Sailing at Sandy Point, Sept 11 - 12

[Kembro]

Hey Guy's,
If anyone's up for a blast this weekend, the wind is going SW at 20-30knots. The blokarters are meeting from 12 -4pm and would be great to get together with the Kiters for a bit of wheel to wheel action at Ned Neales.

[nigel]

I would of come down but I think that we are going to be rained out???

While the winds look great, the problem is the rain that comes with them.

Hope you atleast get to have a play down there. :D

Maybe next time???

[Kembro]

The rain doesn't affect us the same, Mylar edge. The hail is coming too, yee ha, balaclava and layers time, In the immortal words of Billy Connelly, there is no such thing as bad weather, just wrong clothes.
I got out in 128km/h/ 75knot wind and hail about two months ago with the 3m on, I didn't break anything luckily and got 87km/h, with every run over 80. Didn't get to windspeed though.
I look forward too catching up next time you're down.

[nigel]

I've been out in the rain and hail before.
The only reason I don't like these conditions is the 30 metre lightning conductor that I use :shock:

In those winds I would need a kite under 1m squared!!!

Enjoy getting wet.

[Kembro]

Will do.
Nigel if your up for a DirtSurf around the hills of Gippsland between the 21-25th of Sept, three of us are getting out for a downhill blast. If your interested i'll keep you informed. The Pro dirtsurfer Jez is coming over for Speedweek at Sandy Point between the 23 Oct till Nov 2 with his Kitewing.
So mark that one on the Calender for the Speed Freaks.

[nigel]

Kem,
Did you go down for speed week???

What happened?????

I can,t even remember what the weather was like for that week?
Any good speeds acheived???

[Kembro]

Na luckily Speedweek is Oct 23-Nov 2, otherwise the wind has been rubbish. I got 74.4k's with the 4m a few weeks ago but that has been about it. Lets hope we get a gail. We will be running out on the point as there is less resistance and get better speeds. Are you coming down?
Here is the details again for anyone into a bit of speed.

SPEEDWEEK 2004 !

The prime natural speed venue in the world.

An unadulterated National festival of wind + speed (GPS)

Your opportunity to test yourself beyond the limit

?Incorporating the legendary SHQ Melbourne Cup, this is a week long slalom/speed carnival of minimum rules, optimum fun and Maximum Velocity to be held at Sandy Point in Victoria. Plenty of International and Interstate speedsters are already booked in, and just for fun, MacQuarie Innovation (Formerly Yellow Pages) will be there trying to break it's own world Speed record!

Attendance is by invitation only - EVERYONE'S INVITED !
DATES: October 23 thru November 2 2004
For more details - www.speedweek.org

The low tide times are approx' as follows;
Oct 23 12.15pm
Oct 24 1.15pm
Oct 25 2.30pm
Oct 26 4.00pm
Oct 27 5.15pm
Oct 28 6.00pm
Oct 29 6.45pm
Oct 30 7.20am
Oct 31 8am
Nov 1 8.30am
Nov 2 9am

We will be sailing 3hrs either side of the low tide and GPS readings will be formulated daily by me, to compare with the other speedsters. It will NOT BE OFFICIAL, as we would need the same sort of GPS to download into the system.

As for accomodation you may want to contact
Sandy Point Internet Cafe at
http://www.promaccom.com.au/sandypointcafe/
http://www.promaccom.com.au/
http://www.pbefoster.com.au/
http://www.sej.com.au/
http://www.promcountry.com.au/sandy_point.htm

Hope this is of some assistance and I look forward to catching up with you all there.

Regards
Kem Brown
www.gippslandadventuresports.com
0429782687

[nigel]

Thanks Kem,

Don't know if I will come down, would only be Saturday or Sunday for me.
Depends on the weather, but if it looks good then I might just turn up.
The first weekend looks the best for tides.
Fingers crossed :D

[Kembro]

Bring your Dirtsurfer too if you can make it Nigel, as we will be having a go with Dirtsurfin' Kitewings and a kite powered dirtsurfer would be a wicked addition. I think the last few days are after daylight saving so may be an hour later but still 'sparrow fart' sailing.