SHQ Cruise to the Cerberus
Update:
Possibility for a downwider:
If the wind is over 15 knots and mainly blowing from the South, we will consider running the Cerberus Race as a downwinder. From Ricketts Point (Beaumaris) past the Cerberus to Sandringham breakwater.
The decision will be made in the early morning depending on conditions. Sign -up is still at the SHQ Kiosk at the bottom of Jetty Rd.
If we go ahead with the downwinder we will organise a car shuffle and use our Van to help transport gear up to Rickets Point. Should be lot’s of fun !
C you there !
More info: www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=61049
Late notice considering I'm still out at a birthday party. Either way I'll be there with BELLS ON!
Time to call a taxi.
I'm suprised the wind is still strong from the SW. Will be interesting to see if it goes SE by sun rise
or at least the event start time.
Hey DJ it was a great day.
Big thanks to Jonanthon who allowed us to try out all of his toys including the 14ft Pene, 12'6 Starboard Pin and 12'6 Starboard Cruiser. The Pene was my fav for the day its lightening fast in the flat and a serious weapon. I offered to load it onto my car twice to save Jonathon the trouble of storing it. He did loan me his 12'6 Starboard Cruiser.
The Naish Mana 10ft soft top was a real surprise. I have to say it was fast to paddle in the flat, it kick turns on a dime and I have to say it was really impresive as a beginers / family board. I believe it would surf pretty well too. Great value at 999 IMO.
The Cabrina 11'6 was also a really nice board, it has higher performance rails and a lot of V in the tail I believe it would surf really well.
A fun day was had by all.
Phill
So who won that big fat trophy..... Lummers, Cammo or someone else?
I was thinking about the pene the other day, when Johnothan had it out - and no disrespect intended - but even though it's only a year or so old it just seems like one of those old school racing board to me (like they used to use in the olden days). Similar to wearing the red and blue glasses to watch 3D movies and then Avatar comes out with a new way of watching them.
Which just goes to show how fast things are moving in the sup construction business.
No race at all today Oliver. The weather looked quite ominous and the only safe call was to cancel. Typically, the day turned out much nicer within an hour or so of the cancellation, but by then we were down on the marina test driving every board that SHQ (and Jonathan) had to offer.
Did anyone attempt a downwinder later in the arvo?
I was about 80km away, and it was glassy where I was between 7:00am and 10:am - no wind at all, I took my 14" for a surf in the 1ft bumps before the strong Easterly started blowing around 10:00am. I thought the race would be on for sure.
Melbourne weather is just plain weird - kind of like that movie that I watched last night - Hide and Seek - that scared the bejesus out of me.
A few pics from today.
Maybe we should have done the Cereberus race in the Sandy Marina.. 
DJ
Conditions look almost perfect in those 3 pics. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, looking at all those amped up paddlers maybe you should have just done it.
