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Where are you windsurfing this weekend 02-030612?

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Created by WindRider > 9 months ago, 1 Jun 2012
WindRider
QLD, 838 posts
1 Jun 2012 9:33AM
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Where is every one windsurfing this weekend?

Myself:
Saturday: Hopefully a sail at home if the wind forecast is some what true.
Sunday: Will have to wait and see.

Please use It's Going Off website to record your planned sessions etc.
http://goingoff.net/

Refer to BOM forecast below for Port Philip Bay.
Forecast issued at 5:10 am EST on Friday 1 June 2012.


Saturday 2 June
Winds West to northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending southwesterly 10 to 20 knots during the morning. Seas Below 0.5 metres increasing to 0.5 to 1 metres around midday.

Sunday 3 June
Winds East to southeasterly 5 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon. Seas Below 0.5 metres increasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.


Please note; these are not Windsurfing Victoria Inc organised event and this post is to be used as information only. The intent of this post is for windsurfers to post where they could be going to windsurf this weekend and for other windsurfers to possible come and join them.

h20
VIC, 458 posts
1 Jun 2012 1:57PM
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If the wind stays as expected on sunday- Sandy for some party waves, hopefuly with a good old Sandy Easterly :)

Rosobot
VIC, 384 posts
1 Jun 2012 2:18PM
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Bring on the party

windaddict
VIC, 1121 posts
1 Jun 2012 3:13PM
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Yep definatately Sandy Pt for waves on Sunday!

Jman
VIC, 881 posts
1 Jun 2012 6:11PM
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windaddict said...

Yep definatately Sandy Pt for waves on Sunday!


Reasonable swell predicted too

steveBayside
VIC, 169 posts
1 Jun 2012 6:24PM
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sav911 said...

Looks like some good ESE winds down at Inverloch on Sunday.

I'll either be at Area 45 or the angling club.

goingoff.net/Spot/Date/2?date=20120603
or
goingoff.net/Spot/Date/3?date=20120603

P.S. Thanks WindRider for the link to my site, I'm looking forward to hear any suggestions of how it can be improved. Colin.


I've never used twitter (WTF is it for?) but doesn't it work like this:

post a message to "at #ricketts on 5.6 #goingoff"

all twitter subscribers of that keyword tag (#goingoff or #ricketts, or only both together or whatever) get that message:

If so, then heres a suggestion:

establish some keywords to be used on twitter,
push any check-ins thru goingoff website onto twitter
(from a goingoff twitter account but including the message senders name)
and also you can get a feed of any twitter messages with these keywords and replicate those onto the website.

Then you've just solved the problem of creating a mobile application for sending and receiving these messages.

just signed up now and installed mobile app,
#goingoff is already in use for something else as is #itsgoingoff,
so I'm going for #wsvic

So if anyone wants to try this out subscribe to that tag and see where &
what I'm sailing tomorrow (Hint: it'll most likely be Hampton on 6.6),
or send one and I'll see what your doing.

Tell me if it works (i guess i don't get my own 'tweets')

@stevebayside <-- is this my Twiter username?

nazsail
VIC, 317 posts
1 Jun 2012 6:41PM
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sav911 said...

Looks like some good ESE winds down at Inverloch on Sunday.

I'll either be at Area 45 or the angling club.

http://goingoff.net/Spot/Date/2?date=20120603
or
goingoff.net/Spot/Date/3?date=20120603

P.S. Thanks WindRider for the link to my site, I'm looking forward to hear any suggestions of how it can be improved. Colin.


I'll see ya there col. Hopefully birthday punches for Drift

dboutelier
VIC, 4 posts
1 Jun 2012 6:43PM
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Would Rye work by E-SE for a freeride/slalom session?

Ninjury
QLD, 167 posts
1 Jun 2012 7:51PM
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steveBayside said...

sav911 said...

Looks like some good ESE winds down at Inverloch on Sunday.

I'll either be at Area 45 or the angling club.

http://goingoff.net/Spot/Date/2?date=20120603
or
goingoff.net/Spot/Date/3?date=20120603

P.S. Thanks WindRider for the link to my site, I'm looking forward to hear any suggestions of how it can be improved. Colin.


