Haircut and I went out on the tweed river, wind was extremely gusty, 8 to 15 mostly with the odd gust of a bit more.

Good to hear that SOMEone had a decent sail...

Hey Vando, did Jinxy get his harness back?


Going to shearwater early today, hope to see some forum-people out there!

Is DI point a sea level station or is it elevated like Cape Moreton?
Anyway a 50kt westerly doesn't sound like fun to me, except for watching.

yeah mk,

i really did make some poor decisions on the weekend. can't believe i missed 3 days of sailing.

this from a man that can't handle a sail bigger than 7.5m, can't gybe, can't jump and is scared of swells over than ankle high.


lets go for a sail off the southern tip of bribie. After we finished you can have my new skirt.

yes, i am planning a childcare facility for the windwanderers. you can enrol, but no thumb sucking allowed.[}:)]

well i promise to try and sail for more than 10 minutes.

but it takes a lot of effort to uphaul. that normally wears me out.

i heard a rumour, vando said if you can catch him he will pay you back.

seriously, i would be keen for a sail off bribie. we should launch at pebble beach.

yeah that's it. we can have a game of lawn bowls if there is no wind.

awesome spot. pebble beach is a right turn just before the bridge. so it is still on the mainland. has flat water.

you basically sail from there over into the passage. big sells in the passage when it is pumping. can be a bit dangerous to be honest. especially if you break gear.

but you will need to drive for more than 5 minutes to get there. pete and i used to sail there all the time. it works best in a SE with an outgoing tide.

Well I can say they are much nicer to use now.

Used this old gaastra thing a few times, slalom sail weighed a ton literally had 2 or 3 cams though they were sort of on the outside. It was only 6,5m and my mate and I both standing on the same board couldnt uphaul it.

80's you have been sailing for ever.

hi drjukka,

it amazes me how you manage to get going on such small gear.

my 8.5 gets used 90% of my time on the water. once i can afford a 550 mast and 310 boom i'll get the 10.9 going. your welcome to take either sails for a spin. i noticed a couple of guys getting bigger sails at wello recently. the guys at caloundra aren't shy about rigging 9m plus either.

agree mk the new big sails handle great. not like the old ones. the old ones had heaps of draft and about a 5 knot wind range.

are you guys heading out this weekend?

yep, Sat arvo

that makes 2 times in a fortnight for you padi, have you re-discovered the love.

that's ok mate, i'll still talk to you in the morning

i was only joking, i stil luv poledancing mate

i was realli refering to formula gear today - 10kts.... high tide midday, pretty perfect. wot time u heading down?

i got spare boom if u wanna borrow, u got mast?

on the topic of larger sails, I typically use my 8.1mtr in 15 to 20/22 kts max. I am around 115kg, but soon as it drops below that 15 knts I cant get on the plane with a 8mtr sail. My next step up is a 10.5, although getting a 9mtr soon. Its either that or loose weight!

It depends on what you're doing and where you are sailing, speedsailing types are more inclined to hold down 6.0m sails when everyone else is on 4.0's.

hobie were u the 10m sailor at the slalom meeting?