The forecast looks dodgy, but will the pit or Inverloch work at all on 7m freeride gear? I've heard that Sandy Point is usually windier than forecasts. A beginning teabagger on a 12m kite is also coming. What can we expect?
Cheers.
Heading down tomorrow - expecting it to be 5m or 5.7m freestyle weather according to Windguru (apply the modification that Matt put up)
Planning first trip to Sandy tomorrow. What is the 'no-no' bottom line wind direction at Sandy ? (no records to beat, just steep, painful but still exiting learning curve).
Thanks.
5.5 - 6.5 was the go today, from about 2pm onwards. tomorrow probably Green Point about 11am.
The wind was crappy Saturday, boozed on at Fish Creek. Left at Midday Sunday. Didn't get the board wet apart from the crazy rain we had to drive through. Still not a bad road trip
Wind arrived 1pm Sunday, dropped out for 30 minutes in the afternoon, but all up a great day at Sandy Point - about 4 hours on a 5.7.
On Monday afternoon we discovered that the suggestion that "any wind works at Sany Point" is not true!
No wind doesn't work at all.
i sailed with my 5.4 alpha all day yesterday at rye and a few times i was over powered, cant believe you guys had no wind at the pit
jermalden,
what time were you there??? We must have just missed you.
We sailed there from about 10 am til 2 pm and it was windy but not 40 kts!
More like 15-20 with the odd 25 kt gust...it also backed off to absolutely nothing at one stage there, so I spent a nice 15 minutes bobbing around with not enough of a puff to waterstart.
It did seem to hold its direction quite well tho'
sunday was pretty sick in the waves across from the inlet at sandy point. solid 20-25 knots and a small fun swell. probably the most crowded i have ever seen it.
Almost at the end of the chaos - never, ever (and I mean it - ever) moving house again. Or dropping a sprog in the middle of the season. Terrible timing on my wife's part. What you upto Sunday Mick?
Sick Aerials Al! I'd heard they were looking good!
Was a great session, definitely worth the drive down. So good I hear some of you didn't leave until 9:30
Hopefully we can get more of the same this weekend!
thanks fletch.
friday and saturday are definitely going to be good down there again. hopefully they will finally have the comp in some decent conditions.
