who was silly wearing that steamer flacka

h20 said...

who was silly wearing that steamer flacka

Point Taken, Point Taken!

sflack said...

RIGHT! well after another amazing session at Ricketts point i am now limping around the house due to the most vicious attacks of the blue bubber jelly fishes!

There were thousands of them out there, so the question is... is there something you can put on to stop the stinging!

I used to think there were harmless and were like mozzie bites! But i must have sat on one, and when i got stung it felt as if it was an electric shock!

They are brutal!

Should have worn a steamer!

Damn Flacky I always thought those things never stung either!
Yesterday I got one on my wrist, and one went down the back of my harness and it stung bad!!!
I think you are supposed to leave it in salt water to fix it? I read that fresh water makes it heaps worse??

Hey when did you learn to do forwards? good work bud!
hopefully tonight will be on again

sflack said...

ka222 said...

sflack said...

RIGHT! well after another amazing session at Ricketts point i am now limping around the house due to the most vicious attacks of the blue bubber jelly fishes!

There were thousands of them out there, so the question is... is there something you can put on to stop the stinging!

I used to think there were harmless and were like mozzie bites! But i must have sat on one, and when i got stung it felt as if it was an electric shock!

They are brutal!

Should have worn a steamer!

Damn Flacky I always thought those things never stung either!
Yesterday I got one on my wrist, and one went down the back of my harness and it stung bad!!!
I think you are supposed to leave it in salt water to fix it? I read that fresh water makes it heaps worse??

Hey when did you learn to do forwards? good work bud!
hopefully tonight will be on again

I was wondering if you had got stung! It would have sorted you out if it got ya across your chest!

Yeh i never thought they stung either, maybe they were just furious because we were running over all their brothers and cousins!

Dunno about how to fix it, it was deal-able when i was sailing probably due to the salt water and the adrenaline, but packing up the gear and the drive home was brutal. Put some alcohol sorted it out for a while.

The forwards, ahh learn them in Egypt and Vass! its sick fun going top speed and doing those stalled ones!

You gotta teach me some pushies!

Yeah well the one that went behind my harness hurt! think I might run a rashie tonight!
OK Pushie session tonight!

by the way a mate lost his whole rig out there last night so if anyone hears of one washing up somewhere let me know!

sflack said...

The forwards, ahh learn them in Egypt and Vass! its sick fun going top speed and doing those stalled ones!

You gotta teach me some pushies!

Actually I will tell you who has been doing some really nice big stalled forwards is Al...
But just don't tell him I said so!!

Just start rumors that they prevent erectile dysfunction, that will get people killing them.

They are in plague proportions at the NW of the bay too, something is out of balance.

kawindsurf said...

I went to water start out there, and as i was kicking, some huge dude under water hit me leg. I thought it might of been a shark.....

Yup, been there, done that, hated it....

Really not a fan of these jellies!

Hey KGB, (don't feel too bad), here's one for you,

I got stung too that evening. 1st time ever and I've been sailing in the bay for over 20 years!

I was out at Ricketts, in a shorty. Waterstarting out the back and I felt something rub against the back of my knee and calf. It started to burn straight away, (and I felt bad that I'd always thought people who winged about a PPB jellyfish sting were wimps)

It added to my sh!t evening 'cos while rigging up, I'd already stepped on 2 of those really sharp thorns from those damn bushes at the bottom of the cliff. The first one went straight into my heel on my left foot about 1/2 an inch. Pulled it out, lots of blood. Thought to self "Hmmmm this will test out the shark/droplet of blood theory."

Went back up to car to get wetty and board. Then back at the bottom, then F#$@K!!! ...another one went straight into my right heel. This time a full inch. When I tried to pull this one out , it wouldn't budge. (I was worried it might snap off and be stuck inside)
I htfu and tried again, and it started to come. I know it was an inch 'cos it came out like a car dipstick but with an inch of red blood instead of oil. Man that killed. If it had happened to Jman, he would've packed up right then and there and toddled off home!!

Anyway, had a good sail, but 2 days later not a trace of the jelly fish sting, but both heels are still in a bad way.

still itching away at these stings. They have gone right down my leg!

Its brutal, ive put vineger on them and they still itchy!

Not Good!

Got stung last night at St. Kilda... got home and doused my foot in vinegar, and all was right ten minutes later.

The jelly fish new the windsurf jam was on sunday, so they all planned a attack and ganged up on us all none of us were ready

Who is The Princess Bondy or Flacky or someone else?

AlexK said...

Who is The Princess Bondy or Flacky or someone else?

C'mon Alex, that's a total "no brainer"

wheres the kite bar and lines bondy??

Blue Bottles AKA Portugese Man of War were recorded in the news as being seen just outside the bay a few days ago.

Here is an article from the Herald Scum Sun.
www.heraldsun.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes