Lake Macquarie (NSW, Australia) - 2019-11-12
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
sboardcrazy
30.275(D)
26.856(D)
5.89(D)
13.87(D)
11.244(D)
26.167(D)
Tim Ford
James Farley
Greg Kiskarpati
Mick Saunders
GeoffS
Big Tom
nick0
Byron Mcilveen
Ian Wright
John Pearce
rus13b
Glenn Rumford
Steve Walsh
Andrew Haigh
adamhatfield
Hugh
Bruce Healey
Ben Turner
Murray Towndrow
Cluffy
Bear
Tibor
Nige Watts
Timbotto
Bostonfoil
Ant-man
mick13B
Woody
katelyn
Chopper
Brent Hopkins
Craig Forbes
Where's Leanne
MobZ
Croanster
dutchie1964
Ākos Molnār
dutchie1964
Kev
Brett
Average
sboardcrazy (24291km):
1598 days ago

NW very on and off. mainly patchy 5 - 12kts occasional 15-20kt and few puffs more Budgewoi Lake, NSW, AU

7m OD - RS2 ( 90ltres) - 18cm tribal

 Level 0.21m ( shallowest that's really 'safe ' in the flats is 0. 25m )

With catastrophic fire conditions it was recommended people near bush leave so I decided to fill the car and spend the day at Budgy. I  got home late from sailing the night before and stayed up late preparing the property and packing valuables. Got up early and continued this morning so I was buggered when I got to Budgy. Wasted some good wind early on dozing . By the time I rigged it had completely diedUndecided

Nigel turned up and I decided to go out and hope. It took about 40 mins walking , slogging to get up to a good possy.

I'd bought the chop eating Rs board but it wasn't too bad ( probably because the wind wasn't consistent). Pity with more consistent wind and a bit more W it would have been epic alpha etc.

Not enough or long enough gusts for gybing. Finally set for some fun and the tribal started spinning out in a really bad way. After a lot of swearing at it I finally checked and it had a 2cm gap at the front full of weed..Undecided I couldn't push it shut so it was a crappy slog back in to tighten it.

 Finally back out lots of walking and waiting. Got 2 fun gusts but I was crapping myself as I was flying into the shallows and I wasn't sure how deep it was..Surprised

Once I stopped I was on the bottom and had to walk out.  I don't think I'll do that again. It's too risky..Frown

Pity a bit more W and 20kts and it would have been epic as there is a big weedy glassy patch and then you could angle your runs into the deeper water ( knee deep) ..Tongue out. The Nw was pushing me into the shallows and it was hard to get out high enough due to lack of wind and wind shifts.

Very hot and dry. I wore my wettie as I figured it would hold the water for longer but you could feel the wind drying you out ( 37 degrees and 7% humidity).

 I hung around till I figured it was safe to go home. We survived another day- we've just got to get through a whole summer of fires..Undecided

 2/10 Budgy day and that's only because I got 2 good runs..



Comments
Maree Jordan


NSW
Australia
1598 days ago
Sue it very shallow when it’s hard to get going on a 16 fin
sboardcrazy


NSW
Australia
1598 days ago

Yep.Too shallow! Surprised