Where is every one windsurfing this weekend?

The weather forecast looks to be a bit light for the weekend. Myself I’m going to try and get a sail at Bonbeach Saturday morning before the Grand Final if the NW wind kicks in as forecast. This weekend is the start of KA Speed Fortnight at Sandy Point and there would a number of windsurfers at Sandy Point.

Refer to the extract from BOM forecast below for Port Philip Bay.
Local Waters Forecast for Port Phillip
Issued at 5:34 am EST on Friday 24 September 2010

Forecast for Saturday
Winds: West to northwesterly 10 to 20 knots tending southwesterly up to 15 knots around midday then becoming light later in the evening. Seas: 0.5 to 1 metre decreasing to below 0.5 metre later in the evening.

Forecast for Sunday
Winds: North to northwesterly 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots during the evening. Seas: Below 0.5 metres increasing to 0.5 to 1 metre during the evening.

Please note; this is not a WV event 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.

Probably just off Mornington. Forecast isn't good enough to risk traveling far. Shame, I don't give a hoot about football.

Monday looks promising though!

Elwood from around 7am till 11am

K-Dog and I will be there.

Architect and Ozbiker Tentative - but may turn up after 11.

NasiGoreng said...

Hi,

Looks like saturday morn is the only goer.

Il be out at Lake Connewarra (Geelong) about 11'ish

I will either be on my 2 gazillion litre 1980s Tiga longy, carving and hooning across the lake, or be on my 103 litre syncro desperately trying to waterstart

Hope its good for you.
...
Nasi

nasi,

in that direction your better of with point henry. The hills on the leopold side of lake block anything with north in it. At moment that where we're heading..

Forecast has been downgraded now to 10-15 dropping to 10 around midday

update: Clifton Springs Beach 10am

edit: was *** **** not even a fart !!

Pt Henry was v good!
15-20 knots clean westerly onshore.
on an old slalom board with 6.7 rigged.
wind built to 22+ around 11.30, was powered up to the MAX and absolutely FLYING!!
had a couple of serious catapults when turning downwind, one ended up being flung around the boom on impact landing on back, hooked in head facing board !!
one of the best sessions in ages!!

I think the wind picked up to 30+knots in the arvo as a storm hit Gtown.
It was pretty windy as a plane lost control at Gtown airport and smashed through some power lines. plane looked in pieces. looked pretty bad

edit: both survived, was pilot error.

www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes

gutted.
I missed the morning to go pick up my repaired 8.5 ready to use!
(so fully expecting a gale)
and after that wrote it off as not even 8.5 weather.

Next time I'll look at the Elwood Cam