Latest News..

Hi Everyone,

The second WindWanderers BBQ has been finalised, the votes counted and the lucky winner is the Train on the Gold Coast. The date is set for Saturday the 3rd of June from 1pm onwards. All aboard for a day full of street drags and fun. There will also be a club GPS for anyone to check their speed with. plus the day will include the much loved gearswaps...

The Train is a great flat water location for sailors from beginners to advanced speedsters. There are multiple playgrounds for the kids, BBQ, toilets and dogs are allowed. At high tide the launch spot has plenty of sand and deep water. The locals have also installed a wind vane on a post so we can all see what the direction is. There is also plenty of shade under the trees on the beach edge. But as the council sign reads, no golf allowed..

The Meet will be sponsored by Windsurfingsales and Ozwindsurf. There will be the usual bbq and a "give away".

Ozwindsurf E-Zine are supplying the BBQ and will attend as well. Much respect to the guys who have taken the time to get involved. We are all very lucky to have a zine in our own backyards. Check out the site at www.ozwindsurf.com.au/
Please note that they are also providing coverage in there weekly news section.

Windsurfingsales have donated a Gun Sails mast bag for one lucky member of the WindWanderers. This is a very nice piece of kit that will hold up to 3 masts in 6 different compartments with a 5mm external padding. Each compartment is specially lined for the protection of carbon masts.
Check out http://www.windsurfingsales.com.au/products/bags/ for more details.
All members must get a free raffle ticket from me during sign on and the draw will be held during the bbq. Best of luck to all. Windsurfing sales have also donated some flags for the day and some literature for the members packs. Thanks to Bud and the gang for all of their help.

The bbq will now be an ongoing event throughout the day. So everyone can have sausages before and after the session. Everyone is welcome.

The Train can be found off the North Street / Gold Coast Highway intersection at Southport. It has small car park and big rigging area. Maybe try to get there a little earlier to ensure parking.



Other News..

New locations added:-

1. Kirra, gold coast
2. Bells Beach, Redcliffe
3. Bribie Island
4. Bullcock Beach
5. Mooloolabah
6. Lake Catharahbah (xmas)
7. Elliot Heads (easter)
8. Hamilton Island.

Registering the club :-

I am currently looking into registering WindWanderers as an incorporated club. This will help to protect the club and give the club the ability to buy equipment for all to use. We need a total of 3 more people besides myself to get involved. If anyone is interested then please let me know.

Insurance:-

I have approached windsurfing Queensland with regard insurance for those that indicated there interest. I am awaiting the WQ agm to take this further.

Club Webpage:-

The club web page is underway. If anyone would like to contribute ideas or content than let me know and I'll incorporate you ideas.

The Next meet:-

I am planning the following meet to be on the sunshine coast at Caloundra. The event will be a wave session. Those members that desire the flat stuff haven't been left out because golden beach and bullcock beach have plenty of flat as well. The bbq will also incorporate an NXS demo day. I will also give any beginner lessons to anyone that is keen to try out the sport wind permitting..

Remember... the road travelled is more important than the destination reached.

Regards
Gestalt.

With a bit of luck I'll be there

Good on ya Gestalt,

Difficult to get all of us mob to agree on anything, let alone where to sail on a particular day.
Bit like herding cats really.

Good to see that snags can be had at the end of the day, nothing like a feed (and a frothy sherbet)
after a good day's sailing

Note with the train, parking is severely limited, so if you're not bringing a board then then there's another parking spot about 50m south of the rigging area, it's usually pretty empty. Even if you are bringing gear you can lug it from that other carpark if you're desperate (and all the spots are taken). People sometimes park on the grass but I hear that the local boys in blue take a dim view of this.

I just hope the wind is right, these Autumn doldrums suck...

If i's not true SE or NNW to NE, the Train is absolutley useless for sailing. If it happens to look remotely westish, would you consider moving the meet to wello? Wello meets from end of April till mid August are probably safest. There really isn't any spot on the goldcoast that is sailable in a westerlyish direction, except for Kirra on a Northwest, and even then it would probably exclude half the sailing population because it is waves (but generally still safe-ish) There's nothing down here that compares to wello during winter.

However, we had awesome winter direct southerlies at shearwater last year. They were as strong or stronger than our summer winds and blew for much of the day. Hopefully we will get some more of those this year

hi haircut...

i'm open to a move. we will need to see what everyone else thinks..
i'm all for the best spots possible. if everyone else is keen to change locations then send me an email or hit this forum.

i agree wello is the best in a westerly, there is also redcliffe that will work in a westerly. i was thinking when i calc the date that we would be getting the last of the SE....

happy sailing gestalt...

fyi. High tide is at 2:50pm

There are BBQs in the middle where the road goes around.
Might be a few on the northen side as well.
not shore about western side though.
ta Michel

ok guys,

we will see what the forecast says, some people have booked accom on the goldie as well.

"Friday: W/SW winds 10/15 knots increasing to 20/30 knots by evening."

omg extremely crazy winds on Friday! Let's just hope it evens out for a Friday sesh! See you Saturday @ the Goldy if it's still on for there[}:)]

Goodwinds
Elizabeth B8 - Wello Kiter

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Originally posted by vando

20/30 knots yeppee

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lol nah uhh... Not good! Thats like 5 knots too much for my liking! Anyone have any sand bags to tie to me to weigh me down then please [}:)]

Goodwinds
Elizabeth B8 - Wello Kiter

very sexy, looks good

this is a site i started working on 2 years ago but never got around to doing anything with it. I haven't been with iprimus for over two years, yet the webpage is still going

home.iprimus.com.au/the_vegemite_kid/CECW/main/main.htm

if u look in the photos and videos section there are some shots i took from standing in the water at the sandbar. Some came out really well.

nice, yep, i'm on Version 8.

so from looking at your sites i can achieve a fair bit from weaver. that's good. i hope to improve it over time....

should be lotsafun

hey,
Can anyone take me to wello havent been there in a westerly yet. (If we are going there).

Thanks Haircut. Sometimes we get up there during scool hols and Ive been promising to drop in on Greeny. Thats positively balmy compared to Sydney. especially the water temp.
Then again Ill still put up with 3 weeks on Maui in a months time [}:)]