Sorry Windrider! 
Who is going where this weekend?
Me and Ozbiker56 are going to Keast Park on Sunday morning - all things being equal and the wind is a Northerly...... in the morning, circa 10 AM start.
Architect is a possible, with Jermaldan putting in an application for wind leave with the wife.
Gunnamatta on SE or Woolamai. Swell has been defeated....some easy waves without being knuckled.
Triathlon at Green Point Sunday morning. Beach Rd closed until after 10.00 and probably bugger all access to the carpark until 12.00
Hmm may consider bonbeach too. I usually hit Rye in a northerly but usually dies off down there as we get closer to summer.
Today isn't going to happen.... We're going to Bonbeach first thing tomorrow morning...
Ok Nic, don't say you never get any photos. Lol. Caught this on the Rye webcam at about 3pm, think it is you.
Bonbeach ended up being a little disappointing, very up and down. Was fun when it blew though, and met a bunch of the northern sailors.
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Rosobot is Tom, the English guy who does 360s and talks about willies a lot?
Leman is Aussie guy who was sailing Ezzy kit?
Nice to meet a couple of you guys at Bonbeach - finally some faces to names. GingerP was obviously still hung over from his birthday celebrations because a) he told me about being hungover from his birthday celebrations - twice, in 20 minutes b) he let someone else sail his beloved birthday board. And Leman, i reckon it was pretty dam good - though i wasn't game to go as far out as some. Though maybe i'm being relative; good as compared to a northerly at the G-Spot (a.k.a Green Point).
AB/windjunky (i.e., the guy on a Gaastra Poison who wasnt Ginger Pom/who sat on his car for half the morning muttering about going to Mt Martha and still went in at Bonny anyway!)
Tom aka Rosobot (the other Pom) was recovering from his one year old's birthday party. They party really hard in Mt. Eliza (slight sarcasm).
Common theme: The Brits like to drink but will still get up early for some wind (hats off)
Edit: where on earth is Flipper? He's been quiet.
Leman have you seen my pics son?? i posted them in the wave forum. we had some nice wind at the PIT fridy. I went down to keys park today there were about 20 guys out then i packed up and moved on to green point where the wind was still up
green point was crowded it was full of chicks windsurfing and sun baken.
HANG TEN
green point was crowded it was full of chicks windsurfing and sun baken.HANG TEN
Sailed at Green Point, had to rig down the road a bit due to the triathlon stuff. Was a bit patchy at first then filled in great. Was on my Stoney and 2011 Koyote 5.9 ( sweet) and having a ball. Was contemplating changing to a smaller sail when my beloved Stoney suffered what I think may be a terminal injury, tore the fin box out,split it in half and delamed the whole back of the board
Devestated!!!!
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is it Keast park? i thought it was keys park he,he any way i got there K-dog late about 12 i think... i have never windsurfed there in a northly, when the wind was up it was great fun. swell is easy to jump and nice and smooth at the back..
You guys should go up to Kite Beach opposite the Savoy hotel in a northerly.
The wind is cleaner with less wind shadow on the inside.
Parking is free.
There's plenty of rigging space.
No bushes and shrubs to avoid walking up and down the embankment.
No used frangas on the ground.
There's a few kiters to avoid but that's not too hard. The odd sailboarder that rides there manages that and so do the gumby kiters.
The wind picks up and is much cleaner as you head north near the Brighton YC so you can get out by yourself in the stronger wind.
is it Keast park? i thought it was keys park he,he any way i got there K-dog late about 12 i think... i have never windsurfed there in a northly, when the wind was up it was great fun. swell is easy to jump and nice and smooth at the back..
It's the best (only) beach near Melbourne that's good in a northerly so you get a fair number of people there. It's been known as Kite Beach for nearly 10 years.
It's quite crowded in a Southerly and I would not recommend it then. There's other and better beaches for Southerlies.
Keast Park is lovely in a northerly. The water quality and sand is as nice as ocean without the swell. It's a bit of a drive and the facilities are a little dodgey since they redeveloped it. Cars have been broken into.
green point was crowded it was full of chicks windsurfing and sun baken.HANG TEN
It's worth mentioning that the reef between Kite Beach and Dendy St is pretty shallow. Your fins would be in grave danger if you tried to ride over it.
