Select to expand quotebyronmc said..
good to see my old 7.2m still going strong with its new owner
Doesn't go as fast though..
It's in retirement..People who knew the sail and see me from afar must think boy Byrons off form today..
Select to expand quoteGusTee said..
Is that a weedy on the Rocket?
Yes a Makani 38cm Hahahlua.
Please excuse my ignorance, but what is that blue machine on the water in your pics?
EDIT: cancel that request, just saw your post on the GPS Site. A WEED MUNCHER? didn't know there was such a machine! Cool
Personally I think any work to deal with the weed is quite pointless. This chain of lakes is virtually a closed system with the lake entrance, at ironically called the The Entrance, almost completely silted up. There is very little tidal flow in the lakes as evidenced by the almost comlete lack of tides at Canton Beach. Doesn't matter what time of day you go there, the water level is about the same. Heavy rainfall has more of an impact on water levels.
So over the years all the nutrients, garbage and crap that flow into the lake from the various rivers and creeks just end up in the lake. As a result the lake water becomes increasingly full of nutrients, ie dirty. Sea weed grows rapidly, especially in summer when the lakes heat up.
There was talk many years ago about opening the lake system near Budgewoi (between the golf corse and the new roundabout). A few ideas were brought up, pipes under the road, a rock channel and bridge etc, but wisely all were canned. Would be near impossible to keep it open on Budgy beach with all that sand movement. Anyway, the lakes have always had stinky weed problems, and always will. I remember in Primary half our school would march down to Canton and drag the loose weed up onto the bank. Then a backhoe would scoop it up. Now they got that fancy blue thingy. Does it collect the weed or simply shred it? I assume they sell it, as the Wyong council wouldn't spend a cent unless there was money to be made..
The weed is worse at the opposite end, the southern end of the lake. There is quite good parkland there but the water is inaccessible. A barrier of rotting weed around 10 meters wide blocks access to the lake. If you are foolish enough to try to walk through the weed, like I did once, you will sink to your thighs in rotting and foul smelling weed. Its disgusting.
I guess over the years NE seabreezes push the weed up that end of the lake where it sinks and rots.
Phil I don't know if they sell the weed. It would make a great fertilizer if the salt was leached out. However someone might get a fish hook in their foot when using it so perhaps public liability lawyers would put a stop to it.
helllllllloooooo, my understanding is, no, the council doesnt sell it, and its reason for such poor management in regards to a kazillion tonne of rotting weed, is they couldn't afford the tip fees, so current plan is to contract out the retrieval of surface weed, only so much, then they are going to trial it as fertilizer in local schools, the council have claimed its the cost associated with the dumping, not the retrieval, that is main reason for such a build up, me, i dont care, i only care about windsurfing the lake, so based on that, they should just leave it, birds seem to enjoy it, and over time, we will move on too a new spot, and continue to push the boundaries of physics, speed, human endurance......and bullcrap,,,,,,,,,,,,,no! I wont excuse your ignorance, and that blue thing you refer to, is in fact, my new speed boat, ha, im hoping to put some wheels on it, and go to a big pot plantation and just start munching!!!!!,,,,,,everytime i look up and see that 7.2 sailworks sail just flying around, i think, "wow!, Bryon is still improving, oh, its Sue", keep up the good work sue!
Select to expand quoteMilsy said..
helllllllloooooo, my understanding is, no, the council doesnt sell it, and its reason for such poor management in regards to a kazillion tonne of rotting weed, is they couldn't afford the tip fees, so current plan is to contract out the retrieval of surface weed, only so much, then they are going to trial it as fertilizer in local schools, the council have claimed its the cost associated with the dumping, not the retrieval, that is main reason for such a build up, me, i dont care, i only care about windsurfing the lake, so based on that, they should just leave it, birds seem to enjoy it, and over time, we will move on too a new spot, and continue to push the boundaries of physics, speed, human endurance......and bullcrap,,,,,,,,,,,,,no! I wont excuse your ignorance, and that blue thing you refer to, is in fact, my new speed boat, ha, im hoping to put some wheels on it, and go to a big pot plantation and just start munching!!!!!,,,,,,everytime i look up and see that 7.2 sailworks sail just flying around, i think, "wow!, Bryon is still improving, oh, its Sue", keep up the good work sue!
Select to expand quoteraftcrew said..
Man, Milsy really needs some wind....
I think all the locals do.. The sail I had that day may not have been that inspiring ( although 15 mins was nice) but it was great to be out on the water and it scratched the itch for this week. Now to get to work..
