If people are going to start throwing stones let me chuck one out there as well...
For people who don't sail Metts often or are doing it for the first time..
Please don't gybe in the impact zone.
You may think your keeping clear by gybing early and staying further out but what you are doing is falling / crashing right where people are either wave riding in or trying to jump on the way out.
If you look you will see that regular sailors come right into the shore, well away from the impact zone.
Hay, if your fall trying to bust a loop or smack a lip, then good on ya of coarse be in the zone, but these poorly attempted gybes in a narrow wave sailing spot are wrong.
If you don't understand this then don't sail there.

After just starting sailing from a 17 year break I am about 3-4 weeks away from sailing at Metts again on account that I live 400m away.

Makes a lot of sense, couldn't be me though on account that i can't Gybe.

Great to see diplomacy is alive and well...

waves at mettams

Dunedinite said...

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For people who don't sail Metts often or are doing it for the first time..
Please don't gybe in the impact zone.
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If you don't understand this then don't sail there.

Think this goes for most wave spots.
A few years ago I noticed a lady standing on the beach, carefully studying the break, in her wetsuit. I thought that's good she's sussing out what's going on.
Wrong! she then came out, rode and back in thru the impact zone, ignoring the waves altogether, then gybed and rode back out, right thru the 1st peak. and kept doing it, even thou everybody was weaving around her as they dropped in. Not sure what she thought she was doing, couldn't jump, not enough distance to get up to speed, wonder she didn't get really clobbered.
The other annoying thing about people doing this, is you give way to them on the set wave, and they just ignore it, you get the smaller wave behind, and then have to weave around them as they come back out.

And while I'm at it, don't give way to snakers, it only encourages them!
If it seems safe and the right of way is a bit doubtful I sometimes do a cross over, and let them go in front.

Yep he snaked me too
But another guy on Thursday jumped on my wave down wind of me did one bottom to top turn the started to travel back to the shore just in front of the wave, which mean't I was on a head on collision course with him as I was lining up for my second top turn!!!! what tha! I don't mind sharing waves but hey that's just rude and inconsiderate. I had to weave thru 3 guys heading out to avoid him and the tip of my mast clipped the top back clew of someones sail, sorry about that whoever it was
Sailing at Scarbs and Metts I notice that at Metts theres more competition, attitude and pushiness there. I think its cause the break is so small and good waves are few and far between this mentality has had to evolve. At Scarbs theres less attitude and more "organized" catching and sharing of waves, but the overall level of wave sailing there is a lot higher, maybe that helps.

Too much jargon in here for a gumbie like me.

What's snaking? I can't figure that at all from the above.

What's the impact zone? Is that where the waves are breaking? If so, I can rest easy - I gibe 25 metres from shore round here, to be sure.

gazza said...

Mark _australia said...

Did the snake have sail numbers on? and from another country perhaps? I have an idea who..

You must have bloody good detective skills if you can work out who it is from all the way up in Greenhead just on the make and colour of his sail.............

I had a guy who nearly took me out on an Ezzy could you track him down for me please.
I'll make it a little easier for you,it was blue.....

I wasn't snaked by him all i saw was him ripping which is a lot more than i can say for the average mett sailor

Dont worry it will be 15-18knts and flat soon so all you kooks can continuie sailing without the fear of "the snake"

Just remembered Mark the guy on the Ezzy had brown eyes hope this helps

Aren't I alloud to be physic?

No there was a bad bad drop-in-king here a week or so ago and he was heading that way. All Goyas with sail numbers on.

The Ezzy will be Leech, he is bad for snaking.

Guys, I'm not pointing fingers at certain people (Filth or Nebbian)
it's just a few new punters rocking up.
Why do they all seem to be wearing seat-harnesses?
To me that's a dead give away.
Go with the flow and do what the regulars do.

Can I help with the Blue Ezzy, his Mum works at the local Shop.

his name is thomas, he's a poser. just cos you can fwd loop doesn't mean you own the break. have some courtesy

Hey RBGlee - you are a genuine gumby aren't you.

If you want to know what snaking is, read:

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=47242

Dunedinite said...

Guys, I'm not pointing fingers at certain people (Filth or Nebbian)
it's just a few new punters rocking up.
Why do they all seem to be wearing seat-harnesses?
To me that's a dead give away.
Go with the flow and do what the regulars do.

Can I help with the Blue Ezzy, his Mum works at the local Shop.

lol, i deffinately dont use a seat harness