Well I am getting out there at 7.30am at St kilda. I will freeze my ass off, but on the same note I'll be grinning ear to ear and loving it! (with icycles hanging out of my nose)

I know a bunch of you are going to Sandy Point, but those of you staying around the bay on this gorgeous WSW, who's going where when?

EDIT: Relocated to Mentone.

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jermaldan said...

Well I am getting out there at 7.30am at St kilda. I will freeze my ass off, but on the same note I'll be grinning ear to ear and loving it! (with icycles hanging out of my nose)

I know a bunch of you are going to Sandy Point, but those of you staying around the bay on this gorgeous WSW, who's going where when?

EDIT: Relocated to Mentone.

EDIT: Relocated to Elwood (pending amount of dead cats and condoms floating out from the canals.

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K Dog said...

jermaldan said...

Well I am getting out there at 7.30am at St kilda. I will freeze my ass off, but on the same note I'll be grinning ear to ear and loving it! (with icycles hanging out of my nose)

I know a bunch of you are going to Sandy Point, but those of you staying around the bay on this gorgeous WSW, who's going where when?

EDIT: Relocated to Mentone.

EDIT: Relocated to Elwood (pending amount of dead cats and condoms floating out from the canals.

Approved.

Hazelwood (hood river) woud be going off sundy wish it was not so far to drive. 40 knots and warm water

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flipper4444 said...

Hazelwood (hood river) woud be going off sundy wish it was not so far to drive. 40 knots and warm water

Jez - I think Flip is trying to get you into trouble with your mrs!

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flipper4444 said...

Hazelwood (hood river) woud be going off sundy wish it was not so far to drive. 40 knots and warm water

Jez - I think Flip is trying to get you into trouble with your mrs!

I'd be nice to have a mate with a heli licence to give us a lift eh? Its probably only 20 minutes in a heli!

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K Dog said...

flipper4444 said...

Hazelwood (hood river) woud be going off sundy wish it was not so far to drive. 40 knots and warm water

Jez - I think Flip is trying to get you into trouble with your mrs!

I'd be nice to have a mate with a heli licence to give us a lift eh? Its probably only 20 minutes in a heli!

Was flying one the other night, stole it of course, then I thought it would be funny to jump out of it at high altitude and see what happens - death did unfortunately, but then I just restarted outside the hospital and stole a car to have another crack at the coptor..... GT4

Probably only a short local sail for me. Hosting a party that afternoon and night so will be testing my masterchef skills. Should be a great day for sailing, hope everyone gets out.

mentone will be to wild fellas i find the chop there to dumpy and its a pain to try and sail out through.. think elwood would be better thats if there is no pollution like dingers or syringes washed up on the shore with the sea weed that the beach sometimes gets in a gale.. hope the beach stays clean or you could try mt martha..me and me bro wont be windsurfing safety beach in a south westly ever again that beach is so dirty it never gets cleaned and collects all the crap from along the bay.. we could not believe some of the stuff we saw washed up on the beach there last time we were going to go for a windsurf there..

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mentone will be to wild fellas i find the chop there to dumpy and its a pain to try and sail out through.. think elwood would be better thats if there is no pollution and dingers washed up on the shore.. hope the beach stays clean or you could try mt martha..me and me bro wont be windsurfing safety beach ever again that beach is so dirty it never gets cleaned and collects all the crap from alone the bay.. we could not believe some of the stuff we saw washed up on the beach there last time we were going to go for a windsurf there..

last time I was out at elwood in rain I saw some lego, a kids spade, a shoe and Kevin Rudds PM name plate

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K Dog said...

flipper4444 said...

mentone will be to wild fellas i find the chop there to dumpy and its a pain to try and sail out through.. think elwood would be better thats if there is no pollution and dingers washed up on the shore.. hope the beach stays clean or you could try mt martha..me and me bro wont be windsurfing safety beach ever again that beach is so dirty it never gets cleaned and collects all the crap from alone the bay.. we could not believe some of the stuff we saw washed up on the beach there last time we were going to go for a windsurf there..

last time I was out at elwood in rain I saw some lego, a kids spade, a shoe and Kevin Rudds PM name plate

I saw a big turd in a bush.... ooops that was mine...

what a you fellas doing tomorrow satdy?? ya should come down to rye or mt martha think i will only sail mt martha now sundy i better go load me sinker on me car fellas now and get ready to catch this wind

my red thumb stalker has followed me into the vic windsurf forums go stalk some one on face book looser

my missus has made plans for satdy. love to get out there but the reality is I got to split my weekends between my two loves... my family and my windsurfing.

