got the week off so im hoping the sun will stay out and i can get a session on the lake this arvo.

BOM forecast:

Winds: West to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending more southerly near the coast during the afternoon, but increasing to 15 to 20 knots and tending west to northwesterly.

any one else skiving off work *cough* and heading out?

Nasi

connewarre skunked me,
bearly 5 knots of wind in the arvo.

but ocean grove had a sweet sea breeze and some of it was funneling down the barwon.
nothing epic - about 15 knots but enough for my giant board to plane and nailed some nice hot dog moves that ive been trying to do for a while.

unhooked 1 hand boom hold with upwind carve and touch water with other hand
hooked in continual just 1 hand sailing
nailed 3 really good gybes and 1 was perfect, nicely powered out of the turn

not an epic sesh but im now gagging to try these moves in some decent wind.

crustysailor said...

do you guys often get to go out during the week?
I guess daylight savings may make it easier.
I dont finish till 5, plus i'm going to take longer to rig up for a while so it's
probably not going to be worth it.



(and the new boards still stuffed waiting to be replaced).

Quite a few of us have a sail after work during summer... the only requirement we have is that someone brings the beers for a chinwag after sailing...

The only way to get faster with your rigging is to practice - so you need to sail as much as you can!

GavGav said...

Red & Nasi... How is the lake after all the rain?

I haven't sailed there for quite a few years. (I learnt there 1998 ish)

Is it still 4 foot of water + 6 foot of black stinky mud?

I am thinking of taking some learners as they will feel safer in an enclosed lake and flat water.

Are the still sand banks to look out for?

Cheers
Gav.

Its a totally different lake now.
first time i stumbled on it it had a weed and algae problem and was in a bad way.
but now its flushed, and CLEAN.

i was sailing it today no weed fin,
i was surfing straight out from the launch beach to the other side of the lake.
the weed at the mo ends 20-30 metres out, water gets deep and weed free for a good lengthy sail. theres a bar thats 3ft deep right on the other side and a small bed of weed just before the bar but nothing to worry about.

the water is clear and theres heaps of baby fish in the shallows. I also saw what I reckon to be a mulloway swim off, because it was a decent size fish.

its one of my fave places to sail now with pelicans, swans and other wildlife in abundance.

Nasi

heres a quick vid of yesterdays session on the lake.

its pretty nice out there.



Nasi

The water looks really clean, and you look nothing like your picture? Where's the suit?

Looks like a nice place for a bash.

GavGav said...


Looks around twice the length of mine!

Yeah, its just some sh!tty old Tiga longy but im comfortable learning on it.
Got all the basics down now just need to improve on my gybes and waterstarts.

My target is by the end of the summer I will be able to confidently surf a sexy 105 mistral synchro i have stashed away.

ginger pom said...

from looking at the video, you need a little bit more downhaul on your sail.. the front panel should not have horizontal creases in it...

its the first time that sails gotten wet ever!!
i'd like to think the creases were due to *cough* fabric stretch....

but yeah, your right.