Melb. DW'er this Saturday.

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DavidJohn
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25 Apr 2013 1:18am
It's looking good.. Very good.. 20-30 knots... Saturday 27th April.

11-11:30 meet at Sandy for a midday start at St Kilda.. (or maybe Port Melb)..

DJ


Saturday 27 April
Winds
North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots around dawn then to 20 to 30 knots by the afternoon.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
DavidJohn
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25 Apr 2013 11:03pm
They are now saying that the wind will strengthen in the late morning so we might meet about 10.30ish at Sandy.. Bring you drinks and sunscreen.. its looking good.. This maybe our last DW'er got a while in boardies (bikini's for the girls)

DJ


Saturday 27 April
Winds
Northerly 15 to 25 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots in the morning.
Seas
1 to 2 metres.
BruceT
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26 Apr 2013 2:26pm
I should be able to get there, will confirm in the morning. Looking forward to it.
rambooc1
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26 Apr 2013 3:21pm
DJ, there is a 4 man outrigger canoe with sail doing the downwind run from Sandy to Mornington leaving 9.30 am, keep an eye out. Guys a good friend of mine and off duty copper so make sure you park legally..lol
DavidJohn
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26 Apr 2013 3:27pm
rambooc1 said...
DJ, there is a 4 man outrigger canoe with sail doing the downwind run from Sandy to Mornington leaving 9.30 am, keep an eye out. Guys a good friend of mine and off duty copper so make sure you park legally..lol


Thanks.. Will do.. and I'll look out for them.

That should be a good DW'er for them tomorrow..

Hope they can reef that sail in a bit.. 30 knots forcast often means 40+ knots in the gusts..

DJ
rambooc1
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26 Apr 2013 4:01pm
They may leave later than 9.30, depends i guess, will have 4 Gopros onboard, would be cool in your DW video if you had them in the background/foreground etc. maybe even throw you a tow rope for an extra thrill....
PTWoody
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26 Apr 2013 4:48pm
Sandringham to Mornington - that's a good 30km. Glad there's 4 of them.
HumanCartoon
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26 Apr 2013 5:23pm
rambooc1 said...
DJ, there is a 4 man outrigger canoe with sail doing the downwind run from Sandy to Mornington leaving 9.30 am, keep an eye out. Guys a good friend of mine and off duty copper so make sure you park legally..lol



Wonder if he'll get an escort (too [}:)] )
ockanui
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26 Apr 2013 10:31pm
If he does get an escort, he wouldn't want to use the credit card, not like what that politician bloke from the health services union allegedly did....
rambooc1
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27 Apr 2013 4:10pm
They called it off DJ, too windy for the sail rig they have, trying again tomorrow this time from Werribee. Hope they've had their Tetanus shots.
DavidJohn
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28 Apr 2013 1:56am
rambooc1 said...
They called it off DJ, too windy for the sail rig they have, trying again tomorrow this time from Werribee. Hope they've had their Tetanus shots.


So they're doing a downwinder on the Werribee sewage farm tomorrow?..

I think the only DW'er they'll get tomorrorr would be from Geelong back to St Kilda... The wind is due to turn before dawn.

Shame they piked it today.. I was looking forward to catching up with Tony and the others.. It was about 20-30 of warm north wind.. Boardies and lots of runners.. Heaps of fun..

We had a huge crew today..with about six out in front of me.. Then another six following and a short time after another few joining in the fun.. Along the way I saw a few others out there that I didn't know also down winding..

Looks like it's catching on..

DJ
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