Hi Guys and Girls,

On the back of a highly successful windsurfing clinic in Qld last year. There is a possibility that I can get Matt Pritchard to head back this way. And this time stay a little longer so we can show him around, and run a clinic in NSW or Vic.

This at the moment is by no means confirmed, and i am trying to get a run down on conditions and locations in late november, early december. Ideally, a location that has easy water access, good rigging areas and parking, shelter, toilets etc. and most of all a higher chance of wind in late nov / early dec

What areas suit these requirements?

Thanks in advance
Darryl

As what Kato has said we have run a few clinics from Inverloch it seems to be the better spot. Other locations are Sandy Point which can cover flat water and waves sailing.

Also check
www.wv.org.au
for our other events we have had this year etc. Keep us in the loop and we should be able to help out.

And we can run events....... oh yes we can!!!!

Check this thread out:

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/Victoria/IWC-hosts-the-Learn-To-Windsurf-Series-89-January/

The pictures don't give the size of the event jsutice. We had 90 beginners go through lessons over 2 days!!

We even had the pleasure of an on water cameraman (still and movie) as well as jet ski recovery vessel.

Hey guys thanks for that.

Who's the best club contact to deal with?

Just send me a PM with contact details

cheers
D

Inverloch is perfect for these types of events.

I can't recall WV ever organising or running an event at inverloch

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echunda said...


I can't recall WV ever organising or running an event at inverloch

Do they need too? Seems as though the IWC are doing a good enough job of it. But, saying that.... If I'm not mistaken the WV president nearly (if not always) always attends these events. How many IWC members are WV members? Maybe if more support was shown there would be more events organised?

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echunda said...


I can't recall WV ever organising or running an event at inverloch

They have sponsored a few which has been great.
Quite a few IWC members are WV members
There has been a very considerable increase in the number of events run by the Shops, different clubs and WV this year.

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echunda said...


I can't recall WV ever organising or running an event at inverloch

Don't be a hater

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jermaldan said...

echunda said...


I can't recall WV ever organising or running an event at inverloch

Don't be a hater

We be not hatin as windsurfin brothers yaul!

Don be dissin our main man either yaul!

Gotta uniten brotherhood yaul.

Me be bouncin.

Tyrone.

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ejmack said...

echunda said...


I can't recall WV ever organising or running an event at inverloch

Do they need too? Seems as though the IWC are doing a good enough job of it. But, saying that.... If I'm not mistaken the WV president nearly &x28;if not always&x29; always attends these events. How many IWC members are WV members? Maybe if more support was shown there would be more events organised?

I know I'm going off topic,

I'm not a hater at all.

Steve as president of WV has been fantastic, giving his time to come and support IWC events.

Steve is also an IWC club member.

Im not at all pointing fingers.

WV has also had naming rights at our last event and I hope will continue to support any windsurfng clubs &x28;not just IWC&x29; events.

But, the question was I cant remember WV ever orginising any event at Inverloch.

I give credit where its due. In the events both myself and partner have assisted in creating, Ive never seen a WV rep on any email or in meetings that Ive received or attened. Every day people have sacrifised a shot load of hours getting these events together. Every windsurfing event run in the last 2 years at Inverloch has been from the efforts of IWC voulenteers with little input of our governing body.

I would love to see an event fully orginised and run by WV that caters for improving sailors that is not a race or a BBQ.

Im no longer a member of WV as I see no value.

Tell me, whats the advantage of being a WV member?

Im passionate about this sport and I aologise in advance if I have the cohoonas to stand up and ask sensitive questions.

Sorry I had to respond. I thank the others for supporting WV and myself.

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echunda said...

Steve as president of WV has been fantastic, giving his time to come and support IWC events.

Steve is also an IWC club member.

I thank George for the acknowledgement of my own contributions as a WV and IWC rep. I've been helping out IWC and others for longer than my position of WV president Jul10. I use to be on the IWC committee, but had to resign due to my extended commitments with WV. I still fully support IWC.

I'm also a member of ECW and I'm looking at becoming a member of Elwood Sailing Club to help support ESC more and also become a member of Parkdale Yacht Club for the WOD class; etc.

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echunda said...
WV has also had naming rights at our last event and I hope will continue to support any windsurfng clubs &x28;not just IWC&x29; events.

WV will continue to help support windsurfing clubs such as IWC. It's clubs like IWC that helps increase the profile of our great sport we are all part of. It was myself helping out at a IWC event early last year that got me thinking about doing more for our sport. Now as WV president I still see IWC as major part of our sport and this is why myself personal I help IWC via WV for marketing, helping with events and being an instructor for them.

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echunda said...
I give credit where its due. In the events both myself and partner have assisted in creating, Ive never seen a WV rep on any email or in meetings that Ive received or attened. Every day people have sacrifised a shot load of hours getting these events together. Every windsurfing event run in the last 2 years at Inverloch has been from the efforts of IWC voulenteers with little input of our governing body.

I can only comment from when I become a member of IWC, but there are numbers WV members within the IWC as Doug has highlighted above. This includes a number on the IWC committee. Even myself being one of them when I was; see comments above. Plus most of the instructors at the Learn to Windsurf weekend were WV members.

I agree the efforts like yourself and other IWC members are putting in have been fantastic. I know I put in about 40 hours of volunteer time a week for WV.

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echunda said...
I would love to see an event fully orginised and run by WV that caters for improving sailors that is not a race or a BBQ.

Event based; we have had the Family Day and the Learn to Windsurf as part of the Break Water Beacon day. Plus other Learn to Windsurf days. Non event based; there is the Teach a Mate program and others. All of which are a great success. Not all lesson based events or activities is at Inverloch. You will see there is plenty happen that WV has been a part of and is organising.

