arvo

nope.

so bloody far to drive.

i still got my 95lt and 85lt wave boards so if it's 20 knots i'll be right. bom is only calling 15-20 so will see how it goes.

got a meeting in the city so will swing by wello on the way home.

Hey Justin do you think Caloundra will work in a SW??

vando said...

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might be a cracker winter

it is looking nice.

the lows are starting to come across at just about the right spot.

and how long has it been since we've had a 30+ knot westerly.

vando said...

how long since we had 30 knots

how long since we've had over 20 knots.

I'll be doing the Wello tomorrow fer sure !!!

is this going to be the bestest april AND may everer!!

On the way to Wello now!

Cubits said...

I'll be out around 1, need to stop off and pick up a new tendon on my way! :D

Should've pulled the tiny board out of storage!

Woooo!

Let me remind you, winter wind means big board, big sail.

Hands are red and sore from holding onto the 5m and wave board; some gusts must have been around 25kts? Was good to finally have some decent wind after all this time!

I hate you all

Had a pretty good session at Golden beach of all places, bit of a bugger to get back in but well worth it.

Went to the Spit, was howling, only to find the road had been blocked of for filming, really pissed off.

windykid said...

knocked of school at 12:30 and went for my second visit to wello, last time i was there it was 30 knots from the west and i was blown through my sail oh well it was only the 4.5 meter

had a heap of fun ended the session by taking my fin off and annoying the kiters in 10cm of water

good fun

haha, was it you i saw sailing around backwards for a bit, too? :)

It was great fun early when the 7.5 filled up on those 20knot+ runs. My hands are now shredded, i haven't got my callouses back yet, but it was so worth it. :D

My feel for the sail is completely absent atm, i only managed one gybe the whole day, and when i was coming in downwind it showed that i'd lost my board balance too. Oh well, at least i can still waterstart.

Practice makes perfect, we just need more days like this, closer together. Well... when my hands stop bleeding.

Gestalt said...

me to. got there around 3.30 just in time to see it dying.

as i was heading in ot the city at 11am it was pumping. reports are it really blew hard around lunch time.

hi ken,

winter wind doesn't always mean big board and big sail. it depends where you sail. wello rocks in winter!!

More than happy to be wrong about that, once I get home.
The westerlies I'm used to from Bundaberg are notoriously gusty, but maybe better furtehr south ??
The year I was in Perth the winter sailing was awesome on small gear , but that was an epic year for fronts too, the first time Mundaring Weir had overflowed in 22 yrs or summat.
Weird how it's warmer to sail in winter over there too.

i left my car packed from yesterday...