grumplestiltskin said...

hardie said...

Windxtasy said...

My daughter just asked me why I wasn't out windsurfing today.
"Too windy", I said
"Haven't heard that one before..." she replied!

but it's really just too darn cold!!!

Being a tough hardened male I can't use that as an excuse, my equipment wasn't right for the conditions

By that do you mean that it would have shrank toooo much in the cold

How embarrassment I left it open for a double entendre and my old foe was quick to exploit it

Think we've fixed that worrying banging sound, that kept us awake last night.
My first thought was for the new solar electricity panels on the top roof, it then shifted to the solar hot water system panel, (which is a bit loose, only attached by 2 long straps at the front).
I stood on the roof for a while in the cold and damp, didn't hear or see a thing, but wife reported hearing several "thumps".

We then noticed a concrete flower pot on the balcony rocking around a bit, choked it up to stabilise it, and so far no more thumps.
The acoustics in this house are really weird!!!!

Isn't it amazing how really good excuses pop up just when you need them.
"Sorry can't come windsurfing, I've got to stop my house blowing apart in the gale tonight."

we are up against it already and the fisrt day of the month has only just finished
I was so desperate for a sail tody I believed the forecast

Monthly Team Rankings for:

2 Second Peak
Rank State Team Score
1 TAS Tassie Speed Seekers 37.19

5 x 10 Second Average
Rank State Team Score
1 TAS Tassie Speed Seekers 33.70

1 Hour
Rank State Team Score
1 QLD FNQ Mob 16.16

Alpha Racing 500m
Rank State Team Score
1 TAS Tassie Speed Seekers 24.39

Nautical Mile
Rank State Team Score
1 TAS Tassie Speed Seekers 29.92

Distance Travelled
Rank State Team Score
1 QLD FNQ Mob 70.24

Overall
Rank State Team Score
1 TAS Tassie Speed Seekers 8
2 QLD FNQ Mob 10
3 VIC Connewarre Cremasters 19
4 WA Perth Southsiders 23

Looks like we got some wind comin later in the week though from the worst directions for chop West and WNW, depending on strength Fat Boys or Crawlies if some Nth and if purely west then I reckon Howards Way of Umpowered ramp?

I will be on it. it all things line up and certain people are in hospital with new offspring i hope to duck out for a couple of hours to get a fix. Forecast is looking peeeeeerrrrrrrrrffffffffect for my local NM run. Smooth as a babies bottom on a WNW

cor that northern pixie doesn't half make a whining noise

Cheese graters

you know you're gonna

Just realised I have a day off this week, take son to Perth then may get a sail in the afternoon.
The day is....... Tuesday, the only day with red arrows all day

but this could be the week when it shines

Monday means go to work

What time was that Mr Salty? I was half tempted in the morning when it was NW, but it seemed just a tad light, once it went WSW I decided to join hardy at the estuary

buggerit, buggerit

decided as I had the afternoon off I would go and find where the wind was although the forecast said no wind. Trees were moving a bitLooked at the beach in Halls head and just about enough to plane on big kit but dead onshore.
Put Ping and biggest sail in trailer and went to sail.
went to Navarra, 5kts
went to Avalon bay, maybe up to 11 kts at times.
Why are the forecasts accurate for no wind but inaccurate for wind, when there often isn't any

decrepit said...

Can you hear the wind blowing now???? must be over 20kts, why is it that it picks up after the sun goes down????

evets said...

buggerit, buggerit

decided as I had the afternoon off I would go and find where the wind was although the forecast said no wind. Trees were moving a bitLooked at the beach in Halls head and just about enough to plane on big kit but dead onshore.
Put Ping and biggest sail in trailer and went to sail.
went to Navarra, 5kts
went to Avalon bay, maybe up to 11 kts at times.
Why are the forecasts accurate for no wind but inaccurate for wind, when there often isn't any

only 1 answer to this..........slowboats back in town!.......

hardie said... Anybody been sailing mand estuary in these NWly storms?

Will hopefully be there this arvy.

Hardz, working on the spreadsheet was a lot easier to do after the sail yesterday, doing it till 0045 this morning may not be the best for this arvies play.

Look forward to another sesh