Lake Macquarie (NSW, Australia) - 2023-10-20
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Murray Towndrow
25.379(D)
24.384(D)
13.094(D)
19.438(D)
22.238(D)
58.592(D)
MobZ
22.576(D)
21.266(D)
6.569(D)
16.525(D)
17.071(D)
25.466(D)
Byron Mcilveen
26.874(D)
25.629(D)
16.978(D)
22.378(D)
22.088(D)
38.873(D)
sboardcrazy
25.689(D)
23.812(D)
3.916(D)
11.557(D)
15.885(D)
19.669(D)
Tim Ford
James Farley
Greg Kiskarpati
Mick Saunders
GeoffS
Big Tom
nick0
Ian Wright
rus13b
Glenn Rumford
Steve Walsh
Andrew Haigh
Hugh
Bruce Healey
Cluffy
Bear
Tibor
Bostonfoil
Ant-man
mick13B
Chopper
Brent Hopkins
Craig Forbes
Where's Leanne
JAB
Croanster
Kev
Average26.2825.0115.0420.9122.1648.73
Murray Towndrow (8742km):
570 days ago
Shoal Bay, NSW, AU

MobZ (5903km):
569 days ago

Jimmies beach, nsw, au - JP SLw 165, 7.4 Ka Koyote, 28ff



Byron Mcilveen (65961km):
569 days ago
4 categories
Shoal Bay, NSW, AU Duotone 5.8 , F4 560 , falcon 188 Sailed across to Jimmy Beach Epic just bloody unbelievable spot. Clean flat water sailing with other like minded windsurfers. Memories of great race times at this spot.

sboardcrazy (26271km):
568 days ago

10-19kts E then 15-21kts NE Coal Point, NSW, AU

6.5m Turbo - WT57 ( 90ltres) - 28cms WT weedy

 then 5m gator - 24cms Stealth WT weedy - WT57

then 5.7m gator - 24cm - 90

More stuffing around than sailing. The strongest E-NE I've sailed at Coal since I got back into it and I'm still figuring out gear choices. 

 I don't like it when I'm too powered up to risk going to Carey and have to stay out the front.

 Rigged the favourite combo 6.5m - 90 to get out early for some fun before it kicked in but it was already at the top for that combo. I managed ok but I was nervous and didn't really enjoy it. 2 sec with that.

Stuffed all bar one gybe as I was too nervous to have a go. The one I got was the most overpowered one Undecided.

Started rigging the 5.7m but Gert said it had picked up and he was fine with the 5m. Rigged that and it was a slogfest . I went all the way to Swansea hoping for enough wind but only just got going a few times.

I rested in the shallows next to a tinny that was anchored. A guy who looked like MickB ( from a distance) was in the water cleaning the hull??.

Anyway I took off and I could hear yelling. I thought it was Mick  and the wind was gusty and patchy and I was trying not to fall in. I yelled ' can't hear you - got my hands full".

Then I felt a pull on my leg and realised I had a fishing line around my leg.Undecided Lucky it was dodgy and I hadn't gone off at full speed or the hook would have got me. I untangled it and said I was ok.

 Back in and rigged the 5.7m. Much better , powered up but the WT was getting too fast for the choppy conditions. I'd detuned it with max tailflex, mastfoot forward and a fin that was a bit small but it was still over the top.

 Sailing downwind in the lulls and upwind in the strong stuff. I did a few bearaways but it was too choppy and on the edge.

It was really time for the waveboard. By now the wind was more NE and you had to drift out to the windline to waterstart so starting was tiring too.

 The wingers were complaining re the gusty wind and heaps of weed.

Tony and Paul on the foil , about 7 wingers , a moth  Gert , Lajos , me and a young guy on fins.

 I really need to forget about speed when it's rough , rig down and get into perfecting my gybes.Undecided

 

 



Comments
MobZ


NSW
Australia
569 days ago

Wow, all kinds of visitors today. Super cool.

Is it ok to post photos here?
i've got many.

Hello, Murray?

MobZ


NSW
Australia
569 days ago

Hello, Byron?

MobZ


NSW
Australia
569 days ago

MobZ


NSW
Australia
569 days ago

Flying on the fangy, felt so good.
Edit; actually i think this was 60cm pointer. I went with that for a bit first. I'm a bit mindblown still unpacking it, ripper session.

Murray Towndrow


NSW
Australia
569 days ago
Thanks Mobz Great shot You turned it on for us this arvo
James Farley


NSW
Australia
569 days ago
Nice nautical PB Dave. Thanks for the pics, tomorrow should be even better!
MobZ


NSW
Australia
569 days ago

MobZ


NSW
Australia
569 days ago

Brother mobdog 140ltr f race - 8.0 Cheetah

MobZ


NSW
Australia
569 days ago

Another local sailor Rocky, 99ltr Isonic, 6.7no cam sail

Byron Mcilveen


NSW
Australia
569 days ago
Great spot nice sailing with you guys. Top photos.
sboardcrazy


NSW
Australia
569 days ago

Congrats on the nm PB Mobz.

Great pics. It looks like a top day.

MobZ


NSW
Australia
569 days ago

Rocky and mobdog were complaining it was not ideal as usual. I was frothing. Must have been the fangy magic. I guess it depowered the big SLW and 7.4 sail.

Photos are screen grabs from the gps camera when I used it manually.
Didn’t have the big lens on unfortunately. I can get good shots k’s away with that.
Unfortunately it hardly tracked me when I was flying along the beach at the spit. Would have looked epic. Bummer but not bumbed out too much. It was a classic day. Really good to see the foils come through and others on fins too.

I felt like I was on the edge all of it but comfortable enough. I think this is SLW in top gear and can’t wait to learn more and get a faster board into a high gear too.

I tacked at the spit, then realised I was in the race of my life.
A kiter upwind, mobdog just off in front of me downwind, thought I might end up on top of him. Looked down and saw the two foilers, and Rocky behind, all blasting downwind in a line. Above the kiter i had beach, but managed to slice infront of him almost on the sand. Mindblown - frothing, just went back in to the beach for a spell. Cool

Other local sailors were terry and frend on fin. Maybe Ian up at windwoppa, i think maybve Bodo on wing.


MobZ


NSW
Australia
569 days ago

sboardcrazy


NSW
Australia
569 days ago

Terry who comes up from Newcastle? I bushwalk with him. 

MobZ


NSW
Australia
569 days ago

I did it, i took a sip from the holy grail of flat water sailing, mobdog seen it, i did a god damn carve jibe!!!Laughing

MobZ


NSW
Australia
569 days ago

Could be him Sue, he has a house at the end of Winda Woppa.

sboardcrazy


NSW
Australia
569 days ago

Well done!