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Manly today

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Created by brad1 > 9 months ago, 27 Sep 2009
brad1
QLD, 232 posts
27 Sep 2009 7:10PM
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Turned up to Manly for the race meet to an empty car park! Guess I must have missed something along the way. There was a couple of others there as well, guessing everybody's gone to wello in the westerly, the arvo was ticking away so rigged up and had a great time, yeah, a bit gusty but not too nasty, good flat water just by the rock wall of the harbour and heading down to Lota Creek (i think thats what it is) Good day out!

sonic
QLD, 756 posts
27 Sep 2009 8:12PM
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Is this Brad who sails at the Gold Coast with a carbon fetish and a fear of Barbers?


If so well worth the trip nobody had a good sail on the coast, i went seaworld side.......nothing at 11am got to wello 12.15 on the water fully over powered on 6.7, nice dirty water......great wind, car park chokker

brad1
QLD, 232 posts
27 Sep 2009 8:18PM
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Yeah mate, thats me, Had the 6.2 on and over powered at times but only in the sharp gusts

sonic
QLD, 756 posts
27 Sep 2009 8:56PM
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never seen so many turtles nice to know the bay is healthy and well, is it just me or are there plenty around....anyone????

NotWal
QLD, 7428 posts
27 Sep 2009 10:50PM
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sonic said...

never seen so many turtles nice to know the bay is healthy and well, is it just me or are there plenty around....anyone????


I hope they have a good appetite for jelly fish.

hooray
QLD, 335 posts
28 Sep 2009 11:22AM
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Julien and Ray having fun at Manly. Notice Julien's 10/10 gybe.











hooray
QLD, 335 posts
28 Sep 2009 11:38AM
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Photos by Belinda






sausage
QLD, 4873 posts
28 Sep 2009 12:13PM
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Hooray,
That's a pretty rocky beach you have to launch from?

PS - great photos too.

Richiefish
QLD, 5610 posts
28 Sep 2009 12:59PM
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Maybe some day Julien will be fast enough to get ahead of you Ray .

Racing was cancelled due to safety concerns due to strong gusty off shore wind. If anyone had broken something they would of ended up at Moreton Island !!With only one start/rescue boat, racing would have come to a grinding halt.. Most went to Wello where it was full on bump and jump on one side of the sand spit, and flat water speed city on the other side.

club309
QLD, 66 posts
28 Sep 2009 1:13PM
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sausage, you actually launch from a set of stairs that goes down the rock breakwall.

hooray
QLD, 335 posts
28 Sep 2009 1:39PM
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Sausage, I wasn't launching, that was my gybe.
Richie, Julian will never be faster than me on my camera.
The race committe did the right thing by cancelling racing, the wind was up and down all afternoon.

jusavina
QLD, 1462 posts
29 Sep 2009 10:52PM
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Thanks to Belinda for the great pics!
It was a nice day with some decent breeze at last
Next time, we should organize an unofficial mega downwind with few marks to jibe from Manly to Wello (don't mind about the return...).





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