Heading to Valentine prob 2pm on..Anyone else?

I'm already at Warners Bay so makes sense to go Valentine. Might need my 3.2m..Have fun.

Yep i keen to sail, was thinking I may try canton havnt sailed there in southerly
before. would be good angle for the camera mounted out in the water. valentine would be good also, better go pack the gear.
looks like it going to be SE & that sux.

valentine is windy as got to be 30kts. 3 guys here. just decieding 4.7 or 4.2. head down if you can dont worry about the cold.

Here's a few pic from our session today....























It was a tuff day on the water, Me on a 4.7 wishing I had a 4.2...

End of Coal point Lake Macquarie Monday..
No wonder I couldn't hold the 3.2m..


Here are some I took at Valentine


















This is the normally the nice flat bit you gybe in..






Some of the locals..
Looking forward to sailing a nice controllable 15 - 20kt Ne today or Thurs..

Ben 555 said...
Holy crap - thats insane - have seen that spot lumpy but nothing like that

Yeah..fancy beach starting near the jetty..
I don't usually get scared and consider not going out but I did at Valentine. Out in the worst of it as I went to gybe I consoled myself by thinking that if the worst happened & I couldn't start I'd get washed up at Marmong and people sailing there might be able to bring me back to get the car.. Actually I saw somone out early at Marmong but I think they gave up too as it got stronger..

I was out at Marmong on Monday. Had my 4.0 on and was very overpowered most of the time. Got in some crazy high jumps. Was very much like a windy day on Maui with all the chop. Thought I'd died and gone to Maui except for the temperature. So glad I invested in the 4.0.

wow that was an interesting sail on monday, car'nt ever remember
sitting & watching cause its to windy with a 4.2 rigged. Never seen surf at valentine but you could have surfed some of the waves.
How's coal point, waves breaking over the jetty, thats a great photo.
I should have tried your 3.2 sue to see if it was sailable with that.
Wish i had the cam on me head when you tried to gybe, you started to turn & everything just jumped out of the water then crash, made some nice spray.
thats the wildest i've seen the lake so i had to go out & try it, only probly 20 or so runs out & back, waist high chop real survival sailing.

Rus13b said...
wow that was an interesting sail on monday, car'nt ever remember
sitting & watching cause its to windy with a 4.2 rigged. Never seen surf at valentine but you could have surfed some of the waves.
How's coal point, waves breaking over the jetty, thats a great photo.
I should have tried your 3.2 sue to see if it was sailable with that.
Wish i had the cam on me head when you tried to gybe, you started to turn & everything just jumped out of the water then crash, made some nice spray.
thats the wildest i've seen the lake so i had to go out & try it, only probly 20 or so runs out & back, waist high chop real survival sailing.

I thought of that later and also wished I'd taken some photos of you sailing but I was too keen to get out there while there was someone else out to pick up the pieces if necessary!
I can't even remember that gybe! I know I stacked it but no memory..probably too adrenalised with fear..
Had a lovely sedate sail at Budgewoi today in a gusty 15-20kts and flat water and sun getting low...

byronmc said...
It was so windy I took some video on my go pro from the shore.
I went out with 5.5m at wangi got up in the bay so it was flater and to take some edge off the wind. Unfortunatly took to much of an edge off it so was under powered on the 5.5m.
But sailed to dark and got over 35 knts

Impressive..