windsurfing with night vision

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windwarning
windwarning
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VIC, 600 posts
28 Feb 2009 2:07am
hello, my fellow windsurfers and freinds king of the point and wet willy as I type this late at night my curtains are blowing in the wind. I can feel a great breeze and hear the wind roar through the trees. I wish ya coud windsurf at night its not fair.

does anyone know is it possible to windsurf at night and would night vision work ok?

Or what lights work the best for night vision? I have heard of a few guys at sandy point speed sailing at night with led lights attached to there helmets.

I think in the future we will all be out windsurfing in the dark trying to break speed records. It wont just be those super keen, few dudes, down at sandy point. who sneak out late in the night to try and break the speed record.

you might be scared of jaws that time of night. well you could get a shark sheild, windsurf on a freash water lake ect..

just a few ideas i have been thinking of as i am a ideas man oh, i just heard the wind smack my window then. i think its calling me to go windsurfing.

elmo
elmo
WA
8890 posts
WA, 8890 posts
28 Feb 2009 12:15am
To improve your night vision get some yellow lensed safety glass's, they do help with ambient light.

They also reduce the white light blindness you get when you get a white light in the face.

Your coloured light receptors in your eyes retina's adjust quicker to the dark than the white light receptors.

Kato has speed sailed in the dark with LED torches strapped to his head
windwarning
windwarning
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VIC, 600 posts
28 Feb 2009 2:18am
and why a you awake this time of night elmo dude ? and where ya windsurfing tomorrow dude ?
windwarning
windwarning
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28 Feb 2009 2:22am
Kato is one of the most awesome speed sailors i have ever met. He should be able to answer my qustions the best. can some one try and find him.
shark
shark
WA
361 posts
WA, 361 posts
28 Feb 2009 12:36am
how about if you give it a go, and let us know how it goes. Maybe on the open ocean to show your commitment!
And I think in these days of global restraint you need to revise your use of the word "dude".
You are going to exhaust all known stocks of this word rapidly with your posts.
busterwa
busterwa
3782 posts
3782 posts
28 Feb 2009 4:56am
just got home from arvo **** and had a quick google on it
there are models available that range from 600 bucks to 4000dollars most of them seem to be for millitary use

NewCon Optik NZT 22 Goggles
Consumer Rating: Be the first one to write a review on this product
Information: Product accessories
Price Range: $567.00 - $882.00 at 2 stores

http://www2.shopping.com/xPO-NewCom-Newcon-NZT-22-1st-Generation-Handsfree-Nightvis-

u may want to take a back pack with flares and a epirb aswel
Ian K
Ian K
WA
4169 posts
WA, 4169 posts
28 Feb 2009 7:55am
There seem to be a lot of night vision devices out there. I've tried the $25 yellow tinted safety glasses but they don't seem to help much. Night sailing has been popular in the ACT recently, had about half a dozen out very late in wednesday evening's easterly. Derigging isn't easy, got to be careful whose sail you roll up and bag.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23647 posts
WA, 23647 posts
28 Feb 2009 8:35am
Yeah but the only fully waterproof ones are the SEAL's and SAS's ones that are about $6K per unit.... and they are Gen3 or Gen4.
You can't get those for civvy use anyway (even if you could afford it)
kato
kato
VIC
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1 Mar 2009 9:40pm
www.ayup.com.au
6 hr battery,water proof to 5 m,tested at Sandy Point and Aussie made
garyk
garyk
QLD
277 posts
QLD, 277 posts
1 Mar 2009 8:48pm
Hey windwarning just wait for a full moon you can see really well.

I thought trolls could see in the dark anyway
garyk
garyk
QLD
277 posts
QLD, 277 posts
1 Mar 2009 9:44pm
Its cool how the moon lights a highway on the water at night
Chris249
Chris249
357 posts
357 posts
1 Mar 2009 9:02pm
I did lots of training on the Laser dinghy at night. It's great for your feel, because it forces you to develop a better feel for non-visual cues. Just get some battery-powered waterproof nav lights from a ship's chandlers and she's apples.

It does get bloody cold at 8.30pm in a stinking westerly in August, though!
westhammer
westhammer
WA
507 posts
WA, 507 posts
1 Mar 2009 10:05pm
When those dark ,dark;dark; winter slaps hit you and you are all alone ,you may as well be out befor first light.
windwarning
windwarning
VIC
600 posts
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2 Mar 2009 12:08am
WESTY your a dude, so true so true wheres ya buddy king of the point
westhammer
westhammer
WA
507 posts
WA, 507 posts
1 Mar 2009 11:00pm
Smackin west coast chop waitin for a propper west coast wind warning, wots happing on the where its at polako wos here.
windwarning
windwarning
VIC
600 posts
VIC, 600 posts
2 Mar 2009 11:39am
westhammer said...

Smackin west coast chop waitin for a propper west coast wind warning, wots happing on the where its at polako wos here.


Westy dude wos jason polako there dam nig could of told us dam wher did he sail whot he do son did the girls go nuts thes tim
FlickySpinny
FlickySpinny
WA
657 posts
WA, 657 posts
2 Mar 2009 10:56am
I just tried to get this translated to something comprehensible, but Babel Fish doesn't do Troll-English translations.

au.yahoo.com/

windwarning
windwarning
VIC
600 posts
VIC, 600 posts
2 Mar 2009 8:31pm
windwarning said...

westhammer said...

Smackin west coast chop waitin for a propper west coast wind warning, wots happing on the where its at polako wos here.


Westy dude wos jason polako there dam nig could of told us dam wher did he sail whot he do son did the girls go nuts thes tim


west hammer smacking chop waitin corro's 10 out back wax an scrach
shark
shark
WA
361 posts
WA, 361 posts
3 Mar 2009 1:39am
FlickySpinny said...

I just tried to get this translated to something comprehensible, but Babel Fish doesn't do Troll-English translations.

au.yahoo.com/




thats cos you need to use the au.b+llsh+tfish.yahoo.com/ translator to get sense here. Oh and remove all the "dudes" because they choke the system up.
windwarning
windwarning
VIC
600 posts
VIC, 600 posts
3 Mar 2009 10:47am
sorrry men dude means in troll language a little funny cool man does that help men . hey the winds up i am out dudes me door smacking in the wind.

now wheres me red bull an me 3.0 sail? gone
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