tides good for shearwater this morning

Hey Haircut,

How was the Shearwater?

I went out at the golf course, timed my run to perfection, just as I got onto the water with almost no down or outhaul the big buster came through, from 10 to 20 knots in the space of one minute. Back in to crank some more tension on and off I went!! An hour later it stopped just as suddenly.

Was good, managed another planing entry gybe, starting to get the hang of keeping my hair dry but it's still a long way from looking 'fluid'

Hi Mineral1,

Took that sail out on Saturday, it worked just fine. It still needs a little bit more kick upwards, but I can do that by other means (too long to go into detail here but I can give it another couple of degrees by doing something else). It was hard to tell if it was giving me more push, but the top panel was certainly presenting a better angle to the wind.

Unfortunately being an old sail every time I take it out it gets another tear in the ancient monofilm

Nebbian, OK, will try the same with the Diablo and see how it performs. By the looks of it, its going to kick in with some "squashed air" about Thursday. Tomorrow doesnt look too bad, but lately its been "its building, nearly here, followed by "Nar its not, only trickin."

Yep

Will be watching the graphs though, it's not forecast to be all that strong...

Hey Haircut,

OK I'll be at the golf course at 1pm Sunday.

Geez the forecasts are going crazy this time of year hey! Anything more than a couple of days away is a total lottery. Anyway it looks quite unsettled later on next week, might get some good wind out of it

Gestalt, there are always people at the train, so you won't feel lonely if you make the trip... Here's what to do in various wind strengths, based on what the locals do:

Wind 0-5 knots: Sit around saying "D'ya think it'll pick up?"
6-10 knots: Sit around saying "It'll pick up"
11-14 knots: Freestylers go out while the chair police say "You'll never get going in this!!"
15-20 knots: Everyone's out there
21+ knots: I wish!!!

Haircut 4000
where is the golf course? is it flat water or waves? I think I might try Narrowneck considering the conditions.

I will have to do a trip down there one day. The arrows on the graphs are pointing towards a decent southerly blow for Thurs- shearwater perhaps?