Sunday mornings mine though!!!

Well today sucked. Set up and stood on the beach for 20 minutes then packed up and went home. I guess at least I didn't actually have to get wet.

It sounds like rye was a little better than mornington Leman. I think zak missed you today son. I got on a plane a few times, but it was gusty as tho. what ya think of mt martha tomorrow dude? or I was thinking of elwood, but cant be bothered driveing into the city.. feel abit lazy if the cracking 40 knoter blows tomorrow do you have a 3.0 I can borrow off you Leman?? or I wonder if Zak has a 3.0???

Pretty busy tomorrow, so may or may not get a sail in. Please don't call me son flipper. I prefer to save that for my dad.

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Leman said...

Pretty busy tomorrow, so may or may not get a sail in. Please don't call me son flipper. I prefer to save that for my dad.

ok i will call ya dude then sorry i call every one son,dude,bro

Tell you what, you are most welcome to use my name. You do in real life anyway.

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Leman said...

Well today sucked. Set up and stood on the beach for 20 minutes then packed up and went home. I guess at least I didn't actually have to get wet.

We waited for it to hitover here in the West (Vic)...when it didn't, started doing the pacing around the house, and a couple of drives to see if it was hiding somewhere...very fickle, maybe tomorrow!

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Sailhack said...

Leman said...

Well today sucked. Set up and stood on the beach for 20 minutes then packed up and went home. I guess at least I didn't actually have to get wet.

We waited for it to hitover here in the West (Vic)...when it didn't, started doing the pacing around the house, and a couple of drives to see if it was hiding somewhere...very fickle, maybe tomorrow!

Tomorrow, which is now today, had better hurry up. Looks like it is stuck down at Portland. Car all loaded up, family put on hold, tight knot in the stomach!
COME ON!!!!!

Bit up and down. Two board changes. Two sail changes but got wet and had fun. Best bit a few mins with three dolphins going around and under board and watching them play in the whitecaps off ricketts. Glad it was the right fin especially when on and off plane

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Bit up and down. Two board changes. Two sail changes but got wet and had fun. Best bit a few mins with three dolphins going around and under board and watching them play in the whitecaps off ricketts. Glad it was the right fin especially when on and off plane

What time were you out there?

Two till five.

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h20 said...

Two till five.

Was down mentone between 7.30 and 12 and didnt see any one between there and Dendy. Probably too early for most.

We now know who to blame for today's skunking... haven't you learnt yet not to tease Huey?

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h20 said...

Two till five.

Exactly when I was down there. Took a newly acquired 2009 Kode and 5.3 Kult out and that was all I rigged up. Adjusting the outhaul was all it took.

But I did lose about 30mins when the second front came through and thought a mate had been caught in it. Turns out he was trying to quickly make his way back in before the front hit, but stopped for a guy who was a tad nervous and completely abandoned his rig, and hung on to my mates board. This was his first day moving from a 155L to a 110L board, so confident he wasn't.

Big thanks to whoever it was who sailed by and dragged the guy back in. My mate would have been in trouble with this guy hanging off the back of a board he was just getting used to himself.

PS. Saw the rescuee's brother on the beach, and he said his car key was attached to the board.

Nuts conditions here yesterday...between 25-35kts & gusts over 40kts! I had my smallest gear on which was way too big & had a few breaks on the beach waiting for it to calm down to 30 so I could get back out there.

A gust took out a panel in a mate's sail, and another mate rigged a 4.5(?) with a basketball-sized hole in the top panel & he was still way overpowered!

Good times.


[edit] The strong winds we got could have had something to do with the tornado that came through not far from here yesterday...
www.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-01/wicked-tornado-rips-through-penola/927838

Must have been awesome from 2-5! At Mentone we were lucky to get 15 knots.... using 7 - 7.5m sails, planning on occassion, still a fun day, but some nuts wind would have been nice

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K Dog said...

Must have been awesome from 2-5! At Mentone we were lucky to get 15 knots.... using 7 - 7.5m sails, planning on occassion, still a fun day, but some nuts wind would have been nice

2-5 at Rickets... and they had Dolphins too!!!

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waggles56 said...
Tomorrow, which is now today, had better hurry up. Looks like it is stuck down at Portland. Car all loaded up, family put on hold, tight knot in the stomach!
COME ON!!!!!

Haha, I feel for you Waggle. Such a big effort for you to get the time, would be nice for the wind gods to answer your prays.

Sunday afternoon at about 1:30pm it came through really nice at Mornington. I managed to get an hour in before my party guests arrived. Honestly would have prefered to keep sailing than running the party for my Uni friends.