Its been an epic Easter for wind and it has been fantastic to catch up with so many people over the break. While the wind has been a little changeable there has been great sailing on all the days at Lagoon and even the fickle Bell Buoy has had its moments. The windiest part of the day has tended to be after 3pm for some reason though there was an epic storm that went through in the early hours of Sunday morning that suprisingly, didnt produce much swell.

Here are a few photos from Bell Buoy on Sunday
















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Al, look like you were having fun out there. I'll be firing up the van for a few more trips up north and would love to catch up on the waves. Still keen to get out there, Ben and Paul, if you are reading this, get your act together!!! Johnny, you too. Bell Buoy and East Beach are calling you, I can hear it from here.

Nice pic's Al - maybe we need an online photo library setup - I'll get onto that ;-)

Rod - you're dreamin. I can break masts (2 now) on flat water without really trying, let alone waves as well
Oh yea, Al - that mast you sold me...

One day, when I can afford more gear, and grow a larger set, and then I'll join the "wavey's" in their domain.

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Iceman said...
Al, look like you were having fun out there. I'll be firing up the van for a few more trips up north and would love to catch up on the waves. Still keen to get out there, Ben and Paul, if you are reading this, get your act together!!! Johnny, you too. Bell Buoy and East Beach are calling you, I can hear it from here.

Im down!, Johnny too... could be a pie in it for ya


Great photos Al, love ya work!
Windy again at Lagoon today...

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JohnnyHuett said...


Rod - you're dreamin. I can break masts (2 now) on flat water without really trying, let alone waves as well
Oh yea, Al - that mast you sold me...

........so your out there on flat water not really trying..you may as well get back to work...

...did I forget to mention that I had to unscrew an aerial off the top of that mast, turns out that the previous owner lived in an area with very poor TV reception.......

Great photos!

Good snaps Al.

Johnny,
Buy a good quality rdm mast and your mast breakages in the surf will drop wayyyyyyyy downnnnn.
I rememnber when Ant Houston and Ken 'woolly' Woolford broke six mast each in one season going hard in the surf, then the skinnny Ezzy came out and i think only two have been bRoken between them in 10 years !!!!.
Dont use a fat (stm) mast in the surf unless it is a surf mast, preferably use rdm if you want strength.
Personally i have never found a mast stronger than the ezzy rdm, ( even though i dont use them).

A few photos from Lagoon.



Chris and Ben


Craig



Adam and Gill



James



Ben (Top Gun)



Adam and James

Great to see James out on a freestyle board!

Nice pics Al................you guys got it made up there

Johnny and Hoover, Damo is right go for a skinny Ezzy I'm the only one I know that can break a skinny...............and as for having balls before you can hit the waves??................that's bollocks

Fos hit the Buoy last weekend in 35knots and 3/4 mast waves............took him all day but he got out the back twice................now that's balls........bollocks.......nuts..........f%%^$^^g stupid...............whatever

Hoover, I've seen you in action in the Marrawah pub at a hen's party...............that's far tougher than the Buoy......................Al you might have to start teaching these guys

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houston said...
Nice pics Al................you guys got it made up there

Johnny and Hoover, Damo is right go for a skinny Ezzy I'm the only one I know that can break a skinny...............and as for having balls before you can hit the waves??................that's bollocks

Fos hit the Buoy last weekend in 35knots and 3/4 mast waves............took him all day but he got out the back twice................now that's balls........bollocks.......nuts..........f%%^$^^g stupid...............whatever

Hoover, I've seen you in action in the Marrawah pub at a hen's party...............that's far tougher than the Buoy......................Al you might have to start teaching these guys

What happened?, what did I miss???
Will have you know I have not broken a mast in over 2 years... and I have been pretty hard on it at times. Dont mention booms.
I have had a seriously good run out of a Severne Blueline but yeah, agree RDM for waves...

Im keen for waves - Dont know if I could sail without something hanging off my arm though... Wheres that Hen?

Booms, oh yeah thats another topic...
Aeron v grip. proved very popular with strengh and stiff, so popular that i have a heap in my shed

Whats the thing atached to you arm, ask Al .. Three years ago no windsurfer had these po.f bags! on our arms , we just had stubbie holders bolted to our harnesses

I think these photos are from Saturday.


There has been lots of seaweed and debris in the water at Lagoon, everyone has to remove their share.



The tide can go out rapidly requiring quick direction changes...



Ray


Patch

Nice pic Al, Lagoon looks like a nice spot Will have to come up for a sail at some stage..

Great Photos Al, Making me miss home already.

I dont suppose you stock sails that AREN'T red or green?

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BFlood said...
Great Photos Al, Making me miss home already.

