Session 413. A nice northerly at Hampton today. Very consistent and not gusty. Did an upwind tour past Brighton Marina up as far as Elwood, passing a few large yachts racing along the way. My speed was good and going upwind easy. A couple of smaller yachts capsized near me but were able to get going again without assistance.
I passed a couple of guys on SUPs who were having some trouble with their balance and were on their knees padding. I kept an eye on them but they eventually made it around the Brighton Marina breakwater and were able to get to shore.
Speed runs downwind, surfing a few bay rollers and some biggish jumps added variety to this session.
The wind was very consistent for a northerly when I was out from 10:30 to 11: 30 but look at the gusts the came through with the south westerly change later in the day!
I drove down to Dromana to bike up a folding bike I bought from Ben Goodall, who makes really cool Human Powered Vehicles - bikes with fairing enclosures.
I had a look at Rosebud. There were kiters out on the fairly flat water with the tide in and a few small waves further out, but the south westerly wind change was imminent so I didn't go out.
When it did come through there were some bike spikes gusting up to 35 knots which would not have been pleasant with a bigger kite.
Strong winds forecast for tomorrow - 30 knots or more. Could be good!
GPS Log
I passed a couple of guys on SUPs who were having some trouble with their balance and were on their knees padding. I kept an eye on them but they eventually made it around the Brighton Marina breakwater and were able to get to shore.
Speed runs downwind, surfing a few bay rollers and some biggish jumps added variety to this session.
The wind was very consistent for a northerly when I was out from 10:30 to 11: 30 but look at the gusts the came through with the south westerly change later in the day!
I drove down to Dromana to bike up a folding bike I bought from Ben Goodall, who makes really cool Human Powered Vehicles - bikes with fairing enclosures.
I had a look at Rosebud. There were kiters out on the fairly flat water with the tide in and a few small waves further out, but the south westerly wind change was imminent so I didn't go out.
When it did come through there were some bike spikes gusting up to 35 knots which would not have been pleasant with a bigger kite.
Strong winds forecast for tomorrow - 30 knots or more. Could be good!
GPS Log
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