What time yous going?

Comingnow

Told myself I wanted some exercise. Left Bongaree with about five or six knots ( on the Walley ). Parallel with the shoreline all the way to Deception Bay (south of the water tower). Nearly there and the wind shifted to the east, and I knew it was going to pick up. Pinched up-wind toward Scarborough to Not Caboolture River and some very hard work home across the bay in 20-25 knots. 30km's only tacked 1nce. Bugger me I'm gunna be sore for a while.

I'm heading up for sail at Bongaree about 10 o'clock. Hope there's enough wind for a shortboard if not going to borrow one of Darren's longboard. See you there if anybody's keen

ballast said..
"Police report man missing in Deception Bay on some kind of antique kitesurfing device."

Haahhaa!!! Just read it!! They still make em mate! Adam wasn't impressed with his first go on one today.
Nothing to compare it against though. He had to go back after a while because he was starting to get sore.
Wind was at the higher end of the Walley scale unless your used to them (or seasoned).

There's plenty of things to compare a Wally to, I've owned one.
Sticking a pencil in your eye, hitting yourself on the head with a hammer, telling your wife her arse looks big in those jeans.......

Baha! I can't remember ever being this sore after two day's sailing.

Must try and find some old photos of the crew back in the early 80's sailing the original windsurfer with fixed centre boards from out front of the Bongaree boat ramp area. Pebble Beach was a farm back then and had no access so we needed to learn in the channel with the current and gusty SE wind. To listen to the complaining about the windsurfer has me baffled, sure we moved onto race boards and short boards but everyone still would have fun on the odd days when wind was light and we need some sort of wind fix.
To this day I remember my first run of about 20 metres on the plane and how it hooked me for life. 35 years since first learning on a windsurfer I still have a buzz when the mast flexes the sail backwinds and the boom expands as you drag the thing up on the plane. Plenty of red eyes from the water blasting into your face from the centreboard.

I have my kite foil that I hope to stick into the centre board slot soon and see if we cannot make this spruce goose fly.

A foil on a wally, now you're talking

Did you just call Dags a fool on a wally Pete

Dag said..

Yep theyre right. Windsurf rap is CRAP.

He's getting me back for knocking the Wally, overkill I call it

Sorry guy's, It cracks me up every time I see that one. Fool on a Walley made me think of him.
I reckon he's the Russell Coight of windsurfing. I've got a different sense of humour.
So long as I made myself laugh. I'm going to try and find those boardies now.

Paddles B'mere said..
Is it possible that weather forecasters use a prize wheel of some sort that they spin and issue a completely different forecast every hour that still never happens

+1 BINGO!! Its been ages since theyve got the forecast anything like the real conditions. Plan 'B' is never as much fun as time spent zapping around on a sailboard.

I'm in.