Time for a weekend wrap!
Sailed at Rye yesterday. I hadn't sailed there since the days of my trusty Bic Electric Rock. I really enjoyed it. Lots of people, variety in the water conditions (flattish on the inside/small waves further out)
- saw quite a few seabreezers out there.

Today was a bonus sail. (didnt expect 2 days in a row but wifey took kids to see Harry Plopper at the movies, so there was my hall pass) Had a great sail at Bonbeach.
... and to top it off, the weather was great and the wind was still there.

Victoria beautiful one day, perfect the next!

Who else sailed both days and where?
Any photo's?

I too have sailed nearly every weekend for about the last 3 months. It has been one of the windiest and luckiest winters that I can ever remember. Without fail, we have had northerlies every week, and by some fluke they have *always* fallen on a weekend

Only 6 weeks to go before spring starts!!! and soon the water temp is going to go in the upwards direction

windjunky said...

windaddict said...


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Only 6 weeks to go before spring starts!!! and soon the water temp is going to go in the upwards direction

The bay temp starts to rise about August 15 (I often think its about one month from the solstice to Melbourne's coldest day, then another month to the bays coldest day...)

See:

Yep thats right, mid august is the turning point. Looking at the graphs, 2004 was a particularly cold year with the water hitting its low (nearly down to 10 degrees) at the end of June already..

ejmack said...

I put together a short video of some of the action from Saturday....mostly early in the day and then later that afternoon.

Nice work Evan, looking forward to somemore of your vids

Cheers guys!

Leman - No, wasn't me. Maybe Jodi from Whitecaps?

There's a fair bit of shake in the video. A cheap tripod just doesn't cut it (and the fact that I was anxious to get out there myself)...hopefully next time I'll have something better.

yeah bondy, great weekend for it. I saw you on saturday sailing up near the pier end at rye (i have a carve and a green and black kaos). i went to rye on sunday as well and conned me wife and girls into coming to have a look by saying "nah its not cold at all". They didn't last to long but we had to take 2 cars so i got to "loose track of time". i payed for it when i got home , but hey, it's worth it!

Good work ejmack - great to get some video footage and great to get some more weekend wind

shoodbegood said...

yeah bondy, great weekend for it. I saw you on saturday sailing up near the pier end at rye (i have a carve and a green and black kaos). i went to rye on sunday as well and conned me wife and girls into coming to have a look by saying "nah its not cold at all". They didn't last to long but we had to take 2 cars so i got to "loose track of time". i payed for it when i got home , but hey, it's worth it!

Haha, I remember you telling me you were on a tight schedule on Saturday as well. Guess we do what we can to get our fix.

And mrwindsurf: I did say you should bring your camera.

mrwindsurf said...

what a you doing up this time of night leman????

Lol, often up past midnight. Life of a Uni. student without a wife or kids.

There we go, used the video to get a new avatar.

Hey Ejmack

great to see your video skills and music sellection coming to the for. You did not catch the guy whizzing around on the Kode and ezzy set up he was scooting along The shots at the end of the day as the sun was coming down wher excellent

Where's looking good this weekend guys? Stamped 'freedom pass' for Sunday granted from Breadknife.

Hmm changed again....

Forecast for Saturday
Winds: North to northwesterly 20 to 25 knots easing to 15 to 20 knots during
the morning before increasing to 20 to 25 knots later in the day. Seas: 1 to
1.5 metres.

Forecast for Sunday
Winds: North to northwesterly 20 to 25 knots tending westerly at 20 to 25 knots
during the afternoon before easing to 15 to 20 knots at night. Seas: Mostly 1
to 1.5 metres.

Seems Sat might only be ok late in the day so probably not worth the trip to Rye. Sunday is looking better and more westerly. Who's heading that way on Sunday?

ejmack said...
Jodi - curious to know who may have been taking the pictures if it wasn't you?

Hmmm, maybe Mike Key? Will try and find out.

Where is everyone today?

I,m in. Its about time I had another sail at Rye. The last sail there was when they ran the Blow wave comp there.

Ok, so I went to Rye - NO ONE there, not sure why, was v windy and seemed cross-off. Stayed till 1.30 (it seems from above posts I missed an arvo session?)

Then spotted some Kites, so not a complete wasted trip. Had multiple memory card problems and filled 2 GB card in no time, just as everyone was hitting the water) and raced home to download. 2GB is just 1/4 of what I am used to using. Sigh.

Downloaded pics and as it was still early (2.30) I dashed to Green Point to find only a handful of guys (and gals out). Missed most the the action, wind not as strong as Rye and seemed to drop out when I was there. Took a few pics, so will upload those in couple of days.

250km day!

Have fun tomorrow am working until 3.30-4ish, if it is good out around this time please feel free to text me ;)