I've never used twitter (WTF is it for?) but doesn't it work like this:

post a message to "at #ricketts on 5.6 #goingoff"

all twitter subscribers of that keyword tag (#goingoff or #ricketts, or only both together or whatever) get that message:

If so, then heres a suggestion:

establish some keywords to be used on twitter,
push any check-ins thru goingoff website onto twitter
(from a goingoff twitter account but including the message senders name)
and also you can get a feed of any twitter messages with these keywords and replicate those onto the website.

Then you've just solved the problem of creating a mobile application for sending and receiving these messages.

just signed up now and installed mobile app,
#goingoff is already in use for something else as is #itsgoingoff,
so I'm going for #wsvic

So if anyone wants to try this out subscribe to that tag and see where &
what I'm sailing tomorrow (Hint: it'll most likely be Hampton on 6.6),
or send one and I'll see what your doing.

Tell me if it works (i guess i don't get my own 'tweets')

@stevebayside <-- is this my Twiter username?


If you log into goingoff.net/ with your twitter account, tick the boxes that say "Direct message me if somone checks in..." under favourite spot notifications.

Find or create your windsurfing spot on the site and click on the "add favourite" button, then you'll get notifications via twitter.

The other logins (google/facebook etc) use email to send you notifications.

It's a good idea to tweet checkins with a hashtag, I just wanted to avoid too much "noise", e.g. if goingoff.net tweets every checkin, you'll see tweets when anyone goes sailing in vic, nsw, uk wherever. I'm open to suggestions of how to "partition" it with unique tags for your area. The "favourite spot" arrangement is meant to do that, but any bettter ideas are welcome

Ninjury
QLD, 167 posts
1 Jun 2012 8:07PM
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steveBayside said...
Then you've just solved the problem of creating a mobile application for sending and receiving these messages.


Unfortunately, the problem isn't really notifications, I've already added twitter, email and rss feeds in addition to just browsing to the website and looking at who's planning sessions. The problem is making it simple and convenient to fill it in.

h20
VIC, 458 posts
1 Jun 2012 9:56PM
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dboutelier said...

Would Rye work by E-SE for a freeride/slalom session?


Issue with rye in an easterly is a big hill which makes it pretty flukey. Ricketts works well in an easterly if it gets high enough up the bay.

steveBayside
VIC, 169 posts
1 Jun 2012 11:34PM
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sav911 said...

steveBayside said...
Then you've just solved the problem of creating a mobile application for sending and receiving these messages.


Unfortunately, the problem isn't really notifications, I've already added twitter, email and rss feeds in addition to just browsing to the website and looking at who's planning sessions. The problem is making it simple and convenient to fill it in.




In that case a more sophisticated Twitter client like tweetdeck or custom Twitter client could filter by multiple hashtags such as #wsvic and # ricketts, but they'd need to know thetags to post and setup complex filters. Difficult one that. Ok sorry hadn't gone that far with your site but signed for test this weekend

WindmanV
VIC, 806 posts
2 Jun 2012 8:41AM
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Dboutelier said “Would Rye work by E-SE for a freeride/slalom session?

SE is too off shore for Rye. The houses and the trees stop the wind.

An easterly usually misses Rye, due to the curve of the bay. You could try up at Sorrento or 'round in Westernport (subject to swell size. Check Swellnet and the links from the Rye front beach camera before you go to Westernport).

Hope this helps.

windjunky
VIC, 401 posts
2 Jun 2012 9:58PM
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Jman said...

windaddict said...

Yep definatately Sandy Pt for waves on Sunday!


Reasonable swell predicted too


Some great SUP waves at Big Left today too - where were you Jman??

Bondalucci
VIC, 1580 posts
2 Jun 2012 11:38PM
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windjunky said...

Jman said...

windaddict said...

Yep definatately Sandy Pt for waves on Sunday!


Reasonable swell predicted too


Some great SUP waves at Big Left today too - where were you Jman??



Jman couldn't sup today.
He decided he would go along and cheer his beloved Essendon on to victory over the AFL easy beats....

ejmack
VIC, 1308 posts
3 Jun 2012 10:05AM
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Bondalucci said...

windjunky said...

Jman said...

windaddict said...

Yep definatately Sandy Pt for waves on Sunday!


Reasonable swell predicted too


Some great SUP waves at Big Left today too - where were you Jman??



Jman couldn't sup today.
He decided he would go along and cheer his beloved Essendon on to victory over the AFL easy beats....




And I thought Jman was hardcore!



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