Lets just hope the forcast only gets better!
Gota try out some new gear!

The beauty of a down winder from seaford to where ever.... Is that you can catch the train back up to seaford. Or if there is enough cars just park a few down at the other end.
Not sure if this sunday will be ne good... As its looking to be gusty and very windy.
But once these sea breezes hit it will be all good
Bring on summer I say!

Sorry I can't do it this Sunday as the family is back from Europe after awile so I can't sneak out on the first day!
But I'm happy to come to the beach have a chat and launch you.

I'll pass this on to a friend who is probably interested....

Sorry CS

I tend to avoid downwinders on frontal and save them for seabreeze days. Too many things that can go wrong with frontal.

I dont think any boosting will be happening today :(

Great race at brighton today . overall winner was hudson but burnie and tom were fast on surfboard and twin tip. We done to Brighton yacht club on holding the first of their events

eehhhhhmmmggggrrrrr.... got the whole "your going to leave me an the baby at home all day story"

Would have loved to be down Brighton for the race

Plan ahead - don't have kids.

Good to see plenty of ppl at brighton and the racing season underway.
Had some trouble and had to pack down and paddle to shore. Thanks heaps to the mystery kiter who rescued my board and had it safely on the beach when I got back in. Legend.

Great day down at rose bud! Not nearly as crowded as I would expect.
On another note, does anyone know any good kite repairers? I decided I'd try the new gopro on the kite and it swung around on the strut and burst through the canopy when I crashed it :( I've found a few suggested repair shops doing a forum search but they're a few years old so any updates to get me on the water by Thursday for the windy warm weather would be greatly appreciated!

Acitta,
damn, that's unfortunate!
How did you attach it? Any mistakes we could learn from? I plan to do the same after I get the cam but your outcome is somehow off-putting.
Thanks.

Any sail maker can fix your kite. Moti Levy does good work but you have to post it to him in Ballina www.kiterepair.com.au/

You could easily repair a rip like that yourself. Buy a roll of spinaker repair tape. Clean the fabric.

Cut some tape for patches. Round the ends so there are no sharp corners to peel off.

I would use black tape and maybe cut the patch so it looks like part of the design. Trying to match colours is too hard and usually looks crap.

You could make the inner patch smaller than the outer patch so you don't get the edges lining up and making a hard edge.

Press it down well. You could heat it with a hair dryer to get the glue to set better.

You could sew around the edges with a sewing machine and some polyester thread. It's not really necessary.

acitta said...

Great day down at rose bud! Not nearly as crowded as I would expect.
On another note, does anyone know any good kite repairers? I decided I'd try the new gopro on the kite and it swung around on the strut and burst through the canopy when I crashed it :( I've found a few suggested repair shops doing a forum search but they're a few years old so any updates to get me on the water by Thursday for the windy warm weather would be greatly appreciated!

www.horizonsails.com/
Give this bloke a try, i had him do some repair work on my Slingy few months back, If bladder needs to be taken out, or stitching removed around leading edge, i would take it out at home before taking it in, and make sure kite is clean and dry.... he doesnt like sand on his floor boards
24 hour turn around too.
Sorry to hear about your Go Pro mishap!
Missus is getting me one for my birthday... cant wait!

thanks for the tips guys. I took it down to Horizon sails today. I could probably do the repair on my own but decided for the extra effort I'll get a professional to make sure it holds. And thanks for the tip deanrobbie, i think Im also going to add a buckle clip to it to make it easier to get on and off too