Hi,

Not sure if other people know about this or not, but I just found a 7 day wind forecast for Coolangatta. Here it is:
www.windfinder.com/forecast/coolangatta?utm_source=www.windfinder.com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=redirect


Seems relatively accurate, and a bit more pessimistic in the long range than Seabreeze... I think Seabreeze puts some greens up at the end of the week to get your hopes up!!

Cheers,
Ben

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what has happened to our springtime wind. Talk about a fizzer!

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I know, tell me about it!! I bought another board a couple of days ago (I now have four) and have been itching to try it out... this one's 105 litres, so my weight + 20 kg's = board volume. Apparently this is the magic formula, this thing is designed for waves which is where I want to get to eventually.

I was so desperate today that I went out to Cabarita in that sh!tty 10 knot breeze and practiced my starts... it's like learning to sail all over again compared to my big old slalom board. Get the angle of the board wrong as you start and you end up in the water!
Also I haven't figured out deep water starting, can't get the damn mast out of the water. My F2 virtual trainer DVD doesn't show that crucial step, it begins with the sail nicely positioned upwind of the board and out of the water. I tried a number of times in deep water to get the damn mast up but couldn't.

Perhaps I need to lean the boom against the back of the board? Any ideas? Frustrating as all heck when I wipe out over the big hole (there's an area that's dredged in the lake) and have to swim the board and rig to the edge of the hole to start again...

quote 'desperate today that I went out to Cabarita in that sh!tty 10 knot breeze '
geeeeeeez NEB ya shoulda gone 1/2 hour south to Ballina we had 18-25kn for about 3 hours today and similar for the last 2-3weeks
c/o wind we had today www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN65092/IDN65092.94596.shtml

SSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUUSH

G'day Nebbian the river at ballina is best for flat water not bad for learning, just watch the tides or Byron if ya don't mind a bit of chop or swell. With Cabarita or Ainsworth the winds always sh#tty and goin round in circles.
Anyway U would've got the 12-20kn southerly up there today shoulda got ya goin.