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Jas71
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22 Feb 2014 5:33pm
What was it like up there today, i'm on the Gold Coast and it was on and off all day. Is it worth the drive tomorrow?
boardboy
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22 Feb 2014 7:39pm
yeah spill the beans. am keen to sail tomorrow if on.
GeoGeo
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22 Feb 2014 8:25pm
yep, me too. And Curt is coming as well. Should organize bus tour from Gold Coast.
Jas71
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22 Feb 2014 8:55pm
Its looking like the wind is going to get lighter after 10am
Haircut
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23 Feb 2014 2:14am
was okay at shearwater from 3pm onward. would consider a trip to vp too :)
GeoGeo
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23 Feb 2014 8:56am
Come on Haircut, come with us to VP! I plan to get there about 12pm. Wind looks good and tide as well.
Dwbh
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23 Feb 2014 12:12pm
25 knots at Vic pt according to the liters ATM - blowing a gale according to the wife LOL
gregwed
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23 Feb 2014 1:42pm
Yeah that'd be right. Stuck with family weekend out of town. VP my fav place too. Hope u all enjoy....
Jas71
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23 Feb 2014 6:16pm
I stayed on the Goldie today there was plenty of wind and set two new PBs so im happy.
Gestalt
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23 Feb 2014 7:31pm
VP was stellar... should have rigged the 4.7
GeoGeo
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23 Feb 2014 10:26pm
Well it was pretty hard for me on the slalom gear and 6.2 sail. But it was nice to meet few locals and Marty.
Cheers guys, looking forward to sail with you soon again.
MartinF2
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24 Feb 2014 12:10am
GeoGeo said..

Well it was pretty hard for me on the slalom gear and 6.2 sail. But it was nice to meet few locals and Marty.
Cheers guys, looking forward to sail with you soon again.


Thanks George. Great to meet you too. I'm glad I went for the Bump and Jump gear with the 5.5m sail instead of the slalom gear like yourself. Some of those bullets coming through were pretty full on. It was far more comfortable in the rough stuff than the slalom board although I couldn't beat your 2sec peak....

Gestalt - I'm not sure who you were out there sorry. I'll have to introduce myself next time.

I'll put together a clip from today and post it up from the GoPro on my head.
Cheers
Marty
Dwbh
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24 Feb 2014 7:31am
Hi guys - I was there for a couple of hours - you could probably tell I was the one getting smashed on the big board, the monster (pacifico) with Ka 5.3m sail. I must admit to having a couple of nice runs early. You guys looked to be having a ball - good to see.
Cheers
Morgan
tilldark
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25 Feb 2014 3:36pm
Dwbh said..

Hi guys - I was there for a couple of hours - you could probably tell I was the one getting smashed on the big board, the monster (pacifico) with Ka 5.3m sail. I must admit to having a couple of nice runs early. You guys looked to be having a ball - good to see.
Cheers
Morgan


Hey mate everyone was getting a bit smashed out there that day, i had a massive catapult and not didnt make a single gybe at the northern end. I think I saw you doing some good waterstarts though
Dwbh
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25 Feb 2014 4:26pm
tilldark said..

Dwbh said..

Hi guys - I was there for a couple of hours - you could probably tell I was the one getting smashed on the big board, the monster (pacifico) with Ka 5.3m sail. I must admit to having a couple of nice runs early. You guys looked to be having a ball - good to see.
Cheers
Morgan


Hey mate everyone was getting a bit smashed out there that day, i had a massive catapult and not didnt make a single gybe at the northern end. I think I saw you doing some good waterstarts though


I figured I would have a go at some Beach/Water starts after all I spent a lot of time in the water lol. You guys looked to getting some nice pace on. Nice - good to watch, keen to get a bit of that myself.
tilldark
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25 Feb 2014 4:34pm
Dwbh said..

tilldark said..

Dwbh said..

Hi guys - I was there for a couple of hours - you could probably tell I was the one getting smashed on the big board, the monster (pacifico) with Ka 5.3m sail. I must admit to having a couple of nice runs early. You guys looked to be having a ball - good to see.
Cheers
Morgan


Hey mate everyone was getting a bit smashed out there that day, i had a massive catapult and not didnt make a single gybe at the northern end. I think I saw you doing some good waterstarts though


I figured I would have a go at some Beach/Water starts after all I spent a lot of time in the water lol. You guys looked to getting some nice pace on. Nice - good to watch, keen to get a bit of that myself.


Mate I'd say you keep up all this progress you've made and you wont be very far away at all. Great bunch at Vic point and nice safe conditions to learn in (especially if your wearing boots)
MartinF2
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27 Feb 2014 9:54pm
Quick video from last Sunday at Victoria Point. It's really only the first run as there was water on the lens for the rest of the time which made the footage unwatchable. Sorry guys as I thought there might be more footage of some others.
Cheers
Marty


Gestalt
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27 Feb 2014 10:10pm
cool vid, jinxy will be happy he made it into the vid. shows the conditions well.


yeah it was very choppy down the eastern end. made sticking the gybes real hard. i had to really bend the knees and stacked a lot of them getting airborn off those rollers halfway through the gybe.
Dwbh
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28 Feb 2014 8:38pm
Nice video Martin
agraylin
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1 Mar 2014 12:45am
Nice sailing Marty hopefully you will teach me to gybe like that.
Here is a dodgy video from last Sunday also.

-high-fbc
tilldark
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14 Mar 2014 10:17pm
Community service

MartinF2
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14 Mar 2014 10:39pm
I like it and lucky you have someone to video you guys.

Here is another of mine.

Cheers
Marty


Dwbh
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14 Mar 2014 10:46pm
great videos guys
tilldark
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15 Mar 2014 8:58am
Really cool Marty! Yip my wife took that footage If we get some more wind in a weekend she'll get some of all of us out there
gregwed
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15 Mar 2014 9:43am
Whats this - the VP Video show....... Here's an old one!!
MartinF2
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15 Mar 2014 10:40am
I've watched yours many times Greg which is what made me finally come out there to try the spot in a SE'er as it looked like fun. It's a great spot for learners and can be reasonably flat in the SW corner on high tide. As long as you can miss the low tide is a great place.

Thanks everyone for sharing.
Cheers
Marty
NotWal
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16 Mar 2014 1:58am
MartinF2 said..

I've watched yours many times Greg which is what made me finally come out there to try the spot in a SE'er as it looked like fun. It's a great spot for learners and can be reasonably flat in the SW corner on high tide. As long as you can miss the low tide is a great place.

Thanks everyone for sharing.
Cheers
Marty



It's good at low tide, very flat water over by the banks, bumps in the middle, pretty flat in the south west shallows.
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