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new secret spot on map of Tassi

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Created by pingu > 9 months ago, 24 Oct 2008
pingu
TAS, 40 posts
24 Oct 2008 12:16PM
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Using only basic surfing equipment (2 helicopters, 90 ft trawler and half a dozen jet skis but no "meat trucks")Mr Carroll and Mr Clarke Jones have pioneered a new spot on the map of Tassi. Photos of their adventure made the front page of The Mercury (themercury.com.au) and are to be screened on Sixty Minutes this Sunday night. To have your own secret spot receive international exposure please contact the program.

Unlike "shipsterns" this spot is probably very sailable as it is a very very windy location. The remoteness, cold water and need for a 90 foot boat will probably keep the crowds small.

Pottssy
QLD, 136 posts
6 Nov 2008 2:36PM
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To score that day without wind is pretty rare. Amazing looking place.




Pottssy
QLD, 136 posts
6 Nov 2008 2:38PM
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More images.....





Al McLeod
VIC, 633 posts
6 Nov 2008 7:31PM
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gotta get jason down there!!

stehsegler
WA, 3466 posts
6 Nov 2008 5:57PM
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does it go cross off?

Pottssy
QLD, 136 posts
6 Nov 2008 7:36PM
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Yes it would go cross off. I don't know 100% what the perfect wind direction is yet but as I understand it the wave breaks heading N. W to NW would be cross off. That means the prevailing winter winds would combine perfectly with the big swells.

This is just word of mouth so don't take it as gospel. I need to get back to Tassie to talk to some people about it.

nobbie
WA, 44 posts
6 Nov 2008 6:50PM
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stehsegler could drive the ski and wind warrior Kev could sail it.
You guys are full of it if you think your sailing there.

Boris
261 posts
6 Nov 2008 7:10PM
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Pottssy said...

Yes it would go cross off. I don't know 100% what the perfect wind direction is yet but as I understand it the wave breaks heading N. W to NW would be cross off. That means the prevailing winter winds would combine perfectly with the big swells.

This is just word of mouth so don't take it as gospel. I need to get back to Tassie to talk to some people about it.




Are you Kremlin/Koosie/Black Dog in disguise?

Pottssy
QLD, 136 posts
6 Nov 2008 8:25PM
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No I am not in disguise...... I love it when people tell me I can't do stuff - Keep it coming! Its gonna be all that much sweeter when I post photos of the Tas crew dropin in on it!

Jamesy
QLD, 30 posts
6 Nov 2008 8:53PM
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those waves are epic!!!!!!!

can't wiat until I am down in tassie for 4 years at uni! there are so many cool places to go windsurfing!!

James

REAL
14 posts
6 Nov 2008 8:40PM
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Tassie crew dropin in on it! Yeah we all believe you

Pottssy
QLD, 136 posts
6 Nov 2008 10:10PM
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Orrrr....please believe me... hahaha

stehsegler
WA, 3466 posts
6 Nov 2008 10:20PM
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nobbie said...

stehsegler could drive the ski and wind warrior Kev could sail it.
You guys are full of it if you think your sailing there.


never said I am stupid enough to windsurf there... just asked if goes cross off...

Wet Willy
TAS, 2316 posts
7 Nov 2008 1:11AM
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That wave is ridiculous!!!!

That's the kind of spot you don't need to keep secret, cos Polakow and Pottssy are probably the only 2 people in the world who would be loony enough to sail it!

I mean that with all due respect...

eyeMhardcor
255 posts
7 Nov 2008 8:27AM
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Secret spot my arse. I told tc and rcj about it. I've been sailing there since the 60's. It's only about 6 hours from shore. I sailed out there by myself and was cutting sick way before the safety of jetski's and boats. The first day I sailed it it was a least double as big as those photo's and I wasn't shoulder hopping like those girls.

Boris
261 posts
7 Nov 2008 12:07PM
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eyeMhardcor said...

Secret spot my arse. I told tc and rcj about it. I've been sailing there since the 60's. It's only about 6 hours from shore. I sailed out there by myself and was cutting sick way before the safety of jetski's and boats. The first day I sailed it it was a least double as big as those photo's and I wasn't shoulder hopping like those girls.


thats nothing. I swam my gear out there (and it only took me 4 hours) because it wasn't windy enough. I rigged it up in the water and then sailed it.

60 Minutes ran out of tape just as Tom and Ross were starting to talk about how awesome they think I am. Might give them a call this arvo, put it on speaker phone and let them tell me again. They'll probably want to toss a coin to see who gets to go first.

ka222
VIC, 633 posts
7 Nov 2008 4:27PM
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Hey John
when we sat down yesterday and were talking about what it would take to sail this place, I hadnt seen these photos yet!!!

Ahhhh yeah it is PRETTY big!! hahaha

Wet Willy
TAS, 2316 posts
8 Nov 2008 12:44AM
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eyeMhardcor said...

Secret spot my arse. I told tc and rcj about it. I've been sailing there since the 60's. It's only about 6 hours from shore. I sailed out there by myself and was cutting sick way before the safety of jetski's and boats. The first day I sailed it it was a least double as big as those photo's and I wasn't shoulder hopping like those girls.


The 60s? You must've been on one of the Schweitzer prototypes, with the removable daggerboard (or weren't they invented yet?), tie-on wooden boom, the whole shebang...much respect, man...so how did that old gear hold up in quadruple mast-high waves and 40+ knot winds, anyhow?

Bet it went like a dream...



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