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Created by Rad Lad > 9 months ago, 13 Nov 2008
Rad Lad
226 posts
13 Nov 2008 1:48PM
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Thought you speedies would like this:



hardie
WA, 4083 posts
13 Nov 2008 1:54PM
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What I'd do to sail in those conditions

Bender
WA, 2224 posts
13 Nov 2008 2:00PM
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hardie said...

What I'd do to sail in those conditions



I would wear a helmet though. Bit close to hard stuff like rocks.
Definatley not safe for Elmo's

hardie
WA, 4083 posts
13 Nov 2008 2:02PM
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Bender said...

hardie said...

What I'd do to sail in those conditions



I would wear a helmet though. Bit close to hard stuff like rocks.
Definatley not safe for Elmo's




It'd never happen but imagine building something like that on the Peel estuary covering winter storms and the summer seabreezes

Bender
WA, 2224 posts
13 Nov 2008 2:12PM
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hardie said...

Bender said...

hardie said...

What I'd do to sail in those conditions



I would wear a helmet though. Bit close to hard stuff like rocks.
Definatley not safe for Elmo's




It'd never happen but imagine building something like that on the Peel estuary covering winter storms and the summer seabreezes




BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sausage
QLD, 4873 posts
13 Nov 2008 4:59PM
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Out of interest how long is the West Kirby strip (too lazy to go on Google Earth)?

Also would sailing higher than the beach* and wall (compress & therefore) increase windspeed around the optimum zone of the sail?


*the word "beach" used figuratively in this instance

ka72
QLD, 580 posts
13 Nov 2008 7:42PM
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longest point is around 950m, along the wall would probably be a bit shorter

izaak
TAS, 1973 posts
13 Nov 2008 9:29PM
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i would love to have that as my home spot but i love where i sail

izaak
TAS, 1973 posts
13 Nov 2008 9:32PM
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firiebob
WA, 3145 posts
13 Nov 2008 7:35PM
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izaak said...

i would love to have that as my home spot but i love where i sail




Hey Junior you have it pretty good now

Annie H
3 posts
13 Nov 2008 10:01PM
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hardie said...

Bender said...

hardie said...

What I'd do to sail in those conditions



I would wear a helmet though. Bit close to hard stuff like rocks.
Definatley not safe for Elmo's




It'd never happen but imagine building something like that on the Peel estuary covering winter storms and the summer seabreezes



Start building Hardie, one rock at a time, slowly slowly and no-one will notice, then one day there it is, "Hardie's Speed Run".

It's doable (is that really a word?) a big pile of rocks & a dinghy, it's possible
Once it's there how can they get rid of it?

BundyBear
NSW, 325 posts
14 Nov 2008 12:30AM
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how to finance it
www.gps-speedsurfing.com/default.aspx?mnu=forum&forum=1&val=10053

i think we just need someone with a bulldozer to modify hardies, could solve some of the problems of random limestone through the run too

evets
WA, 685 posts
13 Nov 2008 11:02PM
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I think someone has already started putting rocks in hardies

grumplestiltskin
WA, 2331 posts
14 Nov 2008 7:22AM
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check with Elmo, he seems to located most of the rocks.
Now all you need to do is start collecting them.

elmo
WA, 8732 posts
14 Nov 2008 7:47AM
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We need Mineral to come down with one of his tonka toys, they are all quite firmly attached to all the rest of the limestone in the area

mineral1
WA, 4564 posts
14 Nov 2008 9:45AM
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elmo said...

We need Mineral to come down with one of his tonka toys, they are all quite firmly attached to all the rest of the limestone in the area


D11r with a set of swamp tracks would sort it out I reckon.One with a coal blade Couple of runs through the area on a low tide day, would sort im out proper.
Will have to get a few beaters in front to scare all the coblers and crabs away so we dont squashem Then again, Elmo would probabaly prefere we squashed a few coblers

elmo
WA, 8732 posts
14 Nov 2008 9:48AM
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mineral1 said...

elmo said...

We need Mineral to come down with one of his tonka toys, they are all quite firmly attached to all the rest of the limestone in the area


D11r with a set of swamp tracks would sort it out I reckon.One with a coal blade Couple of runs through the area on a low tide day, would sort im out proper.
Will have to get a few beaters in front to scare all the coblers and crabs away so we dont squashem Then again, Elmo would probabaly prefere we squashed a few coblers


wonder if we could sneak one of your wee tonkas out there with the excuse of cleaning up some of the scummy algea?

Bender
WA, 2224 posts
14 Nov 2008 9:52AM
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elmo said...

mineral1 said...

elmo said...

We need Mineral to come down with one of his tonka toys, they are all quite firmly attached to all the rest of the limestone in the area


D11r with a set of swamp tracks would sort it out I reckon.One with a coal blade Couple of runs through the area on a low tide day, would sort im out proper.
Will have to get a few beaters in front to scare all the coblers and crabs away so we dont squashem Then again, Elmo would probabaly prefere we squashed a few coblers


wonder if we could sneak one of your wee tonkas out there with the excuse of cleaning up some of the scummy algea?


This sounds doable. Hardie seems to be in with the local authorities. perhaps we could propose that to make the area safer for all users crabbers and sailers alike we need to clear out all the rocks. Enter mineral and his big tonka truck.

sick_em_rex
NSW, 1600 posts
14 Nov 2008 12:06PM
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sausage said...

Out of interest how long is the West Kirby strip (too lazy to go on Google Earth)?

Also would sailing higher than the beach* and wall (compress & therefore) increase windspeed around the optimum zone of the sail?


*the word "beach" used figuratively in this instance


Sausage where the photos and some of the video is taken from is the sand flat of the beach that is there at West Kirby. It's very tidal and obviously that was taken at low tide. Therefore I doubt the different height would make much of a difference as if you came back a few hours later the same photographer would be up to his waist in water and the ocean height would be only a foot or so lower than the lake height. There is the possibility the wind going over the rock wall could accelerate due to compression though I guess...a la an aerofoil type effect, although I thought that would be more approiate if the surface the wind was trevelling over was smooth.



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