Stewie said...This was all meant for my thread.
says it all really.
statistically a shocker.
vando
QLD
Australia
940 Posts
Posted 05/05/2008, 8:44 am
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Gestalt
QLD
Australia
2439 Posts
Posted 05/05/2008, 8:52 am
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a picture tells a thousand words.
Mobydisc
NSW
Australia
454 Posts
Posted 05/05/2008, 8:56 am
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For Sydney windsurfers we need the "I hate 2008" thread. My wife and I are thinking of moving to Hong Kong. I know the windsurfing conditions suck over there but they can't be any worse than Sydney.
pierrec45
NSW
Australia
79 Posts
Posted 05/05/2008, 9:03 am
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Early 90s: I used to set my watch on the wind, rising to 15 knots by 11:30am when NE, which was a regular 5/7 days in the week, the rest being southerlies.
Friday evening races in Botany Bay (off Sanderhingam) used to have absolute guaranteed winds.
How things have changed. I now live on the Great Lakes, and Kinsgton Canada used to be local capital of wind. Now it's dead most the summer.
And there are people to claim that the weather patterns are not changing...
Sailhack
VIC
Australia
609 Posts
Posted 05/05/2008, 9:04 am
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(sorry guys......our turn)
mkseven
QLD
Australia
999 Posts
Posted 05/05/2008, 9:27 am
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Its only fair we have one month off a year- need to repair those dinged boards etc, and maybe even take the partner to dinner.
555
New Zealand
353 Posts
Posted 23 hours, 13 mins ago
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Gestalt said...
a picture tells a thousand words.
And at least a few of those thousand words are saying that it's windy in NZ..
Windier than April so far, but colder too.
Troppo
WA
Australia
321 Posts
Posted 18 hours, 41 mins ago
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you could always go to cairns
Greenroom
WA
Australia
2725 Posts
Posted 17 hours, 50 mins ago
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I heard someone say that yesturday was the day...
May the 4th be with you
Gestalt
QLD
Australia
2439 Posts
Posted 17 hours, 15 mins ago
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so it's NZ or Cairns then.
Pierre - i remember those days too. arive at beach, tig 6.5m sail and wait.
moby - you've certainly kept me entertained with your take on sydney weather. gold!!! maybe time to buy a Kona or a formula board? it will tripple your tow. it did for me.
mkseven
QLD
Australia
999 Posts
Posted 17 hours, 2 mins ago
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Gestalt said...
maybe time to buy a Kona or a formula board? it will tripple your tow. it did for me.
Now he sails 3 times a year
Gestalt
QLD
Australia
2439 Posts
Posted 16 hours, 54 mins ago
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mkseven said...
Gestalt said...
maybe time to buy a Kona or a formula board? it will tripple your tow. it did for me.
Now he sails 3 times a year
pmsl, nice work
hardie
Tuvalu
1737 Posts
Posted 16 hours, 54 mins ago
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I am not happy
Mobydisc
NSW
Australia
454 Posts
Posted 16 hours, 54 mins ago
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Gestalt said...
so it's NZ or Cairns then.
Pierre - i remember those days too. arive at beach, tig 6.5m sail and wait.
moby - you've certainly kept me entertained with your take on sydney weather. gold!!! maybe time to buy a Kona or a formula board? it will tripple your tow. it did for me.
I joined this forum late last year and am almost up to 500 posts. Its really depressing. One of the reasons I gave up windsurfing in 1999 was that I was getting into computers and the Internet more, eventually running a company. Now thats all over I have a normal job and time to go windsurfing and there is bugger all wind.
I'm not buying a bigger board as I have nowhere to put it. My Tabou 140 is a good light wind board but when the wind is 5 knots or less then nothing much will get going except for those weird Starboard boards.
Edit:
I have decided I will work an extra half to one hour every day. So when the day comes that it is windy I will take the day off and go sailing. I don't feel good about having a sicky but this will sort of make the ledger even.
Gestalt
QLD
Australia
2439 Posts
Posted 16 hours, 42 mins ago
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i reckon "metal health"counts as sick days.
Mobydisc said...
Gestalt said...
so it's NZ or Cairns then.
Pierre - i remember those days too. arive at beach, tig 6.5m sail and wait.
moby - you've certainly kept me entertained with your take on sydney weather. gold!!! maybe time to buy a Kona or a formula board? it will tripple your tow. it did for me.
