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NARRABEEN LAKE TOMORROW MORNING TUE 25th ANYONE?

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Created by mtber67 > 9 months ago, 24 Aug 2009
mtber67
NSW, 19 posts
24 Aug 2009 8:02PM
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G'day

I will be down the lake tomorrow morning 8.30am if anyone is interested?

seano
NSW, 150 posts
24 Aug 2009 9:56PM
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i gotta be at work at 8:30
might try for 5:30 or 6... works only 5 minutes up the road

mtber67
NSW, 19 posts
24 Aug 2009 10:13PM
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I'll try and get there a bit earlier, but i have some commitments first.

seano said...

i gotta be at work at 8:30
might try for 5:30 or 6... works only 5 minutes up the road


AUS-057
QLD, 466 posts
25 Aug 2009 9:09AM
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Im hoping someone got out early to catch those 40kt westerlies....

Trees falling all over the place near my house.

ka43
NSW, 3097 posts
25 Aug 2009 9:14AM
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I dropped into a glassy/ballistic Lake Dangerous this morning at 6:30 on the way to work.
Seano was out and Ads on the way. usual SUPER gusty westerly with hold your gear down bullets followed by a glass off. Sean was on a 5.4 and just holding on and Ads on a 5.0.
If they managed to make it upwind to Pipeclay they should get some good speeds.
Hairy drive to work too!!!!

sick_em_rex
NSW, 1600 posts
25 Aug 2009 9:18AM
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I think last night was the first time ever I have been woken up by wind! Usually it's my wifes snoring.

ka43
NSW, 3097 posts
25 Aug 2009 10:30AM
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Just spoke to Sean, he said it was pretty horrible this morning.
Super gusty but the water temp has warmed up.
Bring on spring!!!!!!

nick0
NSW, 510 posts
25 Aug 2009 11:11AM
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its blowing 38 knots up on lake macquarie ... hectic

whyner
NSW, 762 posts
25 Aug 2009 2:29PM
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gustiest westerly ever???



whyner
NSW, 762 posts
25 Aug 2009 2:31PM
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I rigged at 9am and it was about 30knots. Then it went calm.

At least I got to practise rigging and walking to the water and back with my gear.

stehsegler
WA, 3549 posts
25 Aug 2009 1:19PM
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set the alarm for 6:30 but actually woke up 5 minutes earlier because the wind was shaking the door...

... jumped in the car. Click - Nothing. Dead battery... that's what happens when you leave the lights on. Got a jump start 30 minutes later...

and finally made it down to La Perouse by ten to eight. On the water by 8am... 10 runs and the wind shut down...

... Let's hope the NEer this summer will be more reliable. And let's hope huey doesn't forget to bring some swell with that seabreeze... all that lake sailing is starting to get a bit dull.

lee1972
QLD, 921 posts
25 Aug 2009 6:13PM
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Does La pa work in a NW -W then??

stehsegler said...

set the alarm for 6:30 but actually woke up 5 minutes earlier because the wind was shaking the door...

... jumped in the car. Click - Nothing. Dead battery... that's what happens when you leave the lights on. Got a jump start 30 minutes later...

and finally made it down to La Perouse by ten to eight. On the water by 8am... 10 runs and the wind shut down...

... Let's hope the NEer this summer will be more reliable. And let's hope huey doesn't forget to bring some swell with that seabreeze... all that lake sailing is starting to get a bit dull.


stehsegler
WA, 3549 posts
25 Aug 2009 4:20PM
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the wind was mostly W. which meant it came straight over the break wall.

it gets pretty gusty the further you go towards the end of the bay. trick is to get upwind and out into the channel.

W-NWW works but it's not as good as Kurnell... for a quick blast it's better than driving all the way down to Kurnell...

DunkO
NSW, 1147 posts
26 Aug 2009 10:39AM
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got woken this morning at 5am by the wind and made the call to get out of bed and head to la perouse.

on the drive down there it was blowing its tits off! getting rather excited thinking i was not going to miss it today.

parked the car about 5:20, still dark but blowing. in the time it took me to get the board out of the back it went from 40 to 5 knots. not happy!

stehsegler
WA, 3549 posts
26 Aug 2009 11:33AM
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DunkO said...
parked the car about 5:20, still dark but blowing. in the time it took me to get the board out of the back it went from 40 to 5 knots. not happy!


Say hello to NW winds in Sydney...

... the main reason why I am very hesitant to drive all the way down to Kurnell these days...

WindWarrior
NSW, 1019 posts
26 Aug 2009 2:47PM
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Just got back from WA last night... and noticed this morning that the westerly up this way was strong enough to snap the solid timber privacy in the backyard between the neighbours fence along with overturning a solid timber table and DESTROYING the BBQ

Huey must have been very very upset to cause this much chaos !
I am taking it as a sign of an awesome impending summer for the east coast as I will no longer be able to cook BBQ's in the back yard... I hope it is a sign that I will be too busy sailing instead.

Huey the oracle has sent a clear message...

Kev



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