Vicci Point Pirates

Pity not a good tide for VP being late in the day but Mon and Tues late arvo may be ok if wind kicks in. Then maybe early morning later in the week, will have to wait and see what develops ......

Got a short sail in today but weed was terrible. Big clumps especially down towards the creek and it stinks as well. Not nice. Might have to look seriously at a weed fin! Looks good tomorrow arvo, but will be a late one to catch the tide.
More and more boats getting moored at Thompsons!
Also I see the council or someone is going to construct two rock walls/groynes in an effort to retain the sandy beach. Hope it doesn't restrict our sail area??

Arrggghh me hearties....
The wind lived up to willy's forecast 7.3 then 6 then 5m weather.
I measured the wind at 25 with gusts to 27 and it only kept getting stronger.
The Vicci point pirates came out of the woodwork for the big one as expected.
there were as many sailors as kites- and it was bloody busy out the front.
The little blobs of black weed were there just to add some interest too.
Some booty left behind after - big Nobby Phillips screwdriver and a yellow downhaul cleat. I have the driver and Greg has the downhaul cleat.
I'll have to check the wind in the morning and decide whether to have a morning or afternoon sail-or both-??
I started out on the 7.3 and after an hour or so I came in for a spell and a bunch of buccaneers were rigging 6's and 5.5's
I went out again after changing to a weed fin and the breeze kicked in.
A shorter session and then came in to changed to a 5.7 and by the time I finished rigging the others came in to change down boards or sails. I went out anyway and got slapped around for a while and then knocked off for the day. Should have rigged 5.2 and used the 95l bump and jump. Maybe tomorrow..

Wo hoo!!! It came in late but it come in.
Where was everybody?
like yesterday but without the BIG gusts, I sailed 6.6 fully powered up on the 128 x76 w slalom wth weed fin and then changed down to 95 x 59w b&j .
I ran out of puff before the wind did (as usual)
only four of us out there and no kites?????
Where was everybody??

We must pay more rates here......??

That's pretty good none the less Pete. I'm guessing it wasn't dead flat either.

Hit that flat stuff on a day like that mate you'll be getting a good PB.

"Where was everyone?"
I know- working, mowing the lawn for brownie points....
only two of us out and the wind built till it was about 20 kts in the gusts, I had 7.8 blade on my slalom and Jinx was trying out a new 5.7 severne wave sail.
High tide and breeze, who could ask for more?

What's happened to the forecast?

How good is a northerly. 6.7 on the 118 super sport. Fully lit up, on the edge of control. Such fun. Pinging back and forward between Pt. Halloran and Coochie.

Just me, no weed.

Hey Dazza, you'll want a freeride board 150 to 170 litres and anywhere up from 80cm wide. This will be nice and stable for you to tack and uphaul and will still get up and boogie with the right power. If you're sailing with Pete, get him to compare where you are at with your sailing with where Adam and myself (his Bribie apprentices) are at and that'll help with your purchase. Adam is using Pete's old 140L Naish that's under 80cm wide, he's your weight and he can tack and uphaul on it and is starting to gybe regularly, however in my opinion (and usually his opinion) he sails better on his older 150 litre Starboard Go which is wider than 80cm. I'm 100kg and use a 154 litre JP board that's 84cm wide and can uphaul and tack on it easily but can't gybe properly yet. All boards are freeride boards and we use them in all conditions from 15 to 25 knots and in some pretty rough water. I reckon that AHD may be a bit narrow and a bit low on volume for your skill level jumping off a windSUP, but if you're up for the challenge then give it a crack.