fighting weight/fitness so havn't been able to join him.

He's probably following this thread though.

Nope nope nope nope

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Gestalt said..
my hope is the narrow piece of land at bribie gets washed away creating a new bar similar to what it used to be like back in the day.

used to be an amazing spot to sail.

Shall we call a working bee with shovels just to help it along?

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Gestalt said..
my hope is the narrow piece of land at bribie gets washed away creating a new bar similar to what it used to be like back in the day.

used to be an amazing spot to sail.

Shall we call a working bee with shovels just to help it along?

Might be some left over explosive ordnance devices left there from years ago, i suggest steel cap thongs.

the ordinance might just speed up the process.....

this is a screen shot from bom's met eye.

Just got in from 18kt sesh. 8.5m n 150. Powered nicely

Windy.com on the money for this arvo. Strength n direction, spot on forecast.

Had a good 20-30 at shearwater today

Round ONE
Darkman 130 6.5 42cm
Oma 25-30kt run in tide
FIGHT!!! - 4 passes powered to Da Max.
JUDGES DECISION
OMA WINS!!! by body slam!
Snapped my boom clean in half!!!


YEEEWWWWW!!!!

I was hoping school would be cancelled and I could take the day off to go sailing. I'm now counting the hours till tomorrow.

Nice shots haircut!!

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olskool said..
Round ONE
Darkman 130 6.5 42cm
Oma 25-30kt run in tide
FIGHT!!! - 4 passes powered to Da Max.
JUDGES DECISION
OMA WINS!!! by body slam!
Snapped my boom clean in half!!!


YEEEWWWWW!!!!

Done well , tail piece and all !
Ribs look intact

I've already had two awesome sessions off Oma!

Both at beachmere

yesterday started on 5.2 and 99 quad, quickly changed down to 4.7 and had a sick cross on session jumping, looping, blasting

then this morning dawn patrol 5-6:30am at beachmere balls to the wall on 4.7

looking forward to more over the weekend!