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sausage
sausage
QLD
4874 posts
QLD, 4874 posts
20 Dec 2008 6:34pm


First time in weeks - Wind was building up nicely, got home from work, phaffed around for a little bit, nice easterly swinging a little to the north, thought 6.7m2, rigged it up got one okay run, second run wind died, about 2km off shore, floating around, wind swung to south west, big furking storm clouds, then a little lightning, and about 30+ knot gust to get me home. Sat out storm, wind came in from east again and died very quickly with another storm front.

You just can't win.
easty
easty
TAS
2213 posts
TAS, 2213 posts
20 Dec 2008 7:49pm
I just did!
easty
easty
TAS
2213 posts
TAS, 2213 posts
20 Dec 2008 7:50pm
Read about it, that is.
sausage
sausage
QLD
4874 posts
QLD, 4874 posts
20 Dec 2008 7:07pm
Easty,
Thanks for reading about it!

SE just kicking in now - could be a good Sunday session as wife and kids are away visiting. Probably just jinxed it though.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23687 posts
WA, 23687 posts
20 Dec 2008 11:58pm
Well we are on about our 8th day straight on 5.3 or smaller (couple 4.2 days there).

Not that long ago you Qld guys were gloating about your week long blows and we were all jealous n stuff [}:)]

greenleader
greenleader
QLD
5283 posts
QLD, 5283 posts
21 Dec 2008 1:07am
goldy has been windy since september mark! but you guys are often blessed.

sorry to hear about your wind drought sausage, it's been stormy but windy down here.
nebbian
nebbian
WA
6277 posts
WA, 6277 posts
21 Dec 2008 12:10am
I saw that graph and remembered back to the days of desperately watching the arrows build, Yay it's yellow I can go out now, watching fronts hit northern NSW, then Coolangatta, then hopefully banana bank...

Getting skunked after a 1.5 hour drive...

Now I'm thinking of sitting tomorrow out, I've sailed 4 or 5 days out of every week these last few weeks. Sailed 150km today, body's pretty darn sore!
sausage
sausage
QLD
4874 posts
QLD, 4874 posts
21 Dec 2008 1:11pm
Good to hear everyone is getting some decent wind (apart from Firiebob in Cairns)

Great SE here today - just been for a quick run although somehow put a slight crack in the wood veneer (s-type 93) just froward of the mast track. It appears the only thing that lines up with the crack and could have done it was the built in sail padding around the mast base. Some running repairs and then back out this afternoon.

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