Got a bit of a green tinge in the rigging spot at the pond, should turn out looking like a bowling green by the end of spring
Hi Ant,
Just to confirm, we don't park there anymore do we.
Looks Fantastic
Regards Russ
no parking on the lower area until the grass gets well established.
I would suggest mid summer maybe, depends on rain and sun and stuff
Where is this? Looks like it would be pretty flat? Please excuse the rookie question...
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Great spot for summer sea breezes
Shhhhhh, don't jinx it...
But in all seriousness, checked on the spot guide and I'm now super amped to have a sail there!!
The pond ,
training ground of campions (1hour Aus.record
holders) and local freestyle guru Gear4 and a
bunch of other old blokes who crash a lot but
still manage a beer after sailing
Wow, that looks like a really nice spot...really, really nice
It will be very pretty once your working bee is finished.
You have all gone soft I can remember when we sailed in Hobart we would rig up on a patch of snow covered gravel using an old tarpaulin as a sail having whittled a board from a chunk of driftwood ....or to quote Monty Python
Luxury. We used to have to get out of the lake at six o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of 'ot gravel, work twenty hour day at mill for tuppence a month, come home, and Dad would thrash us to sleep with a broken bottle, if we were lucky!
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Wow, that looks like a really nice spot...really, really nice
It will be very pretty once your working bee is finished.
Go back to the Kite Forum!
Well done guys thanks to everyone that helped finish off the clubhouse, just need to fill the fridge and we're away.
And guys just ignore those ignorant yobs from the north those wankas spend more time sailing than drinking.....................have you ever heard of anything so stupid?? They put the beach before the fridge!!!!!!! they keep fit while we're getting drunk..................well we can't help them, they're beyond help, sometimes hard decisions have to be made, sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind....................let the bastards suffer as they watch us crack another and another an uver a anuver an anuva.................puick................. belsch............. burp.............ahh that feels good
How's this for another piece of trivia which will no doubt entice our northern friends to natter about how trivial we southerners really are
A solution for those who have hands that fall to bits after a few days solid wave sailing:
1. Rub hands with sand paper to build up thickness of skin especially now when there's no wind
2. Apply Bag Balm, lanoline, cows udder cream or nipple hardener every night before bed (seriously, I did this 4 times a day in Mexico)
3. When sailing don't grip the boom too hard.
4. When in the harness use your hands like you're playing the piano, keep them light on the boom.
5. When you're on the wave or getting out through the waves when not using the harness grip as much as you can with your fingers not your palm as it's the palm that cops most of the damage
6. Don't sail for too long in one go, split the day into 2 one and a half hour sessions.
I managed to get through 12 out of 14 days sailing without any major blisters that's a record for me
If that fails you'll just have to use up the udder cream you've purchased some other way...............
Anyone heading to Gerro in Oct should heed my advice and those that are not can have a good laugh
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houston said..
How's this for another piece of trivia which will no doubt entice our northern friends to natter about how trivial we southerners really are
A solution for those who have hands that fall to bits after a few days solid wave sailing:
2. Apply Bag Balm, lanoline, cows udder cream or nipple hardener every night before bed (seriously, I did this 4 times a day in Mexico)
I am pretty sure "Hard Nipples Houston" was a character in MASH
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Well done guys thanks to everyone that helped finish off the clubhouse, just need to fill the fridge and we're away.
And guys just ignore those ignorant yobs from the north those wankas spend more time sailing than drinking.....................have you ever heard of anything so stupid?? They put the beach before the fridge!!!!!!! they keep fit while we're getting drunk..................well we can't help them, they're beyond help, sometimes hard decisions have to be made, sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind....................let the bastards suffer as they watch us crack another and another an uver a anuver an anuva.................puick................. belsch............. burp.............ahh that feels good
Select to expand quotehouston said..
How's this for another piece of trivia which will no doubt entice our northern friends to natter about how trivial we southerners really are
A solution for those who have hands that fall to bits after a few days solid wave sailing:
1. Rub hands with sand paper to build up thickness of skin especially now when there's no wind
2. Apply Bag Balm, lanoline, cows udder cream or nipple hardener every night before bed (seriously, I did this 4 times a day in Mexico)
3. When sailing don't grip the boom too hard.
4. When in the harness use your hands like you're playing the piano, keep them light on the boom.
5. When you're on the wave or getting out through the waves when not using the harness grip as much as you can with your fingers not your palm as it's the palm that cops most of the damage
6. Don't sail for too long in one go, split the day into 2 one and a half hour sessions.
I managed to get through 12 out of 14 days sailing without any major blisters that's a record for me
If that fails you'll just have to use up the udder cream you've purchased some other way...............
Anyone heading to Gerro in Oct should heed my advice and those that are not can have a good laugh
Houston. One word describes people who need to engage in such activities: SOFT.
Get s shovel or similar implement and use it to do something productive. Use a tool don't be one
If you can't find something to dig, pick, hammer,saw or chop. Give me a call. I have endless toughening up activities that need doing. I guarantee you will never have SOFTNESS problems again. You will save on sandpaper and won't grow nipples on your palms!
Or take up screen printing, I've never had blister problems on my hands......yet!! 
Well well just what I expected such horrible people............... since I retired and joined the clergy I've had an awful time stopping my hands getting soft 
I will though take on the advice you have given, I've already talked to the choir boys and told them we'll be digging, picking, hammering and screen printing well into the night.
I am not sure that digging, picking, hammering and screen printing are the activities that the clergy use to toughen their palms... to be honest.
Oregon's Exploding Whale - 1970 KATU (original re?:
The 29 year old skipper of this boat changed to 32" harness lines and stopped the Japs
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