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This is dedication

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Created by mr love > 9 months ago, 31 Dec 2008
mr love
VIC, 2375 posts
31 Dec 2008 4:32PM
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Next time you Queenslanders are down at the Pit for a speed session and start compaining about the cold, spare a thought for these blokes..
Canadian KA Distributor Markus Koloska just sent me this. It,s himself and his mate out for a sail on a pleasant Vancouver sunny winters day.

Here,s what he had to say...

Hey, I bet things are a little warmer in your world.

Here are a couple of pix of myself and my KA team buddy sailing 2005 3.7 Kaos and 5.3 Kult sails (awaiting the 09 quiver ;) ) on one of our spots in Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada. The 3.7 day was minus 3C and gusting to a chilly outflow NE40 knots and the associated windchill. Minor slippery spots on the boom and leetch, otherwise no probs and an awesome day.

However, when it dropped to minus 5C I had spray/ocean water freezing on the sail at only 20-22 knots (go figure) and it turned the sail into an unwieldly piece of plywood and I could barely waterstart, had to dip the sail to thaw and get going again. Ergo: pack things in at around minus 4 regardless of wind speeds :)

<<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>>
On that last day one of my eyelids froze shut too, another sign it's maybe time to come in, haha. Markus


I guess that white stuff on the ground and hills isn't sand !

Wineman
NSW, 1412 posts
31 Dec 2008 4:44PM
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MAD....BAD... & DESPERATE

easty
TAS, 2213 posts
31 Dec 2008 5:16PM
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You'd want to have your gybes dialled! Makes Tassie in winter seem tropical.

knot board
QLD, 1241 posts
31 Dec 2008 4:21PM
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That's the go, it's 36 37 38 deg in the shade here today
mmmmmmm, icey cold goodness

P.C_simpson
NSW, 1489 posts
31 Dec 2008 5:42PM
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looks hell windy though, i'd prob join them for a sail..

windwarning
VIC, 600 posts
31 Dec 2008 6:50PM
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those guys in Canada get good wind over there tho who cares about the cold the main thing is wind.

evlPanda
NSW, 9203 posts
31 Dec 2008 7:19PM
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1. Those guys had huge balls.

2. They should move ...anywhere.


easty
TAS, 2213 posts
31 Dec 2008 7:29PM
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Well, for the first day of the year our (Hobart) forecast is for 15 degrees, windy with mountain snow. When is summer coming

jp747
1553 posts
31 Dec 2008 6:26PM
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just by looking at their pic my eardrums are starting to hurt but i wouldn't care much if i had the right equipment

windwarning
VIC, 600 posts
31 Dec 2008 8:28PM
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EASTY SAID

Well, for the first day of the year our (Hobart) forecast is for 15 degrees, windy with mountain snow. When is summer coming

me windwarning
you tassie dudes get more wind than any other place in australia. least ya have wind over there to windsurf in everyday i have to move to tassie.

sailpilot
QLD, 783 posts
31 Dec 2008 9:14PM
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Looks like hypothermia central. Gotta give creed to those guys tho, I'll happily keep my 15 to 25 kn wind with 25 degrees water temp


Oh, and Mr Love. Would love to try the Pit one day. Which two weeks of the year do you call Summer

pierrec45
NSW, 2005 posts
31 Dec 2008 10:43PM
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Worst is that Vancouver is BY VERY FAR the warmest place in Canada... It's basically hot compared to the rest.

NotWal
QLD, 7428 posts
31 Dec 2008 9:57PM
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pierrec45 said...

Worst is that Vancouver is BY VERY FAR the warmest place in Canada... It's basically hot compared to the rest.



Doesn't Nova Scotia get the Gulf Stream/North Atlantic Drift?

I'm surprised that they can sail bare faced in minus 4. The wind chill must be pretty bad.

pierrec45
NSW, 2005 posts
1 Jan 2009 2:56AM
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NotWal said...
Doesn't Nova Scotia get the Gulf Stream/North Atlantic Drift?

Am told water much colder there in the winter, donno.

I'm surprised that they can sail bare faced in minus 4. The wind chill must be pretty bad.

I sail in pretty friggin' chilly waters in the Great Lakes, up to later October early November - no winter equipment. Worst by far are fingers, toes are OK with good booties. Drysuits take care of the rest.

Face is never a problem, and isn't in general on the street down to about -30C.

But now at -15C with thick ice and lotsa snow, it's really hard to fathom we'll be sailing again comes March end, in just 3 months.

firiebob
WA, 3157 posts
1 Jan 2009 11:21AM
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evlPanda said...

1. Those guys had huge balls.

2. They should move ...anywhere.





Them or their balls EP
In that weather they'd be like glass marbles

lalalamort
NSW, 160 posts
1 Jan 2009 2:22PM
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pierrec45 said...

Worst is that Vancouver is BY VERY FAR the warmest place in Canada... It's basically hot compared to the rest.



Could be hte warmest in winter but not in summer



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