bearhoover said..

Great pictures, what an awesome weekend... not aven any rain.

Is the second lot East beach today?, that looks really good!

Kazza said..

Nice one Gill & northern boys. Good to see another crazy female out in the cold stuff

Kazza said..

I have to admit I let Alan select my winter wet suits, under the instruction that they are the warmest I can get.
It is an O'neil Psycho Ultraflex 5.4 firewall, good for Tassie winter sailing.
I think we get slightly warmer conditions up North than you do down South, but last year I managed to sail right through winter in it.
Sessions got shorter as the weather got colder though. I need to do something about the wind chill factor on my head this year. I don't have a helmet yet. Do the Gath hats keep your head much warmer and has anyone got any solution for frozen fingers in winter, apart from frequently blasting them with a breath of hot air. Hopefully we should have a few more slightly warmer sails to go this year.
We have booked to go to Lord Howe in August to shorten the chilly sailing season.
Lord Howe has been fantastic the last few years, and never short of wind. So sad that they are closing shop after this year.
Any Tassie sailors keen. A few pictures to inspire.

Al Planet said..




It would be a walk in the park for a BOL legend like yourself.

It probably wasnt the best choice of locations that day. When I looked at it earlier in the day I am sure it was more cross on rather than straight onshore but I had probably just had a morning coffee and was feeling a little to optimistic. It turned out that I was still a little underdone on sail area which was a bad thing in such onshore conditions. Still it was a fun little outing but I only stayed out long enough for a few photos. It wasnt really difficult sailing conditions close in but I had no idea what the rips were doing and there is a lot of bommies that could do some damage to the monofilm.

Back in the eighties there must have been a keen wavesailing crew on the island because the hire shed has some classic boards hanging in the rafters. I am sure a bit of local knowledge would be really useful when tackling those reef waves, a bit of jet ski back up would be good too.