Got my third great sail in a row today. Decided to head to Rye. Sailed from 12pm until 3:30pm in a nice 25-30knots. At about 3pm I was heading out to the dark deep water past the pole when, wooooohh. a massive hump and fin roll out of the water 30 metres in front of me. I've sailed with the dophins a lot at Mornington but this was a first with the whales. I had heard there were some whales spotted at Sorento a few days ago, guess it's part of the same bunch. Unfortunately I didn't see him come up again. Shame the other 2 windsurfers and kiter had left by then.
Well there's my great experience for the day, hope the rest of you got a good sail in.
Weekend before last I had the chance to try SUPing in our local harbour with a few other guys (no wind obviously, but a rare warm-sunny winter's day in vic). Anyway, paddled out toward the mouth and had the exact same experience...would've looked funny to anyone watching - 4 guys standing there speechless and not knowing to go forward, back or which-way...
Can't get anyone else out on the water in this cold weather...it helps to have a bit of insulation on the bones. 
