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Xmas WindWanderers Social Day- Lake Weyba 13th Dec

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Created by WindWanderers > 9 months ago, 9 Nov 2015
Paddles B'mere
QLD, 3586 posts
14 Dec 2015 10:49AM
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Oh nooooooooooooo ................. not the new one!

jirvin4505
QLD, 1087 posts
14 Dec 2015 10:53AM
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Paddles B'mere said...
Oh nooooooooooooo ................. not the new one!


Yes it hurt!!! It'll be a simple repair. More worried about my foot. In doctors waiting room now

ballast
QLD, 500 posts
14 Dec 2015 10:56AM
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Damn!!!

Hope it all works out okay.

Paddles B'mere
QLD, 3586 posts
14 Dec 2015 11:12AM
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Your foot ? What did you kick?

brynoz
QLD, 177 posts
14 Dec 2015 1:43PM
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What is a 2015 Isonic doing on the side of the road like that? Story indeed!!!

AyreForce1
NSW, 339 posts
14 Dec 2015 4:58PM
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Hope your foot and your flying object get back to 100% real soon.
Thank you Windwanderers for a fun Sunday at Lake Weyba. Perfect venue in the moderate to freshish SouEaster; and a good friendly bunch to sailboard with.
Had some nice works on Pete's Windsurfer OneDesign up to the eastern side of the lake; and some fast reaches back down.
Was absolutely super stoked to get some humming, flat out, absolutely full pelt reaches on Peter Nitchki's production slalom board later in the arvo; with a 5.9m Simmer WaveSail in only 15 to 20knots! The board was just perfect for the conditions and the footstrap set-up made it easy to direct the sail forces through the board.

jirvin4505
QLD, 1087 posts
14 Dec 2015 4:20PM
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brynoz said...
What is a 2015 Isonic doing on the side of the road like that? Story indeed!!!



I suppose a story full of
Seems well secured windsurf boards can escape out the back of the roof racks at 100kph. Didn't do the ' strap through foot strap loop' as a part of the tiedown

Whoooosh, whuuump and OMG. There's my boards in the middle of the highway and here comes all the cars

Fortunately a pensioner running/hobbling down the highway dressed in colourful shirt with nice undies (in case anything goes wrong) frantically waving is enough to divert traffic

Boards rescued, minimal damage LESSON LEARNED

Cheers Jeff - still mortified!!!

AyreForce1
NSW, 339 posts
14 Dec 2015 5:52PM
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AyreForce1 said...
Hope your foot and your flying object get back to 100% real soon.
Thank you Windwanderers for a fun Sunday at Lake Weyba. Perfect venue in the moderate to freshish SouEaster; and a good friendly bunch to sailboard with.
Had some nice works on Pete's Windsurfer OneDesign up to the eastern side of the lake; and some fast reaches back down.
Was absolutely super stoked to get some humming, flat out, absolutely full pelt reaches on Peter Nitchki's production slalom board later in the arvo; with a 5.9m Simmer WaveSail in only 15 to 20knots! The board was just perfect for the conditions and the footstrap set-up made it easy to direct the sail forces through the board.











waricle
WA, 732 posts
14 Dec 2015 6:01PM
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AyreForce1 said...
Hope your foot and your flying object get back to 100% real soon.
Thank you Windwanderers for a fun Sunday at Lake Weyba. Perfect venue in the moderate to freshish SouEaster; and a good friendly bunch to sailboard with.
Had some nice works on Pete's Windsurfer OneDesign up to the eastern side of the lake; and some fast reaches back down.
Was absolutely super stoked to get some humming, flat out, absolutely full pelt reaches on Peter Nitchki's production slalom board later in the arvo; with a 5.9m Simmer WaveSail in only 15 to 20knots! The board was just perfect for the conditions and the footstrap set-up made it easy to direct the sail forces through the board.













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brynoz said...
What is a 2015 Isonic doing on the side of the road like that? Story indeed!!!




I suppose a story full of
Seems well secured windsurf boards can escape out the back of the roof racks at 100kph. Didn't do the ' strap through foot strap loop' as a part of the tiedown

Whoooosh, whuuump and OMG. There's my boards in the middle of the highway and here comes all the cars

Fortunately a pensioner running/hobbling down the highway dressed in colourful shirt with nice undies (in case anything goes wrong) frantically waving is enough to divert traffic

Boards rescued, minimal damage LESSON LEARNED

Cheers Jeff - still mortified!!!


The day was very enjoyable and it reminded me of the olden days when I sailed with Hedgie and a few of the serious sailors down in Newcastle in the

late eighties and nineties while I was still learning how to gybe. Great days.

First time at the lake but definetly not the last.

I first joined wind Wanderers for the insurance cover but am now experiencing the social benefits.

Looking forward to more of the same.

On the "FLYING OBJECTS" subject...


When I think how badly that could have ended I thank god that it's better to be lucky than intelligent

Jeffs bottom two boards were secured with straps and the top board (my naish 140) was strapped on top as I left my car at maccas at Caboolture and

travelled with Jeff.

The smooth board bags and the lack of some security thru foot straps and the fact that the boards formed a wedge shape all being stacked nose

forward contributed to the disaster.

The black boxes were recovered but the data was illegible.

A very lucky outcome all things considered

The day ended with a huge adrenaline rush, I can tell you....

sboardcrazy
NSW, 8019 posts
16 Dec 2015 11:40AM
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brynoz said...
What is a 2015 Isonic doing on the side of the road like that? Story indeed!!!




I suppose a story full of
Seems well secured windsurf boards can escape out the back of the roof racks at 100kph. Didn't do the ' strap through foot strap loop' as a part of the tiedown

Whoooosh, whuuump and OMG. There's my boards in the middle of the highway and here comes all the cars

Fortunately a pensioner running/hobbling down the highway dressed in colourful shirt with nice undies (in case anything goes wrong) frantically waving is enough to divert traffic

Boards rescued, minimal damage LESSON LEARNED

Cheers Jeff - still mortified!!!


Well another story to back up how good flying object board bags are.. Hmm maybe they should change the name..

MalJ
QLD, 189 posts
16 Dec 2015 3:28PM
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Great day. Plenty of wind. Will go back to Lake Weyba for sure.

Managed to get some video on the Bic Techno - before I broke the camera fitting (lucky had lots of tape around the fitting so didn't lose the camera).

jirvin4505
QLD, 1087 posts
16 Dec 2015 4:01PM
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Great video mal

Interested in your thoughts on the differences between the shark and the 133?

Given you got the 133 going in the light winds maybe it will be your go to board??

Well done - we were talking amongst our group and reckon you get the 'most Improved' gold award

Cheers Jeff

Dwbh
QLD, 829 posts
16 Dec 2015 8:47PM
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Awesome video Mal man you get that bic flying. How cool is that ??
Cheers
Morgan

Dwbh
QLD, 829 posts
18 Dec 2015 8:15AM
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Some more Photos courtesy of Anita














































Great job Bryn thanks wind wanderers for a nice day - looking forward to Free race in January next get together

Merry Christmas to all

Cheers
Morgan and Anita



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