WV, Parkdale Yacht Club and SHQ Windsurfing Beginner Clinic #2 at Parkdale Yacht Club Sunday from 9:30am to 12:30pm.
Myself: Saturday – If I'm lucky a Northerly sail Bonno in the morning, then family duties then pick up the SHQ kit for Sunday at PYC.
Sunday – I am helping hosting and teaching the WV, Parkdale Yacht Club and SHQ Windsurfing Beginner Clinic #2 at Parkdale Yacht Club. Afterwards I hope to sail maybe at Parkdale or Elwood for some Slalom runs if I'm lucky.
With regards to the informal clinics on the bay, keep an eye on this post and future 'Where are you Windsurfing this Weekend' posts.
Refer to the extract from BOM forecast below for Port Philip Bay.
Local Waters Forecast for Port Phillip Issued at 5:15 am EST on Friday 8 April 2011
Forecast for Saturday Winds: North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending westerly during the afternoon then decreasing to 10 to 15 knots later in the evening. Seas: 0.5 to 1 metres increasing to 1.5 metres around dawn.
Forecast for Sunday Winds: West to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots becoming southwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the evening. Seas: 0.5 to 1 metre.
Please note; this is not a WV event (expect for the clinic at Parkdale Yacht Club) and this post is to be used as information only. The intent of this post is for windsurfers to post where they could be going to windsurf this weekend and for other windsurfers to possible come and join them.
Looks like BOM has updated Saturday's weather forecast.
Issued at 11:09 am EST on Friday 8 April 2011
Forecast for Saturday
Winds: Northerly 15 to 25 knots reaching 30 knots at times during the morning. Winds shifting west to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon and easing in the evening to 10 to 15 knots. Seas: 0.5 to 1.5 metres increasing to 2 metres around dawn then decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.
Just had a look at tides and low is 0.26m at 9:16 tomorrow morning. How deep will the water be between the sandbars at Rye? Do they come out at low tide?
I don't think they come out (often) but you certainly have to be carefull. It's normally deep enough to run along between the sandbars but some sections, mostly right in front of the parking lot, is quite shallow.
Disappointing day at Rye. I only got there by 11am due to work in the morning. Supposably it was howling before then. It just died. I guess it is still too warm to expect a north wind to hold at Rye.
Well on my first teacher holidays for this career, so fingers crossed for some good wind in the next two weeks.
Green Point was the best I have sailed it in a long time. No big holes, pretty consistant from 10.00 to 1.00 when I was knackered. Still cranked all day in the backyard at Sandy so I reckon it was just as good until late.
Should have sailed either Green Point or Rye on Saturday, sounds like they were the place to be. Instead, sailed at bonno, 5.5m and 94 fsw. Not too bad but had to go a good distance out to find the best wind. Sunday a very quick 1/2 hour sail at Ricketts until the wind died.
