All the best Dave & Steve at Burrum. Hope you get some good wind!

Thanks Kazza, just got here this afternoon after driving up from TAS. Steve's flying up tomorrow. Staying in a house on the waterfront and looking forward to some good sailing. Beautiful place!!

Thanks Kazza Forecast isn't great but who knows. Ya gota be in it to win it

Pictures please

Go Dave and Steve
all the best...

Cheers Russ

Day 1 No wind so no racing

Day 2 wind looking good 2hrs to the start.





High tide..

Thanks Steve
Looking forward to any updates

Not many females, all I could see was Kellie

Day 2 we got some good wind. Dave and I rigged 8.6 on the big boards. Was the right decision to begin with as when we got to the sand bar was only 12 knots. Wind picked up to 18 and should have been on smaller gear. Most guys on 7.8 which was the right size.

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Kazza said..
Not many females, all I could see was Kellie

4 women signed on this year which is great! Unfortunately I cant stay for the full event this year had a great time yesterday though.

Steve really bad luck getting injured this early on in the event

4 That must be a record for an Aussie windsurfing event! One day I'll get up to Burrum.
So what has happened to Steve

Kazza I tore my calf mussle pretty badly

Day 3 Windy this morning but no wind on the low tide this arvo. No racing today.....

Dave chomping to go on the 8.6 ODR8 and 127. Great light wind combo.

Nice rigging area too. What a bugger Steve. Can you still sail with it or not a good idea?

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Nice rigging area too. What a bugger Steve. Can you still sail with it or not a good idea?

Nah I can barely walk. Think its a lot worse than I thought..

Geez looking at Willy Weather for Burrum tomorrow it will be cranking up there. Good luck Dave, close your eye's and ears Steve so you survive the day not being out there.

Day 4 Racing cancelled due to super heavy rain and light wind forecast.




That is after 30 mins of rain.

Tommorows forecast up to 40 knots of wind and over 100mm of rain. Not sure if the direction will be any good for the sand bars.

Dave's got a new trailer or is that yours?

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Kazza said..
Dave's got a new trailer or is that yours?

Yep....

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Kazza said..
Dave's got a new trailer or is that yours?

yes the tires are nice Kazza.

bad luck with weather guys, how did you do your injury Steve?

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bad luck with weather guys, how did you do your injury Steve?

Think it must be an old age thing. I was sailing in to change down to the 7.8. Feet out of the footstraps doing around 10 knots as I could see the sandbar and it was getting shallow. Fin hits the sand and I jumped off with both feet together onto the sand and not that hard. Then I felt this pop or something in the back of my leg. Seriously felt like someone had hit me with a base ball bat as hard as they could in my calf. The pain for 1 minute was off the scale then felt really sore. Tried to walk in but had over 1km. Got 50 metres then ended up sailing back about 3km to get help. Left the gear on the sandbar which the guys bought in, thankyou. The person on the rescue jetski bought me in, cheers. She was doing 50km an hour over sections of 30cm deep water. I was no joke ****ting myself thinking we were going to hit the sand. I have been told at least 6 weeks off the water with a major tear in my calf mussle. Arrggghhh.

Steve, I feel your pain. Out with a shoulder injury at present for ? months. Hang in there mate. Hope the recovery is better than expected.
Oh, and do all the exercises the physios give you. They definitely make a difference for reducing the chances of these injuries re-occurring.

Steve,
What a bummer & welcome to Sunny Queensland. No doubt you guys at Burrum will be getting the tropical low weather system that has been pounding us here 500km north for the last couple days. Big rains and 63knot gusts here last night but blue skies starting to show out to the north west.

Windy at the moment (18-22knots from the NE) and expecting to increase as the day goes on, so should be good this afternoon when the sand bars become exposed.

Who was it that said we wouldn't need speed gear?

Hope you've got your little gear with you

Day 5 event is cancelled due to debris in the water and safety boat unable to be on the water. Presentation tonight.

Dave will still go for a sail today


If you do Dave best of luck mate

Storm just hit. Massive wind and rain. Power out....

Results??
Long journey home for Dave & Geraldine I gather with all the flooding back down south?