I dont suppose you stock sails that AREN'T red or green?

there might be some reddish yellow ones and maybe even some that are mostly white but never purple....thats just weird...

Awesome Al, keep em coming

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houston said...
Nice pics Al................you guys got it made up there

Johnny and Hoover, Damo is right go for a skinny Ezzy I'm the only one I know that can break a skinny...............and as for having balls before you can hit the waves??................that's bollocks

Fos hit the Buoy last weekend in 35knots and 3/4 mast waves............took him all day but he got out the back twice................now that's balls........bollocks.......nuts..........f%%^$^^g stupid...............whatever

Hoover, I've seen you in action in the Marrawah pub at a hen's party...............that's far tougher than the Buoy......................Al you might have to start teaching these guys

What happened?, what did I miss???
Will have you know I have not broken a mast in over 2 years... and I have been pretty hard on it at times. Dont mention booms.
I have had a seriously good run out of a Severne Blueline but yeah, agree RDM for waves...

Im keen for waves - Dont know if I could sail without something hanging off my arm though... Wheres that Hen?

Ben this is the Marrawah hen you knocked back cos you were so pissed

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bearhoover said...
Awesome Al, keep em coming

The important thing is to SAIL every day...

Just tell yourself..

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houston said...

bearhoover said...

houston said...
Nice pics Al................you guys got it made up there

Johnny and Hoover, Damo is right go for a skinny Ezzy I'm the only one I know that can break a skinny...............and as for having balls before you can hit the waves??................that's bollocks

Fos hit the Buoy last weekend in 35knots and 3/4 mast waves............took him all day but he got out the back twice................now that's balls........bollocks.......nuts..........f%%^$^^g stupid...............whatever

Hoover, I've seen you in action in the Marrawah pub at a hen's party...............that's far tougher than the Buoy......................Al you might have to start teaching these guys

What happened?, what did I miss???
Will have you know I have not broken a mast in over 2 years... and I have been pretty hard on it at times. Dont mention booms.
I have had a seriously good run out of a Severne Blueline but yeah, agree RDM for waves...

Im keen for waves - Dont know if I could sail without something hanging off my arm though... Wheres that Hen?

Ben this is the Marrawah hen you knocked back cos you were so pissed

It's the ones John west rejects.....

Al, we should have gone again today looking at the forecast for next week.... Might have to... GO SOUTH!

Great to see another girl out sailing (Gill)
Damo I can't be classed as having a p**f bag You just have to roll with the times, some people just can't handle change

RDM for waves I can understand, but I don't do waves... the biggest waves I've been in is Rosevears chop, they just wash you over and over and over, no dumping ;-)

1 bottom section exploded 1m below the boom cos it was 15 years old I think, the next one was 2nd hand - but *personally guaranteed* to be ok, but mid plane in maybe a 20knots gust, and I heard the bottom of the top section split - about 30cm split...now I really do have a good antenna mast.
Limped back to the bar before it ripped the sail... thank goodness.
Then I cried and built sandcastles...

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Kazza said...
Great to see another girl out sailing (Gill)
Damo I can't be classed as having a p**f bag You just have to roll with the times, some people just can't handle change

There is more than one.......we are working on a day when we can get all eight out on the water at once......

Was great to get a sail in on Monday at Bell Bouy. Pearso pulled off a couple of nice forwards, and Al was on form with his big airs and stella wave riding skills. Bummed I didn't get out more over the Easter break but was lucky enough to get the time away that I did. The crew in the north is growing larger so it will be pretty unusual to get a sail in by yourself these days. Exciting times for development and pushing you to the limit of learning new skills. Especially for the guys "scared of waves" The weekend just gone was prime wave riding territory for beginners. Flattest I have ever seen Bell Bouy. Yet still fun.

The Felix, Pearso wave show will be great to watch when Felix is fit again.

Bring on the winter westerlies!!!

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Al Planet said...

Kazza said...
Great to see another girl out sailing (Gill)
Damo I can't be classed as having a p**f bag You just have to roll with the times, some people just can't handle change

There is more than one.......we are working on a day when we can get all eight out on the water at once......

Sounds like I better buy Em a harness before that party happens

I have to post a couple of photos from Monday. It was the first time that Ben and Chris had sailed Bell Buoy, Ben was sailing a Kode 94 and Chris was low flying on a Kode 112.

Chris and Ben



Mitch, Hamish and Gill


Gill

Go Gill, good to see you out hitting the waves

Hey Al can you please not post any pics where James looks like he is overtaking the Futura please

it's only a matter of time.

Good to see the girls out in the waves Gill

Which Ben got out there the 1st time?.................was it the Hoover?