Please let the graphs be wrong, i need a sail; PLEASE!!!!!!

i hoping for just a few knots so i can practise some light wind ( being the operative word )

i think im heading out to wynum, manly or even wello.

expected to kick off again wed/thur next week when the high gets to NZ,

big question is what will the cyclone do as sometimes they block the highs coming through.

yeah that's the one, weather moves west to east and sometimes wwhen you get a big cyclone off WA it stops anything coming through and we get no wind for a couple of weeks.

not saying that that will happen though and models saying that it won't

there is currently some activity in the NE coral sea so we might get something in a fortnight. fingers crossed.....

around this time of year i start lurking in weatherzone forums in the coral sea thread. it goes all season and is dedicated to cyclone activity. i have learnt huge amounts about lows/cyclones reading the weatherzone stuff over the past 4 years or so.

they also talk about the different models available and which ones seem to be the most accurate.

interestingly, the european models seem to be the most reliable when it comes to lows. i beleive seabreeze uses said models also. or something very similar.... that's why seabreeze is so good at predicting wind through the SE's season and the Westerlies.

i don't know how you did it! too cold..

the 2 years i lived in the UK i never went windsurfing once. probably missed out but the beer seemed better than the water.

i like a good NE'r but all of my memorable sessions in qld have been during the lows. i love em!

Your right about it being cold, once i wore my 5/3mm wetsuit all year, having said that i was in boardies and rash the next year. The water might be colder but windsurfing is very popular over there.

temperature

hmmm?
what about wind!

slightly different subject but do you know of a windsurf shop in bris called goodtimes?? and if so where is it?

Im new to bris so sorry to be a pain but do you know a street number, i found board crazy ( very helpfull, great shop ) but i cant find goodtimes. Man i love all these windporn shops; its fantastic.

Scully said...

wwoolloonnggabbaa
like 200 metres south of the bus depo. just look for clutter

EDIT; gestalt reeply my email plz

Has anyone had a look at Wello or Manly today. Am keen for a sail this afternoon.

Gestalt said...

yeah that's the one, weather moves west to east and sometimes wwhen you get a big cyclone off WA it stops anything coming through and we get no wind for a couple of weeks.

not saying that that will happen though and models saying that it won't

there is currently some activity in the NE coral sea so we might get something in a fortnight. fingers crossed.....

around this time of year i start lurking in weatherzone forums in the coral sea thread. it goes all season and is dedicated to cyclone activity. i have learnt huge amounts about lows/cyclones reading the weatherzone stuff over the past 4 years or so.

they also talk about the different models available and which ones seem to be the most accurate.

interestingly, the european models seem to be the most reliable when it comes to lows. i beleive seabreeze uses said models also. or something very similar.... that's why seabreeze is so good at predicting wind through the SE's season and the Westerlies.

have you got a link to that forum ?

What's going on? The Peel Island graph has 15 knots SE all day. Was it actually like that?

thats it, im packing the van and heading out on sunday; anyone sailing?? was thinking manly or maybe even 'the train' if i can get away early enough.

fletchsewell said...

epic sesh at the train today

Grrrrrr, was out all morning at the beach walking the dog, and there wasn't too much, got home to see green arrows all over the chart, but too far to go back. Never mind, moving in a few weeks and planning on being very close to the sailing spots.
I have a new slalom board that needs a work out.

Got a great sail at lake cootharaba yesterday!!! Wasn't forecasted but hit easily20+ and Benny and were superiverpowered on 6m. Hc! You really have to start trying some shakas! Hilarious stuff, but I reckon it's a lot esier than Spock etc!!! Bring on the next wind!