Warm Weekend Wind?

[Justin]

Anyone planning sailing this weekend? Forecast 10'C+ and GPS speed record breaking winds for Portland . Local wind too, but tides difficult.

[rachael]

Yes yes YES! Both days I reckon.
Have new thermal rash vest so should be toasty I reckon! No GPS tho so we'll never know how much I beat you by!
Tides are a bit upside down at Portland but probably manageable, especially with the size fins you and Lorraine get away with.
I may possibly end up meeting a friend to sail somewhere else, not quite sure yet, but the hot showers at Portland are calling quite loudly at the mo!
Keep me posted?
Rach

[Matt]

WSM doable Fri/Sat I reckon, though Sat looking windier. Not sure I want to go further afield.

[Sue]

I'm thinking it may be too warm for me at Portland tomorrow ... so I "may" take to the cooler waters of Axbridge, seeing as it is closer, AND I can sail end-to-end without falling in , AND there are hot showers etc etc.

Sue

[Mihali]

I'd be up for a session at Axbridge. What time would you venture out?
Mx

[Justin]

Undecided at the moment, but considering WSM...

[Ian H]

Speed sailing at Portland, mmm!

I hope I can go but it is doubtful at the moment.
I have a pulled muscle in my lower back which makes bending and twisting very painful and therefore waterstarts not top of my list of things I want to be doing at the moment.
I will see how my back is in the morning before I definitely say no.
My GPS will be on charge just in case.

Remember Justin it is the taking part that counts, my money is on Rachael.

[Adrian]

Weston or Hill Head tomorrow and Portland or Hill Head on Sunday hopefully.

Adrian

[Sue]

Hi Mihali

If I do go to Axbridge, I'd probably get there around 11.00ish, and aim to be out on the water (after a lot of faffing) 12.00 - 2.00 ish ie warmest part of the day . Will make a decision in the morning.

Hope everyone else has a good sail, wherever they end up.

Sue

[rachael]

I'm doing Portland tomorrow. Dead right Ian, it's the taking part that counts, but it looks like there may not be any other Nomads there so I will have to see if I can borrow a GPS just so I can hold the 2012 club record if only for a day!

Sunday might be Poole, not sure yet - so please all report back from Sat!

Have a good one

[Sue]

Almost packed, so looks like I'm off to Axbridge . Much windier than I was expecting, so anticipating a wild/ gusty/ wavey session

So see you up there Mihali, and anyone else. I'll probably get there 11.15 - 11.30 ... ish

Sue

[rachael]

Portland stonking today! Poole tomorrow. How did you guys get on?

Rach

[Sue]

Axbridge - stonking whilst I was on my 5.5 ; stopped stonking when I changed down to the 4.7

A fair few Nomads around - Keith, Mihali, two Martins. Nice to get out, although too short a sailing session (for me!). Realise I could do with two 4.0m masts!

Sue

[Matt]

Not stonking enough at WSM today. 5.7 & 96 just about enough for a bit until wind dropped leaving me underpowered and stuck in the shorebreak for a bit, again. Very onshore so tricky getting back to launch spot. Some nice waves though. Should've changed up but decided to tough it out instead, which was the wrong decision. Anyway, quite a few out so it was a sociable afternoon at the beach. The only other Nomad out was the newly appointed Dark Lord.

So a half decent session in the end, but better than yesterday when the wind died completely leaving me with a long walk back from the near the pier. Thanks to Pete and Zara for coming to check up on me and then carrying my board back!

[Sue]

The only other Nomad out was the newly appointed Dark Lord.

... where was the man who started this thread ? Portland after all ?

Sue