Firstly, thanks to Phill & Kristi for ensuring the paddle could go ahead !! (Phill on logistics and camera, and Kristi on the C4 Vortice Rocket ! - Pics to follow from Phill & Kristi !?).
We had a very successful DW run today. We waited for the WSW to kick in, and monitored the wind at Warnambool, Port Fairy, Port Campbell, Apollo Bay, Camperdown, Colac, Lorne, Aireys, etc, to determine that the wind change and front, was going to stay on course, and it did !
We knew the first 1/3 was going to be pretty flat, waiting for the runners to increase in size, as we got further off shore. We also knew the last 1/10 would be shallow, and would not produce much. And we got kind of lucky with a nice storm front when we were about 2/3 through, and we had 5 minutes of great runners, running up and down the board, getting pretty busy with the foot work ! I remember looking to my right while surfing a runner, and seeing a seemingly endless wall of running waves.
The nose of the Naish 14 even went under a few times, and popped back up pretty quickly. Short wave periods, so sometimes a runner pushes the nose into the back of the runner in front.... but you can still sit there, and continue to run, with the nose resting on the back of the wave in front.
Thanks again Phill & Kristi !!
A kayaker on a Fenn even came along to join us, and peeled back to Geelong before the fun started !
(the course below - bang on 6km)
Below, other future options....
