Select to expand quoteHardcarve1 said..
Plenty of times, you get to see the gusts fronts coming over the bay so you can head in or out depending on the wind. Red beach is also good with an incoming tide if on low tide and Pebble and Bongaree are low on water, it has some good chop with tide into wind and the chance to go out to Gilligans if your brave.
am sailing with my 10 yo son so not keen to launch at bongaree or red beach this time. prob too much water moving around for him.
Select to expand quoteGestalt said..Hardcarve1 said..
Plenty of times, you get to see the gusts fronts coming over the bay so you can head in or out depending on the wind. Red beach is also good with an incoming tide if on low tide and Pebble and Bongaree are low on water, it has some good chop with tide into wind and the chance to go out to Gilligans if your brave.
am sailing with my 10 yo son so not keen to launch at bongaree or red beach this time. prob too much water moving around for him.
Then Pebble is the best place to go probably better than anywhere. You can get some nice long runs in as you can walk back from hundreds of meters out so is a safe as. Don't be worried about heading out from the beach when he gets better, some nice sandy areas away from the beach.
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Do I see a Fangy fin in one of the boards in the top photo?
Yes sue. There is some serious fangy love happening amongst our crew
using the shallow fins has added an hour or more of flat water glory to sailing at sandstone
cheets Jeff
ps mine arrived yesterday. Waiting for wind and low tide,,,,, a change from waiting for wind and high tide
They sure seem to be the goods! Im stacking away some $$ for a 28FF. Think i will go the custom chopped n glassed model. I love tweakin things. Had some great reviews from around this Great Southern Land. Will be able to hunt the shallows n extend the runs with all the lightweight,small fin GB crew.
ALL HAIL FANGMAN..
Select to expand quoteHardcarve1 said..Gestalt said..Hardcarve1 said..
Plenty of times, you get to see the gusts fronts coming over the bay so you can head in or out depending on the wind. Red beach is also good with an incoming tide if on low tide and Pebble and Bongaree are low on water, it has some good chop with tide into wind and the chance to go out to Gilligans if your brave.
am sailing with my 10 yo son so not keen to launch at bongaree or red beach this time. prob too much water moving around for him.
Then Pebble is the best place to go probably better than anywhere. You can get some nice long runs in as you can walk back from hundreds of meters out so is a safe as. Don't be worried about heading out from the beach when he gets better, some nice sandy areas away from the beach.
Where's Pebble Beach?
@Gestalt: It's sail-able in any decent wind without too much north/offshore. So pretty much from WSW around to NNE you'll get away with it in decent wind. In lighter Wally World winds (<10kn) you can easy sail in any wind direction, but just remember that if something fails in a northerly, and the tide is high enough, you're going to be ditching your rig and paddling in on your board.
the whole of the bribie area is pretty under rated for windsurfing. definitely works in any wind.
Yeah, we're a bit spoilt. Turner's Camp is good for NW round to E as well, but it can get a bit dirty sometimes and there's a lot more boat traffic than Sandstone.
Interesting session in the South Wester yesterday.
28 knot gust as Tony and I walked out at low tide, then about 5 after one planning run out.
Set the tone for the day. umpteen board and sail changes and none of them the right one ( except for Pope John, who is always planning ).
Adam spent the day on sitting the beach and wouldn't even go and get us beers.
Where were the rest of the regulars? Gardening, ironing pleats (again)????
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Interesting session in the South Wester yesterday.
28 knot gust as Tony and I walked out at low tide, then about 5 after one planning run out.
Set the tone for the day. umpteen board and sail changes and none of them the right one ( except for Pope John, who is always planning ).
Adam spent the day on sitting the beach and wouldn't even go and get us beers.
Where were the rest of the regulars? Gardening, ironing pleats (again)????
I was at a wedding dreaming of windsurfing.
Sulking at home with the fire going watching the footy because of the wind forecast being a dud and it being frikkin cold and I'm soft 
Select to expand quotePaddles B'mere said..
