Hello
the much anticipated event is on this weekend.
Encourage everyone to come along for a social gathing and sail.
The event includes gps, slalom and freesailing.
At the moment the winds are not looking that strong, with most likely seabreezes.
Even though it is the King of dorans it might have to be held on Cremorne lagoon.
As seabreezes are likely we will meet at 1pm Saturday ( if it looks like strong winds earlier then 11am).
As this is fun event membership to windsurfing Tasmania is not necessary.
Membership forms will be available for those wishing to join.
Updates will be posted here closer to the weekend
Cheers Damien
If the event is held at Cremorne please drive slowly into the area where we all park, I'm sure everyone does but we don't want to upset the residents.
I would prefer to sail at dorans despite wind conditions because i have had trouble with some of the bumpy terrain in the parking area, its not good for the suspension on the jaguar.
Looks like we'll be relying on a seabreeze - will the WT BBQ make an appearance?
"King of the Pond" sounds better than "King of Doran's" anyway.
If it is at the pond, please remember to drive in slowly and try not to piss off the residents otherwise the event will be as big a success as it should be.
Cheers Russ
update for King of Dorans/Pond
After consulting with my weatherman (Kaleb) it has been decided to hold onto the 1pm time. Seabreeze cremorne, frontal dorans
A bit hard to predict exactly what the wind is going to do for us.
I might have to make a sacrifice for the wind gods at Dorans on Friday evening![}:)]
cheers Damien
fos , last time i danced round a fire i fell into it!!!
ill keep it simple and just burn a sail., that will bring in the wind for Saturday.
Looks like a sea breeze tomorrow.
If it is howling from the west/nw early we will go to dorans. (11 am), otherwise 1pm cremorne). Check posts and updates in am ( feel free to voice opinions).
cheers Damien
hope everything went well 2day, bit of a downer i couldn't be there but thats what i get from being to popular and needed at snake river
I WON
as the only one to go around both bouys after the committeee boat dropped them I declare me the winner
Bit of a downer,
no results from yesterday. Thanks everyone for turning up and giving it a go, perhaps can be run in a less formal nature if it blows today.
If the wind comes in we will run the event where the most sailors gather. We will call it the 'king of .......'
Just turn on your gps and get the best speed and freesailors will be judged by others on the water.
Oh yeh and dont wait for me , just do it man!!!
cheers
Looks SE at the moment, who knows if it warms up enough that might help a seabreeze happening. Otherwise I might go and try and catch some salmon at the lagoon entrance at low tide. Have there been many around lately?
Yeh Easties right, light se at the moment and the cloud is burning off pretty quick. Alot more chance of a seabreeze today, fingers crossed. It's supposed to tuen NE hopefully that will either stay away and let it pick up from SE or push in and blow enough for Goats. Lots of wishful thinking!
Heh Heh Heh. You blokes should of been up here yesterday. 10-20 knot northwesters averaging over 15. Iceman was cruising on the 140l with the 7m sail. Even found a nice spot at low tide that was behind a little sand bar.
Snake river going off, pity the event couldn't have been held here, only trouble being the catering and no facilities for a nice cup of tea and scones, still i'll put up with the 35knot south northerly.
Yep the NE won in the end. Came in at Goats about 4.30, I went and had a look but it was a bit flukey and low tide with solid 3 foot sets. I ended up going up to Dorans (I had to take dvd back to shop) and having a bit of a blast around in12-15 knots. When I came home Goats was and still is 25 knots, apparently 15 minutes after I left it picked up to that strength, Bugger!
Ah well it looks like I might of won 'King of Dorans' will post on GPS Team Challenge shortly.
Have a look at Iron Pot to see what the wind did, remember it blows 20-30 minutes earlier at Goats than Iron Pot.http://www.datacall.net.au/weathernow/devlist.htm?rsn=09100330&longtime=
nice one Kaleb, we didn't see it was worth it to stay around that long any way nice to meet plenty of new faces.
i see you leading this comp too:
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/Gps/Sunshine-Coast-Sailboards-Promotion-update/
Yeh! not worth hanging around all day for a 'maybe' sail. Really nice to meet you and your Dad.
Thanks heaps for the link to the comp. I now have this huge smile on my face
on my face
Go Kaleb, winning the comp so far!!! Fantastic. There will be a lot of people trying to beat you ...
Sorry you guys didn't get the wind over the weekend, I feel kinda responsible cos my daughter said she didn't want any wind cos it would bugger up her wedding, so being a god (daughter fearing man) I had to ask Hughy to keep it calm. Sooo soooorry
