It's on again, no resting around here!

Saturday, light but good direction for less experienced people for the St Kilda or Port Melbourne to Sandy run. Best time seems to be about 1pm

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Sunday, also excellent direction and stronger wind, looks like the typical winter northerly pattern, earlier the better, would be great to do a 7.30 start St Kilda to Ricketts and have a coffee at the cafe Silly ones continue onto Mornington??

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I'll lock in Sunday for sure thanks Eddie.

Do I need a doctors certificate?

ockanui said...

Do I need a doctors certificate?

I'll bring my marine VHF radios on Sunday. You just have to provide something to clip it to like a Camelbak or belt or maybe a pocket and you'll be able to call me or get on the emergency band if necessary.

Come on guys warm up with a thrashing by me in the flat water and then console yourselves with a Downwind doddle! (PT excluded, he moves to fast)

Hey Roscoe,

super clean waves at Leo this arvo, uncrowded. Mmmmmm!

Liking the idea of early DW on Sunday.

Hey JC, reckon we meet at Ricketts around 6.45am so we can make the most of the dawn breeze?

Sorry DJ I'm with Wooz on this one, look at the BoM hourly forecast or the Sea Breeze graph, it goes West pretty early, the earlier start the better. 6.45 at Ricketts sounds bloody early and cold but perfect!
So that would be realistically 7.30 start at St Kilda or Port Melbourne depending on how it goes in the next 24 hours. For people that want to come along but don't want to do the whole distance why not start at Green Point at 8.30ish?

I'll be at Sandringham at 1pm with the trailer for todays run.

I think early is looking the best. And yes, it seems that it will be true N, or close to it. Somewhere between 20 - 30 knots. Sometime between 10 am - 1:00pm it is forecast to go more NW and dropping in strength.

Are we still doing St Kilda to Ricketts?

I think this is a good option. Let's us do the Green Point to Black Rock stretch, which I think is often the best part of the run. The coast turns a little easterly as you go past Halfmoon Bay/Quiet Corner, but it's not far from there into the beach at the Beaumaris Yacht Club. It is also a bit better for landing/loading boards than Black Rock. You have sand and grass, rather than just concrete car park. It's a little more sheltered from a northerly, too.

If so, note that there are two carparks at Ricketts Point. The one we want to meet at is the smaller carpark, the entrance to which is on the city side of the Ricketts Point Tea House. It is the one where the Beaumaris Yacht Club is. I suggest we meet meet there if this is the option we do.

you guys are talking swahili

So we are meeting where and at what time???? Paddling from ? to ?

I know Warwick suggested 6:45am at the Ricketts carpark. What say we make 7:00am sharp - that way at least it is light. lol.

So, Jonathan, unless you say something different, what say we meet you adjacent to the Beaumaris Yacht Club at 7:00am.

hock said...

hey i might join the st kilda to rickets run, is it 7.00 at rickets?

Yeah.. 7am at Rickets northern car park..

Start from St Kilda at about 7.30am.. to Rickets for about a 9.30 finish and a breakfast snack at Rickets cafe to talk about how big the runners were..

DJ

You tell 'em Jonathon!
See you at 6.45am Sharp!