Yep i keen to sail, was thinking I may try canton havnt sailed there in southerly
before. would be good angle for the camera mounted out in the water. valentine would be good also, better go pack the gear.
looks like it going to be SE & that sux.
hmm may have to go and get some stock today
sneak a quick sail in while im out bit after lunch.
probably shoudnt miss this one. favorite sail now fixed thanks rus
valentine is windy as got to be 30kts. 3 guys here. just decieding 4.7 or 4.2. head down if you can dont worry about the cold.
I don't often whimp out but I run with the 78ltre + 3.2m sail and it was too dangerous..crouched down all my weight on the board and luffing the sail as if I'd powered on i would have taken off like a kite ..whole kit & caboozle.. ![]()
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I got out in the middle and it was evil & I'm thinking mmmm do I keep going & hope theres a lull to gybe or just go now & get slammed..Went then & got slammed..![]()
bugger 4' ramps and wind swell out in the middle.If only I had a 2m + 58ltre board!
I reckon a 100kg bloke would have gone great with my 3.2m ..![]()
Here's a few pic from our session today....![]()
It was a tuff day on the water, Me on a 4.7 wishing I had a 4.2...
End of Coal point Lake Macquarie Monday..
No wonder I couldn't hold the 3.2m..![]()
Here are some I took at Valentine
This is the normally the nice flat bit you gybe in..![]()
Some of the locals..![]()
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Looking forward to sailing a nice controllable 15 - 20kt Ne today or Thurs..![]()
How was Canton? Russ & I considered going there after we bailed . Lucky we didn't as it was building and gusting to 50 - 54kts by the time we would have got there..![]()
I was out at Marmong on Monday. Had my 4.0 on and was very overpowered most of the time. Got in some crazy high jumps. Was very much like a windy day on Maui with all the chop. Thought I'd died and gone to Maui except for the temperature. So glad I invested in the 4.0.
I was wishing I had gear small enough as the jumps would have been insane!![]()
Must have been you I saw out..about 2 - 2.30ish?
wow that was an interesting sail on monday, car'nt ever remember
sitting & watching cause its to windy with a 4.2 rigged. Never seen surf at valentine but you could have surfed some of the waves.
How's coal point, waves breaking over the jetty, thats a great photo.
I should have tried your 3.2 sue to see if it was sailable with that.
Wish i had the cam on me head when you tried to gybe, you started to turn & everything just jumped out of the water then crash, made some nice spray.
thats the wildest i've seen the lake so i had to go out & try it, only probly 20 or so runs out & back, waist high chop real survival sailing.
It was so windy I took some video on my go pro from the shore.
I went out with 5.5m at wangi got up in the bay so it was flater and to take some edge off the wind. Unfortunatly took to much of an edge off it so was under powered on the 5.5m.
But sailed to dark and got over 35 knts