There has been more wind than we could hope for this weekend and I guess I'm not the only very tired sailboarder recovering this evening. Busy day at Lagoon on Saturday morning, with afternoon sailing at Bell Buoy. On Sunday there were sailors at Lagoon, East and Bell Buoy. These are some photos from the weekend.
Copious gear on the grass
Peak hour
Geoff
Steve's first short board outing
Chris
The new East Beach tree sculpture. WOW !
There are 3 more trees to sculpt.
If anyone sees the sculpture at work, lets ask for a sailboarder
Alan & Chris
Alan
Chris heading to melbourne for a coffee
Alan & Jason
Alan, Chis & Jason
Me
Great pictures, what an awesome weekend... not aven any rain.
Is the second lot East beach today?, that looks really good!
Select to expand quotebearhoover said..
Great pictures, what an awesome weekend... not aven any rain.
Is the second lot East beach today?, that looks really good!
yes East beach was lots of fun.
Nice one Gill & northern boys. Good to see another crazy female out in the cold stuff
Select to expand quoteKazza said..
Nice one Gill & northern boys. Good to see another crazy female out in the cold stuff
My 4.5 suit is so toasty its even got what looks like a wooly jumper on the inside.
I may need to do something about my head over the coming months, but this weekend the water was pretty warm up north.
The sunshine made the difference.
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My 4.5 suit is so toasty its even got what looks like a wooly jumper on the inside.
Is that an O'Neil Psycho? That's what I've got and it looks wooly inside as well and very toastie.
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I have to admit I let Alan select my winter wet suits, under the instruction that they are the warmest I can get.
It is an O'neil Psycho Ultraflex 5.4 firewall, good for Tassie winter sailing.
I think we get slightly warmer conditions up North than you do down South, but last year I managed to sail right through winter in it.
Sessions got shorter as the weather got colder though. I need to do something about the wind chill factor on my head this year. I don't have a helmet yet. Do the Gath hats keep your head much warmer and has anyone got any solution for frozen fingers in winter, apart from frequently blasting them with a breath of hot air. Hopefully we should have a few more slightly warmer sails to go this year.
We have booked to go to Lord Howe in August to shorten the chilly sailing season.
Lord Howe has been fantastic the last few years, and never short of wind. So sad that they are closing shop after this year.
Any Tassie sailors keen. A few pictures to inspire.
Looks so pretty. Sorry but heading to Green Island this year for the Nats.
Gill - I'll always stick with the Psycho's, their the best!!
I wear my Gath (newer model) in winter and it keeps my head warm and I bought some Ion mittens from Damo down south here (with the palms cut out to stop that forearm cramp). They work really well for toasty fingers.
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Looks pretty awesome Gillian is that a good wave out the back on the reef?
A spot to sail small waves is behind the island in the lagoon where a channel goes out to the ocean. You can see it in the first chop hop photo. The reef is very shallow elsewhere. The last wave shot is of Neds beach, on the no reef side of the island, on a very windy day. Alan was the only one to try sailing waves here. It was too scarey, rocky & far too windy for me, 35+ knots from memory. This is what it looked like at Neds out to sea.
Gill
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Looks pretty hairy
It would be a walk in the park for a BOL legend like yourself.
Iit probably wasnt the best choice of locations that day. When I looked at it earlier in the day I am sure it was more cross on rather than straight onshore but I had probably just had a morning coffee and was feeling a little to optimistic. It turned out that I was still a little underdone on sail area which was a bad thing in such onshore conditions. Still it was a fun little outing but I only stayed out long enough for a few photos. It wasnt really difficult sailing conditions close in but I had no idea what the rips were doing and there is a lot of bommies that could do some damage to the monofilm.
Back in the eighties there must have been a keen wavesailing crew on the island because the hire shed has some classic boards hanging in the rafters. I am sure a bit of local knowledge would be really useful when tackling those reef waves, a bit of jet ski back up would be good too.
Select to expand quoteAl Planet said..houston said..
Looks pretty hairy
It would be a walk in the park for a BOL legend like yourself.
It probably wasnt the best choice of locations that day. When I looked at it earlier in the day I am sure it was more cross on rather than straight onshore but I had probably just had a morning coffee and was feeling a little to optimistic. It turned out that I was still a little underdone on sail area which was a bad thing in such onshore conditions. Still it was a fun little outing but I only stayed out long enough for a few photos. It wasnt really difficult sailing conditions close in but I had no idea what the rips were doing and there is a lot of bommies that could do some damage to the monofilm.
Back in the eighties there must have been a keen wavesailing crew on the island because the hire shed has some classic boards hanging in the rafters. I am sure a bit of local knowledge would be really useful when tackling those reef waves, a bit of jet ski back up would be good too.
I want to again, it great and Tax is keen to sort out a group booking. It more fun when you do it in a group
