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tomorrow morning sail

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Created by sharkbiscuit > 9 months ago, 9 Sep 2010
sharkbiscuit
820 posts
9 Sep 2010 7:10PM
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Is anyone planning to have a morning sail tomorrow (northern beaches) ?. I'm packing the car, heading to work tomorrow at usual. If the flags are flying, I'll drive past work and head to the beach. Anyone else with the same idea ?

J

nusbreath
SA, 101 posts
9 Sep 2010 10:45PM
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Planning to hit the water at 6:20am at Semaphore..........

sharkbiscuit
820 posts
9 Sep 2010 9:21PM
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nusbreath said...

Planning to hit the water at 6:20am at Semaphore..........


I might see you there.

gmitton
SA, 1455 posts
10 Sep 2010 8:52AM
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I was - but it was crap.

russh
SA, 3027 posts
10 Sep 2010 10:39AM
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Was nice in bed listening to the morning news and having a warm cup of coffee.

Maybe a sneaky one sometime Sunday at the mid with a nice little swell

divaldo
SA, 2878 posts
10 Sep 2010 2:17PM
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russh said...

Was nice in bed listening to the morning news and having a warm cup of coffee.

Maybe a sneaky one sometime Sunday at the mid with a nice little swell


Call us, we will be into that!

sharkbiscuit
820 posts
10 Sep 2010 4:31PM
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gmitton said...

I was - but it was crap.


Stood up like a date . Fast moving clouds at home, but sunny day at Sem's . There was wind out there, just not where I wanted it.

I notice that unpredictable systems like this mornings are very small in area, where as the large systems (we get at the start of winter) are much more predictable.

J

WWS
SA, 121 posts
12 Sep 2010 11:56AM
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Just wait for it to warm up a little and we will get some good seabreeze's on the back of these small fronts we are getting.

Bring on Blovember. Patience J, the wind will come.

sharkbiscuit
820 posts
12 Sep 2010 3:26PM
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surferinAUT
QLD, 31 posts
20 Sep 2010 11:29AM
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seems like that it is better to go kayaking in the early morning than windsurfing! :-D

yes, I'm back in ADL but only for a very short visit... will leave next Mon again and have no windsurfing gear with me... so no way to go windsurfing here. :-(

but Canberra is not that bad for windsurfing actually and went there a couple of times last end-summer and autumn and am now looking forward to the new season. :-)
also nice for (flatwater)sailing near ACT is Sanctuary Point... if you guys ever make it in this direction and there is wind. ;-)

wish you guys a nice windsurfing season!

cheers,
Luise - the Austrian

sharkbiscuit
820 posts
20 Sep 2010 7:52PM
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Hi Luise

How is your job going ?. Sounds like you are having fun over there

Here, it's been pretty frustrating for me least. August and September: Front comes in. Go to the beach, rigg up, get everything dirty and wet. Wind either dies or blows insane (either way it's unsailable). Pack up, drive home in a traffic jam . A ouijaboard would make more sense than BOM.

J

surferinAUT
QLD, 31 posts
25 Sep 2010 10:54AM
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...oh, that sounds bad.

I had three sails in the winter time in ACT because when I leave work it's too dark already and also hardly wind. wind is mostly around lunch time until in the early arvo.
But there would have been more windsurfing days in NSW on salt lakes next to the sea, but it's a bit far for one single day, also my car was bit a worry and I am busy with working too.

But now I am looking fwd to the wind/surfing season! One week and then daylightsaving time ends! :-)

My work goes well.. just survived our annual Congress @ Adelaide Hilton :-) and in total I learned a lot and I love to live in Canberra! You have the feeling that you are living in the country and I am also living 7 min. by car to Lake Burley Griffin's best windsurfing spot where in the summer time I was quite often windsurfing - short runs and sometimes disgusting wind conditions but I don't know another city where you can go for a sail in the mith of the city except cities located next to the sea like Adelaide.

And I recently bought a kayak for the days without any wind ;-)

In total I am enjoying it to live in the nation's heart. :-)

You should buy a kayak and go for a paddle if the wind dies or is in total unsailable!

Cheers,
Luise

Scotty Mac
SA, 2060 posts
25 Sep 2010 1:19PM
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Luise,
You should try stand up paddle boarding. Like kyak and surfing combined.

surferinAUT
QLD, 31 posts
25 Sep 2010 10:04PM
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thanks for the tip. unfortunately I'm already doing too much sport... no money nor time for a SUP! :-D
and also there are no waves in canberra to catch with the SUP! ;-)

sharkbiscuit
820 posts
26 Sep 2010 5:59PM
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surferinAUT said...


And I recently bought a kayak for the days without any wind ;-)


I would like to try that to. Heaps of guys at work are into it... but too many interests, not enough coin. Sounds like you have settled in at Canberra. That's good to hear



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