I joined this forum late last year and am almost up to 500 posts. Its really depressing. One of the reasons I gave up windsurfing in 1999 was that I was getting into computers and the Internet more, eventually running a company. Now thats all over I have a normal job and time to go windsurfing and there is bugger all wind.
I'm not buying a bigger board as I have nowhere to put it. My Tabou 140 is a good light wind board but when the wind is 5 knots or less then nothing much will get going except for those weird Starboard boards.
Edit:
I have decided I will work an extra half to one hour every day. So when the day comes that it is windy I will take the day off and go sailing. I don't feel good about having a sicky but this will sort of make the ledger even.
wormy
QLD
Australia
135 Posts
Posted 15 hours, 51 mins ago
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Yeah bummer, 5x 2hour sessions over the last 7 days, 6 on my 7.3 and only one on my 6.6.
I hate these light winds
jp747
Philippines
625 Posts
Posted 15 hours, 30 mins ago
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say that again mateswinds are now shifting to the opposite and i think the monsoon season is gearing up our side..shucks man!it's weird i get so used to at least look out and go for a sail and suddenly none to do and what do i do sulk yeah sulk..and it happened last weekend so i decided to hit balls over a net(what do you call that game?) am like a fish out of water...today i was trying to scout nice areas for the gusty sometimes stormy southwesterlies..a rental station emailed our group 4 of us 25t pesos (600$)for 10sails from 3.9 to 7 all in very good condition with 2 free masts, even put in a 50$ea. for an axxis wave board and old 5yr.old f2 boards, not bad i thought but no one still budged..so i guess it's over till next oct..back to the basic exercises like swimming and low wind kiting weather permitting but am still optimistic the pacific high pressure will still persist to continue on another month
elmo
WA
Australia
3045 Posts
Posted 14 hours, 58 mins ago
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Thank goodness for work
Aaaaaaraarrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhyh
Little Jon
NSW
Australia
54 Posts
Posted 14 hours, 53 mins ago
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global warming is sucking up all the wind!
MavericK040
WA
Australia
198 Posts
Posted 13 hours, 56 mins ago
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When there is no wind i always concoct up some hairbrained scheme to get me out on the water or sailing something.
best way to kill time i guess
Greenroom
WA
Australia
2725 Posts
Posted 13 hours, 24 mins ago
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The winter blues can be filled with surfing, SUPing and of course there is windsurfing
Im still getting waves 3 times a week
jp747
Philippines
625 Posts
Posted 13 hours, 11 mins ago
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i know what to do in my sparest of times-oil those zippers, fin inserts, sail zips, rinse boom and oil insides and try to look for windsurf mags and just dream again...otherwise it's land based sports..i'll be loosing my tan in about a week
Krusty
NSW
Australia
119 Posts
Posted 13 hours, 10 mins ago
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Greenroom said...
The winter blues can be filled with surfing, SUPing and of course there is windsurfing
Im still getting waves 3 times a week
Wise words, I've even taken up mountain biking to deal with these no wind times and my surfing is starting to improve again finally!! Happens every year dont surf much all summer cos im usually windsurfing then as soon as winter comes it's like i've fond a long lost love again it really makes you appreciate those super light days.
firiebob
QLD
Australia
570 Posts
Posted 13 hours, 5 mins ago
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MavericK040
WA
Australia
198 Posts
Posted 12 hours, 50 mins ago
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firiebob said...
nebbian
WA
Australia
2630 Posts
Posted 12 hours, 36 mins ago
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Richiefish
QLD
Australia
767 Posts
Posted 3 hours, 27 mins ago
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Life is full of highs and lows. Unfortunately ,when you are addicted to windsurfing, the highs make you sad and the lows make you happy....Kinda confusing ....
firiebob
QLD
Australia
570 Posts
Posted 1 hour, 4 mins ago
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Richiefish said...
Life is full of highs and lows. Unfortunately ,when you are addicted to windsurfing, the highs make you sad and the lows make you happy....Kinda confusing ....
Noooooooo, the highs are good for FNQ
hardie
Tuvalu
1737 Posts
Posted 55 minutes ago
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The return to obesity month
Wow, this is called thread hijacking. Sorry, no harm intended. My thread was not as long a Gestalt's, but now it is.
[}:)]