I know its a fair way off, but is anyone keen to do a downwinder next sunday arvo? Good training for the rotto race and at this early stage, the conditions look good.

jenkz said...

I'm sailing on Sunday arvo bugger.
If you want to give the Glide or Qblade a go Stewart or Adam give me a call.

Luke

Cheers Luke. I've got a borrowed Starboard pin at home that I'm hoping to try in the wind and chop before January's race.

Haven't made any plans on where to go, just seeing if anyone is keen and available at this stage.
I've had a couple of paddles up and down the coast but only in flat water and off shore wind. Paddling with cross wind I found really difficult as it kept pushing the nose down wind. I tried standing further forward to keep the nose down but still found it tough. I really need to try it in down wind conditions before deciding if its suitable for the rotto race.

jenkz said...

I'm sailing on Sunday arvo bugger.
If you want to give the Glide or Qblade a go Stewart or Adam give me a call.

Luke

Hi Luke

Thanks for the offer. I actually just put in a order for a 12' glide so I might be paddling mine Sunday.

Stewart

What time and where are you thinking?

Come on Stew.
Youve got to do the Rotto race now.
Theyve shortened it to Scarbs instead of Hillarys now.
Besides we're one all in the race stakes.

Let me know what time you guys are going Sunday and I will try and join you.
Had a few good runs from Woodmans Point to South Beach and this avo gonna try Port to Swanbourne.....

You blokes should have done a downwinder today
It would have taken you 5 minutes from Trigg to Hillarys
I went out at Metts and was smoking on the 4m sail

Just had a chat with Stewart (SF66) and thought we might paddle from Port Beach up to North Cott or Swanbourne. We thought about leaving from Port Beach at around 2pm so meeting at the end around 1:30ish to drop off a car. Anyone else want to come along?
Does anyone know how far Port Beach to Swanbourne would be?

Sounds good. I paddled from Port last night, you can follow the groyne out to get a bit of distance then downwind.....really windy and fun.
You can park on the side of the road right up next to the groyne to save the walk.
At this stage I'll meet you guys there at 1.30pm.

Is 6km far enough to paddle? Or do you think is we are going to go to the trouble of doing a paddle like this we should go a bit further? Perhaps port beach to Floreat or city beach, or even scarbs?
Stewart, DeeJay what do you think?

I know some are keen to finish up at around Swanbourne. Perhaps if we meet at Port Beach near the cafe we can then work out where to finish and drop off the cars up the coast.

see you there at 1.30pm.....it will be nice to get out on the water regardless