After a DW drought here in Melbourne lately it looks like we have a couple of good days coming up this week.. Waa-Hoo! ..

DJ

Forecast for Wednesday
Winds: Northerly 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots during the morning and reaching 35 knots later in the evening. Seas: 0.5 to 1.5 metres increasing to 2 metres by the afternoon.

Forecast for Thursday
Winds: North to northwesterly 30 to 40 knots tending westerly 20 to 30 knots by the afternoon then decreasing to 20 to 25 knots during the evening. Seas: Up to 3 metres decreasing to 2 metres during the afternoon.

I'm thinking 10am at Sandy on both days and then head up to St Kilda for our very own Melbourne Maliko run (St Kilda to Sandy) ..

DJ

OK wednesdays clear as well.
How about meeting at the cerberus or even ricketts to give us a liitle more distance to paddle??? Just an Idea

I'm out.

So Jonathan and I will meet at ricketts at 930 then onto Sandy to leave there at 1000 then stkilda departure at 1030. See you there
Dave

How are the DW paddles going?? Yesterday & Today ? Wind did not seem to come through until after dark yesterday.

Might be a whisker too much west today also.... unless you start up at Williamstown / Newport.

DJs new down winder -

And the news story, has anyone rang the westpac chopper yet

Simondo said...

How are the DW paddles going?? Yesterday & Today ? Wind did not seem to come through until after dark yesterday.

Might be a whisker too much west today also.... unless you start up at Williamstown / Newport.

I went on this mornings paddle ,we left PortMelbourne at 8.00am but the wind had dropped off to around 15 knots, DJ and Pete were on 14ft Glides,Dave on a 12'6 Pin and I was on my 17 Glide and it went really well although the others were hoping for more wind so was a bit of a mission on the smaller boards,
When we got back to the cars a storm front came through with 60 knot winds and hail at about 10.30am so we timed it well as it wouldn't of been fun out there in that,
thanks guys for helping load my board on the car in the pissing down rain,
Cheers.

See wind report below if interested.

DavidJohn said...

Ah yes, I can see the tracks from the earthmoving equipment required to drag your monstrosities down to the beach .

DavidJohn said...

Interesting. Solid laminated wood? Must be heavy.

Legion said...

DavidJohn said...

Ah yes, I can see the tracks from the earthmoving equipment required to drag your monstrosities down to the beach .


Hey Legion,
we usually just wait for the tide to come in and then float away.

Here's a short vid from the last two days DW'ers.

It was too much hassle picking the best bits out and I rushed making this vid.. It wasn't really that good anyway.

I'm mostly just testing different camera angles.. I had my GoPro on my bicycle helmet.

DJ