Sulking at home with the fire going watching the footy because of the wind forecast being a dud and it being frikkin cold and I'm soft
Yep I'm with you
available tue wed fri sat sun if wind comes good
Johnny B has been sailing Jeff, but it's been fickle with it gusting over 15 for an hour or two and then dropping back.
Yo Sandstoners! Whats going on? No posts since May 15. Have you sailed off the flat earth?
^^ Hmmm, silence from the great southern tribe. Maybe theyre all sulking? No wind can do strange things to a sailor.
Bahha! I went and got a job. That's really stuffed my time on the water.
At least when the wind isn't blowing on my day's off, I can go fishing. (Which has always' been the case).
Brad will be laughing when he reads this.
Really hoping for a few days light, Wally weather from Thursday arv - through Friday and Saturday.
From the ugly windless wintery depths the DAG emerges. Welcome back mate!! Any good fish??
What a real job?? Sounds serious... Hope your health is getting back online. What of the rest of the Sandstone tribe?? Not a murmur.....
Weekend is showing some potential.
I have been a few times, with all my friends, and I have proof on the latest Nearmap Aerial image in the area too.
Was desperate and went to the Surf side for a SUP last Sunday, but wasn't enough swell even for a paddle. Went for a ride along the beach instead.
Suffer in your Jocks Dag's.......
Let me know when you are up and running and I will come in to see what else I can spend my pocket money on.
So, from what I understand,
Bone's has more Brownie points than he will ever need.
JIrvan is flying all over the country attending random strangers weddings, and has become a Lumberjack.
Adam is actually working for a change.
Even Pope John's number are way down.
And Paddles is looking good for qualifying for the next Comm games..........in Netball.
Hopefully catch up on the weekend.
Brad dont say too much about the weekend. Its been months since any real fun. Dont want to scare it away.
This weekend's looking good. Maybe tomorrow ave, late, for a warmup on the Wally.
Friday and Saturday are going to hurt.
All ready for you to throw some money at me Brad. The Missus is not going to like this one (yours, Or mine).
Olskool- I'm definitely better mate, but a long way from "Match Fit".
Some good mixed bag reefy's off the cape a couple of weekend's with the perfect weather for that.
Who else is in for the weekend? Perfect neap tide's for Sandstone too. Sunday's are work from now on though.
Dags there should be some nice Squire at those parallel rockbars off sandstone at this time of year. Unweighted baits n Rougher conditions work better.
Nice to meet some of the crew at Sandstone today but you guys have to bulldoze some parking space! Maybe cancelling all the kid party picnics would help also.
I went across to Bongaree which looked encouraging, into the car park furthest south. A 7.6 on my 140 litre board provided a bit of exercise and when the tide went into full ebb, the increase in apparent got me planing occasionally.
Riding the standing waves was fun, more surfing than sailing really. I will be back!
I was silly enough to not put my windSUP on the car on saturday so just gossiped in the park with the boys and didn't end up sailing. Sunday arvo it blew up after about 1400 and Johnny B got to sail past a slogging Bradley heaps of times while I stayed at home and pretended to be warm. Today looked effing fantastic on the forecast and the sky was blue as well, I put the windSUP on the car as a "plan B" and was glad I did, great windSUP conditions. Now waiting to see what tomorrow brings.
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I was silly enough to not put my windSUP on the car on saturday so just gossiped in the park with the boys and didn't end up sailing. Sunday arvo it blew up after about 1400 and Johnny B got to sail past a slogging Bradley heaps of times while I stayed at home and pretended to be warm. Today looked effing fantastic on the forecast and the sky was blue as well, I put the windSUP on the car as a "plan B" and was glad I did, great windSUP conditions. Now waiting to see what tomorrow brings.
We had a bit of excitement with an unexpected visitor after you left John. Dags to the rescue....
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