Hey Bondo - good to hear you survived the one-man-kitemare that is azza

Landy is in 4WD hospital for the week - did a clutch and is gonna set me back a couple of big ones

Might have to call on you for a lift if the wind is up on the weekend !

I get to play Daddy this w/e so Saturday is out for me... I haven't taught her to kite yet, I might wait until the swimming lessons have paid off first Sunday arvo might be a goer if it blows well enough and if I'm solo early enough. It'd be nice to see some of that flat water at PtHenry again.

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Originally posted by Mr Plow
I don't deflate my struts for anyone

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i dont have a problem with that, you launch and land all day while your kites sit in your garage - sweet

Rosebud eh?

Tell me more...

Have driven along there several times in the past; saw the wide, open & fairly smooth stretches of water as Port Phillip Bay gently sweeps around between there & Blairowrie, and the thought naturally popped into my head of kitesurfing there.

Could be good for a downwinder (fingers, eyes, everything, etc crossed).

What kinds of conditions would we need (probably has a fair degree of flexibility as the Bay shoreline changes direction a fair bit the further along you go)?

Sunday's forecast (as of the SeaBreeze graph published on Wednesday) looks a bit dicey in the afternoon, and if Saturday's easterlies turn up 24 hours later than expected, we'd be buggered.

Still..., who knows? The wind's a fickle mistress, there's a few days left to go and the forecast can easily change.

So just how many of you are there in this "melb social kiting" frat.


Or should it be called " finless wonders "

Ral Inn:
Just the ODD couple o'dozen of us
1. John
2. Mark
3. Aaron
4. Nick
5. John
6. Peter
7. Andrew
8. Alex
9. Silvia
10. Fabian
11. Janet
12. Paul
13. Bernie
14. Chris
15. Paul
17. Hamish
18. Lynda
666. Tony L
20. Daniel
21. Robert B
22. Tim
23. Adam M.
24. Nathan

Out cruising the seas for lost treasure, or some of us trawling the ocean beds for scallops or more likely south pacific sea stars.

Weather looking favourable this weekend. Damn fine in fact, but it might rain.

No Com games disruptions, good wind, might be a chance

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Originally posted by azza

Oh father please forgive me... it's been almost two weeks since my last confession kite session!


and I've been a very bad boy!
[}:)]

Time for some soul cleansing

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Bad, bad, bad,
Yesterday was a fantastic session, although only 30 minutes (the sunset is very early now)
What about Sunday?

I think Plow needs to overcome his aversion to real waves.

Saturday 10am Pt danger. 4m swell may make it interesting.
You too Bondo.

time for a faceoff.
Waroo V's Vegas V's Matrix V's Frankenkite.

or get out of town before sundown clown.

RAL INN, the Matrix is better than all bow kites, and the vegas 06, so it would hardly be a fair competition

and for the record, I would never hump your leg, at least not until you get back from Thailand and we know that the operation was a success.

Guys, where is Pt Danger?
Sorry for the question, but I really don't know

Thanks, I would like to come too.

Tony, 4m swell on the outgoing tide, over that reef, in that wind?!? i could think of some nicer spots to launch my death from! Without the long drive what's more.

Does 13th Beach get a side-onshore component, or is it due onshore, in that direction?

Bondo, your standards are slipping! There isn't nearly enough plastic in Thailand! What would they call that operation? "The nip, tuck, heave-ho and shove."

Mr Plow, have fun with the girls. BTW. Bob is my ex-father in-law and the only Husqvarna I've ever ridden had a triple-zigzag.

Any way, all the plans for the weekend gone.
Got some bad news from the other side of the Earth, so I have to stay home .

oops

the Connemwell Games may be over but I fogot about the GP on this weekend. More blo_dy havoc, whens it all going to end.....

No diubt at about the same time as the northerlies kick in...double damn...

Still if its southerly on Sunday and not soggy I'll be down there hoping for a comrade or two to car pool. NFI where I'll be able to leave my car though?

Perhaps we could shuttle from further south, middle park or port melb?