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echunda said...
I'm no longer a member of WV as I see no value.

Tell me, whats the advantage of being a WV member?

Besides Third Party Insurance. Being a member of WV helps support your local windsurfing body, which in turn helps improve and increase the sports exposure and activities for all. This includes helping towards funding events like SHQ IWC Learn to Windsurf the other weekend and other events through out the season. Only memberships can help with all of this and more. I've only been in the WV president position for nearly 7 months now and the feedback has been very, very, very positive. Membership has grown by ~39% over last year and we have the largest membership ever for Victoria that I have on record. I also have been told based on WV more people have been getting in to the sport of windsurfing. IWC has also been credited towards this as well. A fantastic effort by all.

For more details of WV membership and activities please refer to the WV website www.wv.org.au and WV newsletters for up and coming events and ideas, which includes lesson based events. I've only just started with WV and there is so much more to come.


Either way, we all took up this great sport for the enjoyment of the sport and social side of things. We all should be positive and help each other. Daryl's' idea as what this post is about and it is great idea. He has WV contact details to start working out what we can do together.

My two cents... what is wrong being a member of both clubs? The fact that the 3rd Party insurance comes with the WV membership was the first push for me to join WV. Since then I have received lots of Gybe Marks with interesting content, witnessed lots of events around the bay with the support of SHQ and RPS, met a lot of great people and have seen what a good org it is. Plenty of those events have provided gear for beginners and intermediates. Likewise IWC did a lot of events down in Invy with similar good comms. Why bicker who has done better or worse, let's get Matt Prichard down here and show him what a great bunch of people we are and what great spots for our sport we have in VIC.

Wow!

I really stirred the hornets nest!

Why don't we step it up a notch and get Guy Crib or Peter Hart to Victoria?

Hands up who'll attend a session by one of these?

Thanks for the clarification Steve.

Once WV have insurance that covers me 24/7, not just in an event, I'll pay up my membership.

On the other front, It's great to see other people are just as passionate about this sport as I am. [:&x29;]

before WV was run for Formula Boards all has changed now

who is MATT Prichard

I'm sure the Insurance covers all year round not only events. Stephen would be able to confirm.

I'll be joining wv , just been sold, this is our sport passed down to us and we will pass it down after us , hopefully in even better shape than it is now. The Inverloch club is great and I love the crew but are still the new kids on the block. Much respect to all that has kept this sport going for 30 yrs.

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jakranz said...

I'm sure the Insurance covers all year round not only events. Stephen would be able to confirm.

www.windsurfing.org/insurance.htm

It's only during the events... this was a surprise to me too

Looks the insurance conditions changed mid 2009, which I must have missed too, thanks Ginger for clarifying this. I still think it's very well worth supporting WV and any other club to promote our great sport, which is the main thing IMHO.

Hey Guys,

Thanks for the information. Please do not get into a dispute over clubs, or organisations. I have sat on the WQ board and am the current president for the Bayside Sailing club - and it really serves no purpose to ****can each other. What it does in reality is give energy to the minority that want to intentionally stir up trouble in our sport for no other purpose than their own self interest.

What i am trying to do is get an idea on the location that you as locals would think to be one of the more reliable spots that could cater for a windsurfing clinic. What conditions can you expect in a normal season in the inverloch area? We are looking at late nov / early dec.

cheers
D

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DAM71 said...

Hey Guys,

Thanks for the information. Please do not get into a dispute over clubs, or organisations. I have sat on the WQ board and am the current president for the Bayside Sailing club - and it really serves no purpose to ****can each other. What it does in reality is give energy to the minority that want to intentionally stir up trouble in our sport for no other purpose than their own self interest.

What i am trying to do is get an idea on the location that you as locals would think to be one of the more reliable spots that could cater for a windsurfing clinic. What conditions can you expect in a normal season in the inverloch area? We are looking at late nov / early dec.

cheers
D

Most of our weather is frontal ,so it usually is SW (Good) 15-20kts and sometimes (every 4yrs) 60kts Easterlies also common at that time of the year. Always a lucky dip in Vic but we still have fun

Inverloch would be perfect with a massive wv flag.

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kato said...

DAM71 said...

Hey Guys,

What conditions can you expect in a normal season in the inverloch area? We are looking at late nov / early dec.

cheers
D

Most of our weather is frontal ,so it usually is SW (Good) 15-20kts and sometimes (every 4yrs) 60kts Easterlies also common at that time of the year. Always a lucky dip in Vic but we still have fun

To add to Kato,
The Inlet is quite tidal...with different sandbanks coming into play as the water moves around.
DAM71, I took a look at my data from GPSTC, and this year over summer we have had very little wind from the SW, but a bit from the E-SE, normally around 10-18kts. The E-SE builds like a seabreeze although traditionally the seabreeze down there has more south in it. I don't want to curse it, but its pretty rare to not get ANY wind on the Inlet...

Having run a few things down there, two things to consider. They are not, by any means, problems that are too difficult to deal with:

1) The local ports and harbours enforce the No boating/ Swimming Zones and the main launch area requires an exemption from the no boating zone. This costs approx $300 to get a Notice to Mariners permit issued. They also may require a certificate of insurance and a risk management plan, depending on the type of event.
2) Over summer, the town population swarms to epic proportions. This means more swimmers, kiters, jetskiers on the water around the area where the clinic is held. There also is a problem with parking on weekends if the weather is good, as you have daytrippers, people staying at the caravan park, general public using the Angling Club, and random social kite events run by Kite Republic, all vying for the same carpark

cheers,
mick