mr. bom says 40 km/h northly around midday with little rain. so the wind fans should be turned on at rye.
maybe spotty could go for 40 knots this time.
Yeah I'll be there if the forecast holds.
Hey Mrwindsurf, you should get out your camera again and get some footage of everyone and post it on youtube again.
Grab some footage of different sailors both setting up and sailing. Then we can link it to people who want to know what Rye is like and see some of the regulars.
Yeah, I was undecided on - to have a later sail on Saturday or early Sunday. Likely it'll all change anyway...
Yeah I might do Rye Sat afternoon then just go out locally on Sun morning so I don't feel disappointed when it drops out after a longer drive.
Sweet! Saturday has been upgraded.
Forecast for Saturday
Winds: Northerly 10 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots in the morning.
Seas: 0.5 to 1 metres increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning.
Think it's gonna be a "bring my lunch" day and head there late morning straight after work. Thankfully we miss the super low tide too.
Just wish it had a little more west in it. Those side on wave jumps often turn nasty.
They must of changed the forcast i am sure i read it was going to be hailing anyway here is the update
Updated Melbourne Forecast
Issued at 5:09 pm EST on Thursday 16 July 2009
for the period until midnight EST Thursday 23 July 2009.
Warning Summary at issue time
Frost warning for the Central forecast district.
Details of warnings are available on the Bureau's website www.bom.gov.au, by telephone 1300-659-217* or through some TV and radio broadcasts.
Forecast for the rest of Thursday
Partly cloudy with a shower or two clearing this evening. Winds southeast to southwesterly averaging up to 20 km/h.
Forecast for Friday
Fog and frost patches early morning clearing to a mostly sunny day. Light winds.
CityEarly frost. Sunny.Min4Max15Around MelbourneGeelongMin3Max14Mount DandenongMin3Max9Yarra GlenMin-1Max13LavertonMin2Max14FrankstonMin5Max13ScoresbyMin1Max13TullamarineMin2Max13WatsoniaMin1Max13
No UV Alert, UV Index predicted to reach 2 [Low]
Forecast for Saturday
Cloud increasing later with a little patchy rain developing during the evening. Winds northerly averaging up to 35 to 45 km/h.
CityA little late rain. Windy.Min5Max15
Forecast for Sunday
Cloudy periods with isolated showers clearing during the afternoon. Winds north to northwesterly averaging 25 to 35 km/h.
CityShower or two clearing.Min11Max15
heading down on saturday, fingers X'd
where do u guys launch from in rye?? ?
is it worth driving further round to sorrento and portsea... can u get out at point king or east/west sisters for a bit ox x shore????
the wind will probably be dodgy around there. im keen to check out woolamai on sunday when a new swell kicks in.
Northerlies increasing to 20 to 30 knots for Sat morning...Oh well yet another trip to Rye for a session
Yeah great directions from Windaddict. Most likely you will drive past the entrance first time, because it seems to hit you suddenly. If you get into the main part of town you're too far. Doubt you'll be able to miss all the cars and windsurfers zipping past.
Don't forget to come say hello guys. I can usually only recognise some folk after they are in the water by their sails. I'm the big dark fella.
Should be a good turn out. Fingers crossed we get the wind and looking forward to seeing everyone out in force.
sat...thats was gr8, just what i needed.
lots of nice ramps and small wave rides,, would have been nice to have a bit more west in it though.
i tried to look out for you guys but there was so many people out.
i was the unlucky one on the evel knevel board doing the long drift in with the snapped boom ![]()